Ἐστρατήγησε μετ' Ἐρασινάδου
he served as general with Erasinades
Translated by David Whitehead22 Sep 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
In reference to the unfortunate.1 From those who served as generals at Arginnousa [sic], to their misfortune. This man was publicly executed, both he and the remainder: Thrasyllos, Perikles2 and the rest. And something rather extraordinary happened to Erasinades: being prosecuted for embezzling the monies to do with the Hellespont.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐστρατήγησε μετ' Ἐρασινάδου· ἐπὶ τῶν δυστυχῶν. ἐκ τῶν περὶ Ἀργίννουσαν στρατηγησάντων δυστυχῶς. ἀπέθανε δὲ δημο- σίᾳ οὗτός τε καὶ οἱ ὑπομείναντες Θράσυλλος, Περικλῆς καὶ οἱ λοιποί. ἐγένετο δέ τι καὶ περιττότερον τῷ Ἐρασινάδῃ, τὸ καὶ κλοπῆς κατηγορηθῆναι τῶν περὶ Ἑλλήσποντον χρημάτων.
Betacode
*)estrath/ghse met' *)erasina/dou: e)pi\ tw=n dustuxw=n. e)k tw=n peri\ *)argi/nnousan strathghsa/ntwn dustuxw=s. a)pe/qane de\ dhmo- si/a| ou(=to/s te kai\ oi( u(pomei/nantes *qra/sullos, *periklh=s kai\ oi( loipoi/. e)ge/neto de/ ti kai\ peritto/teron tw=| *)erasina/dh|, to\ kai\ kloph=s kathgorhqh=nai tw=n peri\ *(ellh/sponton xrhma/twn.
Notes (2)
- The headword phrase is from Aristophanes, Frogs 1196 (web address 1) -- where however the proper form of the general's name is given: see under epsilon 2895 -- and the entry as a whole was generated by ancient scholarly comment on it. The play was staged in the same year, 406 BCE, as the sea-battle between Athenian and Peloponnesian fleets at the Arginousai islands, off Lesbos; it was "a victory for the Athenians, but this was marred by the failure to pick up survivors from their crippled ships, when a storm arose" (OCD(4) s.v.). Most of the Athenian generals in command either went into exile or were tried and executed -- a trial precipitated by a prosecution of one of their number, Erasinides (sic), for embezzlement (see in full on this Xenophon, Hellenika 1.7.1ff.: web address 2). Other references to this episode appear at alpha 3764, alpha 3778, delta 234, epsilon 2658, kappa 1021.↩
- 1The phrase is not independently attested as a proverb (as this phrase implies). ↩
- 2Son of the famous bearer of that name: see under pi 1178.
References
Donald Kagan, The Fall of the Athenian Empire (Ithaca NY 1987) chaps. 13-14
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from6 entries
- α3778ἈργίννουσαArginnousa, Arginousai, ArginusaeAn island.
- δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysiaA festival amongst Athenians. [There is] also a saying: "from the same [date] just about that, plus the time since the Dionysia". It was customary for Athenians to reckon the years and the excess number [sc. of months]…
- δ1282Διοίσεινto bear through, to differ[dioisei=n means the same as] diafe/rein. "And they gave pledges that they would willingly bear the burden of war with each other". Meaning would bear it together. "It was neither reasonable nor safe to break the…
- ε1714ἘξηγρόμηνI awakened, I woke up[Meaning] I was awakening. Aristophanes [writes]: "and then I woke up." In reference to those being deceived. For when Dionysus has proclaimed that he destroyed 13 enemy ships in the sea-battle, Herakles adds, "and then…
- ε2658Ἐπιτακτοίreserves[Meaning] troops additionally stationed to survey the battle and assist the hard-pressed part. Thucydides [writes]: "and the baggage-carriers they positioned inside these reserves". And elsewhere: "Socrates was chairman…
- ε2895ἘρασινάδηςErasinades, ErasinidesA proper name. He was a general.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 17 Feb 2016
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- Translated — David Whitehead