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Headword:
*(/amippoi
Adler number: alpha,1600
Translated headword: horse-attached
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A
xynoris, he says,[1] was the term in the old days for two horses yoked at the necks. On the one there was a driver, and on the other a hoplite. And now they are used, on official duties, by the Alibyes, who are also called Zeugnitai.[2] The same thing is also called
a(/mippon. Thus
Thucydides [uses the term].[3]
*(/amippoi: cunwri/s, fhsi/, kata\ to\ palaio\n e)le/geto du/o i(/ppoi sunezeugme/noi tw=n traxh/lwn. h)=n d' e)pi\ me\n tou= e(te/rou h(ni/oxos, e)pi\ de\ tou= e(te/rou o(pli/ths. kai\ nu=n de\ xrw=ntai peri\ a)rxh=s *)ali/bues, oi( prosagoreuo/menoi *zeugni=tai. to\ de\ au)to\ kai\ a(/mippon kalei=tai. ou(/tws *qoukudi/dhs.
Notes:
Similar material (already at
alpha 1213) in
Photius and elsewhere. See also
alpha 1601, and generally Jacoby on
Philochorus, FGrH 328 F71.
[1] Or (and surely preferably) "they say", a mss variant rejected by Adler.
[2] "It seems to be the name of a people which, however, occurs neither in Steph. Byz. nor elsewhere" (Jacoby).
[3]
Thucydides 5.57.2, web address 1.
Web address 1
Keywords: chronology; definition; geography; historiography; military affairs; science and technology; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 August 2000@21:03:37.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; augmented notes) on 29 January 2001@06:30:04.
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 17 July 2002@11:20:32.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 1 August 2006@07:46:38.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 15 February 2012@05:38:03.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 17 February 2012@01:18:13.
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