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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-12
In the Roman Senate, while the ambassadors of both Egyptian kings trade hostile arguments, the Senate decides to support the younger brother and annul the alliance with the elder, prompting the younger Ptolemy to prepare for the capture of Cyprus.
ὅτι κατὰ τοὺς ὑποκειμένους καιροὺς ἧκον παρὰ τοῦ νεωτέρου Πτολεμαίου πρέσβεις οἱ περὶ τὸν Κομανὸν καὶ παρὰ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου παραπλησίως οἱ περὶ τὸν Μένυλλον τὸν Ἀλαβανδέα.
At this same time, there arrived as ambassadors Comanus and his colleagues from the younger Ptolemy, and likewise Menyllus of Alabanda and his colleagues from the elder.
ὧν εἰσελθόντων εἰς τὴν σύγκλητον, καὶ πολλῶν λόγων γινομένων καὶ φιλαπεχθῶν κατὰ πρόσωπον εἰς ἀλλήλους, καὶ τῶν περὶ Τίτον καὶ Γνάιον ἀπομαρτυρούντων καὶ συνεπισχυόντων1 τῷ νεωτέρῳ μετὰ πολλῆς σπουδῆς, ἔδοξε τῇ συγκλήτῳ τοὺς περὶ Μένυλλον ἐν πένθʼ ἡμέραις ἀποτρέχειν ἐκ τῆς Ῥώμης, καὶ τὴν συμμαχίαν ἀναιρεῖν τὴν πρὸς τὸν πρεσβύτερον, πρὸς δὲ τὸν νεώτερον πέμψαι πρεσβευτὰς τοὺς διασαφήσοντας2 τὰ δεδογμένα τῇ συγκλήτῳ.
When they had entered the senate, and many hostile arguments had been exchanged face to face, and Titus and Gnaeus and their colleagues had testified and supported the younger brother with great zeal, it was resolved by the senate that Menyllus and his colleagues should depart from Rome within five days, and that the alliance with the elder brother should be annulled, and that they should send ambassadors to the younger to make clear the senate’s decisions.
καὶ κατεστάθησαν Πόπλιος Ἀπούστιος καὶ Γάιος Λέντλος, οἳ καὶ πλεύσαντες ἐξ αὐτῆς3 εἰς τὴν Κυρήνην ἀνήγγειλαν τῷ Πτολεμαίῳ τὰ δεδογμένα μετὰ πολλῆς σπουδῆς.
Accordingly, Publius Apustius and Gaius Lentulus were appointed, who, sailing at once for Cyrene, reported the decisions to Ptolemy with great dispatch.
ὁ δὲ Πτολεμαῖος ἐπαρθεὶς εὐθέως ἐξενολόγει καὶ ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς ὅλος καὶ πᾶς ἦν περὶ τὴν Κύπρον.4
Ptolemy, highly elated, immediately began to enlist mercenaries and was heart and soul devoted to his designs upon Cyprus.
καὶ τὰ μὲν κατὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἐν τούτοις ἦν.
And such was the state of affairs in Italy.
- 31.20.2ὧν εἰσελθόντων εἰς τὴν σύγκλητον, καὶ πολλῶν λόγων γινομένων... καὶ τῶν περὶ Τίτον καὶ Γνάιον ἀπομαρτυρούντων καὶ συνεπισχυόντων
A series of genitive absolute clauses (ὧν εἰσελθόντων... / γινομένων... / τῶν... ἀπομαρτυρούντων...) are coordinated to explain the circumstances and reasons leading to the main verb (ἔδοξε τῇ συγκλήτῳ). The relative pronoun ὧν functions as a connecting relative referring to the ambassadors mentioned in the preceding sentence.
- 31.20.3τοὺς διασαφήσοντας
The future participle with the article expresses purpose ("those who are to clarify / explain") modifying πρεσβευτάς.
- 31.20.4ἐξ αὐτῆς
An idiomatic adverbial phrase meaning "at once" or "straightway," originating from the ellipsis of τῆς ὁδοῦ ("straight from the road") or τῆς ὥρας ("straight from that hour").
- 31.20.5ὅλος καὶ πᾶς ἦν περὶ τὴν Κύπρον
The adjectives ὅλος (whole) and πᾶς (all) are coordinated to modify the subject predicatively, which combined with the prepositional phrase περὶ τὴν Κύπρον (concerning Cyprus) forms an idiomatic expression meaning "he was entirely devoted to" or "absorbed in" the affairs of Cyprus.
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