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Headword:
*gumnikoi\
a)gw=nes
Adler number: gamma,484
Translated headword: gymnastic contests
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "When he was in Persia,[1] Julian held gymnastic contests."[2] That is, as many [contests as are] nude.
Greek Original:*gumnikoi\ a)gw=nes: o( de\ *)iouliano\s e)n *pe/rsais w)\n gumnikou\s a)gw=nas h)=ge. toute/stin o(/sous gumnou/s.
Notes:
The headword phrase, in the nominative plural, is presumably generated by its accusative plural in the quotation given.
[1] Or perhaps, more exactly, 'in Persepolis'; see LSJ s.v.
*Pe/rshs, I.b.
[2] The quotation reappears at
eta 45, and cf.
epsilon 322. Adler tentatively attributed it to
Eunapius; now Blockley,
Eunapius fr. 27.(4).
Blockley, R.C. The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Vol. II. Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1983.
Keywords: athletics; biography; definition; geography; historiography; history
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 July 2002@12:51:30.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 20 July 2002@11:43:27.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaking) on 12 June 2012@03:46:59.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 26 January 2014@08:51:51.
Aaron Baker (Corrected numbering of notes; added Blockley cites.) on 28 September 2014@18:46:06.
David Whitehead on 30 September 2015@03:31:59.
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