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Headword:
Σικελίζειν
Adler number: sigma,389
Translated headword: to play the Sicilian
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The [verb that means] to be severe in
Epicharmus,[1] though some [say it means] to be a villain.[2]
They say that a Pythian oracle came to Archidamos, son of Agesilaos, [warning him] to be on his guard against '
Sicily'. And [the story goes that] he regarded the island [of that name] with caution; and he lost his life fighting on the three-legged crest in Attica which bears this name,
Sicily.[3]
Σικελίζειν: τὸ αὐστηρεύεσθαι παρὰ Ἐπιχάρμῳ, οἱ δὲ πονηρεύεσθαι. φασὶν Ἀγησιλάου Ἀρχιδάμῳ γενέσθαι πυθόχρηστον, Σικελίαν φυλάττεσθαι. καὶ τὸν μὲν τὴν νῆσον ἔχειν δι' εὐλαβείας: καὶ ἐς τὸν τρισκελῆ λόφον κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικήν, ᾧ κεῖται τοῦτο τὸ ὄνομα Σικελία, κατέλυσε τὸν βίον μαχόμενος.
Notes:
[1]
Epicharmus fr.206 Kaibel.
[2] LSJ s.v. has another (musical) meaning.
[3] cf. generally
Pausanias 8.11.12 (see under
alpha 2452), but the present material has significant differences and was attributed by Hemsterhuys to
Aelian. King Archidamos III of
Sparta (ruled 360-338) actually died in Italy (Diod.Sic. 16.88.3-4).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 June 2007@08:43:23.
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