- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:21.36.1-21.36.4
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
Gnaeus captures Cyrmasa and receives the surrender of Lysinoe, then invades the territory of Sagalassus and admits them into friendship upon receiving tribute.
ὅτι1 Κύρμασα πόλιν λαβὼν ὁ Γνάιος καὶ λείαν ἄφθονον ἀνέζευξεν.
That Gnaeus, having taken the city of Cyrmasa and a vast amount of booty, broke camp.
προαγόντων δʼ αὐτῶν παρὰ τὴν λίμνην, παρεγένοντο πρέσβεις ἐκ Λυσινόης διδόντες αὑτοὺς εἰς τὴν πίστιν.
As they were advancing past the lake, ambassadors arrived from Lysinoe, surrendering themselves to his good faith.
οὓς προσδεξάμενος ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὴν τῶν Σαγαλασσέων γῆν καὶ πολὺ πλῆθος ἐξελασάμενος λείας ἀπεκαραδόκει τοὺς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως2 ἐπὶ τίνος ἔσονται γνώμης.
Having received them, he invaded the territory of the Sagalassians, and after driving off a great quantity of booty, he waited to see what attitude those in the city would adopt.
παραγενομένων δὲ πρεσβευτῶν ὡς αὐτόν, ἀποδεξάμενος τοὺς ἄνδρας καὶ λαβὼν πεντήκοντα ταλάντων στέφανον καὶ δισμυρίους κριθῶν μεδίμνους καὶ δισμυρίους πυρῶν,3 προσεδέξατο τούτους εἰς τὴν φιλίαν. —
And when ambassadors came to him, he received the men, and having accepted a crown of fifty talents, twenty thousand medimni of barley, and twenty thousand of wheat, he admitted them into friendship.
- 21.36.1ὅτι
A construction typical of epitomized texts, introducing a clause without a main verb to signify a summary ("That...").
- 21.36.3τοὺς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως
A construction of prolepsis. The noun phrase, which logically should be the subject of the indirect question clause ἐπὶ τίνος ἔσονται γνώμης, is anticipated as the direct object of the main verb ἀπεκαραδόκει.
- 21.36.4δισμυρίους πυρῶν
The unit of measurement μεδίμνους (medimni) is omitted, being understood from the preceding phrase δισμυρίους κριθῶν μεδίμνους, so that δισμυρίους directly modifies the genitive plural πυρῶν (of wheat).
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — translation 1