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Headword:
Alogia
Adler number: alpha,1308
Translated headword: disregard
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] unconcern.[1]
Herodotus [writes]: "the scout discovered the Lacedaemonians combing [their hair] and was amazed, to have encountered such great disregard. And Xerxes, hearing these things, had no means of gauging their reality."[2]
Greek Original:Alogia: hê aphrontisia. Hêrodotos: ho de kataskopos heure tous Lakedaimonious ktenizomenous kai ethôumazen, alogiês te enekurêse pollês. ho de Xerxês akouôn tauta ouk eiche sumbalesthai to eon.
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Keywords: biography; clothing; daily life; definition; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 30 May 2000@10:52:58.
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