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Headword:
Apekarterêsen
Adler number: alpha,2988
Translated headword: starved himself to death.
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] he disposed of himself. "
Lycurgus came to Crete and starved himself to death, in order that he would not destroy the laws which he had established."[1]
Greek Original:Apekarterêsen: heauton diechrêsato. ho de Lukourgos elthôn eis Krêtên apekarterêsen, hina mê lusêi tous nomous, hous ethêken.
Notes:
The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] This quotation reappears, with slightly altered wording, at
alpha 3336 (accusative case) and
lambda 824. In no form is its source identifiable.
Keywords: biography; constitution; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; food; geography; historiography; history; law
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 December 2000@13:43:33.
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