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Headword: Ἄδεια
Adler number: alpha,447
Translated headword: impunity
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Relaxation, lack of fear.[1]
Josephus [writes]: "when the conspirators saw the Romans they initiated a wicked agreement and asked one another: why should they stay there? Why on earth should they endure three walls built up to encroach on their breathing and while the enemy was making himself defenses with impunity?"[2]
Greek Original:
Ἄδεια: ἄνεσις, ἀφοβία. Ἰώσηπος: οἱ δὲ στασιασταὶ τοὺς Ῥωμαίους ὁρῶντες κακῆς ὁμονοίας κατήρχοντο, καὶ λόγον ἀλλήλοις ἐδίδοσαν, τί μένοιεν; τί παθόντες ἀνέσχοιντο τρία ταῖς ἀναπνοαῖς αὐτῶν ἀναφρασσόμενα τείχη καὶ τοῦ πολέμου μετ' ἀδείας ἀντιπολεμίζοντος ἑαυτόν.
Notes:
[1] See also alpha 448.
[2] Josephus, Jewish Wars 5.72-3 (web address 1 below); cf. pi 1884.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 18 March 2001@19:07:20.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 30 April 2002@06:45:19.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 30 April 2002@06:48:22.
Jennifer Benedict (updated Perseus link) on 12 March 2008@00:01:47.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks) on 10 January 2012@06:37:43.
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