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Headword:
Telônês
Adler number: tau,289
Translated headword: tax-collector, publican
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The name of "tax-collector" was reviled among the ancients; and [the name] of Kleon, because he was a tax-collector and collected taxes beyond what was due, as
Aristophanes says.
Greek Original:Telônês: diebeblêto para tois palaiois to tou telônou onoma: kai tou Kleônos ontos telônou kai huper to telos telônountos: hôs phêsin Aristophanês.
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Keywords: biography; comedy; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; ethics; law
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 8 December 2012@01:09:38.
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