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Polybius · The Histories §16.38.1

Philip's Effort to Involve the Achaeans against Rome

Passage 887 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

Philip, seeing the Achaeans' cautious attitude towards the war with Rome, endeavors in every way to draw them into hostility.

§16.38.1ὁ δὲ Φίλιππος ὁρῶν τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς εὐλαβῶς διακειμένους πρὸς τὸν κατὰ Ῥωμαίων πόλεμον, ἐσπούδαζε κατὰ πάντα τρόπον ἐμβιβάσαι αὐτοὺς εἰς ἀπέχθειαν.
Philip, seeing that the Achaeans were cautiously disposed towards the war against the Romans, strove in every way to draw them into hostility.

Notes

  1. §16.38.1εὐλαβῶς διακειμένους — The combination of the verb διακείμαι and an adverb means "to be disposed in a certain way" or "to have a certain attitude." Here, it functions as a supplementary participle with the participle ὁρῶν ("seeing them to be cautiously disposed").
  2. §16.38.1ἐμβιβάσαι ... εἰς ἀπέχθειαν — The infinitive ἐμβιβάσαι depends on the main verb ἐσπούδαζε. The verb ἐμβιβάζω ("to make go in," "to draw into") is used with εἰς and the accusative, meaning "to lead/draw into." The noun ἀπέχθεια ("hostility," "hatred") here refers specifically to enmity against the Romans.

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Polybius, The Histories §16.38.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:16.38.1

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