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Polybius · The Histories §21.8.1-21.8.3

Letters from the Scipios and News of the Army's March

Passage 968 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

Letters from the Roman consul Lucius and Publius Scipio arrive at Samos, announcing the truce with the Aetolians and the land army's march to the Hellespont, and the same news reaches Antiochus and Seleucus.

§21.8.1ὅτι κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον εἰς τὴν Σάμον προσέπεσε γράμματα τοῖς περὶ τὸν Λεύκιον καὶ τὸν Εὐμένη παρά τε τοῦ Λευκίου τοῦ τὴν ὕπατον ἀρχὴν ἔχοντος καὶ παρὰ Ποπλίου Σκιπίωνος, §21.8.2δηλοῦντα τὰς πρὸς τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς γεγενημένας συνθήκας ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀνοχῶν καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον πορείαν τῶν πεζικῶν στρατοπέδων.
At this time, letters reached Lucius and Eumenes and their men at Samos, from Lucius, who held the consulship, and from Publius Scipio, stating the treaty that had been made with the Aetolians for a truce, and the march of the land forces towards the Hellespont.
§21.8.3ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀντίοχον καὶ Σέλευκον ταῦτα διεσαφεῖτο παρὰ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν. —
In like manner, these matters were also made clear to Antiochus and Seleucus and their men by the Aetolians. —

Notes

  1. §21.8.1ὅτι — The introductory ὅτι characteristic of historical excerpts, presenting the subsequent statement. In translation, it is naturally integrated into the narrative.
  2. §21.8.1τοῖς περὶ τὸν Λεύκιον καὶ τὸν Εὐμένη — The construction 'οἱ περί + accusative' means 'someone and their associates/party.' The first 'Lucius' mentioned here is Lucius Aemilius Regillus, the naval commander stationed at Samos, who is distinct from the other Lucius mentioned later as holding the consulship (Lucius Cornelius Scipio).
  3. §21.8.1προσέπεσε γράμματα — A typical grammatical agreement in Classical Greek where a neuter plural subject (γράμματα) takes a singular verb (προσέπεσε). The same rule applies to 'ταῦτα διεσαφεῖτο' in §21.8.3.

Cite this passage

Polybius, The Histories §21.8.1-21.8.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:21.8.1-21.8.3

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