Life of Epaminondas
Nepos, Epaminondas
The Theban general who broke Sparta's power at Leuctra and died at Mantinea. 10 sections, 76 sentences, each with an English translation.
Read it with every word glossed and parsed, and keep your place.
Read in LectitōContents
- Chapter 1Greek customs and Roman readersEpamīnōndās, Polymniī fīlius, Thēbānus.
- Chapter 2Education and trainingNātus igitur patre, quō dīximus, genere honestō, pauper iam ā maiōribus…
- Chapter 3His characterAd hanc corporis firmitātem plūra etiam animī bona accesserant.
- Chapter 4He refuses a bribeTentāta autem eius est abstinentia ā Diomedonte Cyzicēnō: namque is rogātū…
- Chapter 5Replies to MeneclidesFuit etiam disertus, ut nēmō eī Thēbānus pār esset ēloquentiā, neque minus…
- Chapter 6Speeches in Arcadia and at SpartaĪdem cum in conventum vēnisset Arcadum, petēns ut societātem cum Thēbānīs et…
- Chapter 7Patience with his fellow citizensFuisse patientem suōrumque iniūriās ferentem cīvium, quod sē patriae īrāscī…
- Chapter 8On trial for his lifePostquam domum reditum est, collēgae eius hōc crīmine accūsābantur.
- Chapter 9Death at MantineaHic extrēmō tempore imperātor apud Mantinēam cum aciē īnstrūctā audācius…
- Chapter 10No children; his greatnessHic uxōrem numquam dūxit.
Nepos, Epaminondas. Latin text: A. Fleckeisen (Teubner, 1886), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. Vocabulary: F. Ritchie (1903, public domain) and entries written for this app. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.