- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:21.9.1-21.9.3
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
It describes the excellent military capability and background of Diophanes, as well as his robust physical characteristics and bravery.
ὅτι Διοφάνης ὁ Μεγαλοπολίτης μεγάλην ἕξιν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς πολεμικοῖς διὰ τὸ πολυχρονίου γεγονότος τοῦ πρὸς Νάβιν πολέμου τοῖς Μεγαλοπολίταις ἀστυγείτονος1 πάντα συνεχῶς τὸν χρόνον ὑπὸ τὸν Φιλοποίμενα τεταγμένος τριβὴν ἐσχηκέναι2 τῶν κατὰ πόλεμον ἔργων ἀληθινήν.
Diophanes of Megalopolis possessed great skill in military affairs because, as the war against Nabis, who was a neighbor to the Megalopolitans, lasted for a long time, he had been constantly stationed under Philopoemen and had gained a true practical experience of military operations throughout the whole period.
χωρίς τε τούτων κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν καὶ κατὰ τὴν σωματικὴν χρείαν ἦν ὁ προειρημένος ἀνὴρ δυνατὸς καὶ καταπληκτικός.
Apart from these things, in his appearance and physical activity, the aforementioned man was powerful and imposing.
τὸ δὲ κυριώτατον, πρὸς πόλεμον ὑπῆρχεν ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς καὶ τοῖς ὅπλοις ἐχρῆτο διαφερόντως. —
Most importantly of all, he was a brave man in war and wielded his weapons in an exceptional manner. —
- 21.9.1τοῖς Μεγαλοπολίταις ἀστυγείτονος
The adjective ἀστυγείτων (neighboring, neighbor) is accompanied by τοῖς Μεγαλοπολίταις as a dative of relation. It qualifies or stands in apposition to "Nabis" in the phrase τοῦ πρὸς Νάβιν πολέμου, meaning "(Nabis) who was a neighbor to the Megalopolitans."
- 21.9.1διὰ τὸ ... τριβὴν ἐσχηκέναι
The preposition διὰ and the articular infinitive τὸ ... ἐσχηκέναι (perfect active infinitive) express causality. Inside this main structure, a long absolute genitive clause (πολυχρονίου γεγονότος...) and a participle clause (τεταγμένος) are inserted, where "Diophanes," the subject of the main clause, acts as the logical subject of τεταγμένος.