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Headword:
Molpagoras
Adler number: mu,1204
Translated headword: Molpagoras
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Among the Kians[1] this man could speak and act capably but was greedy by inclination. By associating with and flattering the masses, subjecting those living a life of prosperity to mob-rule, and finally killing some of them and banishing others - confiscating their property and distributing it among the people - he soon in this way secured autocratic power.[2]
Greek Original:Molpagoras: houtos ên para tois Keiois kai legein kai prattein hikanos, kata de tên hairesin pleonektês. hos pros charin homilôn tôi plêthei kai tous eukairountas tois biois hupoballôn tois ochlois kai tinas es telos anairôn, tinas de phugadeuôn kai tas ousias toutôn dêmeuôn kai diadidous tois pollois tacheôs tôi toioutôi tropôi periepoiêsato monarchikên exousian.
Notes:
From
Polybius 15.21.1-2. Time: late C3 BCE.
[1] i.e. the citizens of
Kios, in
Bithynia. The mss of the Suda have 'Keians', but the easy emendation from
Kei/ois to
Kianoi=s is necessary and has long been standard. For
Kios see
kappa 1658.
[2] The version of this passage at
delta 412 is more abbreviated but turns the final verb into a participle and adds "he was killed by certain people".
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 July 2001@03:49:30.
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