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§31.6.1-31.6.6

Gallus Invites Accusations Against Eumenes

It describes how the Roman envoy Gaius Gallus went to Asia, invited accusations against King Eumenes and conducted a harsh inquiry, and how the severity of the Romans conversely gained the Greeks' sympathy for Eumenes.

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§31.6.1

ὅτι Γάιος ὁ Γάλλος, χωρὶς τῶν ἄρτι ῥηθέντων ἀλογημάτων, παραγενόμενος εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐκθέματα κατὰ τὰς πόλεις ἐξέθηκε τὰς ἐπιφανεστάτας, κελεύων, εἴ τις βούλεται κατηγορεῖν Εὐμένους τοῦ βασιλέως, ἀπαντᾶν εἰς Σάρδεις ἐπίτινα χρόνον ὡρισμένον.

​That Gaius Gallus, apart from the irrational actions just mentioned, on arriving in Asia issued proclamations throughout the most illustrious cities, ​ordering that, if anyone wished to accuse King Eumenes, they should assemble at Sardis within a certain specified time.

§31.6.3

μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα παραγενηθεὶς αὐτὸς εἰς τὰς Σάρδεις, ἀποκαθίσας ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ περὶ δέχʼ ἡμέρας διήκουε τῶν κατηγορούντων, πᾶσαν ἐπιδεχόμενος αἰσχρολογίαν καὶ λοιδορίαν κατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ καθόλου πᾶν ἕλκων πρᾶγμα καὶ κατηγορίαν, ἅτε παρεστηκὼς ἄνθρωπος τῇ διανοίᾳ1 καὶ φιλοδοξῶν ἐν τῇ πρὸς Εὐμένην διαφορᾷ. —

​After this, having arrived in Sardis himself, he took his seat in the gymnasium and for about ten days listened to the accusers, ​receiving every kind of abuse and slander against the king, and in general dragging up every matter and accusation, ​since he was a man out of his mind and eager for glory in his dispute with Eumenes. —

§31.6.6

ὅτι καθʼ ὅσον ἐδόκουν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι βαρύτερον τῷ Εὐμένει προσφέρεσθαι, κατὰ τοσοῦτο2 συνέβαινε τοὺς Ἕλληνας προσοικειοῦσθαι, φύσει τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀεὶ τῷ θλιβομένῳ τὴν εὔνοιαν προσνεμόντων.3 —

​That the more severely the Romans seemed to behave towards Eumenes, the more the Greeks came to side with him, as it is natural for men always to bestow their goodwill upon the oppressed. —

Syntax notes3 items
  1. 31.6.5παρεστηκὼς ... τῇ διανοίᾳ

    The perfect active participle παρεστηκώς (from παρίστημι) is used here intransitively to mean 'deviated from normal' or 'out of one's mind'. τῇ διανοίᾳ is a dative of respect indicating 'in respect to his intellect'.

  2. 31.6.6καθʼ ὅσον ... κατὰ τοσοῦτο

    A correlative construction expressing proportion, meaning 'the more... the more...' or 'in proportion as... to that extent...'.

  3. 31.6.6τῶν ἀνθρώπων ... προσνεμόντων

    A genitive absolute construction functioning as a causal clause ('since/as men...'). The present active participle προσνεμόντων takes both a dative indirect object (τῷ θλιβομένῳ, 'the oppressed') and an accusative direct object (τὴν εὔνοιαν, 'goodwill').

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
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