Ἀντίοχος
Antiochos, Antiochus
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 25 Mar 2001 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions
Translation
A deserter, Cilician by birth, who at first pretended to be a philosopher in the Cynic manner1 and in this way was a very great help to the soldiers in the war. For when they were in pain from the great cold he encouraged them, throwing [himself] into the snow and rolling in it; hence both the money and the honours that he received from Severus and Antoninus.2 But spurred on by this he joined Tiridates, with whom he deserted to the Parthians.
Greek original
Ἀντίοχος· αὐτόμολος, Κίλιξ μὲν ἦν τὸ γένος, ὃς φιλοσοφεῖν κυνηδὸν τὰ πρῶτα ἐπλάττετο καὶ πλεῖστά γε ἐκ τούτου τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ὠφέλησεν. ἀπαλγοῦντας γὰρ αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ πολλοῦ ῥίγους ἐπερρώννυεν, ἔς τε τὴν χιόνα ῥιπτῶν καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ καλινδούμενος· ὅθεν περ καὶ χρημάτων καὶ τιμῶν παρὰ τοῦ Σευήρου καὶ τοῦ Ἀντωνίνου ἔτυχεν. ἐπαρθεὶς δὲ ἐπὶ τούτοις τῷ Τηριδάτῃ συνεξητάσθη, καὶ μετ' αὐτοῦ πρὸς Πάρθους ηὐτομόλησεν.
Betacode
*)anti/oxos: au)to/molos, *ki/lic me\n h)=n to\ ge/nos, o(\s filosofei=n kunhdo\n ta\ prw=ta e)pla/tteto kai\ plei=sta/ ge e)k tou/tou tou\s stratiw/tas e)n tw=| pole/mw| w)fe/lhsen. a)palgou=ntas ga\r au)tou\s u(po\ tou= pollou= r(i/gous e)perrw/nnuen, e)/s te th\n xio/na r(iptw=n kai\ e)n au)th=| kalindou/menos: o(/qen per kai\ xrhma/twn kai\ timw=n para\ tou= *seuh/rou kai\ tou= *)antwni/nou e)/tuxen. e)parqei\s de\ e)pi\ tou/tois tw=| *thrida/th| sunechta/sqh, kai\ met' au)tou= pro\s *pa/rqous hu)tomo/lhsen.
Notes (2)
- An extract from Cassius Dio 77.19.1-2, via Xiphilinus, pertaining to events of the year 215 AD. See also alpha 2880.↩
- 1LSJ s.v. ignores this sense of the adverb
kunhdo/n , but it (kappa 2704) is unavoidable here. ↩- 2That is, the emperors L. Septimius Severus (193-212) and his elder son M. Aurelius Antoninus, a.k.a Caracalla (198-217). See alpha 2762.
- 1LSJ s.v. ignores this sense of the adverb
Linked from (1)
Neighbours in Adler order
α2692ἈντιόχειαAntiocheia, Antiochia, Antiochα2693ἈντίοχοςAntiochus, Antiochosα2694Ἀντίοχος ὁ ΠραιπόσιτοςAntiochus Praepositusα2695ἈντίοχοςAntiochos, Antiochusα2696Ἀντιώντωνlet them encounterα2697Ἀντιωρήσαςhaving guarded in returnα2698Ἀντιπάθειαantipathy, suffering instead, contrast, contrary affection
Revisions (6)
- Catharine Rothcross-reference
- David Whiteheadmore keywords; cosmetics
- David Whiteheadadded keyword
- David Whiteheadmodified translation; added note
- Jennifer Benedicttranslated