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Translated by Catharine Roth19 Sep 2006Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
ᾟπερ· καθότι. ἐδόκει δὲ τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀρκεῖσθαι τοῖς παροῦσι καὶ μὴ σφόδρα ἐπαίρεσθαι· ᾗπέρ ἐστιν ἄριστον πολέμῳ καὶ τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου συμβαίνουσιν ὁμιλεῖν, ὡς οὐδενὸς ἐν αὐτοῖς βεβαίου καὶ πιστοῦ πάντως ὑπάρχοντος.
Betacode
*(=h|per: kaqo/ti. e)do/kei de\ tw=| basilei= a)rkei=sqai toi=s parou=si kai\ mh\ sfo/dra e)pai/resqai: h(=|pe/r e)stin a)/riston pole/mw| kai\ toi=s e)k tou= pole/mou sumbai/nousin o(milei=n, w(s ou)deno\s e)n au)toi=s bebai/ou kai\ pistou= pa/ntws u(pa/rxontos.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. eta 422, eta 423. ↩
- 2Attributed by Gaisford to Menander Protector, and accepted as such by Blockley: his fr. 37 (246-247). The fragment is unplaced and without context that would clearly identify the king or emperor. As a possibility, Blockley suggests (287, note 331) the ruler here could be Roman Emperor Tiberius (ruled 578-582; cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Tiberius(1)), contemplating negotiations with Persian King Chosroes (cf. chi 418) in 579 after Roman military successes in 578; cf. Greatrex and Lieu (160-162). ↩
References
R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)
G. Greatrex and S.N.C. Lieu, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-630, (New York and London, 2002)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)
G. Greatrex and S.N.C. Lieu, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-630, (New York and London, 2002)
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Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Oct 2024
- typo bibliography — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.2, added bibliography and cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated n.2 — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth