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Polybius · The Histories §8.22.1-8.22.3

Achievements and Corruption of Cavarus of Thrace

Passage 582 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

This chunk describes how Cavarus, king of the Galatians in Thrace, secured safety for merchants and assisted the Byzantines, but was later corrupted by Sostratus the flatterer.

§8.22.1ὅτι Καύαρος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν ἐν τῇ Θρᾴκῃ Γαλατῶν βασιλικὸς ὑπάρχων τῇ φύσει καὶ μεγαλόφρων, πολλὴν μὲν ἀσφάλειαν παρεσκεύαζε τοῖς προσπλέουσι τῶν ἐμπόρων εἰς τὸν Πόντον, §8.22.2μεγάλας δὲ παρείχετο χρείας τοῖς Βυζαντίοις ἐν τοῖς πρὸς τοὺς Θρᾷκας καὶ Βιθυνοὺς πολέμοις.
That Cavarus, the king of the Galatians in Thrace, being by nature kingly and magnanimous, provided great security for those of the merchants who sailed into the Pontus, and rendered great services to the Byzantines in their wars against the Thracians and Bithynians.
[εχξ. πειρ. π. 26. ] Πολύβιος.
Polybius.
§8.22.3. ἐν ὀγδόῃ ἱστοριῶν, Καύαρος, φησίν, ὁ Γαλάτης, ὢν τἄλλα ἀνὴρ ἀγαθός, ὑπὸ Σωστράτου τοῦ κόλακος διεστρέφετο, ὃς ἦν Χαλκηδόνιος γένος. [ατηεναευς ϝι, 60 π. 252ξ. ]
In the eighth book of his Histories, says that Cavarus, the Galatian, though in other respects a good man, was corrupted by Sostratus the flatterer, who was of Chalcedonian origin.

Notes

  1. §8.22.1ὅτι — A conjunction commonly used in Byzantine epitomes (Excerpta) to introduce an excerpt, functioning as a noun clause marker without a main verb.
  2. §8.22.1τῶν ἐμπόρων — Partitive genitive depending on the substantivized participle `τοῖς προσπλέουσι` ('those who sail').
  3. §8.22.3τἄλλα — Crasis of `τὰ ἄλλα` ('other things'), used as an accusative of respect or specification, functioning adverbially to mean 'in other respects.'
  4. §8.22.3γένος — Accusative of respect or specification, modifying the adjective `Χαλκηδόνιος` ('Chalcedonian'), meaning 'by birth' or 'by origin.'

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Polybius, The Histories §8.22.1-8.22.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:8.22.1-8.22.3

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