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| ID |
4973 |
| Text |
De Bellis (530 - 560) Procopius |
| Quotation |
Οὖννοι δέ, οἱ Σάβειροι ἐπικαλούμενοι, ἐνταῦθα ᾤκηνται καὶ ἄλλα ἄττα Οὐννικὰ ἔθνη. ἐνθένδε μὲν τὰς Ἀμαζόνας ὡρμῆσθαί φασιν, ἀμφὶ δὲ τὸ Θεμίσκουρον καὶ ποταμὸν τὸν Θερμώδοντα ἐνστρατοπεδεύσασθαι, ᾗπέρ μοι ἔναγχος εἴρηται, οὗ δὴ πόλις ἐν τῷ παρόντι Ἀμισός ἐστι. τανῦν δὲ οὐδαμῆ τῶν ἀμφὶ τὸ Καυκάσιον ὄρος χωρίων Ἀμαζόνων τις μνήμη ἢ ὄνομα διασώζεται, καίτοι καὶ Στράβωνι καὶ ἄλλοις τισὶ λόγοι ἀμφ᾿ αὐταῖς πολλοὶ εἴρηνται. |
| Translation |
The Huns who are called Sabiri (Sábeiroi) dwell in that region, as well as certain other Hunnic tribes (Ounnikà éthnē). And they say that the Amazons (Amazónes) really originated here and afterwards established their camp near Themiscyra on the Thermodon River, as I have stated above, at the place where the city of Amisus is at the present time. But to-day nowhere in the vicinity of the Caucasus range is any memory of the Amazons (Amazónes) preserved or any name connected with them, although much has been written about them both by Strabo and by some others. |
| Summary |
Procopius locates the Huns called Sabiri and starts a reflection on the origins of the Amazons. |
| Quotation source |
8. 3. 5-6. Dewing (1928) (pp. 74-75) |
| Temporal Coverage |
540 - 560 |
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