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Headword:
Ἄψυρτος
Adler number: alpha,4739
Translated headword: Apsyrtos, Apsyrtus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Of Prusa, [or?] of Nicomedia, a soldier, who had campaigned under the Emperor Constantine[1] in Scythia by the Istros.[2] This man wrote a book on farriery and a physical [treatise] about the same animals;[3] and other things. Cimon the Athenian also wrote a marvellous book on the inspection of horses.[4]
Greek Original:Ἄψυρτος, Προυσαεὺς, Νικομηδεὺς, στρατιώτης, στρατευσάμενος ἐπὶ Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν Σκυθίᾳ παρὰ τὸν Ἴστρον. ἱππιατρικὸν βιβλίον οὗτος ἔγραψεν καὶ φυσικὸν περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀλόγων: καὶ ἕτερα. ἔγραψε καὶ Κίμων Ἀθηναῖος ἱπποσκοπικὸν βιβλίον θαυμάσιον.
Notes:
C4 AD.
[1] Some manuscripts have "Constantius".
[2] The lower Danube.
[3] For
aloga as animals, especially horses, in late Greek see LSJ s.v.
[4] cf.
kappa 1621 (end) -- where however the name of this author should almost certainly be
Simon (making the authorship misattributed).
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 7 June 2001@22:23:16.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added notes; cosmetics) on 8 June 2001@04:45:07.
David Whitehead (modified translation at one point; corrected x-ref; augmented notes and keywords) on 31 August 2004@07:56:55.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaking) on 10 May 2012@04:47:31.
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