Θητικὸν πλῆθος
labouring mass, labouring masses
Translated by Ryan Stone26 Feb 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θητικὸν πλῆθος· τὸ ἐπὶ μισθῷ δουλεῦον. καὶ θητικὸν ἐπήγοντο οἱ αὐτοὶ ἐς τὸν πόλεμον οἱ Πέρσαι πλεῖστον ὅσον καὶ παιδία καὶ γυναῖκας, οὓς κατά τινα δὴ πάτριον νόμον ἐς τοὺς κινδύνους θεατὰς οἰκείας ἀλκῆς ἦγον.
Betacode
*qhtiko\n plh=qos: to\ e)pi\ misqw=| douleu=on. kai\ qhtiko\n e)ph/gonto oi( au)toi\ e)s to\n po/lemon oi( *pe/rsai plei=ston o(/son kai\ paidi/a kai\ gunai=kas, ou(\s kata/ tina dh\ pa/trion no/mon e)s tou\s kindu/nous qeata\s oi)kei/as a)lkh=s h)=gon.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword phrase, evidently quoted from somewhere, is similarly glossed in the Lexica Segueriana (and, post-Suda, the Etymologicum Magnum); and cf. generally theta 373, theta 374, theta 375. ↩
- 2Quotation unidentifiable. (Valesius [Henri de Valois] attributed it to Cassius Dio -- rashly according to Adler, who suggested instead an anonymous Alexander-historian [FGrH 151].) ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Apr 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, added notes, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone