Λεωσθένης
Leosthenes
Translated by Debra Hamel12 Aug 1999Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A general of [the] Athenians.1 This man, with quite ready zealousness at the critical time in the war against the Macedonians and with his good fortune failing, proceeds against the enemy and makes a rash charge. He is struck by a rock on the head in an unguarded moment and falls along the battle array.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λεωσθένης, στρατηγὸς τῶν Ἀθηναίων. οὗτος ἐν τῷ πρὸς τοὺς Μακεδόνας πολέμῳ προθυμίᾳ χρησάμενος τοῦ καιροῦ προθυμοτέρᾳ καὶ τῇ παραπεσούσῃ εὐπραγίᾳ κατὰ τῶν πολεμίων ἐπεξιὼν τήν τε ἐμβολὴν ἀφειδῆ ποιεῖται καὶ λίθῳ πληγεὶς πρὸς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀφυλάκτως ἐπὶ τῆς παρατάξεως πίπτει.
Betacode
*lewsqe/nhs, strathgo\s tw=n *)aqhnai/wn. ou(=tos e)n tw=| pro\s tou\s *makedo/nas pole/mw| proqumi/a| xrhsa/menos tou= kairou= proqumote/ra| kai\ th=| parapesou/sh| eu)pragi/a| kata\ tw=n polemi/wn e)peciw\n th/n te e)mbolh\n a)feidh= poiei=tai kai\ li/qw| plhgei\s pro\s th\n kefalh\n a)fula/ktws e)pi\ th=s parata/cews pi/ptei.
Notes (2)
- C4 BCE; see generally OCD(4) s.v. The present material comes from Arrian, History of Alexander's Successors fr.17 Roos-Wirth.
- 1For a summary of Leosthenes' career in office see Robert Develin, Athenian Officials 684-321 B.C. (Cambridge 1989), Index I no.1802. ↩
- 2For Leosthenes' death in the Lamian War (322 BCE) see also Hypereides 6 passim [English commentary in Ian Worthington (ed.), Greek Orators II: Dinarchus and Hypereides (Warminster 2000) 205-25]; Diodorus Siculus 18.13.5; Strabo 9.5.10; Justin 13.5.12; Pausanias 1.25.5, 3.6.1. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 5 Aug 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added headword and bibliography — David Whitehead
- Translated — Debra Hamel