Αἰνοβίας

terribly strong

Translated by Catharine Roth26 Jan 2003Vetting: high6 revisions

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[Meaning] warlike.¹
"At his funeral pyre this whole city proclaimed the terribly strong Agathon who died on behalf of Abdera."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰνοβίας· πολεμικός. Ἀβδήρων προθανόντα τὸν αἰνοβίην Ἀγάθωνα πᾶσ' ἐπὶ πυρκαϊῆς ἥδ' ἐβόησε πόλις.