Ταῦτά τοι καὶ θαρρῶν αὐτὸς κατά τι ἔθος ἀρχαῖον ἐκέλευσε δι' ἡμέρας τὴν ἱερουργίαν τὴν τεταγμένην δρᾶσαι τῷ θεῷ

thus taking heart he himself bade them throughout the day to perform the prescribed rites to the god according to ancient custom

Translated by Catharine Roth7 Mar 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 25 words

Translation

['Thus'] meaning for this reason.
And elsewhere: "thus when he had died the king buried him in a marvelous tomb;" ['thus'] meaning because of this.1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ταῦτά τοι καὶ θαρρῶν αὐτὸς κατά τι ἔθος ἀρχαῖον ἐκέλευσε δι' ἡμέρας τὴν ἱερουργίαν τὴν τεταγμένην δρᾶσαι τῷ θεῷ· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἕνεκεν τούτου. καὶ αὖθις· ταῦτά τοι καὶ τεθνεῶτα ἔθαψεν αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς ταφῇ θαυμαστῇ. ἀντὶ τοῦ διὰ τοῦτο.

Betacode
*tau=ta/ toi kai\ qarrw=n au)to\s kata/ ti e)/qos a)rxai=on e)ke/leuse di' h(me/ras th\n i(erourgi/an th\n tetagme/nhn dra=sai tw=| qew=|: a)nti\ tou= e(/neken tou/tou. kai\ au)=qis: tau=ta/ toi kai\ teqnew=ta e)/qayen au)to\n o( basileu\s tafh=| qaumasth=|. a)nti\ tou= dia\ tou=to. 

Notes (1)

  1. Headword sentence from Damascius, Life of Isidore, fr.96 Zintzen, fr.42G Athanassiadi (or else Aelian fr. 140b Domingo-Forasté, fr.137 Hercher).
  2. 1Aelian fr. 325 Domingo-Forasté (327 Hercher). ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded notes — Catharine Roth
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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“thus taking heart he himself bade them throughout the day to perform the prescribed rites to the god according to ancient custom.” Suda On Line. Tr. Catharine Roth. 7 March 2004. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/tau/176>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/tau/176>.

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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