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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:27.13.1-27.13.4
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
The wisdom and practical character of Ptolemy, governor of Cyprus, are described. He diligently accumulated funds during the king's minority without distributing any, and although slandered at the time, he was praised by the king and court after handing over the entire sum upon the king's majority.
ὅτι Πτολεμαῖος ὁ στρατηγὸς ὁ κατὰ Κύπρον οὐδαμῶς Αἰγυπτιακὸς γέγονεν, ἀλλὰ νουνεχὴς καὶ πρακτικός.
Ptolemy, the governor of Cyprus, was in no way Egyptian-like, but rather sensible and practical.
παραλαβὼν γὰρ τὴν νῆσον ἔτι νηπίου τοῦ βασιλέως ὄντος1 ἐγίνετο μὲν ἐπιμελῶς περὶ συναγωγὴν χρημάτων, ἐδίδου δʼ ἁπλῶς οὐδὲν οὐδενί, καίπερ αἰτούμενος πολλάκις ὑπὸ τῶν βασιλικῶν διοικητῶν καὶ καταλαλούμενος πικρῶς ἐπὶ τῷ μηδὲν προΐεσθαι.2 τοῦ δὲ βασιλέως εἰς ἡλικίαν παραγεγονότος, συνθεὶς πλῆθος ἱκανὸν χρημάτων ἐξαπέστειλεν, ὥστε καὶ τὸν Πτολεμαῖον αὐτὸν3 καὶ τοὺς περὶ τὴν αὐλὴν εὐδοκῆσαι τῇ πρότερον αὐτοῦ συστολῇ καὶ τῷ μηδὲν προΐεσθαι.
For having taken charge of the island when the king was still an infant, on the one hand, he diligently applied himself to the collection of money, but on the other hand, he gave absolutely nothing to anyone, although he was often asked by the royal administrators and bitterly slandered for letting go of nothing. But when the king arrived at manhood, having gathered a sufficient amount of money, he sent it off, with the result that both Ptolemy himself and those of the court approved of his former stinginess and his letting go of nothing.
- 27.13.2ἔτι νηπίου τοῦ βασιλέως ὄντος
A genitive absolute construction consisting of the noun βασιλέως and the participle ὄντος, expressing time ("when the king was still an infant").
- 27.13.2ἐπὶ τῷ μηδὲν προΐεσθαι
The articular infinitive προΐεσθαι is used with the preposition ἐπί in the neuter dative, expressing the ground for blame ("for letting go of nothing").
- 27.13.4τὸν Πτολεμαῖον αὐτὸν
Πτολεμαῖον here refers to King Ptolemy VI of Egypt, not to the governor Ptolemy who is the subject in §27.13.1.
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