to be governed as a province

στρᾰτηγ-έω, [dialect] Dor. [full] στρᾰτᾱγέω SIG 421.16 (Thermum, iii B.C.), etc.; [dialect] Aeol. [full] στροτᾱγέω IGRom.4.1243 ([place name] Thyatira), but [pref] στρατ- in the duplicate, IG12(2).243.3 (Mytil.):—

A to be general, Hdt.5.28, E.Heracl. 391; esp. at Athens (v.

στρατηγός 11

), Ar.Eq. 288, Nu. 586, Th.1.57, etc.;

προγόνων εἶναι τῶν ἐστρατηγηκότων Aeschin.1.27

, cf. D.34.50; καὶ πολιτεύεσθαι καὶ ς. Isoc.5.140; σ. ἀπὸ μεγάλων (sc. τιμημάτων ) they are eligible as general beginning from a high property-qualification, Arist.Pol. 1282a31: in Egypt, hold the office of στρατηγός, BGU1297.4 (iii B.C.), PEnteux.8.10 (iii B.C.), etc.: at Rome, to be consul, Plb.2.21.7, 3.114.6; more freq., to be praetor, Plu.Ant.6;

στρατηγῶν καὶ ὑπατεύων Id.Cat.Ma.4

, cf. Arr.Epict.4.1.149.

b c. gen., to be general of an army, τῶν Λυδῶν, Ἐρετριέων, etc., Hdt.1.34, 5.102, etc.; freq. in [dialect] Att., Th.1.29, D.20.82, etc.; also

σ. τῆς Σάμου Plu.Per.26

;

πολέμου D.H.3.22

(v.l. -ον) ; ποῦ σὺ στρατηγεῖς τοῦδε; S.Aj. 1100.

c c. dat.,

ἐστρατήγησε Λακεδαιμονίοισι ἐς Θεσσαλίην Hdt.6.72

, cf. A.Eu.25, E.Tr. 926, Andr. 324, Lys.13.62; but σ. Ξέρξῃ to be general of his army, Paus. 9.1.3.

d folld. by a Prep.,

σ. ἐπὶ Δηλίῳ And.4.13

;

ἐν Τροίᾳ S.El.1

;

ἐς Θεσσαλίην Hdt.

(v. supr. c); σ. ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἀσίας serve as general on the side of Asia, Isoc.4.154.

e c. inf., manoeuvre so as..,

μάχην θέσθαι Plu.Pyrrh.21

, cf. Crass.25, etc.

f c. acc. cogn., σ. στρατηγίας And 1.147, Dinsmoor Archons of Athens 7; ναυμαχίαν, πόλεμον, D.13.21, 49.25: with neut. Adj., do a thing as general,

τοῦτο X.An.7.6.40

; πάντα ὑπὲρ Φιλίππου carry on the whole war in Philip's favour, D.3.6; τοιαῦτα ς. manage matters so in his command, Hdt.9.107; εἰ μὲν ἄλλο τι καλῶς ἐστρ. X.HG6.5.51 —[voice] Pass.,

τὰ στρατηγούμενα D.4.25

,47.

g [voice] Pass., to be commanded by a general,

ἡ πόλις.. ὑπὸ ὑμῶν.. στρατηγεῖται Pl. Ion 541c

;

στρατιὰ ὑπό τινων στρατηγουμένη Isoc.4.185

;

δυοῖν.. στρατηγεῖται φυγή E.Heracl.39

; στρατηγηθῆναι serve under a στρατηγός, Arist. Pol. 1277b11; to be governed as a province, App.Mith. 105.

2 metaph., ἡ τύχη ἐστρ. X.An.2.2.13, cf. 3.2.27;

ἐστρ. ἡ σιωπὴ τὸν ἀγῶνα Plu.2.506e

.

II c. acc. pers., out-general, D.4.41 ([voice] Pass.), Plb.3.71.1, 9.25.6, LXX 2 Ma.14.31 ([voice] Pass.), cf. D.H.5.29 codd.: metaph. of Homer,

δημαγωγῶν καὶ στρατηγῶν τὰ πλήθη Str.1.2.9

; in [voice] Med., of Pythagoras, Socr.Ep.28 ( τερατευσαμένῳ Hercher).

2 c. acc. rei, τῷ σχήματι τοῦ προσώπου στρατηγεῖν τὴν τοῦ πλήθους εὐθυμίαν (of a general) Onos.13.3.

Συρία, ας, ἡ (Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.; ins, LXX; EpArist 22; SibOr 12, 102 [elsewh. Συρίη, s. index of names]; Philo, Joseph.; Ar. 12, 2; Just., A I, 1; s. B-D-F §261, 6) Syria, the part of Western Asia bounded on the north by the Taurus Mts., on the east by the lands of the Euphrates, on the south by Palestine, on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. In 64 B.C. it became a Roman province; its capital was Antioch. Mt 4:24; Ac 18:18; 20:3; 21:3; IEph 1:2; IRo 5:1; 10:2; ISm 11:2; IPol 7:2; 8:2; Pol 13:1. Mentioned beside Cilicia, its neighboring province in Asia Minor (X., An. 1, 4, 4; Diod S 16, 42, 1; 9 of the two neighboring satrapies of Persian times) Ac 15:23, 41; Gal 1:21; IPhld 11:1. Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Σ. (s. Ἀντιόχεια 1) ISm 11:1; IPol 7:1; IPhld 10:1. The province was governed by an imperial legate (s. ἡγεμονεύω and Κυρήνιος) Lk 2:2. ἡ ἐκκλησία ἡ ἐν Συρίᾳ the church in Syria IEph 21:2; IMg 14; ITr 13:1; IRo 9:1. Ignatius is ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Συρίας IRo 2:2.—GBeer, RE XIX 1907, 281–95 (lit.); RDussaud, Mission dans les régions désertiques de la Syrie moyenne 1903, Topographie historique de la Syrie antique et médiévale 1926; BMaisler, Untersuchungen z. alten Gesch. u. Ethnographie Syriens u. Palätinas I 1929; KBaedeker, Palästina u. Syrien⁷ 1910, Syrie-Palestine, Irâq, Transjordanie ’32; LHaefeli, Syrien u. sein Libanon 1926; UKahrstedt, Syr. Territorien in hellenist. Zeit 1926. On the relig. situation s. Schürer III 13f; Dussaud, Notes de Mythologie Syrienne 1903–5; FCumont, Études Syriennes 1917, Religionen³ ’31, 94–123; 253–77 (lit.); HPreisker, Ntl. Zeitgesch. ’37, 146–57; Prümm 264–68; 651–54. S. also CClermont-Ganneau, Recueil d’archéol. orientale, eight vols. 1888–1924; PHitti, History of S., Lebanon, and Palestine ’51; GTchalenko, Villages antiques de la S. du Nord I–III ’55–58; AVööbus, History of Asceticism in the Syrian Orient ’58–61; GDowney, A History of Antioch in S. fr. Seleucus to the Arab Conquest ’61; HGese, Die Religionen Altsyriens ’70; EWirth, S., eine geogr. Landeskunde ’71. Pauly-W. VII 2157–63; 2d ser. IV 1574–82, 1602–1728; Kl. Pauly V 469–73; RAC I 854–60; DACL XV 1855–1942; BHHW III 1919–22.—M-M.

ἐπάρχειος, ον pert. to being governed by an ἔπαρχος or prefect, provincial ἡ ἐπάρχειος (sc. χώρα) province (s. prec. entry; OGI 549, 2; IG XIV, 911): ἐπιβὰς τῇ ἐ. after he had arrived in the province Ac 25:1 v.l. (s. ἐπαρχεία).

στρᾰτηγ-ία, [dialect] Ion. -ιη, ἡ,

A office of general, command, Hdt.1.59, 5.26, E.Andr. 678, 704, Eup. 100, Phryn.Com.22, etc.; παραλύειν τινὰ τῆς ς. Hdt.6.94; ἀνάσσων Ἑλλάδος στρατηγίας being chief general of Greece, E.IT17; τυραννίδος μᾶλλον.. μίμησις ἢ ς. Th. 1.95; of a naval command, Id.5.26, X.HG6.2.13.

2 at Athens, office of στρατηγός, Ar.Pl. 192, Aeschin. 2.41: in pl., Pl.Ap. 36b, R. 599c, etc.; ἐν ταῖς ἐνιαυσίοις ς. Plu.Per. 16: presidency of the Achaean league, Plb.4.37.1, etc.; in Egypt, office of στρατηγός, πρὸς τῇ ς. deputy- στρατηγός, PEnteux.63.10 (iii B.C.), UPZ108.28 (ii B.C.); πρὸς τῇ ς. also,= στρατηγός, BGU12.6 (ii A.D.); at Rome, praetorship, Plu.Cat.Mi.39, Sull.5, etc.; cf.

στρατηγός 11.3

,4.

3 period of command, campaign, X.HG6.2.39.

4 troops commanded by one general, command, prob. in OGI 266.54 (Pergam., iii B.C.).

II generalship, X.Cyr.1.6.14, Mem. 3.1.5, Pl.Euthd. 307a, etc.; piece of strategy, D.S.17.23.

III province governed by a στρατηγός, Str.12.1.4, al., Plin.HN6.27, App.Mith. 105.

IV = φαλαγγαρχία, a force of 4096 men, Arr.Tact.10.7, Ael.Tact.9.8.

2 = στρατιά (which is found in codd. AB), LXX Ju.5.3.

Κύπρος, ου, ἡ (Hom. et al.; ins; 1 Macc 15:23; 2 Macc 10:13; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 282; Joseph., SibOr; Tat. 9:3) Cyprus, an island in the bay formed by the south coast of Asia Minor and the Syrian coast. From 22 B.C. it was a senatorial province governed by a proconsul (ἀνθύπατος, q.v.) Visited by Paul on his so-called first missionary journey Ac 13:4. But Christianity had already been brought there by fugitives fr. Jerusalem 11:19. Cp. also 15:39; 21:3; 27:4.—WEngel, Kypros 1841; AMurray-ASmith-HWalters, Excavations in Cyprus 1900; EOberhummer, D. Insel Cypren 1903; Pauly-W. XII 1924, 59–117; Baedeker 363ff; Ramsay, Bearing 150ff; EPower, Dict. de la Bible, Suppl. II ’34, 1–23; Kl.-Pauly III 404ff; RGunnis, Historic Cyprus ’36–’56; GHill, A History of Cyprus, 4 vols. ’48–’52; TMitford, in ANRW II/7/2 ’80, 1298–1308.—OEANE II 89–96. ABD I 1228–30.