Τοὺς χωρὶς οἰκοῦντας
those living apart
Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [writes]: "and after this it was resolved to send on board the metics and those living apart from their masters".1 Not but what it would be clear even without the addition2 what this information is, that freedmen lived by themselves, separately from those who had freed [them], but lived with them while they were still slaves.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τοὺς χωρὶς οἰκοῦντας· Δημοσθένης Φιλιππικοῖς· καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐμβαίνειν τοὺς μετοίκους ἔδοξε καὶ τοὺς χωρὶς οἰκοῦντας τῶν δεσποτῶν. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ προκεῖσθαι φανερὸν ἂν εἴη τὸ δηλούμενον, ὅτι οἱ ἀπελεύθεροι καθ' ἑαυτοὺς ᾤκουν χωρὶς τῶν ἀπελευθερωσάντων, ἐν δὲ τῷ τέως δουλεύοντες ἔτι συνῴκουν.
Betacode
*tou\s xwri\s oi)kou=ntas: *dhmosqe/nhs *filippikoi=s: kai\ meta\ tau=ta e)mbai/nein tou\s metoi/kous e)/doce kai\ tou\s xwri\s oi)kou=ntas tw=n despotw=n. ou) mh\n a)lla\ kai\ xwri\s tou= prokei=sqai fanero\n a)\n ei)/h to\ dhlou/menon, o(/ti oi( a)peleu/qeroi kaq' e(autou\s w)/|koun xwri\s tw=n a)peleuqerwsa/ntwn, e)n de\ tw=| te/ws douleu/ontes e)/ti sunw/|koun.
Notes (2)
- = Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
The headword phrase, from the primary source, is in the accusative plural. - 1Demosthenes 4.36 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Of the phrase "from their masters". The addition appears, in fact, is regarded by modern editors as an instrive gloss on the original text (the headword-phrase). Without it, the identity of "those living apart" is a controversial matter, despite Harpokration's certainty here. Perhaps freedmen; perhaps a superior type of slave. For a recent discussion (and a new hypothesis: that they are not part of Athens' internal social structure at all, but mercenaries) see Sosin 2015. ↩
References
J.D. Sosin, '"Those who live apart" were mercenaries', Historia 64 (2015) 413-418
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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