11-19-2007, 06:33 PM
Quote:The problem with the identification of "spolas" as "stolas" is that "stolas" is plural,while "spolas" is singular.
No, Giannis, I mean another word, "stolas, stolados" (exactly the same declension as spolas, spolados, but the attic form) This stolas-ados is registered in Liddel-scott lexicon and as a variant of spolas occurs in Xenophon. And, of course is related to Stole, es, but not the same word and declension.
However, "stolas-stolados" occurs in the apparatus criticus, is a variant. I haven't at hand the apparatus of Anabasis, but for example, in a Euripides' verse from Helena (1480) a manuscript reads "stolades"
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"paraita karam hamiçiyam haya mana naiy gaubataiy avam jata"
"Go forth and crush that rebellious army, wich does not call itself mine!" King Darius at Behistun
Vishtaspa/Inyigo
"Go forth and crush that rebellious army, wich does not call itself mine!" King Darius at Behistun
Vishtaspa/Inyigo