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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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Under the reorganization of Ptolemy IV's army, the specific sizes of various divisions and the assignment of their respective commanders are detailed.
δυνον.1 εἶχον δὲ καὶ τὰς ἡγεμονίας ἕκαστοι τῶν προειρημένων ἀνδρῶν οἰκείας ταῖς ἰδίαις ἐμπειρίαις.
(danger.) Each of the aforementioned men also held commands suited to their own special experience.
Εὐρύλοχος μὲν γὰρ ὁ Μάγνης ἡγεῖτο σχεδὸν ἀνδρῶν τρισχιλίων τοῦ καλουμένου παρὰ τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ἀγήματος,2 Σωκράτης δʼ ὁ Βοιώτιος πελταστὰς ὑφʼ αὑτὸν εἶχε δισχιλίους.
For Eurylochus of Magnesia commanded about three thousand men of what was called by the kings the Agema, while Socrates the Boeotian had under him two thousand peltasts.
ὁ δʼ Ἀχαιὸς Φοξίδας καὶ Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Θρασέου, σὺν δὲ τούτοις Ἀνδρόμαχος [ὁ] Ἀσπένδιος, συνεγύμναζον μὲν ἐπὶ ταὐτὸ τὴν φάλαγγα καὶ τοὺς μισθοφόρους Ἕλληνας, ἡγοῦντο δὲ3 τῆς μὲν φάλαγγος Ἀνδρόμαχος καὶ Πτολεμαῖος, τῶν δὲ μισθοφόρων Φοξίδας, οὔσης τῆς μὲν φάλαγγος εἰς δισμυρίους καὶ πεντακισχιλίους, τῶν δὲ μισθοφόρων εἰς ὀκτακισχιλίους.
Phoxidas the Achaean and Ptolemy the son of Thraseas, and with them Andromachus of Aspendus, trained together in the same place the phalanx and the Greek mercenaries, and they commanded them, Andromachus and Ptolemy leading the phalanx, and Phoxidas the mercenaries; the phalanx numbering about twenty-five thousand men, and the mercenaries eight thousand.
τοὺς δʼ ἱππεῖς τοὺς μὲν περὶ τὴν αὐλήν, ὄντας εἰς ἑπτακοσίους, Πολυκράτης παρεσκεύαζε καὶ τοὺς ἀπὸ Λιβύης, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἐγχωρίους· καὶ τούτων αὐτὸς ἡγεῖτο πάντων, περὶ τρισχιλίους ὄντων τὸν ἀριθμόν.
Of the cavalry, Polycrates trained those attached to the court, numbering about seven hundred, and those from Libya, as well as the native Egyptian horse; and he commanded all of these himself, their total number being about three thousand.
τούς γε μὴν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος καὶ πᾶν τὸ τῶν μισθοφόρων ἱππέων πλῆθος Ἐχεκράτης ὁ Θετταλὸς διαφερόντως ἀσκήσας, ὄντας εἰς δισχιλίους, μεγίστην ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ κινδύνου παρέσχετο χρείαν.
Furthermore, Echecrates the Thessalian, having trained with outstanding success the cavalry from Greece and the entire body of mercenary cavalry, numbering about two thousand, rendered the greatest service in the actual danger.
οὐδενὸς δʼ ἧττον4 ἔσπευδε περὶ τοὺς ὑφʼ αὑτὸν ταττομένους Κνωπίας Ἀλλαριώτης, ἔχων τοὺς μὲν πάντας Κρῆτας εἰς τρισχιλίους, αὐτῶν δὲ τούτων χιλίους Νεόκρητας, ἐφʼ ὧν ἐτετάχει Φίλωνα τὸν Κνώσιον.
No less zealous than any other was Knopias of Allaria in regard to those placed under him, having in all about three thousand Cretans, of whom one thousand were ‘Neocretans’, over whom he had placed Philon of Knossos.
καθώπλισαν δὲ καὶ Λίβυας τρισχιλίους εἰς τὸν Μακεδονικὸν τρόπον, ἐφʼ ὧν ἦν Ἀμμώνιος ὁ Βαρκαῖος.
They also armed three thousand Libyans in the Macedonian fashion, over whom was Ammonius of Barce.
τὸ δὲ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων πλῆθος ἦν μὲν εἰς δισμυρίους φαλαγγίτας, ὑπετάττετο δὲ Σωσιβίῳ.
The Egyptian force consisted of about twenty thousand phalangites, and was subject to Sosibius.
συνήχθη δὲ καὶ Θρᾳκῶν καὶ Γαλατῶν πλῆθος, ἐκ μὲν τῶν κατοίκων καὶ τῶν ἐπιγόνων5 εἰς τετρακισχιλίους, οἱ δὲ προσφάτως ἐπισυναχθέντες ἦσαν εἰς δισχιλίους, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Διονύσιος ὁ Θρᾷξ.
There was also assembled a force of Thracians and Gauls, amounting to about four thousand from the settlers and their descendants, while those recently recruited numbered about two thousand, who were commanded by Dionysius the Thracian.
ἡ μὲν οὖν Πτολεμαίῳ παρασκευαζομένη δύναμις τῷ τε πλήθει καὶ ταῖς διαφοραῖς τοσαύτη καὶ
Such, then, in its numbers and its various components, was the force being prepared for Ptolemy, and
- 5.65.1δυνον
The ending of the word directly continuing from "κίν" (the first part of κίνδυνον) at the end of the previous chunk. Due to the text division, the word "danger" (κίνδυνον) is split across the chunks.
- 5.65.2τοῦ καλουμένου παρὰ τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ἀγήματος
Genitive case governed by the verb ἡγεῖτο ("commanded"). ἀγήματος refers to the "Agema" (elite guard), and its designation at court is indicated by παρὰ τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ("among the kings").
- 5.65.3συνεγύμναζον μὲν ... ἡγοῦντο δὲ ...
The contrast between the action performed together by the three subjects (Phoxidas, Ptolemy, Andromachus) in the μὲν clause (joint training) and their subsequent division of commands individually or in pairs in the δέ clause is clearly structured by μὲν ... δέ ...
- 5.65.7οὐδενὸς δʼ ἧττον
A strong double-negative emphasis using the comparative ἧττον ("less"), meaning "no less than anyone else" or "with zeal equal to any." It highlights the enthusiasm of Knopias.
- 5.65.10ἐκ μὲν τῶν κατοίκων καὶ τῶν ἐπιγόνων
Military terms referring to the Ptolemaic system of military allotments (cleruchies). κατοίκων refers to the settled military colonists, and ἐπιγόνων refers to their descendants ("Epigonoi").