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Headword: *po/rrw tw=n nuktw=n
Adler number: pi,2088
Translated headword: far into the night
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] around midnight.
"Some of those who were with him far into the night, that is, those whose soul was in a state of purity, witnessed a demonic apparition."[1]
Greek Original:
*po/rrw tw=n nuktw=n: peri\ to\ mesonu/ktion. tine\s de\ tw=n au)tw=| paro/ntwn po/rrw pou tw=n nuktw=n, dhlono/ti oi(=sper e)n kaqarw=| h)=n h( yuxh/, fa/sma qea/sasqai daimo/nion.
Notes:
The headword phrase (which literally means 'far of the nights') is perhaps extracted from the quotation given, though there is a much earlier instance in Plato, Symposium 217D (quoted by Phrynichus and Timaeus).
[1] An approximation of Procopius, Secret History 12.20 (web address 1), on demonic phenomena associated with the emperor Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally); cf. Kaldellis (59). Further entries on Justinian's purportedly demonic nature are alpha 1259, delta 806, epsiloniota 225, iota 726, and pi 46.
Reference:
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; chronology; definition; historiography; history; philosophy; politics; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: William Hutton on 17 February 2013@14:57:20.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 17 February 2013@23:41:19.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword; tweaking) on 18 February 2013@05:00:57.
David Whitehead on 10 October 2013@08:22:07.
David Whitehead (coding; my typo) on 24 May 2016@03:25:15.
Ronald Allen (added bibliography, cross-references, and link n.1) on 1 July 2024@11:14:15.

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