- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:28.22.1-28.22.3
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
Antiochus, while keeping Alexandria under siege, dispatched envoys to Rome and raised substantial funds to present gifts to the Romans and various Greek cities.
ὅτι Ἀντίοχος μετὰ τὸ καταλιπεῖν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν πολιορκεῖν1 πρεσβευτὰς εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἐξέπεμπεν·
That Antiochus, after leaving Alexandria under siege, sent ambassadors to Rome;
οὗτοι δʼ ἦσαν Μελέαγρος, Σωσιφάνης, Ἡρακλείδης·
these were Meleager, Sosiphanes, and Heraclides;
συνθεὶς2 ἑκατὸν καὶ πεντήκοντα τάλαντα, πεντήκοντα μὲν στέφανον3 Ῥωμαίοις, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ τῶν χρημάτων εἰς δωρεάν τισιν τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα πόλεων. —
having put together one hundred and fifty talents, fifty as a crown for the Romans, and the rest of the money as a gift for some of the cities in Greece. —
- 28.22.1μετὰ τὸ καταλιπεῖν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν πολιορκεῖν
The preposition μετὰ with the articular infinitive τὸ καταλιπεῖν means 'after leaving', taking Ἀλεξάνδρειαν as its object. The active present infinitive πολιορκεῖν functions as a complement of result or purpose ('to be besieged' or 'for others to besiege'), meaning 'after leaving Alexandria under siege'.
- 28.22.3συνθεὶς
Aorist active participle (nominative masculine singular) of συντίθημι ('to put together', 'to procure'), agreeing with the subject Antiochus, meaning 'having amassed' or 'having raised' one hundred and fifty talents.
- 28.22.3στέφανον
In the phrase πεντήκοντα μὲν [τάλαντα] στέφανον Ῥωμαίοις, στέφανον ('crown') is in apposition to the fifty talents (or an accusative of purpose/destination), referring to the diplomatic custom of presenting a golden crown (or its monetary equivalent) to the Romans.