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Headword:
*pa/rqoi
Adler number: pi,671
Translated headword: Parthians
Vetting Status: high
Translation: In the Persian language 'Scythians',[1] whom Sesostris the king of the Egyptians[2] settled, subjecting the Assyrians [to them].
Greek Original:*pa/rqoi: *persikh=| glw/ssh| *sku/qai, ou(\s katw/|kise *se/swstris o( tw=n *ai)gupti/wn basileu/s, u(pota/cas *)assuri/ous.
Notes:
cf. John Malalas p.25ff Dindorf (and Arrian,
Parthica fr. 1 Roos-Wirth = FGrH 156 F30a).
On the Parthians see generally OCD4 s.v. 'Parthia, Parthian Empire'.
[1] Or: '"Parthians" is what Scythians are called in the Persian language'. On the Scythians see
sigma 703 and
sigma 704. On this equation of them, bizarre at first sight, with the Parthians, cf. the note at
pi 672. But 'the Persian language' is of no obvious relevance to either term.
[2] cf.
sigma 266,
sigma 268,
sigma 867.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 December 2004@19:24:21.
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