Ἰσχυρὰν θέρμην
severe fever
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Apr 2006Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
"The king/emperor had [a severe fever]; for this reason he spent more days in the city."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἰσχυρὰν θέρμην εἶχεν ὁ βασιλεύς· διὸ καὶ πλειόνων ἡμερῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει διέτριψεν.
Betacode
*)isxura\n qe/rmhn ei)=xen o( basileu/s: dio\ kai\ pleio/nwn h(merw=n e)n th=| po/lei die/triyen.
Notes
- As David Ruhnken (1723-1798) realised, the author of this unidentifiable quotation found the phrase
i)sxura\ qe/rmh in Thucydides (2.49.2).