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*megaleph/bolos
Adler number: mu,356
Translated headword: attempter of great things
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] an initiator of great projects.
"For this king seemed [to be] an attempter of great things, and to be bold, and capable of executing what had been begun".[1]
Greek Original:*megaleph/bolos: o( mega/lwn pragma/twn katarxo/menos. e)do/kei ga\r o( basileu\s ou(=tos megaleph/bolos kai\ tolmhro\s ei)=nai kai\ tou= proteqe/ntos e)cergastiko/s.
Note:
[1] A version of the first half of
Polybius 15.37, on Antiochos III. (It goes on to say -- see already
alpha 2693 -- that in later life he did not live up to this early promise.)
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 January 2007@09:58:15.
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