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Headword:
Eunouchos
Adler number: epsilon,3604
Translated headword: eunuch
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Translation: "There was a man (if we could grant him to be a man) enfeebled in spirit by the works of
Epicurus, and become effeminate,[1] a eunuch[2] and a she-male,[3] who, as if forgetting, came and thrust himself into the
megaron, where of course it was lawful for the hierophant only to enter."[4]
"Aristonicus was the eunuch of
Ptolemy the king of Egypt, but [he was] manly in behaviour".[5] For more synonyms see in the [entry]
a)/rren.[6]
"The emperor
Theodosius the small,[7] in anger against
Antiochus the praepositus,[8] published a command according to which a eunuch could not become patrician. And the praepositus
Antiochus was immediately relieved of his office and his property was confiscated and he was assigned to the priests, having been calumniated into [joining the] clergy."[9]
Greek Original:Eunouchos: anêr tis ên [ei doiêmen auton andra einai] dia tôn Epikourou logôn tên psuchên ekneuristheis kai thêlus genomenos, ho chlounês te kai gunnis, hôsper epilathomenos ôthêsen heauton es to megaron pherôn, entha dêpou tôi hierophantêi monôi parelthein themiton ên. hoti Aristonikos ho tou Ptolemaiou tou basileôs Aiguptou eunouchos ên, all' andrôdês tên proairesin. zêtei kai alla pherônuma en tôi arren. hoti ho basileus Theodosios ho mikros orgêi têi pros Antiochon ton Praipositon exephônêse diataxin, eunouchon en tois patrikiois mê telein. kathêirethê de euthus kai ho Praipositos Antiochos tês timês kai edêmosieuthê kai tois hiereusi katetagê, diablêtheis eis kathosiôsin.
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Keywords: biography; constitution; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; historiography; history; law; philosophy; politics; religion
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 18 August 2007@09:09:47.
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