Greek passages split into sentences with English translation
| Passage | Sentence | Greek | English | Era | Skepticism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9.1 | 1 | ὁ δὲ Φιλομήτωρ καλούμενος ὄγδοος μέν ἐστιν ἀπόγονος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Λάγου, τὴν δὲ ἐπίκλησιν ἔσχεν ἐπὶ χλευασμῷ. | The one called Philometor is the eighth descendant from Ptolemy, son of Lagus, and received this title in mockery. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.1 | 2 | οὐ γάρ τινα τῶν βασιλέων μισηθέντα ἴσμεν ἐς τοσόνδε ὑπὸ μητρός, ὃν πρεσβύτατον ὄντα τῶν παίδων ἡ μήτηρ οὐκ εἴα καλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχήν, πρότερον δὲ ἐς Κύπρον ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς πεμφθῆναι πράξασα· | For we know of no king who was so deeply hated by his own mother. Although he was the eldest of her sons, his mother refused to summon him to the throne. Earlier, she had even arranged that his father send him away to Cyprus. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.1 | 3 | τῆς δὲ ἐς τὸν παῖδα τῇ Κλεοπάτρᾳ δυσνοίας λέγουσιν ἄλλας τε αἰτίας καὶ ὅτι Ἀλέξανδρον τὸν νεώτερον τῶν παίδων κατήκοον ἔσεσθαι μᾶλλον ἤλπιζε. | As regards Cleopatra's hostility toward her son, other causes are mentioned, and especially that she expected greater obedience from Alexander, the youngest of her children. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 1.9.1 | 4 | καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἑλέσθαι βασιλέα Ἀλέξανδρον ἔπειθεν Αἰγυπτίους· | For this reason, she sought to persuade the Egyptians to accept Alexander as king. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.2 | 1 | ἐναντιουμένου δέ οἱ τοῦ πλήθους, δεύτερα ἐς τὴν Κύπρον ἔστειλεν Ἀλέξανδρον, στρατηγὸν μὲν τῷ λόγῳ, τῷ δὲ ἔργῳ διʼ αὐτοῦ Πτολεμαίῳ θέλουσα εἶναι φοβερωτέρα, τέλος δὲ κατατρώσασα οὓς μάλιστα τῶν εὐνούχων ἐνόμιζεν εὔνους, ἐπήγετο σφᾶς ἐς τὸ πλῆθος ὡς αὐτή τε ἐπιβουλευθεῖσα ὑπὸ Πτολεμαίου καὶ τοὺς εὐνούχους τοιαῦτα ὑπʼ ἐκείνου παθόντας. | When the populace opposed her, she dispatched Alexander again to Cyprus, in name as a general, but in fact aiming through him to inspire greater dread in Ptolemy, and eventually, having deliberately wounded those eunuchs she considered most loyal, she brought them before the people, claiming that she herself had been plotted against by Ptolemy and that her eunuchs too had suffered similarly at his hands. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 1.9.2 | 2 | οἱ δὲ Ἀλεξανδρεῖς ὥρμησαν μὲν ὡς ἀποκτενοῦντες τὸν Πτολεμαῖον, ὡς δὲ σφᾶς ἔφθασεν ἐπιβὰς νεώς, Ἀλέξανδρον ἥκοντα ἐκ Κύπρου ποιοῦνται βασιλέα. | The Alexandrians rushed forward intending to kill Ptolemy, but since he anticipated them by embarking on a ship, they proclaimed Alexander, who had arrived from Cyprus, their king. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.3 | 1 | Κλεοπάτραν δὲ περιῆλθεν ἡ δίκη τῆς Πτολεμαίου φυγῆς ἀποθανοῦσαν ὑπὸ Ἀλεξάνδρου, ὃν αὐτὴ βασιλεύειν ἔπραξεν Αἰγυπτίων. | Justice overtook Cleopatra for the exile of Ptolemy when she was put to death by Alexander, whom she herself had set up as king over the Egyptians. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.3 | 2 | τοῦ δὲ ἔργου φωραθέντος καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου φόβῳ τῶν πολιτῶν φεύγοντος, οὕτω Πτολεμαῖος κατῆλθε καὶ τὸ δεύτερον ἔσχεν Αἴγυπτον· | When the plot was revealed, and Alexander fled in fear of the citizens, Ptolemy thus returned and gained Egypt a second time. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.3 | 3 | καὶ Θηβαίοις ἐπολέμησεν ἀποστᾶσι, παραστησάμενος δὲ ἔτει τρίτῳ μετὰ τὴν ἀπόστασιν ἐκάκωσεν, ὡς μηδὲ ὑπόμνημα λειφθῆναι Θηβαίοις τῆς ποτε εὐδαιμονίας προελθούσης ἐς τοσοῦτον ὡς ὑπερβαλέσθαι πλούτῳ τοὺς Ἑλλήνων πολυχρημάτους, τό τε ἱερὸν τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς καὶ Ὀρχομενίους. | He made war on the Thebans who had revolted; having forced their surrender in the third year after their revolt, he reduced them utterly, so that no remembrance at all was left to the Thebans of their past prosperity, which had previously advanced to such a degree that in wealth they surpassed even the richest among the Greeks—the temple at Delphi and the Orchomenians. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.3 | 4 | Πτολεμαῖον μὲν οὖν ὀλίγῳ τούτων ὕστερον ἐπέλαβε μοῖρα ἡ καθήκουσα· | Shortly after these things, deserved fate overtook Ptolemy himself. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.3 | 5 | Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ παθόντες εὖ πολλά τε καὶ οὐκ ἄξια ἐξηγήσεως χαλκοῦν καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ Βερενίκην ἀνέθηκαν, ἣ μόνη γνησία οἱ τῶν παίδων ἦν. | As for the Athenians, who had received from him many great kindnesses and numerous favors undeserving of particular mention, they set up bronze statues honoring both him and Berenice, who alone of his children was legitimate. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.4 | 1 | μετὰ δὲ τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους Φίλιππός τε καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Φιλίππου κεῖνται· | After the Egyptians are placed Philip and Alexander, son of Philip. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.4 | 2 | τούτοις μείζονα ὑπῆρχέ πως ἢ ἄλλου πάρεργα εἶναι λόγου. | They indeed possessed achievements far greater than to be mentioned merely as a side matter in another account. | Mythic | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.4 | 3 | τοῖς μὲν οὖν ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου τιμῇ τε ἀληθεῖ καὶ εὐεργέταις οὖσι γεγόνασιν αἱ δωρεαί, Φιλίππῳ δὲ καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ κολακείᾳ μᾶλλον ἐς αὐτοὺς τοῦ πλήθους, | The honors and gifts conferred upon the Egyptians were motivated by genuine respect and gratitude for their benefactions, but those accorded to Philip and Alexander were due rather to the people's flattery toward them. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 1.9.4 | 4 | ἐπεὶ καὶ Λυσίμαχον οὐκ εὐνοίᾳ τοσοῦτον ὡς ἐς τὰ παρόντα χρήσιμον νομίζοντες ἀνέθηκαν. | For similarly, Lysimachus was honored not so much from goodwill as from a sense of his immediate usefulness. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 1.9.5 | 1 | ὁ δὲ Λυσίμαχος οὗτος γένος τε ἦν Μακεδὼν καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου δορυφόρος, | This Lysimachus was by descent a Macedonian and a bodyguard of Alexander. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.5 | 2 | ὃν Ἀλέξανδρός ποτε ὑπʼ ὀργῆς λέοντι ὁμοῦ καθείρξας ἐς οἴκημα κεκρατηκότα εὗρε τοῦ θηρίου· | Once, in anger, Alexander had confined him in a chamber with a lion, but later found that Lysimachus had overpowered the beast. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.5 | 3 | τά τε οὖν ἄλλα ἤδη διετέλει θαυμάζων καὶ Μακεδόνων ὁμοίως τοῖς ἀρίστοις ἦγεν ἐν τιμῇ. | Henceforth Alexander continually admired him greatly, and honored him equally with the most distinguished Macedonians. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.5 | 4 | τελευτήσαντος δὲ Ἀλεξάνδρου Θρᾳκῶν ἐβασίλευεν ὁ Λυσίμαχος τῶν προσοίκων Μακεδόσιν, ὅσων ἦρχεν Ἀλέξανδρος καὶ ἔτι πρότερον Φίλιππος· εἶεν δʼ ἂν οὗτοι τοῦ Θρᾴκιου μοῖρα οὐ μεγάλη. | After Alexander's death, Lysimachus became king of those Thracians neighboring Macedonia, whom Alexander and, before him, Philip had subdued; these, however, comprised but a small portion of Thrace. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.5 | 5 | Θρᾳκῶν δὲ τῶν πάντων οὐδένες πλείους εἰσὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὅτι μὴ Κελτοὶ πρὸς ἄλλο ἔθνος ἓν ἀντεξετάζοντι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐδείς πω πρότερος Θρᾷκας Ῥωμαίων κατεστρέψατο ἀθρόους· | Now the Thracians as a whole are more numerous than any other people except the Celts, if compared nation for nation, and for this reason no one before the Romans had completely subjugated the entire Thracian race. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.5 | 6 | Ῥωμαίοις δὲ Θρᾴκη τε πᾶσά ἐστιν ὑποχείριος, καὶ Κελτῶν ὅσον μὲν ἀχρεῖον νομίζουσι διά τε ὑπερβάλλον ψῦχος καὶ γῆς φαυλότητα, ἑκουσίως παρῶπταί σφισι, τὰ δὲ ἀξιόκτητα ἔχουσι καὶ τούτων. | But now all Thrace is subject to Rome, and even among the Celts they willingly neglect those parts which they deem worthless because of the severe cold and poor soil, controlling only the lands that seem valuable enough for possession. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.6 | 1 | τότε δὲ ὁ Λυσίμαχος πρώτοις τῶν περιοίκων ἐπολέμησεν Ὀδρύσαις, δεύτερα δὲ ἐπὶ Δρομιχαίτην καὶ Γέτας ἐστράτευσεν· | At that time Lysimachus first went to war against the Odrysians, inhabitants of the surrounding region, and subsequently marched against Dromichaetes and the Getae. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.6 | 2 | οἷα δὲ ἀνδράσι συμβαλὼν οὐκ ἀπείροις πολέμων, ἀριθμῷ δὲ καὶ πολὺ ὑπερβεβληκόσιν, αὐτὸς μὲν ἐς τὸ ἔσχατον ἐλθὼν κινδύνου διέφυγεν, ὁ δέ οἱ παῖς Ἀγαθοκλῆς συστρατευόμενος τότε πρῶτον ὑπὸ τῶν Γετῶν ἑάλω. | When he fought against men who were not inexperienced in warfare, who also greatly outnumbered him, Lysimachus himself, having reached the extremity of danger, narrowly escaped; but his son Agathocles, who was accompanying him on campaign, was then captured by the Getae—for the first time. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.6 | 3 | Λυσίμαχος δὲ καὶ ὕστερον προσπταίσας μάχαις καὶ τὴν ἅλωσιν τοῦ παιδὸς οὐκ ἐν παρέργῳ ποιούμενος συνέθετο πρὸς Δρομιχαίτην εἰρήνην, | Later, having stumbled again in battles, Lysimachus took seriously the captivity of his son and came to terms of peace with Dromichaetes. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.6 | 4 | τῆς τε ἀρχῆς τῆς αὑτοῦ τὰ πέραν Ἴστρου παρεὶς τῷ Γέτῃ καὶ θυγατέρα συνοικίσας ἀνάγκῃ τὸ πλέον· | He relinquished to the Getan ruler the territories of his realm beyond the Danube, and was largely compelled by necessity to give his daughter to him in marriage. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.6 | 5 | οἱ δὲ οὐκ Ἀγαθοκλέα, Λυσίμαχον δὲ αὐτὸν ἁλῶναι λέγουσιν, ἀνασωθῆναι δὲ Ἀγαθοκλέους τὰ πρὸς τὸν Γέτην ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πράξαντος. | Others claim that it was not Agathocles but Lysimachus himself who was captured, and that he returned safely home when Agathocles intervened with the Getan ruler on his behalf. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 1.9.6 | 6 | ὡς δὲ ἐπανῆλθεν, Ἀγαθοκλεῖ Λυσάνδραν γυναῖκα ἠγάγετο, Πτολεμαίου τε τοῦ Λάγου καὶ Εὐρυδίκης οὖσαν. | Upon returning, Lysimachus arranged for Agathocles to take as wife Lysandra, the daughter of Ptolemy son of Lagus and Eurydice. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.7 | 1 | διέβη δὲ καὶ ναυσὶν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν Ἀντιγόνου συγκαθεῖλε. | He crossed by ship into Asia and overthrew the dominion of Antigonus. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.7 | 2 | συνῴκισε δὲ καὶ Ἐφεσίων ἄχρι θαλάσσης τὴν νῦν πόλιν, ἐπαγαγόμενος ἐς αὐτὴν Λεβεδίους τε οἰκήτορας καὶ Κολοφωνίους, τὰς δὲ ἐκείνων ἀνελὼν πόλεις, ὡς Φοίνικα ἰάμβων ποιητὴν Κολοφωνίων θρηνῆσαι τὴν ἅλωσιν. | He also gathered together the city of the Ephesians, extending it down to the sea, and brought inhabitants from Lebedus and Colophon, abandoning their original cities, so much so that Phoenix, a poet of iambic verse from Colophon, lamented its capture. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.7 | 3 | Ἑρμησιάναξ δὲ ὁ τὰ ἐλεγεῖα γράψας οὐκέτι ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν περιῆν· πάντως γάρ που καὶ αὐτὸς ἂν ἐπὶ ἁλούσῃ Κολοφῶνι ὠδύρατο. | Hermesianax, however, who composed elegiac poetry, was, I think, no longer alive; otherwise he, too, would certainly have mourned for Colophon's fall. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.7 | 4 | Λυσίμαχος δὲ καὶ ἐς πόλεμον πρὸς Πύρρον κατέστη τὸν Αἰακίδου· φυλάξας δὲ ἐξ Ἠπείρου ἀπιόντα, οἷα δὴ τὰ πολλὰ ἐκεῖνος ἐπλανᾶτο, τήν τε ἄλλην ἐλεηλάτησεν Ἤπειρον καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς θήκας ἦλθε τῶν βασιλέων. | Lysimachus also entered into war against Pyrrhus, the son of Aeacides; having awaited the latter's departure from Epirus—since Pyrrhus was usually engaged in wandering expeditions elsewhere—Lysimachus then ravaged the rest of Epirus and even approached the tombs of its kings. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.8 | 1 | τὰ δὲ ἐντεῦθεν ἐμοί ἐστιν οὐ πιστά, | From this point onward I myself find the account untrustworthy. | Mythic | Skeptical |
| 1.9.8 | 2 | Ἱερώνυμος δὲ ἔγραψε Καρδιανὸς Λυσίμαχον τὰς θήκας τῶν νεκρῶν ἀνελόντα τὰ ὀστᾶ ἐκρῖψαι. | However, Hieronymus of Cardia wrote that Lysimachus destroyed the tombs of the dead and cast their bones away. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.8 | 3 | ὁ δὲ Ἱερώνυμος οὗτος ἔχει μὲν καὶ ἄλλως δόξαν πρὸς ἀπέχθειαν γράψαι τῶν βασιλέων πλὴν Ἀντιγόνου, τούτῳ δὲ οὐ δικαίως χαρίζεσθαι· | Now this Hieronymus generally has the reputation of writing hostile accounts against kings except Antigonus, whom he favors undeservedly. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 1.9.8 | 4 | τὰ δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς τάφοις τῶν Ἠπειρωτῶν παντάπασίν ἐστι φανερὸς ἐπηρείᾳ συνθείς, ἄνδρα Μακεδόνα θήκας νεκρῶν ἀνελεῖν. | Concerning his statements about the tombs of the Epirotes, he is obviously inventing a slander, claiming that a Macedonian would defile the tombs of the dead. | Historical | Skeptical |
| 1.9.8 | 5 | χωρὶς δὲ ἠπίστατο δή που καὶ Λυσίμαχος οὐ Πύρρου σφᾶς προγόνους μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοὺς αὐτοὺς τούτους ὄντας· καὶ γὰρ Ἀλέξανδρος Ἠπειρώτης τε ἦν καὶ τῶν Αἰακιδῶν τὰ πρὸς μητρός, | Surely even Lysimachus himself well knew that these men were ancestors not only of Pyrrhus but also of Alexander, for Alexander too was an Epirote through his mother and from the Aeacid family. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.8 | 6 | ἥ τε ὕστερον Πύρρου πρὸς Λυσίμαχον συμμαχία δηλοῖ καὶ πολεμήσασιν ἀδιάλλακτόν γε οὐδὲν πρὸς ἀλλήλους γενέσθαι σφίσι. | Furthermore, the later alliance between Pyrrhus and Lysimachus itself demonstrates clearly that, despite their warfare, no irreconcilable enmity ever arose between them. | Historical | Not Skeptical |
| 1.9.8 | 7 | τῷ δὲ Ἱερωνύμῳ τάχα μέν που καὶ ἄλλα ἦν ἐς Λυσίμαχον ἐγκλήματα, μέγιστον δὲ ὅτι τὴν Καρδιανῶν πόλιν ἀνελὼν Λυσιμάχειαν ἀντʼ αὐτῆς ᾤκισεν ἐπὶ τῷ ἰσθμῷ τῆς Θρᾳκίας χερρονήσου. | Hieronymus presumably had other complaints against Lysimachus as well, but primarily he held it against him that he destroyed the Cardian city and founded Lysimacheia on the isthmus of the Thracian Chersonese in its place. | Historical | Skeptical |