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Headword:
Ahimonios
Adler number: alphaiota,205
Translated headword: Haimonios, Haemonius
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A Roman; wounded during the war of the Persians against the Athenians he [nevertheless] ran to
Athens, went in to [see] the prytaneis,[1] and said to them 'Rejoice, we are rejoicing';[2] he then fell dead.
Ahimonios, Rhômaios, kata ton Persôn pros Athênaious polemon traumatias dramôn eis Athênas kai eis tous prutaneis eiselthôn eipen autois: chairete kai chairomen. kai pesôn apethanen.
Notes:
A ludicrous re-hashing of part of the story of Pheidippides/
Philippides (
phi 347). The present version follows the phraseology of
Plutarch,
Moralia 347C, where the name is either Thersippos or Eukles; Lucian,
Pro lapsu inter salutandum 3 has
Philippides; the basis for 'Haimonios' (a Roman!) is unclear.
[1] See generally
pi 3000.
[2] So the transmitted text; but in the light of Lucian loc.cit. one should accept here, as in
Plutarch loc.cit., Cobet's emendation to 'we are victorious' (
nikw=men).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 September 2002@11:49:37.
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