Πάρθοι
Parthians
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Dec 2004Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πάρθοι· Περσικῇ γλώσσῃ Σκύθαι, οὓς κατῴκισε Σέσωστρις ὁ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων βασιλεύς, ὑποτάξας Ἀσσυρίους.
Betacode
*pa/rqoi: *persikh=| glw/ssh| *sku/qai, ou(\s katw/|kise *se/swstris o( tw=n *ai)gupti/wn basileu/s, u(pota/cas *)assuri/ous.
Notes (2)
- cf. John Malalas p.25ff Dindorf, now II.3 Thurn (p.19) (and Arrian, Parthica fr. 1 Roos-Wirth = FGrH 156 F30a). See also Jeffreys et al. (p.12).
On the Parthians see generally OCD4 s.v. 'Parthia, Parthian Empire'. - 1Or: '"Parthians" is what Scythians are called in the Persian language'. On the Scythians see sigma 703 and sigma 704. On this equation of them, bizarre at first sight, with the Parthians, cf. the note at pi 672. But 'the Persian language' is of no obvious relevance to either term. ↩
- 2cf. sigma 266, sigma 268, sigma 867. ↩
References
L.A. Dindorf, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Bonn 1831)
J. Thurn, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Berlin 2000)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
J. Thurn, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Berlin 2000)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
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Revision history8 revisions · last 4 Aug 2026
- added bibliography primary note — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- corrected note numbering; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth