Θρᾳκία παρεύρεσις
Thracian pretence
Translated by David Whitehead22 Apr 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
They say that after the Thracians had been defeated by Boiotians near Koroneia1 and sworn a truce to last five days, they made a night attack on the Boiotians, killing some of them and capturing others alive. The Boiotians were outraged, but the Thracians declared that what they had sworn to was the days, not the nights.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θρᾳκία παρεύρεσις· φασὶ τοὺς Θρᾷκας ἡττηθέντας ὑπὸ Βοιωτῶν παρὰ Κορώνειαν καὶ σπεισαμένους σπονδὰς πενθημέρους ἐπιθέσθαι νυκτὸς τοῖς Βοιωτοῖς καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἀποκτεῖναι, τοὺς δὲ ζωγρῆσαι. ἀγανακτούντων δὲ τῶν Βοιωτῶν, εἰπεῖν τοὺς Θρᾷκας, ὅτι τὰς ἡμέρας, οὐ τὰς νύκτας ἐσπείσαντο.
Betacode
*qra|ki/a pareu/resis: fasi\ tou\s *qra=|kas h(tthqe/ntas u(po\ *boiwtw=n para\ *korw/neian kai\ speisame/nous sponda\s penqhme/rous e)piqe/sqai nukto\s toi=s *boiwtoi=s kai\ tou\s me\n a)poktei=nai, tou\s de\ zwgrh=sai. a)ganaktou/ntwn de\ tw=n *boiwtw=n, ei)pei=n tou\s *qra=|kas, o(/ti ta\s h(me/ras, ou) ta\s nu/ktas e)spei/santo.
Notes (1)
- Zenobius 4.37, etc. For proverbial Thracian duplicity see also theta 449.
- 1In Boiotia (kappa 2104). ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead