Μύριοι ἐν Μεγαλοπόλει
Ten Thousand in Megalopolis
Translated by David Whitehead30 Sep 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aeschines [sc. uses the phrase].1 It is a common congress of all Arkadians, of which historians frequently make mention.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μύριοι ἐν Μεγαλοπόλει· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατ' Αἰσχίνου. συνέδριόν ἐστι κοινὸν Ἀρκάδων ἁπάντων, οὗ πολλάκις μνημονεύουσιν οἱ ἱστορικοί.
Betacode
*mu/rioi e)n *megalopo/lei: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| kat' *ai)sxi/nou. sune/drio/n e)sti koino\n *)arka/dwn a(pa/ntwn, ou(= polla/kis mnhmoneu/ousin oi( i(storikoi/.
Notes (2)
- From Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
For Megalopolis, purpose-built federal capital of the Arcadian League, cf. mu 368. - 1Demosthenes 19.11 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Relevant literary sources cover the period 369-348. For a decree passed by this body (amongst others) in the 360s, see Rhodes & Osborne no.32 (translated in Harding, no.51).
See generally Larsen 72-75, who doubts whether the number is to be taken literally (for this issue cf. mu 1434). It probably represents in this instance all Arcadians of hoplite status or above. ↩
References
P. Harding, From the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsus. (Cambridge 1985)
J.A.O. Larsen, Representative Government in Greek and Roman History. (Berkeley 1966)
P.J. Rhodes & R. Osborne, Greek Historical Inscriptions 404-323 BC. (Oxford 2003)
J.A.O. Larsen, Representative Government in Greek and Roman History. (Berkeley 1966)
P.J. Rhodes & R. Osborne, Greek Historical Inscriptions 404-323 BC. (Oxford 2003)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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- Revised — David Whitehead
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- augmented notes and bibliography — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, added link and keyword, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead