Ξεναγῶν
foreigner-leading, mercenary-leading
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝16 Feb 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who is] foreigner-receiving.1
In Thucydides the commanders of the mercenaries [sc. are xenagoi];1 for they used to call mercenaries "foreigners" [xenoi].2
"And the xenagoi of each city superintended and forced people into the task [sc. of building the siege mound at Plataea]".3
In Thucydides the commanders of the mercenaries [sc. are xenagoi];1 for they used to call mercenaries "foreigners" [xenoi].2
"And the xenagoi of each city superintended and forced people into the task [sc. of building the siege mound at Plataea]".3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξεναγῶν· ξενοδοχῶν. παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν μισθοφόρων· ξένους γὰρ ἐκάλουν τοὺς μισθοφόρους. οἱ τε ξεναγοὶ ἑκάστης πόλεως ξυνεφεστῶτες ἠνάγκαζον ἐς τὸ ἔργον.
Betacode
*cenagw=n: cenodoxw=n. para\ *qoukudi/dh| oi( a)/rxontes tw=n misqofo/rwn: ce/nous ga\r e)ka/loun tou\s misqofo/rous. oi( te cenagoi\ e(ka/sths po/lews cunefestw=tes h)na/gkazon e)s to\ e)/rgon.
Notes (3)
- 1This present participle (masculine nominative singular) has the same glossing in other lexica (references at Photius xi12 Theodoridis) and must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from Demosthenes 23.148, where it refers to Charidemus (chi 102). ↩
- 2From the scholia to Thucydides 2.75.3 (about to be quoted: see next note). See generally xi 19. ↩
- 3Thucydides 2.75.3, which actually exemplifies a rather different meaning ("the Spartan officers regularly attached to allied Peloponnesian contingents, in joint control with each city's own commanding officers": A.W. Gomme, A Historical Commentary on Thucydides) vol.2 (Oxford 1956) 208). ↩
Linked from3 entries
- λ100Λαμπρῶςbrilliantly, brightly, clearly[Attested as meaning] "openly," not "famously." And in Thucydides: "and with the treaties clearly broken." Also in the other old-time writers. And elsewhere: "[...] and he was clearly breaking the so-called 'permanent'…
- ξ18ΞεναγίαxenagiaTwo five-hundred-man regiments, [i.e.] 1024 men. Most people call this number a chiliarchy and the leader a chiliarch.
- ξ19Ξεναγόςxenagos, mercenary-leader[The term for] the commander of the foreigners.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Jun 2013
- adjustments — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- modified headword and translation; added notes and keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝