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Headword:
UNKNOWN_Hoti
houtos
ho
megas
Alexandros,
nikêsas
naumachian
Lakedaimonious
kai_
Adler number: alpha,1123
Translated headword: Alexander, Alexandros
Vetting Status: high
Translation: This Alexander the Great, having defeated the Lakedaimonians in a sea-battle and fortified
Peiraieus and sacrificed a hecatomb,[1] feasted all the Athenians.
Greek Original:Hoti houtos ho megas Alexandros, nikêsas naumachian Lakedaimonious kai teichisas ton Peiraia kai hekatombên thusas pantas heistiasen Athênaious.
Notes:
From
alpha 731. Since Alexander (
alpha 1121,
alpha 1122) did none of the things attributed to him there (and again here), this must be case of mistaken identity.
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 1.3D = 1.5 Kaibel (the source of
alpha 731) allows us to rectify it: "... Alexander the Great. KONON, having defeated the Lakedaimonians in the sea-battle at
Knidos [394 BCE]...".
[1] A hundred oxen, notionally.
Keywords: biography; food; geography; history; military affairs; religion; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 May 2000@00:41:22.
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