Μορῶν
mora
Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley16 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. uses the word].1 Certain Laconian formations are called thus. And Aristotle says that there are six named moirai[sic] and all Lakedaimonians are divided between the moirai.2 And Xenophon says, in the Constitution of the Lakedaimonians: "each of the citizen morai has one polemarch, four lochagoi, five pentekostyes, and sixteen enomotarchs".3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μορῶν· Δημοσθένης ἐν Φιλιππικοῖς. συντάγματά τινα Λακωνικὰ οὕτω καλεῖται. φησὶ δὲ Ἀριστοτέλης, ὥς εἰσι μοῖραι ἓξ ὠνομασμέναι, καὶ διῄρηνται εἰς τὰς μοίρας Λακεδαιμόνιοι πάντες. Ξενοφῶν δέ φησιν ἐν τῇ Λακώνων πολιτείᾳ· ἑκάστη δὲ τῶν πολιτικῶν μορῶν ἔχει πολέμαρχον ἕνα, λοχαγοὺς δʹ, πεντηκοστύας ηʹ, ἐννομοτάρχας ἑκκαίδεκα.
Betacode
*morw=n: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n *filippikoi=s. sunta/gmata/ tina *lakwnika\ ou(/tw kalei=tai. fhsi\ de\ *)aristote/lhs, w(/s ei)si moi=rai e(\c w)nomasme/nai, kai\ dih/|rhntai ei)s ta\s moi/ras *lakedaimo/nioi pa/ntes. *cenofw=n de/ fhsin e)n th=| *lakw/nwn politei/a|: e(ka/sth de\ tw=n politikw=n morw=n e)/xei pole/marxon e(/na, loxagou\s d#, penthkostu/as h#, e)nnomota/rxas e(kkai/deka.
Notes (3)
- From Harpokration s.v.
mo/ran (sic: accusative singular, as in the primary source; in the Suda it has become genitive plural). - 1Demosthenes 13.22. (As regularly in the Suda and other lexica, this is "Philippics" in the broad ancient sense.) See also 23.198. ↩
- 2Aristotle fr. 540 Rose. ↩
- 3Xenophon, Lakedaimonion Politeia 11.4. ↩
References
P.A. Cartledge, Agesilaos (London 1987) appendix 2
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- Translated — D. Graham J. Shipley