Polybius · The Histories §8.38b.1-8.38b.2

The City of Ankara and Endurance Faced with Punishment

Passage 599 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

Section 8.38b.1 mentions the Italian city of Ankara and its demonym, while section 8.38b.2 describes an individual who resolved to endure all hardships while clinging to uncertain hopes in the face of obvious punishment.

§8.38b.1Ἄγκαρα, πόλις Ἰταλίας.

Ankara, a city of Italy.

τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀγκαράτης, ὡς Πολύβιος ὀγδόῃ. [στεπη. βψζ. π. 15, 7 μειν. ] §8.38b.2λοιπὸν τοῖς ἀδήλοις ἐλπίσι προσανέχων διὰ τὸ πρόδηλον τῆς τιμωρίας πᾶν ἔκρινεν ὑπομένειν. [εχξ. ϝατ. π. 374 μ. 26, 27 η. ]

The ethnic name is Ankarates, as Polybius has it in his eighth book. [στεπη. βψζ. π. 15, 7 μειν.] Therefore, clinging to uncertain hopes because the punishment was obvious, he decided to endure everything. [εχξ. ϝατ. π. 374 μ. 26, 27 η.]

Notes

8.38b.1ὀγδόῃ — A dative feminine singular adjective. The noun βίβλῳ (book) and the preposition ἐν are omitted, meaning 'in the eighth book (of the Histories)'.
8.38b.2λοιπὸν — The neuter accusative singular of the adjective used adverbially to connect the context, meaning 'therefore' or 'consequently, the only remaining option being...'.
8.38b.2προσανέχων — A present active participle in the nominative masculine singular, modifying the omitted subject of the main clause. It governs the dative τοῖς ἀδήλοις ἐλπίσι, meaning 'clinging to' or 'relying on'.

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Polybius, The Histories §8.38b.1-8.38b.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:8.38b.1-8.38b.2

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