Ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου

in all good faith

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 11 Jun 2001 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions

Translation

[Meaning] powerfully.
"With the Carthaginians obedient, in all good faith, to all the commands."¹ And Polybius [writes elsewhere]: "and in antiquity monarchy existed in all good faith amongst the Romans; but in our times many ways [sc. of self-government] have been discovered."²

Greek original

Ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου· μετὰ δυνάμεως. ἅτε πεπειθαρχηκότων Καρχηδονίων ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου πᾶσι τοῖς ἐπιταττομένοις. καὶ Πολύβιος· καὶ τὸ μὲν παλαιὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου ἐγίνετο παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις ἡ μοναρχία· ἐν δὲ τοῖς καθ' ἡμᾶς πολλαὶ ὁδοὶ εὕρηνται.

Betacode

*)apo\ tou= krati/stou: meta\ duna/mews. a(/te pepeiqarxhko/twn *karxhdoni/wn a)po\ tou= krati/stou pa=si toi=s e)pitattome/nois. kai\  *polu/bios: kai\ to\ me\n palaio\n a)po\ tou= krati/stou e)gi/neto para\ *(rwmai/ois h( monarxi/a: e)n de\ toi=s kaq' h(ma=s pollai\ o(doi\ eu(/rhntai.

Notes (2)

The phrase is a favourite one in Polybius: besides the two instances given here, see 6.56.3, 8.17.4, 8.24.10.
1Polybius fr. 118 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (530) that Dindorf deemed this fragment to be genuinely Polybian. ↩
2Polybius fr. 19 Büttner-Wobst. Noting that Dindorf rejected this fragment, Büttner-Wobst himself (516) is skeptical of its attribution to Polybius.

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References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)

Neighbours in Adler order

α3602Ἀποτομίαseverity α3603Ἄποτονundrinkable α3604Ἀπὸ τουδίfrom this point α3605Ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστουin all good faith α3606Ἄπο τοῦ πράγματοςaway from the subject α3607Ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν ἀποσπάσαςhaving drawn [them] away from being sensible α3608Ἀπὸ τῶν οὐχ ὁμοίωνfrom not similar (ones)

Revisions (8)

28 Mar 2019Ronald Allencosmeticules n.1 and n.2
31 Jul 2018Ronald Allenexpanded n.1
31 Jul 2018Ronald Allenexpanded n.2, added bibliography
29 Aug 2015David Whitehead
6 Apr 2012David Whiteheadmore keywords
12 Jun 2001David Whiteheadmodified headword and translation; augmented notes; added keyword
11 Jun 2001Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Greek original

Betacode

*)apo\ tou= krati/stou: meta\ duna/mews. a(/te pepeiqarxhko/twn *karxhdoni/wn a)po\ tou= krati/stou pa=si toi=s e)pitattome/nois. kai\  *polu/bios: kai\ to\ me\n palaio\n a)po\ tou= krati/stou e)gi/neto para\ *(rwmai/ois h( monarxi/a: e)n de\ toi=s kaq' h(ma=s pollai\ o(doi\ eu(/rhntai.

Notes (2)

The phrase is a favourite one in Polybius: besides the two instances given here, see 6.56.3, 8.17.4, 8.24.10.

1Polybius fr. 118 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (530) that Dindorf deemed this fragment to be genuinely Polybian. ↩

2Polybius fr. 19 Büttner-Wobst. Noting that Dindorf rejected this fragment, Büttner-Wobst himself (516) is skeptical of its attribution to Polybius.