Ναυτικῶς δανείζειν
to make maritime loans
Translated by David Whitehead1 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ναυτικῶς δανείζειν· φασὶ Ζήνωνα ὑπὲρ ʹ22αʹ τάλαντα ἔχοντα ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ ταῦτα δανείζειν ναυτικῶς.
Betacode
*nautikw=s danei/zein: fasi\ *zh/nwna u(pe\r #22a# ta/lanta e)/xonta e)lqei=n ei)s th\n *(ella/da kai\ tau=ta danei/zein nautikw=s.
Notes (1)
- From Diogenes Laertius 7.13. For Zeno of Citium, founder of Stoicism see generally zeta 79. On maritime (a.k.a. bottomry) loans -- money risked on the voyages of merchant ships, at a high rate of interest which reflected the low likelihood of their reaching their destination -- see e.g. Isager and Hansen, pp.74-84; Millett, chap.8; Cohen, index s.v.
- 1Sc. from his native Cyprus. ↩
References
E.E. Cohen, Athenian Economy and Society: a banking perspective (Princeton 1992).
S. Isager and M.H. Hansen, Aspects of Athenian Society in the Fourth Century BC (Odense 1975).
P. Millett, Lending and Borrowing in Ancient Athens (Cambridge 1991).
S. Isager and M.H. Hansen, Aspects of Athenian Society in the Fourth Century BC (Odense 1975).
P. Millett, Lending and Borrowing in Ancient Athens (Cambridge 1991).
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