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Headword: *)ono/sandros
Adler number: omicron,386
Translated headword: Onosandros, Onosander, Onasandros, Onasander
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A Platonic philosopher. [He wrote] Tactics, On Stratagems [1], [and] Commentaries on the Republic of Plato.
Greek Original:
*)ono/sandros, filo/sofos *platwniko/s. *taktika/, *peri\ strathghma/twn, *(upomnh/mata ei)s ta\s *pla/twnos *politei/as.
Notes:
See generally OCD4 Onasander. (Ona- seems to be the more authentic form of the name.)
[1] A military manual dedicated to Quintus Veranius, consul in 49 CE and governor of Britain in c. 58 CE. Composed between 49 and 54 CE, it advocates watchfulness and strength of character over complicated military tactics (Campbell 1987).
References:
Campbell, B. "Teach Yourself How to Be a General", JRS 1987: 13-29.
Charvet, P. & A. Ozanam. La Guerre: trois tacticiens grecs: Énée, Asclépiodote, Onasandre. Paris, 1994.
Le Bohec, Y. “Que voulait Onesandros?" Claude de Lyon, empereur romain: actes du colloque Paris-Nancy-Lyon, novembre 1992. Eds. Yves Burnand, Yann Le Bohec, and Jean-Pierre Martin. Paris: Pr. de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 1998. 169-179.
Marek, V. & K. J. Praha. L'art militaire antique. Svoboda, 1977. 231-281.
Peters, W. Untersuchungen zu Onasander. Bonn, 1972. (Diss).
Ploeger, H. Studien zum literarischen Feldherrnporträt römischer Autoren des I. Jahrhunderts V. Chr. (Cicero, De imperio Cn. Pompei; Caesar, Bellum Gallicum; Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum; Livius, Ab urbe condita XXI-XLV; Onasander, Strategikos). Kiel, 1975.
Keywords: biography; military affairs; philosophy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 12 December 2000@06:15:36.
Vetted by:
Bret Mulligan (augmented notes; bibliography; raised status) on 10 January 2004@16:48:53.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 11 January 2004@00:21:42.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 11 January 2004@05:20:43.
David Whitehead (typo) on 26 April 2004@10:59:39.
David Whitehead on 28 July 2011@07:57:32.
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