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Polybius · The Histories §20.1.1

Usage of the Term Apokletoi for Select Committees

Passage 948 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

Quotes two passages from Polybius illustrating the use of the term for the select committee (apokletoi).

§20.1.1καὶ αὖθις Πολύβιος· τριάκοντα τῶν ἀποκλήτων προεχειρίσαντο τοὺς συνεδρεύσοντας μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως. καὶ αὖθις· ὁ δὲ συνῆγε τοὺς ἀποκλήτους καὶ διαβούλιον ἀνεδίδου περὶ τῶν ἐνεστώτων. —
And again Polybius says: "They selected thirty of the select committee to sit in council with the king." And again: "But he assembled the select committee and proposed a consultation concerning the present affairs." —

Notes

  1. §20.1.1τῶν ἀποκλήτων — The term ἀπόκλητοι (apokletoi) refers to a select committee or elite council, particularly in the Aetolian League, chosen from the larger body to handle urgent or confidential matters.
  2. §20.1.1τοὺς συνεδρεύσοντας — The future active participle συνεδρεύσοντας with the definite article is used substantively to express purpose or intended action ("those who were to sit in council").
  3. §20.1.1διαβούλιον ἀνεδίδου — The idiom διαβούλιον ἀναδίδωμι means "to propose a consultation" or "to submit a matter for deliberation." The imperfect tense ἀνεδίδου describes the initiation or ongoing process of this action.

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Polybius, The Histories §20.1.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:20.1.1

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