Τετραρχία
tetrarchy
Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
The 4 companies, 64 men; and the commander [is a] tetrarch.1
There being four parts of Thessaly, each part used to be called a tetras. He2 says that the name[s] of the tetrades are Thessaliotis, Pelasgiotis, Asteotis.3 And Aristotle in the Common Constitution of [the] Thessalians says that it was in the time of Aleuas the son of Pyrrhos that Thessaly was divided into four portions.4 So this is what Demosthenes would seem to mean by "the tetrarchy".5
There being four parts of Thessaly, each part used to be called a tetras. He2 says that the name[s] of the tetrades are Thessaliotis, Pelasgiotis, Asteotis.3 And Aristotle in the Common Constitution of [the] Thessalians says that it was in the time of Aleuas the son of Pyrrhos that Thessaly was divided into four portions.4 So this is what Demosthenes would seem to mean by "the tetrarchy".5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τετραρχία· οἱ δʹ λόχοι, ἄνδρες ξδʹ· καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος τετράρχης. τεττάρων μερῶν ὄντων τῆς Θετταλίας, ἕκαστον μέρος τετρὰς ἐκαλεῖτο. ὄνομα δέ φησιν εἶναι ταῖς τετράσι Θετταλιῶτιν, Πελασγιῶτιν, Ἀστιεῶτιν. καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ ἐν τῇ κοινῇ Θετταλῶν πολιτείᾳ ἐπὶ Ἀλεύα τοῦ Πύρρου διῃρῆσθαί φησιν εἰς τέτταρας μοίρας τὴν Θετταλίαν. εἴη ἂν οὖν λέγων ὁ Δημοσθένης τὴν τετραρχίαν.
Betacode
*tetrarxi/a: oi( d# lo/xoi, a)/ndres cd#: kai\ o( h(gou/menos tetra/rxhs. tetta/rwn merw=n o)/ntwn th=s *qettali/as, e(/kaston me/ros tetra\s e)kalei=to. o)/noma de/ fhsin ei)=nai tai=s tetra/si *qettaliw=tin, *pelasgiw=tin, *)astiew=tin. kai\ *)aristote/lhs de\ e)n th=| koinh=| *qettalw=n politei/a| e)pi\ *)aleu/a tou= *pu/rrou dih|rh=sqai/ fhsin ei)s te/ttaras moi/ras th\n *qettali/an. ei)/h a)\n ou)=n le/gwn o( *dhmosqe/nhs th\n tetrarxi/an.
Notes (5)
- After the primary gloss, this entry draws on Harpokration s.v.
- 1For this military definition see LSJ s.v. te/trarchos, II; and cf. tau 96. ↩
- 2Hellanicus (FGrH 323a F129), already mentioned in Harpok. but omitted here. ↩
- 3Or Hestiaiotis - and add Phthiotis! ↩
- 4Aristotle fr. 497 Rose. ↩
- 5Demosthenes 9.26 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- τ96Τάξιςcompany[Meaning] 2 tetrarchies, 128 men. And the leader [of it was] in the past a taxiarch, but now a hekatontarch. Nomenclature of light-armed companies, and their size: a lochos [is] 8 men. A systasis [is] 4 companies, 32…
- τ404Τετράςfour, tetrad[*tetra/s, genitive] tetra/dos. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] te/trasi kairoi=s ["in four seasons"].
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