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Headword: Ἐπιμαχεῖν
Adler number: epsilon,2459
Translated headword: to fight in defence
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Demetrius and Ptolemy agreed] that there would be a formal treaty of friendship between them, designed to make them fight in defence of each other; and there was a competition between the pair over which of them would act in a way that thwarted the agreement more.
Greek Original:
Ἐπιμαχεῖν: φιλίαν σφίσιν ἔνσπονδον εἶναι ἐπὶ τῷ τῇ ἀλλήλων ἐπιμαχεῖν: καὶ ἅμιλλα ἦν ἀμφοῖν, πότερος μᾶλλον τὰ δόξαντα ἔργῳ ἐμπεδώσει.
Notes:
From delta 431.
Cf. also epsilon 2458.
Keywords: biography; ethics; historiography; history; law; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 May 2003@09:09:19.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 3 July 2003@19:25:12.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 4 July 2003@03:11:20.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 17 March 2011@08:43:01.
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