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Posidonius
Fragments on Customs and Wars Carrier unit 11
Carrier unit 12 of 197
Canonical reference F.11
Ancient Greek
;X 53 p. 439 D E: φιλοπότης δ’ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὁμώνυμος αὐτῶι Ἀντίοχος, ὁ ἐν Μηδίαι πρὸς Ἀρσάκην πολεμήσας, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Ποσειδώνιος ὁ Ἀπαμεὺς ἐν τῆι ἑκκαιδεκάτηι τῶν Ἱστοριῶν. ἀναιρεθέντος γοῦν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἀρσάκην θάπτοντα αὐτὸν λέγειν· « ἔσφηλέν σ ε , Ἀντίοχ ε , θάρσος καὶ μέθη · ἤλπιζες γὰρ ἐν μεγάλοις ποτηρίοις τὴν Ἀρσάκου βασιλείαν ἐκπιεῖ ν. »
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
ATHEN. X 53, p. 439 DE: The Antiochus who bore the same name as he did, and who fought Arsaces in Media, was also fond of drink, as Posidonius of Apamea relates in the sixteenth book of his Histories. At any rate, after Antiochus had been killed, he says that Arsaces, while burying him, declared: “Antiochus, boldness and drunkenness brought you down. For you hoped to drink up the kingdom of Arsaces from great cups.”
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
X 53, p. 439 DE : L’Antiochos qui portait le même nom que lui, celui qui combattit Arsace en Médie, aimait lui aussi à boire, comme le rapporte Posidonios d’Apamée dans le seizième livre de ses Histoires. Après sa mort, Arsace, au moment de l’ensevelir, aurait dit : « Antiochos, ton audace et ton ivresse t’ont perdu. Tu espérais en effet boire jusqu’à la dernière goutte, dans de grandes coupes, le royaume d’Arsace. »
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