Πεζαίτεροι
foot-companions
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Translation
Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. mentions them].1 Anaximenes in [book] one of Matters Philippic, speaking of Alexander, says: "then, after making the most renowned men accustomed to serving as cavalry he gave them the name of companions, but the majority and the foot-men he divided into companies and decads and the other commands and named them foot-companions, in order that both groups might share in the royal companionship and continue [to serve] with the utmost zeal".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πεζαίτεροι· Δημοσθένης ἐν Φιλιππικοῖς. Ἀναξιμένης δὲ ἐν αʹ Φιλιππικῶν περὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου λέγων φησίν· ἔπειτα τοὺς μὲν ἐνδοξοτάτους ἱππεύειν συνεθίσας ἑταίρους προσηγόρευσε, τοὺς δὲ πλείστους καὶ τοὺς πεζοὺς εἰς λόχους καὶ δεκάδας καὶ τὰς ἄλλας ἀρχὰς διελὼν πεζαιτέρους ὠνόμασεν, ὅπως ἑκάτεροι μετέχοντες τῆς βασιλικῆς ἑταιρείας προθυμότατα διατελῶσιν ὄντες.
Betacode
*pezai/teroi: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n *filippikoi=s. *)anacime/nhs de\ e)n a# *filippikw=n peri\ *)aleca/ndrou le/gwn fhsi/n: e)/peita tou\s me\n e)ndocota/tous i(ppeu/ein suneqi/sas e(tai/rous proshgo/reuse, tou\s de\ plei/stous kai\ tou\s pezou\s ei)s lo/xous kai\ deka/das kai\ ta\s a)/llas a)rxa\s dielw\n pezaite/rous w)no/masen, o(/pws e(ka/teroi mete/xontes th=s basilikh=s e(tairei/as proqumo/tata diatelw=sin o)/ntes.
Notes (2)
- From Harpokration s.v., where the headword is, properly,
peze/tairoi ; for the Suda'spezai/teroi see also pi 911.
For sources and bibliography on the Macedonian pezetairoi see Hammond and Griffith (below), though their view that the (king) "Alexander" in question was Alexander III, the Great, is controversial; Alexander II (c.370 BCE) is likelier. - 1Demosthenes 2.17. ↩
- 2Anaximenes FGrH 72 F4. ↩
References
N.G.L. Hammond and G.T. Griffith, A History of Macedonia, ii (Oxford 1979) appendix 3
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