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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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The royal advisors in Egypt established a council to address the crisis and decided to send the Greek envoys currently present to negotiate a reconciliation with Antiochus.
ὅτι μετὰ τὸ παραλαβεῖν Ἀντίοχον τὰ κατὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἔδοξε τοῖς περὶ τὸν Κομανὸν καὶ Κινέαν1 συνεδρεύσασιν μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως κοινοβούλιον καταγράφειν ἐκ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων ἡγεμόνων τὸ βουλευσόμενον2 περὶ τῶν ἐνεστώτων.
After Antiochus had taken control of the affairs in Egypt, those around Comanus and Cineas, who were sitting in council with the king, decided to enroll a joint council from the most distinguished leaders to deliberate on the present situation.
πρῶτον οὖν ἔδοξε τῷ συνεδρίῳ τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος παρεπιδημήσαντας πέμπειν πρεσβευτὰς ὡς τὸν Ἀντίοχον κοινολογησομένους ὑπὲρ διαλύσεως.
First, therefore, it was resolved by the council to send those who were visiting from Greece as envoys to Antiochus to negotiate about a reconciliation.
ἦσαν δὲ τότε παρὰ μὲν τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν πρεσβεῖαι διτταί, μία μὲν ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν φιλανθρώπων ἀνανεώσεως, ἣν ἐπρέσβευον Ἀλκίθος Ξενοφῶντος Αἰγιεὺς καὶ Πασιάδας, ἄλλη δὲ περὶ τοῦ τῶν Ἀντιγονείων ἀγῶνος.
At that time, there were two embassies from the Achaean League: one concerning the renewal of friendly privileges, on which Alcithus of Aegium, son of Xenophon, and Pasiadas were serving as envoys; the other concerning the games of the Antigoneia.
ἦν δὲ καὶ παρὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων πρεσβεία περὶ δωρεᾶς, ἧς ἡγεῖτο Δημάρατος, καὶ θεωρίαι διτταί, μία μὲν ὑπὲρ τῶν Παναθηναίων, ἧς προειστήκει Καλλίας ὁ παγκρατιαστής, ἡ δʼ ἄλλη περὶ μυστηρίων, ὑπὲρ ἧς Κλεόστρατος ἐποιεῖτο τὸν χρηματισμὸν καὶ τοὺς λόγους.
There was also an embassy from the Athenians concerning a gift, led by Demaratus, and two sacred missions: one for the Panathenaea, headed by Callias the pancratiast, and the other concerning the mysteries, for which Cleostratus conducted the business and speeches.
ἐκ δὲ Μιλήτου παρῆσαν Εὔδημος καὶ Ἱκέσιος, ἐκ δὲ Κλαζομενῶν Ἀπολλωνίδης καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος.
From Miletus, Eudemus and Hicesius were present; and from Clazomenae, Apollonides and Apollonius.
ἐξαπέστειλε δὲ καὶ Πτολεμαῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς Τληπόλεμον καὶ Πτολεμαῖον τὸν ῥήτορα πρεσβευτάς.
King Ptolemy also dispatched Tlepolemus and Ptolemy the rhetorician as envoys.
οὗτοι μὲν οὖν ἔπλεον ἀνὰ τὸν ποταμὸν3 εἰς τὴν ἀπάντησιν. —
These men, then, sailed up the river to meet him. —
- 28.19.1τοῖς περὶ τὸν Κομανὸν καὶ Κινέαν
The phrase "οἱ περί + accusative" is an idiomatic expression referring to a person and their associates, or sometimes primarily the person themselves. Here, it refers to the faction surrounding Comanus and Cineas, the advisors of King Ptolemy.
- 28.19.1τὸ βουλευσόμενον
A neuter future active participle modifying the preceding noun κοινοβούλιον (joint council). The future participle functions attributively to express purpose ("which was to deliberate").
- 28.19.7ἀνὰ τὸν ποταμὸν
The preposition ἀνά with the accusative means "up along" or "upward through," referring here to sailing up the Nile River.