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Headword: Antiparaklêsis
Adler number: alpha,2700
Translated headword: mutual exhortation
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"The crowd [of soldiers] became so eager that the mutual exhortation of the forces which occured was tantamount to divine inspiration."[1]
Greek Original:
Antiparaklêsis. eis toiautên prothumian parestê to plêthos, hôste paraplêsian enthousiasmôi tên antiparaklêsin ginesthai tôn dunameôn.
Notes:
The unglossed headword, nominative case, appears in the accusative in the quotation given.
[1] Polybius 11.12.2 (loosely quoted) on the preliminaries to the Battle of Mantinea (207 BCE). For "divine inspiration" -- enthusiasm in its original and literal sense -- see epsilon 1364, epsilon 1365, epsilon 1366, and generally LSJ s.v. e)nqousi/a.
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 November 2000@16:15:46.
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David Whitehead (modified translation; augmented notes; added keywords) on 12 March 2001@04:56:55.
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