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Headword: *fau/lh khli/s
Adler number: phi,137
Translated headword: trivial stain
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"Alexander was fearful that his fleet would be destroyed, and that this not trivial stain, following on from his great achievements, might obliterate the whole of his good fortune; yet his constant desire to accomplish something new and extraordinary prevailed".[1] So a "[not] trivial stain" [means one] not commonplace.
Greek Original:
*fau/lh khli/s: *)arriano/s: e)dedi/ei mh\ diafqarh=| o( sto/los *)aleca/ndrou, kai\ ou) fau/lh khli\s au(/th toi=s e)/rgois au)tou= toi=si mega/loisin e)pigenome/nh th\n pa=san eu)tuxi/an au)tou= a)fani/soi: a)ll' e)knikh=sai ga\r au)tw=| th\n e)piqumi/an tou= kaino/n ti a)ei\ kai\ a)/topon e)rga/zesqai. fau/lh ou)=n khli\s ou)x h( tuxou=sa.
Notes:
For Alexander see generally alpha 1121. For "stain" see kappa 1511.
[1] Arrian, Indica 20.2.
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 May 2006@05:42:13.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 9 May 2006@11:00:34.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 10 May 2006@03:03:11.
David Whitehead on 5 December 2013@03:35:32.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 15 January 2023@21:55:11.
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