Polybius · The Histories §21.3b.1-21.3b.2

Achaean Alliance with Eumenes and Despatch of Troops

Passage 963 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

Upon King Eumenes' proposal for an alliance, the Achaeans ratified it in their assembly and sent military aid consisting of infantry and cavalry led by Diophanes.

§21.3b.1ὅτι καὶ κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, πρεσβείας παραγενομένης εἰς Ἀχαΐαν παρʼ Εὐμένους τοῦ βασιλέως ὑπὲρ συμμαχίας, §21.3b.2ἁθροισθέντες εἰς ἐκκλησίαν οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν τήν τε συμμαχίαν ἐπεκύρωσαν καὶ νεανίσκους ἐξαπέστειλαν, πεζοὺς μὲν χιλίους ἱππεῖς δʼ ἑκατόν, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Διοφάνης ὁ Μεγαλοπολίτης. —

ὅτι That in Greece also, when an embassy from King Eumenes arrived in Achaea to propose an alliance, ἁθροισθέντες the majority of the Achaeans, having assembled in their assembly, both ratified the alliance and dispatched young men—one thousand infantry and one hundred cavalry—who were led by Diophanes of Megalopolis. —

Notes

21.3b.1πρεσβείας παραγενομένης — A genitive absolute construction, expressing the temporal and circumstantial background for the main action.
21.3b.2νεανίσκους... πεζοὺς μὲν χιλίους ἱππεῖς δʼ ἑκατόν — The accusative noun "νεανίσκους" (young men) is followed by a description of its specific military composition ("πεζοὺς μὲν χιλίους ἱππεῖς δʼ ἑκατόν") in apposition.
21.3b.2ὧν ἡγεῖτο — The relative pronoun "ὧν" refers to "νεανίσκους" and is in the genitive case because it is governed by the verb "ἡγεῖτο", which takes its complement in the genitive.

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Polybius, The Histories §21.3b.1-21.3b.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:21.3b.1-21.3b.2

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