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| ID |
5454 |
| Text |
Historia (continuatio Agathiae) (557 - 582) Menander, the Guardsman |
| Quotation |
(…) ὁ Τούρξανθος· ἆρα οὖν οὐχὶ ὑμεῖς, ἔφη, οὗτοι ἐκεῖνοί ἐστε Ῥωμαῖοι, δέκα μὲν γλώτταις, μιᾷ δὲ χρώμενοι ἀπάτῃ; καὶ ἅμα λέγων ἐπέβυσε τοῖς δέκα δακτύλοις τὸ στόμα τὸ ἑαυτοῦ. εἶτα ἔγεξεν αὖθις· ὥσπερ νῦν ἐπὶ τῇ κατ᾿ ἐμὲ στόματι δάκτυλοί εἰσι δέκα, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι πλείοσι κέχρησθε γλώσσαις· καὶ ταύτῃ μὲν ἐμὲ ἀπατᾶτε, τῇ δὲ ἄλλῃ τὰ κατ᾿ ἐμὲ ἀνδράποδα τούς Οὐαρχωνίτας· (…) |
| Translation |
(…) Turxanthus said, “Are you not those very Romans who use ten tongues and lie with all of them?” As he spoke he placed his ten fingers in his mouth. Then he continued, “As now there are ten fingers in my mouth, so you Romans have used many tongues. Sometimes you deceive me, sometimes my slaves, the Uarkhonitai. (…) |
| Quotation source |
Fr. 19.1.50-56 (pp. 173-175) |
| Temporal Coverage |
576 - 577 |
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