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29 entries for Polybius

  1. χ130Χάρμαdelight… This is not among the extant works or fragments of Polybius, and not otherwise identifiable -- except, seemingly, as a parody or imitation of Homer, Odyssey 19.471 (web address 1), which uses the feminine …Matched in noteshighshort
  2. α1277Ἀλκήmight… (in Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F33), on Zeus. [3] Polybius fr. 5 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 514) that this fragment is in fact Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.5.1; cf. de Boor (196) and Whitby …Matched in noteshighshort
  3. ε3983ἘχέδημοςEchedemos, Echedemus… an embassy to the Romans about Aetolia (190 BCE) in Polybius 21.4-5. See also Greek Anthology 12.55, 12.124.Matched in noteshighshort
  4. β302Βιῶνταιthey would press hard… Cynegetica 2.510, where a scholiast glossed it with bia/zontai). [1] [Polybius] fr. 121 Büttner-Wobst. For this verb, otherwise characteristic of epic poetry, see LSJ s.v. Büttner-Wobst notes that Schweighäuser attributed the fragment to Polybius, …Matched in noteshighshort
  5. κ1725ΚλεόνικοςKleonikos, Cleonicus… (K. of Aigina [Myth, Place]); and K. of Naupaktos in Polybius 5.95.12 etc.Matched in noteshighshort
  6. ε2745Ἐπίφασιςappearance… extracted from somewhere in this form the prime candidate is Polybius 4.77.3, e)pi/fasis basilikh\ kai\ du/namis. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. Adler suggested Aelian -- but perhaps, rather, from Polybius, who uses forms of the headword …Matched in noteshighshort
  7. ε2239Ἐπιβολήplan, project… quotation (also at epsilon 3141) is from the end of Polybius’s account (15.9-16) of Hannibal’s defeat at Zama (OCD(4) 1586-7) in 202 BC by Scipio Africanus. The accidental event (tau)to/maton) is one that happens …Matched in noteshighshort
  8. α2241Ἀνεκτάtolerable, sustainable… of Italy (493-526), see theta 296 and theta 297. [2] Polybius fr. 8 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 514) that Dindorf, following Bernhardy, suggested emending the logically awkward fragment by eliminating the second ou)/te: hence …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. μ302Μάχαιραdirk, sabre, sword… . . . it has') is in the Greek. [3] Polybius fr. 179 Büttner-Wobst [ = Polybius, Histories. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, translator. London & New York (Macmillan) 1889; reprinted Bloomington 1962. fr.XXII (96), available …Matched in noteshighmedium
  10. κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… at epsilon 695. [6] See alpha 2310, epsilon 3013. [7] Polybius fr. 6 Büttner-Wobst, also at alpha 1312, alpha 2273, kappa 894, kappa 2591; cf. epsilon 695 for Polybius 3.94.4 and another passage either …Matched in noteshighmedium
  11. δ849Διαψεύδονταιthey are cheated, they are deceived, they are disappointed… here is from Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, rather than from Polybius; see further, next note. [5] The quotation is related to Polybius 15.24.5, as in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Sententiis 171.7-17 (which it follows). The …Matched in noteshighshort
  12. ε3985ἘχεκρατίδαςEchekratidas… see Diogenes Laertius 8.46 (a Pythagorean) and the Thessalian in Polybius 5.63ff.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. α1862Ἀναδρομαίretreats, returns[1] Same glossing (of this nominative plural) in Photius. [2] Polybius fr. 102 Büttner-Wobst; cf. delta 1534, omicron 61. The initial quotation within it is Tragica adespota fr. 430b Kannicht-Snell. LSJ s.v. a)nadromh/, 3, …Matched in noteshighmedium
  14. δ132Δαιτρόςapportioner, carver, distributor… Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) the Hellenistic historian Polybius' quotation of the harshly judgmental Sicilian historian Timaeus, and follows with Polybius' own harsh judgment of Timaeus (12.24.1-4). Timaeus' extensive writings survive only …Matched in noteshighmedium
  15. κ1361Κεραμωτόνtiled[1] Polybius 28.11.3 [NB: not in the Loeb edition], on -- supposedly -- the first-ever use of the Roman testudo manoeuvre; cf. Livy 44.9.3-9 for a fuller version, including the alleged origins in the …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. κ404ΚάρνιοςKarnian… is a place in SW Lakonia called Karnion, mentioned by Polybius 5.19.4 (Philip V camps there in 218 BCE); Walbank's note suggests that it 'is probably to be identified with the temple of Apollo …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. α1278Ἀλκήενταςmighty… (Barrington Atlas map 70 grid E3) in 217 BCE; cf. Polybius 5.79-87 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  18. α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus PostumiusFrom Polybius 39.1. On this individual see generally OCD(4) p.1198 (by John Briscoe), and further bibliography at the end of the individual notes below. [1] Aulus Postumius Albinus, son of Aulus, grandson of Aulus, …Matched in noteshighmedium
  19. δ126Δαῖταςfeasts… extracts at alphaiota 274, beta 527, and omicron 158. [3] Polybius 5.2.6, quoting Hesiod fr.206 Merkelbach-West (77 Rzach).Matched in noteshighshort
  20. α3722Ἄπυρα σῖταfireless rations, unfired rations… [3] From Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31C-D (1.57 Kaibel), citing Alcman and Polybius; cf. generally alpha 1482.Matched in noteshighshort
  21. ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… adjust. Its place in military strategy remains a commonplace in Polybius and Plutarch (tau 1234, cf. alpha 537, alpha 2310, epsilon 695 and cross-references) and was immortalised in Caesar's "Let the die be cast" …Matched in noteshighshort
  22. μ1307Μοχθεῖis weary… was apparently proverbial: so Lucian, Hermotimus 69; and cf. e.g. Polybius 1.54.7, Diodorus Siculus 5.39.2.) For the Celts, see generally kappa 1307 and OCD(4) s.v. [3] See LSJ s.v. for this poetic synonym.Matched in noteshighshort
  23. μ1377Μυδῶντεςdripping… and other lexica. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Polybius 6.25.7 (of the leather coverings of early Roman cavalry shields), or Josephus, Jewish War 3.530 (of corpses). A similar gloss appears in the …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. ε3141Ἐσθλά[things] good [of their kind]… collection ascribed to Theognis) see epsilon 2239, note 2. [2] Polybius 15.16.6, here applying the proverb to Hannibal after his defeat by Scipio Africanus at Zama. It exemplifies the Suda's headword, for he was …Matched in noteshighshort
  25. ε1889Ἐωνημένοιhaving purchased… nominal forms of the participle. [5] For w)nhsa/menoi see e.g. Polybius 4.50.3. *pria/menoi [LSJ s.v. pri/amai] is standard in the Attic orators, Xenophon, et al.Matched in noteshighshort
  26. δ1596Δυσαρεστούμενοςdispleased… middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of dusareste/w. Perhaps taken from Polybius, who uses forms of this participle more often than other authors (and this particular form at 3.112.2, 9.3.4, 9.29.8). The quotations in the …Matched in noteshighshort
  27. γ41ΓάλλοςGallus… Mount Tmolus is in western Turkey; cf. tau 719. [3] Polybius 21.37.4-7; cf. gamma 325 and (esp.) sigma 14. [4] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable; cf. tau 1175. …Matched in noteshighmedium
  28. κ1520Κημόςfunnel, muzzle… (apparatus) labelled this final item faulty. In fact it summarises Polybius 21.7.1-4, esp. 2: see pi 3252.Matched in noteshighshort
  29. δ1547Δρύοχοιstocks… druo/xwn aut sim. "from the stocks", used literally in e.g. Polybius 1.38.5 [...], could also mean figuratively "from scratch" (e.g. Plato, Timaeus 81B)'. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 52, quoted below. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

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