Βίαιοι
violent
Translated by Craig Gibson22 Jun 2003Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βίαιοι οὗτοι ἐγίνοντο· Φάλαρις, Ἔχετος, Διονύσιος καὶ ὁ Κασσανδρέων τύραννος, ὑπερβαλὼν παρανομίᾳ· καὶ Λίγγις, ἀδελφὸς Ἴλλου νόθος, καὶ οὗτος βίαιος.
Betacode
*bi/aioi ou(=toi e)gi/nonto: *fa/laris, *)/exetos, *dionu/sios kai\ o( *kassandre/wn tu/rannos, u(perbalw\n paranomi/a|: kai\ *li/ggis, a)delfo\s *)/illou no/qos, kai\ ou(=tos bi/aios.
Notes (5)
- Probably from late historiography, but source unidentifiable.
- 1See phi 43: Sicilian tyrant (c. 570-549) who killed his enemies by roasting them in a brazen bull. See OCD(4) s.v. ↩
- 2See epsilon 3996: wicked king of Epirus who mutilated his victims, according to Homer, Odyssey 18.85-87, 166, 21.308. ↩
- 3See delta 1178: Dionysius I of Syracuse, who was "portrayed by the anecdotal tradition, above all by the Academy, as the archetypal tyrant--paranoid, oppressive, obsessed with power" (OCD(4) s.v. "Dionysius(1)"). ↩
- 4This unnamed "tyrant of the Cassandreians" (formerly Poteidaians) is Apollodorus. According to Polyaenus, Stratagems 6.7, Apollodorus "became the most murderous and cruel tyrant of all who had been tyrants both among the Greeks and the barbarians" (trans. P. Krentz and E.L. Wheeler). ↩
- 5Cross-referenced at lambda 501; otherwise unknown, but for Illo(u)s see iota 324. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- ε607Ἐκρήμνισενhurled out headlong (over cliffs)[Meaning he/she/it] cast down.
- ε3996ἜχετοςEchetus, EchetosA rough and hard tyrant. Homer [writes]: "I shall send you [...] to king Echetus, baneful to all men, who will cut off your nose and ears with pitiless bronze". And another [passage?]: "Festus sends out, to demonstrate…
- ι324ἼλλοςIllos, Illous, IllusA proper name. [That of the man] who was Zeno's magister [officiorum].
- λ501ΛίγγιςLingisA proper name. He was a violent man.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history7 revisions · last 29 Jan 2015
- modified primary note — David Whitehead
- note typo — David Whitehead
- updated OCD refs — David Whitehead
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- rearranged headword and translation; modified two notes; added x-refs; augmented keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Craig Gibson