Ὁ τρέσας
he who had trembled, the trembler
Translated by David Whitehead12 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Aristodemos acquired this name, [the man] who with Eurytos [had an illness of] the eyes and did not participate in the battle of the Persians.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁ τρέσας· ὁ Ἀριστόδημος οὕτως ἐκλήθη, ὃς σὺν Εὐρύτῳ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς οὐκ ἐκοινώνησε τῆς τῶν Περσῶν μάχης.
Betacode
*(o tre/sas: o( *)aristo/dhmos ou(/tws e)klh/qh, o(\s su\n *eu)ru/tw| tou\s o)fqalmou\s ou)k e)koinw/nhse th=s tw=n *persw=n ma/xhs.
Notes (1)
- See Herodotos 7.229-231 (web address 1); the present explanation comes from a gloss on the last of these three chapters. cf. generally tau 926. For 'those who had trembled' as a generic term for Spartans who showed cowardice in the face of battle, and were partially disenfranchised as a result, see e.g. P.A.Cartledge, Agesilaos (1987) 179.
- 1Thermopylai. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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- Revised — David Whitehead
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- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead