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Translation - Ancient greek-English - Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἤρξατο...

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Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἤρξατο...
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Submitted by pluiepoco
Source language: Ancient greek

Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἤρξατο ὁ δυσσεβὴς βασιλεὺς Λέων τῆς κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ σεπτῶν εἰκόνων καθαιρέσεως λόγον ποιεῖσθαι.
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Before edit:
Τούτω τω έτει (726) ήρξατο ό δυσεβής Λέων της κατά των αγίων και σεπτών εικόνων καθαιρέσεως λόγον ποιείσθαι.

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Title
Iconoclasm
Translation
English

Translated by User10
Target language: English

(During) that year (726), the disrespectful king (emperor) Leo started talking about removing the holy and sacred icons.
Remarks about the translation
ἤρξατο... λόγον ποιεῖσθαι-started to talk about, make notices, give speeches etc.

wbw: "...started to talk about removal against the holy and sacred icons..."
Validated by lilian canale - 26 March 2011 23:16





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25 March 2011 21:28

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
this year ---> that year

...started to talk about removing the holy and sacred icons. (That would sound better)

26 March 2011 06:20

pluiepoco
Number of messages: 1263
hi, δυσεβής was a compound word?
can it be divided into impossible (δυσ-)+ to respect (-εβής)?
And the sentence is a very strange inversion style!

26 March 2011 16:33

User10
Number of messages: 1173
Thanks Lilian

@pluiepoco, yes it's a compound word: (δυσ-)+(σέβας)= dis-/un- + respect.

26 March 2011 17:37

alexfatt
Number of messages: 1538
I couldn't translate it better!

But, in my humble opinion, there's an extra "started"

26 March 2011 18:25

User10
Number of messages: 1173
oups!copy-paste error! thanks!

Lilian, could you please take care of it? or let me edit it?