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Headword:
Ἐμήδισαν
Adler number: epsilon,979
Translated headword: they medized
Vetting Status: low
Translation: They chose the Persian[1] side.
[It is said] that after the battle at
Marathon [the] Thessalians medized, fearful of the blocking-off of
Tempe.[2]
Ἐμήδισαν: τὰ τῶν Μήδων εἵλοντο. ὅτι μετὰ τὴν ἐν Μαραθῶνι μάχην Θετταλοὶ ἐμήδισαν δείσαντες τὴν ἀπόφραξιν τῶν Τεμπῶν.
Notes:
[1] "Mede" and "Persian" are equivalents in this respect. For the verb, cf.
mu 882.
[2] For this historical gloss -- repeated at the end of
tau 303 -- from 490 BCE, see generally
Herodotus 7.174 (cf. 7.172).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 November 2000@04:39:52.
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