Τριβοῦνος

Tribounos, Tribunus

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This man lived during the time of Chosroes;1 a Palestinian in nationality, [he was] erudite and not inferior to anyone in matters regarding the medical profession, and he was both especially down-to-earth and pious and had reached the pinnacle of seemliness. And at some point, having healed Chosroes, who was in a bad physical state, he took his leave of the nation of Persia, having carried off as many gifts worthy of note from the man. When, however, a truce happened, Chosroes asked the emperor Justinian to give this physician to Chosroes himself to live with him for a year. And with the request having been granted, Chosroes bid Tribounos to ask for whatever he wanted. And he asked nothing out of all [Chosroes’] riches other than that Chosroes set free some of the Roman prisoners for him. And he set free three thousand, including all the educated men amongst the prisoners, whom he requested by name; and Tribounos had great glory in the eyes of all men from this deed.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τριβοῦνος· οὗτος ἐπὶ Χοσρόου ἦν, Παλαιστῖνος γένος, λόγιος καὶ τὰ ἐς τέχνην τὴν ἰατρικὴν οὐδενὸς ἥσσων, ἄλλως δὲ σώφρων τε καὶ θεοφιλὴς καὶ τῆς ἐπιεικείας ἐς ἄκρον ἥκων. καί ποτε Χοσρόην κακῶς τοῦ σώματος ἔχοντα ἰασάμενος ἀπηλλάγη ἐκ τῆς Περσῶν χώρας, δῶρα πολλά τε καὶ λόγου ἄξια πρὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου κεκομισμένος. ἡνίκα τοίνυν ἐκεχειρία ἐγένετο, Ἰουστινιανὸν βασιλέα Χοσρόης τὸν ἰατρὸν τοῦτον συνδιαιτησόμενον αὑτῷ ἐς ἐνιαυτὸν ᾔτησε δοῦναι. τῆς τε αἰτήσεως ἐπιτελεσθείσης, ἐκέλευσε τὸν Τριβοῦνον ὁ Χοσρόης αἰτεῖσθαι, ὅτου ἂν δέηται. ὁ δὲ ἄλλο οὐδὲν ᾔτει τῶν πάντων χρημάτων ἢ ὥστε οἱ Ῥωμαίων αἰχμαλώτων τινὰς Χοσρόην ἀφεῖναι. ὁ δέ οἱ ἄλλους τε τρισχιλίους ἀφῆκε καὶ ὅσους πρὸς ὄνομα ἐξῃτήσατο ἐν τοῖς αἰχμαλώτοις λογίους ὄντας, κλέος τε μέγα ἐκ τοῦ ἔργου τούτου ἐς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὁ Τριβοῦνος ἔσχεν.

Betacode
*tribou=nos: ou(=tos e)pi\ *xosro/ou h)=n, *palaisti=nos ge/nos, lo/gios kai\ ta\ e)s te/xnhn th\n i)atrikh\n ou)deno\s h(/sswn, a)/llws de\ sw/frwn te kai\ qeofilh\s kai\ th=s e)pieikei/as e)s a)/kron h(/kwn. kai/ pote *xosro/hn kakw=s tou= sw/matos e)/xonta i)asa/menos a)phlla/gh e)k th=s *persw=n xw/ras, dw=ra polla/ te kai\ lo/gou a)/cia pro\s tou= a)nqrw/pou kekomisme/nos. h(ni/ka toi/nun e)kexeiri/a e)ge/neto, *)ioustiniano\n basile/a *xosro/hs to\n i)atro\n tou=ton sundiaithso/menon au(tw=| e)s e)niauto\n h)/|thse dou=nai. th=s te ai)th/sews e)pitelesqei/shs, e)ke/leuse to\n *tribou=non o( *xosro/hs ai)tei=sqai, o(/tou a)\n de/htai. o( de\ a)/llo ou)de\n h)/|tei tw=n pa/ntwn xrhma/twn h)\ w(/ste oi( *(rwmai/wn ai)xmalw/twn tina\s *xosro/hn a)fei=nai. o( de/ oi( a)/llous te trisxili/ous a)fh=ke kai\ o(/sous pro\s o)/noma e)ch|th/sato e)n toi=s ai)xmalw/tois logi/ous o)/ntas, kle/os te me/ga e)k tou= e)/rgou tou/tou e)s pa/ntas a)nqrw/pous o( *tribou=nos e)/sxen.

Notes (1)

  1. After the opening phrase establishing the chronology, this entry closely follows Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.10.11-16 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (482-483) and PLRE IIIb s.v. Tribunus(2).
    Departures from Procopius' text are very minor: his *palaisti=nos ge/nos. o( de\ *tribou=nos ou(=tos lo/gios me\n h)=n kai\ becomes *palaisti=nos ge/nos, lo/gios kai\ here; and in the third sentence h(ni/ka toi/nun e)kexeiri/a e)ge/neto stands for Procopius’ h(ni/ka toi/nun h( tau/ths prote/ra e(kexeiri/a e)ge/neto.
  2. 1See generally chi 418. ↩

References


A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)

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Revision history6 revisions · last 9 Apr 2024
  1. added bibliography and link primary note — Ronald Allen
  2. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. another betacode tweak — Catharine Roth
  5. x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — John Mulhall

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“Tribounos, Tribunus.” Suda On Line. Tr. John Mulhall. 22 January 2012. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/tau/952>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/tau/952>.

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

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