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Headword: Ioudêth
Adler number: iota,431
Translated headword: Judith
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The Hebrew woman who killed Holophernes, the general of Cambyses the son of Cyrus. She took all Holophernes' possessions and dedicated them to God. Then she returned to her house, practiced virtue and asceticism, and died when she had lived 105 years.
Greek Original:
Ioudêth, Hebraia hê ton Holophernên, ton archistratêgon Kambusou tou huiou Kurou, anelousa, ta tou Holophernou panta labousa tauta anethêke tôi theôi: kai hupostrepsasa en tôi oikôi autês, aretên kai askêsin echousa eteleutêsen re# etê biôsasa.
Notes:
Adler notes that this material was attributed to John of Antioch by Gelzer, Julius Africanus 1.110; but it is not accepted as such by Roberto.
On Judith see already iota 430; on Holophernes see omicron 210.
Keywords: biography; chronology; ethics; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; religion; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 August 2003@13:45:47.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added keyword; cosmetics) on 4 August 2003@02:58:40.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 13 January 2013@06:01:42.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 29 January 2015@09:37:29.
David Whitehead (coding) on 26 April 2016@10:53:48.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 3 January 2021@23:15:38.

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