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Headword: Aristokratês
Adler number: alpha,3919
Translated headword: Aristokrates, Aristocrates
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
General of the Rhodians; [a man] who was in appearance dignified and striking. Because of all these things, the Rhodians supposed they had a completely capable leader and commander in war. But they were deceived in their hopes: for when he came into action as if into fire, just like counterfeit coins he proved otherwise.
Greek Original:
Aristokratês, Rhodiôn stratêgos: hos ên kata tên epiphaneian axiômatikos kai kataplêktikos. dioper ek pantôn toutôn hupelabon hoi Rhodioi teleôs axiochreôn hêgemona kai prostatên echein tou polemou. diepseusthêsan de tôn elpidôn: elthôn gar es tas praxeis hôsper es pur, kathaper ta kibdêla tôn nomismatôn, alloios ephanê.
Notes:
From Polybius 33.4. Time: mid C2 BCE.
See also under sigma 1527.
Keywords: biography; economics; ethics; geography; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs; science and technology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 30 July 2001@16:24:03.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 31 July 2001@03:56:38.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 10 November 2005@09:04:29.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 12 April 2012@05:18:03.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 20 June 2012@04:16:01.
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