Κυπρόθεμις

Kyprothemis, Cyprothemis

Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley13 Oct 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 17 words

Translation

A proper name; [it was he] whom Tigranes, the king's1 subordinate governor,2 installed as garrison-commander of Samos.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κυπρόθεμις· ὄνομα κύριον· ὃν κατέστησε Τιγράνης φρούραρχον Σάμου, βασιλέως ὕπαρχος.

Betacode
*kupro/qemis: o)/noma ku/rion: o(\n kate/sthse *tigra/nhs frou/rarxon *sa/mou, basile/ws u(/parxos. 

Notes (3)

  1. Abbreviated from Harpocration s.v., an entry generated by (and quoting more fully than here) Demosthenes 15.9.
    Also in Photius kappa1229 Theodoridis.
  2. 1i.e. the Persian king (Artaxerxes II in the present instance). ↩
  3. 2hyparchos, 'subordinate governor' or 'deputy ruler', sometimes applied to Persian satraps or their deputies. (The upsilon 160 entry is generic.) ↩
  4. 3The date is around 370 BCE (Shipley, History of Samos 136-7). ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Mar 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. added keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — D. Graham J. Shipley

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