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Headword: *sfodri/as
Adler number: sigma,1752
Translated headword: Sphodrias
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A Spartan general. They say that he was too simple-minded and vain in his hopes.
Greek Original:
*sfodri/as, strathgo\s *lakedaimoni/wn. fasi\ de\ au)to\n eu)h/qh te ei)=nai li/an kai\ kou=fon pro\s ta\s e)lpi/das.
Note:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on S's appearance in Isaeus fr. 96 Sauppe and going on to cite Kallisthenes FGrH 124 F9 for this opinion of him. Sphodrias had hoped, above all, to capture the Peiraieus from Athens in a surprise raid on it in 378 BCE. See generally Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.20-33 (web address 1), etc.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 6 November 2001@07:03:49.
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Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 27 January 2005@00:13:58.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 27 January 2005@03:09:03.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 14 July 2011@09:15:15.
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