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Headword: Τάδε Μῆδος οὐ φυλάξει
Adler number: tau,16
Translated headword: these the Mede will not protect
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
During Xerxes' invasion[1] the exhausted Greeks spent and expended their own monies, saying 'these the Mede will not protect'.
Greek Original:
Τάδε Μῆδος οὐ φυλάξει: κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Ξέρξου ἔφοδον τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀπειρηκότας τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἀναλίσκειν καὶ δαπανᾶν, ἐπιλέγοντας, τάδε Μῆδος οὐ φυλάξει.
Notes:
Same entry in Photius, Lexicon tau565.4-5; and see also Apostolius 15.91.
'Mede' = Persian; see mu 889, and cf. mu 883, mu 884, mu 886.
[1] Of Greece: 481-479 BCE. For Xerxes see generally xi 54.
Keywords: daily life; economics; history; military affairs; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 February 2004@10:44:18.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 9 February 2004@10:59:39.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 10 February 2004@03:03:37.
David Whitehead (expanded note; another keyword) on 12 August 2011@03:46:12.
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