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Headword: Athanatoi
Adler number: alpha,707
Translated headword: immortals
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Ten thousand select [troops] of the Persians.
[The ones] which Ardabourios destroyed and obliterated during Theodosius' reign.[1]
[The ones] which Xerxes, son of Darius, had.[2]
Greek Original:
Athanatoi: murioi Persôn epilektoi. hous Ardabourios epi Theodosiou basileôs diephtheire kai êphanisen. hous eiche Xerxês ho Dareiou.
Notes:
The name reflected the fact that this was "a body of Persian troops in which vacancies were filled up by successors already appointed" (LSJ s.v., repeating what Herodotus 7.83 says).
For other picked bodies of troops cf. alpha 3843, delta 818, epsilon 684, kappa 1044, xi 170, omicron 68, pi 1761, pi 2242.
[1] cf. generally alpha 3803.
[2] cf. xi 54.
Keywords: biography; chronology; definition; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 June 2002@03:41:19.
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Catharine Roth on 8 June 2002@14:18:15.
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