Σύμβολα
exchange-treaties
Translated by David Whitehead19 Dec 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The agreements which cities would make with each other to arrange for the citizens to prosecute and be prosecuted in court. Demosthenes [sc. uses the word] often in the 7th Philippic.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σύμβολα· τὰς συνθήκας, ἃς ἂν ἀλλήλαις αἱ πόλεις θέμεναι τάττωσι τοῖς πολίταις, ὥστε διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν τὰ δίκαια. πολλάκις ἐν τῷ ζʹ Φιλιππικῷ Δημοσθένης.
Betacode
*su/mbola: ta\s sunqh/kas, a(\s a)\n a)llh/lais ai( po/leis qe/menai ta/ttwsi toi=s poli/tais, w(/ste dido/nai kai\ lamba/nein ta\ di/kaia. polla/kis e)n tw=| z# *filippikw=| *dhmosqe/nhs.
Notes (1)
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v.
See also sigma 1372, sigma 1375, sigma 1376, sigma 1377. - 1Demosthenes 7.9,11, etc.: see web address 1. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- σ1372Σύμβολαsymbols[Meaning] signs, measures. The garments of skin are like a sign before death that man has become perishable. If a certain signal should occur, they used to accomplish the things which had been decided. "If an earthquake…
- σ1376Σύμβολονtoken[Meaning a] bird-portent, sign, oracular statement. It is also called su/mbolos in the masculine [gender]. "The councillor was lesser than Melampus and Polles. For these men were knowledgeable in oracular matters."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Jul 2011
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead