Πολυκράτης

Polykrates, Polycrates

Translated by David Whitehead25 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

1 note · 43 words
The governor of Cyprus under Ptolemy the boy,1 he enjoyed the trust [of the king] and [led] a virtuous life. Subsequently, though, as he grew older, he veered utterly into depravity and loose living.
And [the name] is declined *polukra/tous [in the genitive].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολυκράτης, ὁ τῆς Κύπρου ἄρχων ἐπὶ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ παιδὸς τυγχάνων πίστιν εἶχε καὶ βίον ἐνάρετον. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα προβαινούσης ἤδη τῆς ἡλικίας ὁλοσχερῶς εἰς ἀσέλγειαν ἐξώκειλε καὶ βίον ἀπρεπῆ. καὶ κλίνεται Πολυκράτους.

Betacode
*polukra/ths, o( th=s *ku/prou a)/rxwn e)pi\ *ptolemai/ou tou= paido\s tugxa/nwn pi/stin ei)=xe kai\ bi/on e)na/reton. meta\ de\ tau=ta probainou/shs h)/dh th=s h(liki/as o(losxerw=s ei)s a)se/lgeian e)cw/keile kai\ bi/on a)preph=. kai\ kli/netai *polukra/tous.

Notes (1)

  1. From Polybius 18.55.5-7 (with added grammatical gloss).
  2. 1Ptolemy V Epiphanes, who, as a child-king of six, succeeded his murdered father Ptolemy IV Philopator in 204 BCE. Polykrates governed Cyprus for him between 202 and 197. ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 26 Oct 2011
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. corrected date in n.1, thanks to Andrew Smith — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. Revised — Catharine Roth
  6. supplemented translation, added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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