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Headword:
Aithugma
Adler number: alphaiota,156
Translated headword: glimmer
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] stirring.[1]
"He dreamed his way through his reign and produced a kind of glimmer or apparition of monarchy. In this way he was no obstacle to the man becoming consul."[2]
Greek Original:Aithugma: hormêma. ho de basileian ôneiropolei kai aithugma amêgepê kai phantasian tina apetelei monarchias. tautêi toi kai ekpodôn egeneto tôi andri hupatôi genesthai.
Notes:
Similar entry (though the quotation is shorter) in ps.-
Zonaras.
For this headword see also
alphaiota 157.
[1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the
Ambrosian Lexicon.
[2] Claimed as
Damascius,
Life of Isidore fr. 108 Asmus; Adler suggested
Eunapius vel sim. instead; but still
Damascius fr. 175 Zintzen.
Keywords: biography; constitution; definition; dreams; historiography; history; imagery; politics
Translated by: William Hutton on 7 November 2002@11:53:43.
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