Πράσιον χρῶμα
Green color
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Nov 2010Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
"Laying a charge against others of [sc. provoking] sedition or a liking for the Green faction, [...] Justinian destroyed [them]."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πράσιον χρῶμα. ἄλλοις στάσεως ἀφορμὴν ἢ μέρους Πρασίου στοργὴν Ἰουστινιανὸς ἐπενεγκὼν ἀνῄρει.
Betacode
*pra/sion xrw=ma. a)/llois sta/sews a)formh\n h)\ me/rous *prasi/ou storgh\n *)ioustiniano\s e)penegkw\n a)nh/|rei.
Notes (1)
- If the unglossed headword phrase is a two-word quotation -- rather than 'green' glossed as '(a) color' -- it occurs twice in this precise form in a work closely contemporary with the Suda, the C10 Chronographia of Theophanes Continuatus, and it refers there to the Green (literally Leek-Green: cf. pi 2226) faction in C6 Byzantium. (Both Justinian and his wife Theodora supported their opponents, the Blues.) However, note also e.g. Plato, Timaeus 68C (later quoted by Stobaeus), where prasion features in a long discussion of colors.
- 2An approximation of Procopius, Secret History 19.11 (web address 1); read e.g.
*prasi/nou for the Suda's*prasi/ou ; cf. Kaldellis (88). On the Blue and Green factions, see alpha 3460. On Justinian see iota 446 generally. ↩
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 1 Jul 2024
- added bibliography, cross-references, and link n.2 — Ronald Allen
- corrected cross-reference at Ron Allen's suggestion — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded primary note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- addition to note — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword and tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth