Achievements and Corruption of Cavarus of Thrace — Polybius, The Histories Book 8 (8.22.1–8.22.3), Greek & English

§8.22.1

ὅτι¹ Καύαρος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν ἐν τῇ Θρᾴκῃ Γαλατῶν βασιλικὸς ὑπάρχων τῇ φύσει καὶ μεγαλόφρων, πολλὴν μὲν ἀσφάλειαν παρεσκεύαζε τοῖς προσπλέουσι τῶν ἐμπόρων² εἰς τὸν Πόντον, μεγάλας δὲ παρείχετο χρείας τοῖς Βυζαντίοις ἐν τοῖς πρὸς τοὺς Θρᾷκας καὶ Βιθυνοὺς πολέμοις. Πολύβιος.

That Cavarus, the king of the Galatians in Thrace, being by nature kingly and magnanimous, provided great security for those of the merchants who sailed into the Pontus, and rendered great services to the Byzantines in their wars against the Thracians and Bithynians. Polybius.

§8.22.3

. ἐν ὀγδόῃ ἱστοριῶν, Καύαρος, φησίν, ὁ Γαλάτης, ὢν τἄλλα³ ἀνὴρ ἀγαθός, ὑπὸ Σωστράτου τοῦ κόλακος διεστρέφετο, ὃς ἦν Χαλκηδόνιος γένος.⁴

In the eighth book of his Histories, says that Cavarus, the Galatian, though in other respects a good man, was corrupted by Sostratus the flatterer, who was of Chalcedonian origin.

Syntax notes4 items

8.22.1ὅτι
A conjunction commonly used in Byzantine epitomes (Excerpta) to introduce an excerpt, functioning as a noun clause marker without a main verb.
8.22.1τῶν ἐμπόρων
Partitive genitive depending on the substantivized participle τοῖς προσπλέουσι ('those who sail').
8.22.3τἄλλα
Crasis of τὰ ἄλλα ('other things'), used as an accusative of respect or specification, functioning adverbially to mean 'in other respects.'
8.22.3γένος
Accusative of respect or specification, modifying the adjective Χαλκηδόνιος ('Chalcedonian'), meaning 'by birth' or 'by origin.'

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2026-10-09 Collated with the printed edition — source 2

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