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Polybius · The Histories §28.18.1

Character of Antiochus IV and Stratagem at Pelusium

Passage 1110 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

The author evaluates the character of King Antiochus, praising his energy and grand plans while making an exception for his stratagems at Pelusium.

§28.18.1ὅτι Ἀντίοχος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἦν καὶ πρακτικὸς καὶ μεγαλεπίβολος καὶ τοῦ τῆς βασιλείας προσχήματος ἄξιος, πλὴν τῶν κατὰ τὸ Πηλούσιον στρατηγημάτων. —
King Antiochus was energetic, grand in his conceptions, and worthy of the royal dignity, except for his stratagems at Pelusium. —

Notes

  1. §28.18.1ὅτι — A conjunction frequently found at the beginning of texts deriving from Byzantine excerpts (Excerpta). Although it originally means 'that...', in translation it is typically left unexpressed or rendered as a normal declarative sentence.
  2. §28.18.1τοῦ τῆς βασιλείας προσχήματος — The genitive complement governed by the adjective `ἄξιος` (worthy of, deserving of).

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Polybius, The Histories §28.18.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:28.18.1

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