Ἐπήρεια
insolence
Translated by William Hutton12 Sep 2007Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] harm/injury.1
Thucydides [writes]: "and they ordered them by way of insolence to take back the exiles."2
And elsewhere: "and he ordered them to keep watch so that no one who was present perchance from the other army would act insolently toward them."3 Meaning would injure [them].
And elsewhere: "[...] so that the insolence in these matters would rightly seem to be an injustice against mankind for all time."4
But strictly,e)ph/reia [means] a raid in war. [The word is formed] out of *)/arhs, *)/arews .5
Thucydides [writes]: "and they ordered them by way of insolence to take back the exiles."2
And elsewhere: "and he ordered them to keep watch so that no one who was present perchance from the other army would act insolently toward them."3 Meaning would injure [them].
And elsewhere: "[...] so that the insolence in these matters would rightly seem to be an injustice against mankind for all time."4
But strictly,