Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for pi,421 in Adler number:
Headword:
*parapresbei/a
Adler number: pi,421
Translated headword: misconduct as an ambassador
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the [sc. charge of] having done something outside the instructions.[1]
"The emperor took it amiss, reasonably enough, and John was convicted of misconduct as an ambassador, on the grounds that he had acted against the interests of the state."[2]
And elsewhere: "this man is threatening to capture my brother and prosecute him for misconduct as an ambassador."[3]
Greek Original:*parapresbei/a: to\ e)/cw ti tw=n prostetagme/nwn diapra/casqai. o( de\ basileu\s e)xale/painen oi(=a ei)ko/s, kai\ parapresbei/as e)kri/neto *)iwa/nnhs, a(/te ou) pro\s to\ sunoi=son th=| politei/a| diapraca/menos. kai\ au)=qis: ou(=tos to\n e)mo\n a)delfo\n a)peilei= parapresbei/as ai(rh/sein kai\ diw/cesqai.
Notes:
[1] Despite the quotations which follow, this headword probably earns its place in the Suda because of its role in classical Athenian history and law, especially the clash between doves and hawks over the embassy of 346 BCE which resulted in the "Peace of Philocrates" between
Athens and Philip II of Macedon (
alpha 4218 etc.).
[2] Part of
Menander Protector fr. 9.2 Blockley.
[3] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as one from
Synesius,
Letter 79 (p.40.17-18 Garzya). See on this Theodoridis'
Photius edition, vol.II p.XCVII. The translation of A. Fitzgerald may be found at web address 1.
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; ethics; historiography; history; law; politics; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 January 2007@08:38:01.
Vetted by:
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search