Ξενίας
Xenias
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝16 Feb 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
A proper name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξενίας· ὄνομα κύριον.
Betacode
*ceni/as: o)/noma ku/rion.
Notes
- And a Peloponnesian-sounding one. Known individuals of this name include:
(i) An Arcadian mercenary commander in the army of the younger Cyrus (Xenophon, Anabasis 1.2.3 & 10, 1.4.7-8).
(ii) A faction-leader in Elis in the early C4 BC: fabulously rich ("the man of whom they say that he measured out the money he got from his father by the bushel": Xenophon, Hellenica 3.2.27-29, at 27); proxenos of Sparta and personal guest-friend of King Agis II; and, in the account of Xenophon, instigator of a bungled right-wing coup in his city. See Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1, inc. links to his several mentions in Pausanias.
References
P.A. Cartledge, Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta (London 1987) p.251.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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- Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝