Ταξίλης
Taxiles
Translated by David Whitehead26 May 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A proper name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ταξίλης· ὄνομα κύριον.
Betacode
*taci/lhs: o)/noma ku/rion.
Notes
- That of the 'eponymous ruler of the territory between the [rivers] Indus and Jhelum dominated by the city of Taxila (Takshashila)': Brian Bosworth in OCD(4) s.v.; confirmed in that position by Alexander the Great in 326 BCE; mentioned by Arrian and others.
Also, in the C1 BCE, the name of a general of Mithridates who features in Plutarch's Sulla and Lucullus.
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- Translated — David Whitehead