Πάντα ἐν ἐλάττονι θέμενοι ἀδεῶς ἐπόρθουν

subordinating everything [to their own greed] they began to ravage with impunity

Translated by David Whitehead9 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Πάντα ἐν ἐλάττονι θέμενοι ἀδεῶς ἐπόρθουν.

Betacode
*pa/nta e)n e)la/ttoni qe/menoi a)dew=s e)po/rqoun.

Notes

  1. An abridgement of Polybius 4.6.12 (web address 1), on the Aitolians in Messenia (220 BCE).

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Neighbouring entries

π217Πανστρατίall-armyπ218Πανσυδίwith all force, utterlyπ219Πάντα ἐν ἐλάττονι θέμενοι ἀδεῶς ἐπόρθουνsubordinating everything [to their own greed] they began to ravage with impunityπ220Πάντ' ἔχειςyou have it allπ221Πάντα κάλων σείεινto shake every rope
Revision history4 revisions · last 1 May 2021
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Added link; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“subordinating everything [to their own greed] they began to ravage with impunity.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 9 October 2001. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/219>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/219>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, Elizabeth Vandiver, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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