Ὑπῆρξαν

they began

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[Meaning] they initiated first. "For these men first began [the] injustice." Herodotus [sc. writes this].¹
And Aelian [writes]: "he began to be sensible".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπῆρξαν· προκατήρξαντο. οὗτοι γὰρ πρῶτον ὑπῆρξαν ἀδικίης. Ἡρόδοτος. καὶ Αἰλιανός· ὁ δὲ ὑπήρξατο σωφρονεῖν.

Betacode

*(uph=rcan: prokath/rcanto. ou(=toi ga\r prw=ton u(ph=rcan a)diki/hs. *(hro/dotos. kai\ *ai)liano/s: o( de\ u(ph/rcato swfronei=n.

Notes (2)

cf. generally upsilon 161.
1Herodotus 4.1.1 (on the Scythians). ↩
2Adler comments that this phrase does not occur amongst the fragments of Aelian. It has, though, been identified as a possible reading in his Varia Historia (2.12, on the young Themistocles, theta 124): either aorist u(ph/rcato or imperfect u(pe/xeto is the verb there. ↩

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υ161Ὑπάρχωνbeginning[Meaning one who is] initiating first. "As [someone] not beginning [sc. a quarrel], but being avenged." And u(pa/rxein means not simply being, but being long ago, and to come first, to anticipate. Menander [writes]:…

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υ431Ὑπηρέσιονservice-implement υ432Ὑπηρέτηςattendant, servant υ433Ὑπῆρξανthey began υ434Ὑπήτριαhypertria, paunches υ435Ὑπ' ἠοῖat dawn

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1 Nov 2014coding — Catharine Roth
25 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
30 Sep 2010another x-ref — David Whitehead
30 Sep 2010set status — Catharine Roth
29 Sep 2010Translated — David Whitehead

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Greek original · Adler’s text

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