Κορυνηφόροι

club-bearers

Translated by David Whitehead5 Sep 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

12 words

[Meaning the men] who had wooden clubs and followed behind the king/emperor.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κορυνηφόροι· οἳ ξύλων κορύνας ἔχοντες εἵποντο τῷ βασιλεῖ ὄπισθεν.

Betacode

*korunhfo/roi: oi(\ cu/lwn koru/nas e)/xontes ei(/ponto tw=| basilei= o)/pisqen.

Notes

A late-antique paraphrase -- and unintentionally amusing, as such -- of Herodotus 1.59.5, on the bodyguard awarded to the C6 BCE Athenian tyrant Peisistratos (pi 1474) after his faked assassination attempt; web address 1.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

κ2125Κορύνηclub[Meaning a] cudgel. But others [sc. gloss it as] a sword, and others [as] a curved timber.

Neighbouring entries

κ2125Κορύνηclub κ2126ΚορυνήτηςKorynetes, Korunetes κ2127Κορυνηφόροιclub-bearers κ2128Κόρυςhelm, helmet κ2129Κορυστήνhelmeted-man

Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Mar 2013

13 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
24 Oct 2003augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
23 Oct 2003Added link; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
5 Sep 2001Translated — David Whitehead