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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
While the senate postponed its answer to the Rhodian ambassadors, it decided to send commissioners to investigate the situation upon receiving reports from the Dardanians and Thessalians about the threat of the Bastarnae and Perseus.
ὅτι ἡ σύγκλητος, παραγενομένων τῶν ἐκ τῆς Ῥόδου πρεσβευτῶν, διακούσασα τῶν λόγων ὑπερέθετο τὴν ἀπόκρισιν.
When the ambassadors from Rhodes arrived, the senate, after hearing their statements, postponed their reply.
ἡκόντων δὲ τῶν Δαρδανίων1 καὶ περὶ τοῦ πλήθους τῶν Βασταρνῶν καὶ περὶ τοῦ μεγέθους τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ τῆς ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις τόλμης ἐξηγουμένων, καὶ διασαφούντων περὶ τῆς Περσέως κοινοπραγίας καὶ τῶν Γαλατῶν καὶ φασκόντων τοῦτον ἀγωνιᾶν2 μᾶλλον ἢ τοὺς Βαστάρνας καὶ διὰ ταῦτα δεομένων σφίσι βοηθεῖν, παρόντων δὲ καὶ Θετταλῶν καὶ συνεπιμαρτυρούντων τοῖς Δαρδανίοις καὶ παρακαλούντων καὶ τούτων ἐπὶ τὴν βοήθειαν, ἔδοξε τῇ συγκλήτῳ πέμψαι τινὰς τοὺς αὐτόπτας ἐσομένους τῶν προσαγγελλομένων.3
Meanwhile, the Dardanians arrived and explained the multitude of the Bastarnae, the stature of the men, and their boldness in times of danger, and made clear the joint-plotting of Perseus and the Galatians, claiming that he was in even greater anxiety than the Bastarnae, and for these reasons begged them to send help. Since the Thessalians were also present, corroborating the testimony of the Dardanians and likewise calling for aid, it seemed good to the senate to send commissioners who would be eyewitnesses of the reported matters.
καὶ παραυτίκα καταστήσαντες Αὖλον Ποστόμιον ἐξαπέστειλαν καὶ σὺν τούτῳ τινὰς τῶν νέων.
And they immediately appointed Aulus Postumius and sent him out, along with some of the younger men.
- 25.6.2ἡκόντων δὲ τῶν Δαρδανίων
From §25.6.2 to §25.6.4, a long series of genitive absolute constructions with multiple participles (ἡκόντων, ἐξηγουμένων, etc.) is sustained, all serving to set the background or cause for the main verb ἔδοξε in §25.6.5.
- 25.6.3τοῦτον ἀγωνιᾶν
τοῦτον is the subject of the infinitive clause, referring back to Perseus. The infinitive ἀγωνιᾶν (from ἀγωνιάω) means 'to be in great anxiety' or 'to be agitated', indicating here that Perseus was acting with even greater urgency or anxiety than the Bastarnae.
- 25.6.5τῶν προσαγγελλομένων
A substantivized neuter plural participle meaning 'the things reported'. It functions as an objective genitive dependent on the noun αὐτόπτας ('eyewitnesses').
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-10-09)
- 2026-10-09 Collated with the printed edition — source 1