Θᾶσσον

sooner

Translated by David Whitehead21 Jan 2008Vetting: high6 revisions

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"For [sooner] might someone count all the [sc. grains of] sand than the number of people this man killed. Calculating the territory, made devoid of its inhabitants, I say that ten thousand ten thousands of ten thousands perished".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θᾶσσον γὰρ ἄν τις τὴν πᾶσαν ψάμμον ἐξαριθμήσειεν, ἢ ὅσους οὗτος ἀνῄρηκε. τὴν δὲ χώραν διαριθμούμενος, ἔρημον οὖσαν τῶν ἐνοικούντων, μυριάδας μυριάδων μυρίας φημὶ ἀπολωλέναι.

Betacode
*qa=sson ga\r a)/n tis th\n pa=san ya/mmon e)cariqmh/seien, h)\ o(/sous ou(=tos a)nh/|rhke. th\n de\ xw/ran diariqmou/menos, e)/rhmon ou)=san tw=n e)noikou/ntwn, muria/das muria/dwn muri/as fhmi\ a)polwle/nai.

Notes

  1. An approximation of Procopius, Secret History 18.4 (web address 1), on Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally); cf. Kaldellis (81). The headword is the neuter accusative singular comparative of taxu/s, used adverbially: cf. tau 199. This entry is out of alphabetical order.

References


A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)

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Revision history6 revisions · last 11 Jul 2024
  1. added bibliography and link to note — Ronald Allen
  2. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  3. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. x-ref — David Whitehead
  6. set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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