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Headword:
*sw=stris
Adler number: sigma,867
Translated headword: Sostris, Sesostris
Vetting Status: high
Translation: King of the Egyptians, from the tribe of Cham, the man who subjected the Assyrians, all Asia, and Europe. In the land of the Assyrians, he settled 50,000 Scythian men, who were called "Parthians," which is "Scythians" in the Persian language. Up to today they have the clothing and the speech and the customs of the Scythians.
Greek Original:*sw=stris, basileu\s tw=n *ai)gupti/wn, e)k th=s fulh=s tou= *xa/m: o(/stis u(pe/tace tou\s *)assuri/ous kai\ pa=san th\n *)asi/an kai\ th\n *eu)rw/phn: kai\ katw/|kisen e)n th=| *)assuri/wn xw/ra| *skuqw=n a)/ndras muria/das #22e#, oi(/tines e)klh/qhsan *pa/rqoi, o(/ e)sti *persikh=| glw/ssh| *sku/qai. kai\ me/xri sh/meron e)/xousi kai\ th\n stolh\n kai\ th\n lalia\n kai\ tou\s no/mous tw=n *skuqw=n.
Notes:
From John Malalas p.25ff (Dindorf); cf. Roos, Arrianea p. 4, 13.
Though the Suda manuscripts give the headword name as Sostris, it is clear from
pi 671 and
sigma 268 (not to mention external evidence) that one should emend to Sesostris. See generally
Herodotus 2.102-110, and A.B. Lloyd in OCD4 p.1356 ("Though based on several rulers of the Twelfth Dynasty called Senwosret, he ultimately became an embodiment of the ideal of Egyptian kingship much used in nationalist propaganda").
Translated by: Timothy Pepper on 7 February 2001@05:57:41.
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