- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:31.9.1-31.9.4
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
King Antiochus of Syria attempted to plunder the temple of Artemis in Elymais to raise funds, but after being thwarted by the local inhabitants, he died of madness during his retreat at Tabae in Persis, which some attributed to divine retribution.
ὅτι κατὰ τὴν Συρίαν Ἀντίοχος ὁ βασιλεὺς βουλόμενος εὐπορῆσαι χρημάτων προέθετο στρατεύειν ἐπὶ τὸ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν εἰς τὴν Ἐλυμαΐδα.
That in Syria King Antiochus, wishing to enrich himself with money, purposed to make an expedition against the temple of Artemis in Elymais.
παραγενόμενος δʼ ἐπὶ τοὺς τόπους καὶ διαψευσθεὶς τῆς ἐλπίδος διὰ τὸ μὴ συγχωρεῖν τῇ παρανομίᾳ τοὺς βαρβάρους1 τοὺς οἰκοῦντας περὶ τὸν τόπον, ἀναχωρῶν ἐν Τάβαις τῆς Περσίδος ἐξέλιπε τὸν βίον, δαιμονήσας,2 ὡς ἔνιοί φασι, διὰ τὸ γενέσθαι τινὰς ἐπισημασίας τοῦ δαιμονίου κατὰ τὴν περὶ τὸ προειρημένον ἱερὸν παρανομίαν.
But having arrived at the place and being disappointed in his hope because the barbarians dwelling around the place would not permit his lawless act, he died at Tabae in Persis on his retreat, having fallen into madness, as some say, because of certain manifestations of divine wrath that occurred during his lawlessness against the aforesaid temple.
- 31.9.2διὰ τὸ μὴ συγχωρεῖν τῇ παρανομίᾳ τοὺς βαρβάρους
A causal expression with the articular infinitive τὸ μὴ συγχωρεῖν governed by the preposition διὰ. The accusative τοὺς βαρβάρους serves as the subject of the infinitive, while the dative τῇ παρανομίᾳ is the complement of the intransitive verb συγχωρεῖν (to acquiesce, permit).
- 31.9.4δαιμονήσας
The aorist active participle of δαιμονάω (to be under the influence of a deity, to go mad). Although translated as "having fallen into madness," in this context it strongly implies being struck by divine punishment for his sacrilege against the temple.