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Polybius · The Histories §27.17.1

Lawless Character of King Pharnaces of Pontus

Passage 1089 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

A brief characterization of King Pharnaces of Pontus as the most lawless of all the kings before him.

§27.17.1ὅτι Φαρνάκης πάντων τῶν πρὸ τοῦ βασιλέων ἐγένετο παρανομώτατος. —
That Pharnaces was the most lawless of all the kings before him. —

Notes

  1. 27.17.1τῶν πρὸ τοῦ βασιλέων — The phrase πρὸ τοῦ is an adverbial expression meaning "of the time before" (with τοῦ acting as a demonstrative pronoun), qualifying the genitive noun βασιλέων (of the kings). The entire phrase functions as a partitive genitive (or genitive of comparison) specifying the group compared by the superlative adjective παρανομώτατος.

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Polybius, The Histories §27.17.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:27.17.1

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