Τύρσις

bastion, tower

Translated by David Whitehead12 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 50 words
[Meaning] the circuit of the wall.1
Xenophon [writes]: "so naturally Cyrus took measurements round the wall, leaving enough room by the river for large bastions; they began to dig an enormous trench on either side of the wall, and they threw up the earth [from it] on their own side".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τύρσις· ὁ περίβολος τοῦ τείχους. Ξενοφῶν· οὕτω δὴ Κῦρος κύκλῳ διαμετρήσας περὶ τὸ τεῖχος, ἀπολιπὼν ὅσον τύρσεσι μεγάλαις ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ὤρυσσεν ἐνθένδε τοῦ τείχους τάφρον ὑπερμεγέθη, καὶ τὴν γῆν ἀνέβαλλον πρὸς ἑαυτούς.

Betacode
*tu/rsis: o( peri/bolos tou= tei/xous. *cenofw=n: ou(/tw dh\  *ku=ros ku/klw| diametrh/sas peri\ to\ tei=xos, a)polipw\n o(/son tu/rsesi mega/lais a)po\ tou= potamou= w)/russen e)nqe/nde tou= tei/xous ta/fron u(permege/qh, kai\ th\n gh=n a)ne/ballon pro\s e(autou/s.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius tau573 Theodoridis. ↩
  2. 2An approximation of Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.10, on Cyrus at Babylon (web address 1). ↩

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τ1201Τυροφόρονcheese-bearingτ1202ΤυρσηνίαTyrseniaτ1203Τύρσιςbastion, towerτ1204Τύρσοςtowerτ1205ΤυρταῖοςTurtaios, Tyrtaios, Tyrtaeus
Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords — David Whitehead
  4. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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