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Ἰφικράτης · Iphikrates, Iphicrates (ι 772) · Suda

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Near ι772

ι768Iphikles, Iphicles
ι769Iphiklos, Iphiclus
ι770Iphikratids, Iphicratids
ι771Iphikratides, Iphicratides
ι772Iphikrates, Iphicrates
ι773Iphinoos, Iphinous
ι774Iphis
ι775Iphistios, Iphistius
ι776Iphitos, Iphitus

Suda/Ι iota/ι772

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Ἰφικράτης

Iphikrates, Iphicrates

Translated by David Whitehead26 Aug 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 32 words

Translation

Son of a cobbler; Athenian; an orator and general. He was the first to have mention of the general inscribed on arms-dedications; previously only the name of the city had been inscribed.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἰφικράτης, σκυτέως πατρός, Ἀθηναῖος, ῥήτωρ καὶ στρατηγός· ὃς πρῶτος ἐν τοῖς λαφύροις τὸ ἐπίγραμμα ἐποίησε μεμνημένον τοῦ στρατηγοῦ, πρότερον μόνης τῆς πόλεως ἐπιγραφομένης.

Betacode

*)ifikra/ths, skute/ws patro/s, *)aqhnai=os, r(h/twr kai\ strathgo/s: o(\s prw=tos e)n toi=s lafu/rois to\ e)pi/gramma e)poi/hse memnhme/non tou= strathgou=, pro/teron mo/nhs th=s po/lews e)pigrafome/nhs.

Notes (1)

First half of C4 BCE. See already iota 770, iota 771, and generally OCD(4) s.v. Iphicrates.
1This claim is quoted and, seemingly, accepted by W.K. Pritchett, The Greek State at War, iii (Berkeley & Los Angeles 1979) 270. The earlier case of the Spartan Pausanias, also mentioned by Pritchett, can presumably be discounted because it was deemed unacceptable (see Thucydides 1.132.3, etc.), but a proper assessment of exactly what the Suda is here claiming about Iphikrates -- e.g. first Athenian to do this? -- needs further work.

Linked from2 entries

ι770ἸφικρατίδεςIphikratids, IphicratidsA kind of footwear, [taking its name] from Iphikrates. Damascius in Philosophic history [writes]: "if ever he went around wearing Attic Iphikratids or ordinary sandals".
ι771ἸφικρατίδηςIphikratides, IphicratidesA proper name.

Neighbouring entries

ι770ἸφικρατίδεςIphikratids, Iphicratids ι771ἸφικρατίδηςIphikratides, Iphicratides ι772ἸφικράτηςIphikrates, Iphicrates ι773ἸφίνοοςIphinoos, Iphinous ι774ἼφιςIphis

Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Aug 2014

4 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
16 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2003augmented keywords; added x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2003cosmetics — Catharine Roth
26 Aug 2001Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἰφικράτης (Adler number iota 772), trans. David Whitehead, 26 Aug 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/772

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗