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Posidonius

Fragments on Customs and Wars Carrier unit 108o

Carrier unit 151 of 197

Canonical reference F.108o

Ancient Greek

EXC. DE VIRT. I 305, 19;27: ὅτι καὶ ἄλλη τις ἐγένετο ἀπόστασις δραπετῶν καὶ σύστημα ἀξιόλογον. Κλέων γάρ τις Κίλιξ ἐκ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ταῦρον τόπων συνήθης ὢν ἐκ παίδων τῶι ληιστρικῶι βίωι καὶ κατὰ τὴν Σικελίαν νομεὺς γεγονὼς ἱπποφορβίων οὐ διέλιπεν ὁδοιδοκῶν καὶ παντοδαποὺς φόνους ἐπιτελούμενος ὃς πυθόμενος τὴν κατὰ τὸν Εὔνουν προκοπὴν καὶ τὰς 〈τῶν〉 μετ’ αὐτοῦ δραπετῶν εὐημερίας ἀποστάτης ἐγένετο καί τινας τῶν πλησίον οἰκετῶν πείσας συναπονοήσασθαι κατέτρεχε τὴν πόλιν τῶν Ἀκραγαντίνων καὶ τὴν πλησιόχωρον πᾶσαν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15

EXC. DE VIRT. I 305, 19-27: There was also another revolt of runaway slaves and a force of considerable size. A certain Cleon, a Cilician from the region around the Taurus, had been accustomed to a life of brigandage from childhood. After becoming a keeper of horse herds in Sicily, he never ceased waylaying travelers and committing murders of every kind. When he learned of Eunus’s success and the prosperity of the runaway slaves with him, he revolted. He persuaded some nearby household slaves to join him in his desperate venture and overran the city of the Acragantines and all the surrounding country.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15

EXC. DE VIRT. I 305, 19;27 : Il se produisit aussi une autre révolte d’esclaves fugitifs, qui forma un groupe considérable. Un certain Cléon, Cilicien originaire des régions voisines du Taurus, était accoutumé depuis l’enfance à la vie de brigand. Devenu en Sicile gardien de haras, il ne cessait de détrousser les voyageurs et de commettre toutes sortes de meurtres. Ayant appris les progrès d’Eunous et la prospérité des esclaves fugitifs qui l’accompagnaient, il se révolta. Il persuada quelques esclaves des environs de partager sa folle entreprise, puis ravagea la cité des Agrigentins et tout le territoire voisin.

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