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Amilkas
Adler number: alpha,1596
Translated headword: Hamilcar, Amilkas
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "[Hamilcar], also called Phabias,[1] general of the Carthaginians, who was in the prime of life and had great vigour and, what is of most use in warfare, was an exceptionally good and fearless horseman."[2]
"This Hamilcar, they say, had a son, Hannibal, who in later times distressed Italy with a long war and became particularly fearsome to the Romans."[3]
Greek Original:Amilkas, ho kai Phabeas, Karchêdoniôn stratêgos, hos hupêrche kata men tên hêlikian akmazôn kai kata tên hexin errômenos, to de megiston ephodion pros polemikên chreian, hippeus agan agathos kai tolmêros. hoti toutou tou Amilkou paida gegenêsthai phasin Anniban, ton chronois husteron makrôi polemôi tên Italian kakôsanta Rhômaiois te phoberon es ta malista genomenon.
Notes:
OCD(4) pp.644-5, s.v. 'Hamilcar(2) Barca' and 'Hannibal'.
[1] Some mss have Bapheas, and
phi 1 gives it as Phabeas; in fact the authentic version of the name is Phameas (as at
alpha 2235).
[2]
Polybius 36.8.1, preserved only here.
[3] This quotation was not identified by Adler and is not securely identifiable even with scholarly aids unavailable to her, notably the TLG; nevertheless Favuzzi 200-201 makes a reasonable case for an attribution to John of
Antioch. See also (for Favuzzi on Hannibal) under
alpha 4515,
omicron 237, and
phi 556.
Andrea Favuzzi, 'Frammenti (e personaggi) in cerca d'autore', in Marcella Chelotti and Marina Silvestrini (eds.), Epigrafia e territorio, Politica e societa 9 (Bari 2013) 195-215
Keywords: biography; chronology; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 August 2000@20:48:17.
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