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| ID |
4979 |
| Text |
De Bellis (530 - 560) Procopius |
| Quotation |
Πάλαι μὲν Οὔννων, τῶν τότε Κιμμερίων καλουμένων, πολύς τις ὅμιλος τὰ χωρία ταῦτα ἐνέμοντο ὧν ἄρτι ἐμνήσθην, βασιλεύς τε εἷς ἅπασιν ἐφειστήκει. καί ποτέ τις αὐτῶν τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔσχεν, ᾧ δὴ παῖδες ἐγένοντο δύο, ἅτερος μὲν Οὐτιγοὺρ ὄνομα, , Κουτριγοὺρ δὲ ὁ ἕτερος. οἵπερ, ἐπειδὴ αὐτοῖν ὁ πατὴρ τὸν βίον συνεμετρήσατο, τήν τε ἀρχὴν ἄμφω ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς διεδάσαντο καὶ τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν τοῖς ἀρχομένοις αὐτοῖς ἔδοσαν· οἱ μὲν γὰρ Οὐτίγουροι, οἱ δὲ Κουτρίγουροι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ὀνομάζονται. |
| Translation |
In ancient times a vast throng of the Huns (Oúnnoi) who were then called Cimmerians (Kimmérioi) ranged over this region which I have just mentioned, and one king had authority over them all. And at one time the power was secured by a certain man to whom two sons were born, one of whom was named Utigur and the other Cutrigur. These two sons, when their father came to the end of his life, divided the power between them, and each gave his own name to his subjects ; for the one group has been called Utigurs (Outígouroi) and the other Cutrigurs (Koutrígouroi) even to my time. |
| Summary |
Excursus on the history of the Huns, identifying them with the Cimmerians of the eighth century BCE. Explanation of the division between Utigurs and Cutrigurs. |
| Quotation source |
8. 5. 1-4. Dewing (1928) (pp. 86-89) |
| Temporal Coverage |
-800 - -700 |
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