Μάρτιος
Martius
Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Jun 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μάρτιος· ὅτι Μάρτιος Βῆρος τὸν Θουκυδίδην ἐκπέμπει καταγαγεῖν Σύαιμον εἰς Ἀρμενίαν· ὃς δέει τῶν ὅπλων καὶ τῇ οἰκείᾳ περὶ πάντα τὰ προσπίπτοντα εὐβουλίᾳ τοῦ πρόσω εἴχετο ἐρρωμένως. ἦν δὲ ἱκανὸς ὁ Μάρτιος οὐ μόνον ὅπλοις βιάσασθαι τοὺς ἀντιπολέμους ἢ ὀξύτητι προλαβεῖν ἢ ἀπάτῃ κατασοφίσασθαι, ἥπερ ἐστὶ στρατηγῶν ἀλκή, ἀλλὰ καὶ λόγῳ πιθανῷ πεῖσαι καὶ δωρεαῖς μεγαλόφροσιν οἰκειώσασθαι καὶ ἐλπίδι ἀγαθῇ δελεάσαι. χάρις τε ἦν ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς πρασσομένοις ὑπ' αὐτοῦ καὶ λεγομένοις, τὸ μὲν ἀγανακτοῦν ἑκάστου καὶ τὸ θυμούμενον παραμυθουμένη, τὸ δὲ ἐλπίζον ἔτι μᾶλλον αὔξουσα. κολακείας τε δώρων καὶ τῆς παρὰ τραπέζαις δεξιώσεως καιρὸν ᾔδει. οἷς προσὸν τὸ πρὸς τὰς πράξεις σύντονον καὶ τὸ πρὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς σὺν ὀξύτητι δραστήριον, αἱρετώτερον ἐδείκνυε τοῖς βαρβάροις εἶναι τῆς φιλίας αὐτοῦ μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἔχθρας ἀντιποιεῖσθαι. ἀφικόμενος οὖν ἐς τὴν καινὴν πόλιν, ἣν φρουρὰ Ῥωμαίων κατεῖχεν ἐκ Πρίσκου καταστᾶσα, νεωτερίζειν πειρωμένους λόγῳ τε καὶ ἔργῳ σωφρονίσας ἀπέφηνε πρώτην εἶναι τῆς Ἀρμενίας.
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*ma/rtios: o(/ti *ma/rtios *bh=ros to\n *qoukudi/dhn e)kpe/mpei katagagei=n *su/aimon ei)s *)armeni/an: o(\s de/ei tw=n o(/plwn kai\ th=| oi)kei/a| peri\ pa/nta ta\ prospi/ptonta eu)bouli/a| tou= pro/sw ei)/xeto e)rrwme/nws. h)=n de\ i(kano\s o( *ma/rtios ou) mo/non o(/plois bia/sasqai tou\s a)ntipole/mous h)\ o)cu/thti prolabei=n h)\ a)pa/th| katasofi/sasqai, h(/per e)sti\ strathgw=n a)lkh/, a)lla\ kai\ lo/gw| piqanw=| pei=sai kai\ dwreai=s megalo/frosin oi)keiw/sasqai kai\ e)lpi/di a)gaqh=| delea/sai. xa/ris te h)=n e)pi\ pa=si toi=s prassome/nois u(p' au)tou= kai\ legome/nois, to\ me\n a)ganaktou=n e(ka/stou kai\ to\ qumou/menon paramuqoume/nh, to\ de\ e)lpi/zon e)/ti ma=llon au)/cousa. kolakei/as te dw/rwn kai\ th=s para\ trape/zais deciw/sews kairo\n h)/|dei. oi(=s proso\n to\ pro\s ta\s pra/ceis su/ntonon kai\ to\ pro\s tou\s e)xqrou\s su\n o)cu/thti drasth/rion, ai(retw/teron e)dei/knue toi=s barba/rois ei)=nai th=s fili/as au)tou= ma=llon h)\ th=s e)/xqras a)ntipoiei=sqai. a)fiko/menos ou)=n e)s th\n kainh\n po/lin, h(\n froura\ *(rwmai/wn katei=xen e)k *pri/skou katasta=sa, newteri/zein peirwme/nous lo/gw| te kai\ e)/rgw| swfroni/sas a)pe/fhne prw/thn ei)=nai th=s *)armeni/as.
Notes (2)
- The text of this entry and the second quotation in zeta 33 have been attributed to Cassius Dio and are placed at 71.2.3 and 71.2.4 of Dio's Roman History.
On P. Martius Verus (d. 190 CE), serving at this time in the Parthian War of L. Verus (162-166), see A.R. Birley in OCD(4) s.v. Martius. - 1Not, of course, to be confused with theta 414. ↩
- 2Sohaemus elsewhere. Installed by Verus as king of Armenia in 163. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Aug 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- my typo — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict