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Arsakês
Adler number: alpha,4015
Translated headword: Arsakes, Arsaces
Vetting Status: high
Translation: King of [the] Parthians; he died after being struck by a spear against his rib in battle, a man most attractive in body and most pleasing to look at and most kingly in spirit and most experienced in the works of war; and whereas [he was] most gentle to every subject, [he was] most vigorous in putting down revolts. And [the] Parthians missed this man very much.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the term] Arsakids/Arsacids, [meaning] the Persians' kings.
Arsakes, the Parthian, having expelled the Macedonians who ruled the Persian empire for 203 years,[2] handed the kingdom over to the Parthians. Hence the Persian kings were called Arsacids.[3]
Greek Original:Arsakês, Parthôn basileus: hos dorati plêgeis en têi machêi kata tên pleuran thnêiskei, anêr genomenos to te sôma kallistos kai peribleptotatos kai tên psuchên basilikôtatos kai tois es polemon ergois daêmonestatos, kai es men to hupêkoon pan praotatos, es kathairesin de tou anthistamenou errômenestatos. kai touton Parthuaioi te es ta malista epothêsan. kai Arsakidai, hoi Persôn basileis. Arsakês, ho Parthuaios, tous Makedonas kratêsantas tês Persôn archês etê s#4g ekbalôn Parthois tên basileian paradedôken. enthen Arsakidai eklêthêsan hoi Persôn basileis.
Notes:
On the Arsacids in general see OCD(4) s.v. (p.170).
[1] cf. Arrian,
Parthica fr. 19 Roos-Wirth.
[2] However precisely calculated, this period of time is far too long to mark the initial appearance of the Arsacids in the mid C3 BCE.
[3] The source of this material is unidentifiable. (It is truncated, and debased, in
Hesychius, to the summary entry:
a)/rsakes: oi( basilei=s *persw=n)
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 April 2001@19:27:23.
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