Μηδισμὸς ὁ Παυσανίου
the medism of Pausanias
Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
For with [Pausanias] convicted of medism, they associate Themistocles in the charge.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μηδισμὸς ὁ Παυσανίου· ἁλόντος γὰρ ἐπὶ μηδισμῷ, συναιτιῶνται Θεμιστοκλέα.
Betacode
*mhdismo\s o( *pausani/ou: a(lo/ntos ga\r e)pi\ mhdismw=|, sunaitiw=ntai *qemistokle/a.
Notes
- Adler tentatively classifies the headword phrase as a proverb, but it is not in the paroemiographers; nor does the glossing material take the usual form of glosses on proverbs. Indeed as an explanation (
ga/r ) of the phrase 'the medism of Pausanias' it does not really work, and seems rather to be from the middle of a broader explanatory narrative.
For the episode in question, in the second quarter of the C5 BCE, which ruined the careers of a Spartan king (P.) and an Athenian war-hero (T.), see principally Thucydides 1.128-138 (web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 21 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- slight rephrasing of translation, added link, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead