Βάρος
weight, influence, gravitas, dignity
Translated by David Whitehead9 Aug 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Concerning Polemon [it has been written]: "he had gravitas of a kind found in some Dorian household management".1
"Both foreseeing and fearing the influence and the quarrelsomeness of mankind." Meaning the bulk, the strength. Polybius says [this].2
And elsewhere: "having taken note of the fortification of Sikyon and the influence of the city of Argos [Myth, Place] [Aemilius] came to Epidauros".3
And elsewhere: "they busied themselves with the detail of the position and influence of the city [of Alexandria]".4
"For no dignity comes to me from these [mere words]: what encourages me to give my life lustre is not words but actions".5
"Both foreseeing and fearing the influence and the quarrelsomeness of mankind." Meaning the bulk, the strength. Polybius says [this].2
And elsewhere: "having taken note of the fortification of Sikyon and the influence of the city of Argos [Myth, Place] [Aemilius] came to Epidauros".3
And elsewhere: "they busied themselves with the detail of the position and influence of the city [of Alexandria]".4
"For no dignity comes to me from these [mere words]: what encourages me to give my life lustre is not words but actions".5