Ξενικός
alien
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝16 Feb 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] strange, foreign.
"When he saw an alien image and a non-native sacrifice, he behaved insultingly [literally: drunkenly] towards the object of honor."1
"Alien mercenaries are generally quite useful during wars."2
The Athenians, unwilling to fight on their own against the Corinthians because of the risk, hired foreigners [xenoi] for the war and paid them. They used to do this in many of their wars, and they called it a xenikon.3
"When he saw an alien image and a non-native sacrifice, he behaved insultingly [literally: drunkenly] towards the object of honor."1
"Alien mercenaries are generally quite useful during wars."2
The Athenians, unwilling to fight on their own against the Corinthians because of the risk, hired foreigners [xenoi] for the war and paid them. They used to do this in many of their wars, and they called it a xenikon.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξενικός· ὁ ξένος, ὁ ἀλλότριος. ὡς εἶδεν ἄγαλμα ξενικὸν καὶ ἱερουργίαν οὐκ ἐπιχώριον εἰς τὸ τιμώμενον παρῴνησεν. οἱ ξενικοὶ μισθοφόροι τοπαράπαν εἰώθασι χρησιμεύειν ἐν πολέμοις. ὅτι οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι, μὴ βουλόμενοι δι' ἑαυτῶν πολεμεῖν πρὸς Κορινθίους διὰ τὸν κίνδυνον, μισθούμενοι ξένους εἰς τὸν πόλεμον ἔτρεφον αὐτούς. τοῦτο δὲ ἐν πολλοῖς τῶν πολέμων διεπράττοντο· ὅπερ ξενικὸν ἐκάλουν.
Betacode
*ceniko/s: o( ce/nos, o( a)llo/trios. w(s ei)=den a)/galma ceniko\n kai\ i(erourgi/an ou)k e)pixw/rion ei)s to\ timw/menon parw/|nhsen. oi( cenikoi\ misqofo/roi topara/pan ei)w/qasi xrhsimeu/ein e)n pole/mois. o(/ti oi( *)aqhnai=oi, mh\ boulo/menoi di' e(autw=n polemei=n pro\s *korinqi/ous dia\ to\n ki/ndunon, misqou/menoi ce/nous ei)s to\n po/lemon e)/trefon au)tou/s. tou=to de\ e)n polloi=s tw=n pole/mwn diepra/ttonto: o(/per ceniko\n e)ka/loun.
Notes (3)
- 1Aelian fr. 39b Domingo-Forasté (36 Hercher) (on the irreligious behaviour of the Persian King Artaxerxes Ochus in Egypt; cf. alpha 3201, omega 284). ↩
- 2Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
- 3See already xi 33. This material comes from the scholia on Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 173, cited there. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- ξ35ΞενικοῖςalienMeaning foreign [ones] and not appropriate; because being deceived [is] not native to Hellenes. Or alien, [in the sense of] things said by the foreign ambassadors. Aristophanes [writes]: "having stopped you from being…
- ξ44Ξενολόγιονmercenary-forceAlso [sc. attested is] ceno/logos, [meaning he who is] collecting foreign soldiers.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 18 Jun 2013
- another keyword; adjustments — David Whitehead
- restorative cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- updated reference, added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- supplied headword; added notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝