Φρουρά
garrison
Translated by David Whitehead22 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φρουρά· φυλακή. περὶ τῆς Σπάρτης εἰς φόβον κατέστησε Λακεδαιμονίους, ὡς καὶ φρουρὰν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει καταστῆσαι.
Betacode
*froura/: fulakh/. peri\ th=s *spa/rths ei)s fo/bon kate/sthse *lakedaimoni/ous, w(s kai\ froura\n au)tou\s e)n th=| po/lei katasth=sai.
Notes (1)
- 1As Adler notes, Bernhardy reckoned that the subject of this (unattributable) quotation is Epameinondas of Thebes (epsilon 1949), who had such an effect on the Spartans in the aftermath of their defeat at Leuktra (371 BCE); see generally Xenophon, Hellenica 6.5.24ff. (web address 1). However, the quotation has already appeared at nu 389 (q.v.). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded and modified note — David Whitehead
- Added link — Elizabeth Vandiver
- added keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — David Whitehead