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Ἀθάνατοι · immortals (α 707) · Suda

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α703unabashed, unperturbed
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α705immortal
α706Athanes
α707immortals
α708gruel, porridge
α709unwonderingly
α710if only, would that
α711unobserved

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Ἀθάνατοι

immortals

Translated by David Whitehead7 Jun 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

biography
chronology
definition
geography
historiography
history
+1
- military affairs

2 notes · 25 words

Translation

Ten thousand select [troops] of the Persians.
[The ones] which Ardabourios destroyed and obliterated during Theodosius' reign.¹
[The ones] which Xerxes, son of Darius, had.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀθάνατοι· μύριοι Περσῶν ἐπίλεκτοι. οὓς Ἀρδαβούριος ἐπὶ Θεοδοσίου βασιλέως διέφθειρε καὶ ἠφάνισεν. οὓς εἶχε Ξέρξης ὁ Δαρείου.

Betacode

*)aqa/natoi: mu/rioi *persw=n e)pi/lektoi. ou(\s *)ardabou/rios e)pi\ *qeodosi/ou basile/ws die/fqeire kai\ h)fa/nisen. ou(\s ei)=xe *ce/rchs o( *darei/ou.

Notes (2)

The name reflected the fact that this was "a body of Persian troops in which vacancies were filled up by successors already appointed" (LSJ s.v., repeating what Herodotus 7.83 says).
For other picked bodies of troops cf. alpha 3843, delta 818, epsilon 684, kappa 1044, xi 170, omicron 68, pi 1761, pi 2242.
1cf. generally alpha 3803. ↩
2cf. xi 54.

Linked from1 entry

α3803ἈρδαβούριοςArdabourios, Ardaburius, ArdaburThe son of Aspar; noble in spirit, [he who] often strongly repulsed the barbarians overrunning Thrace. To him therefore, as rewards for excellence, the Emperor Marcianus offered command of the eastern infantry army. But…

Neighbouring entries

α705Ἀθάνατοςimmortal α706ἈθᾶνεςAthanes α707Ἀθάνατοιimmortals α708Ἀθάραgruel, porridge α709Ἀθαυμαστίunwonderingly

Revision history6 revisions · last 18 Jan 2012

18 Jan 2012tweak — Catharine Roth
17 Jan 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Jul 2003added x-refs — David Whitehead
8 Jun 2002 — Catharine Roth
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7 Jun 2002Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀθάνατοι (Adler number alpha 707), trans. David Whitehead, 7 Jun 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/707

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗