Περίπολος
patrolman, peripolos
Translated by David Whitehead14 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristotle in the Constitution of [the] Athenians, speaking about the ephebes, says this: "the second year, at an assembly in the theater, they accept a shield and a spear from the people and patrol the countryside, spending their time in the guardposts".1 It is noteworthy that, whereas Aristotle asserts that the ephebes are one year in the [role of] patrolmen, Aeschines [says] two.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περίπολος· Ἀριστοτέλης ἐν τῇ Ἀθηναίων πολιτείᾳ περὶ τῶν ἐφήβων λέγων οὕτως φησί· τὸν δεύτερον ἐνιαυτόν, ἐκκλησίας ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ γινομένης, λαβόντες ἀσπίδα καὶ δόρυ παρὰ τοῦ δήμου, περιπολοῦσι τὴν χώραν καὶ διατρίβουσιν ἐν τοῖς φυλακτηρίοις. παρατηρητέον δέ, ὅτι ὁ μὲν Ἀριστοτέλης ἕνα φησὶν ἐνιαυτὸν ἐν τοῖς περιπόλοις γίνεσθαι τοὺς ἐφήβους, ὁ δὲ Αἰσχίνης δύο.
Betacode
*peri/polos: *)aristote/lhs e)n th=| *)aqhnai/wn politei/a| peri\ tw=n e)fh/bwn le/gwn ou(/tws fhsi/: to\n deu/teron e)niauto/n, e)kklhsi/as e)n tw=| qea/trw| ginome/nhs, labo/ntes a)spi/da kai\ do/ru para\ tou= dh/mou, peripolou=si th\n xw/ran kai\ diatri/bousin e)n toi=s fulakthri/ois. parathrhte/on de/, o(/ti o( me\n *)aristote/lhs e(/na fhsi\n e)niauto\n e)n toi=s peripo/lois gi/nesqai tou\s e)fh/bous, o( de\ *ai)sxi/nhs du/o.
Notes (2)
Linked from4 entries
- π1260Περιπόλουςpatrolmen, peripoloi[Meaning] the guards, or examiners. From the [verb] peripolei=n. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "should one not, then, have sent peripoloi [after him]" - in that order, not "should peripoloi not have sent?". Thucydides…
- π1261Περιπόλωνof patrolmen, of peripoloi[Meaning] of guards, of examiners. "One of the patrolmen ran up and hurled a bronze shield over the pit. This, being wide but convex, did not ring out solid, but hollow and quite hollow." Perhaps "quite empty".
- π1263Περιπολῶνgoing around, patrolling[Meaning he] running around. "The cross was leading the way for both the emperor and the attendant force." Simocatta says [sc. this].
- τ344Τερθρείαhair-splitting, quibbling[Meaning] verbal pedantry; for there is a particular light rope on ships, which is called a terthron. Some say that [terthra are] the upper holes of the mechanism on the mast, from which hangs the mast's yardarm; but…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 23 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead