Ἀνεσόβησαν

they roused up

Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Nov 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

1 note · 18 words

Translation

[Meaning] they incited. "The Avars, through having harsh and bombastic spirits, roused up strife against the others reciprocally".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνεσόβησαν· διήγειραν. οἱ δὲ Ἄβαροι τῷ σκληρά τε καὶ ὀγκώδη φρονήματα ἔχειν τὴν ὡς ἀλλήλους ἀνεσόβησαν ἔριν.

Betacode
*)aneso/bhsan: dih/geiran. oi( de\ *)/abaroi tw=| sklhra/ te kai\ o)gkw/dh fronh/mata e)/xein th\n w(s a)llh/lous a)neso/bhsan e)/rin.  

Notes (1)

  1. The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1Part of Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (194-195), on Baian's embassy to the Slavs, some time prior to the Avars' attack on them in 578; cf. alpha 209. On the Avar khan Baian see alpha 209 note. ↩

References


R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)

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Revision history7 revisions · last 11 Aug 2024
  1. tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth — Ronald Allen
  2. expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keywords — Ronald Allen
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords — David Whitehead
  5. updated ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. added keywords — David Whitehead
  7. modified headword and translation; added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  8. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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