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Posidonius
Fragments on Customs and Wars Carrier unit 12
Carrier unit 13 of 197
Canonical reference F.12
Ancient Greek
;IV 38 p. 153 AB: ἐν δὲ τῆι ιϛ περὶ Σελεύκου διηγούμενος τοῦ βασιλέως ὡς εἰς Μηδίαν ἀνελθὼν καὶ πολεμῶν Ἀρσάκει ἠιχμαλωτίσθη ὑπὸ τοῦ βαρβάρου καὶ ὡς πολὺν χρόνον παρὰ τῶι Ἀρσάκει διέτριψεν ἀγόμενος βασιλικῶς, γράφει καὶ ταῦτα· « παρὰ Πάρθοις ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις ὁ βασιλεὺς τήν τε κλίνην ἐ φ ’ ἧς μόνος κατέκειτο μετεωροτέραν τῶν ἄλλων καὶ κεχωρισμένην εἶχε καὶ τὴν τράπεζαν μόνωι καθάπερ ἥρωι πλήρη βαρβαρικῶν θοιναμάτων παρακειμένη ν. »
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
ATHEN. IV 38, p. 153 AB: In Book 16, while recounting how King Seleucus went up into Media, was captured by the barbarian while waging war against Arsaces, and spent a long time with Arsaces, being treated as a king, he also writes this: “Among the Parthians, at banquets the king had the couch upon which he alone reclined set higher than the others and apart from them, while a table laden with barbarian delicacies was placed before him alone, as though before a hero.”
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
IV 38, p. 153 AB : Dans le seizième livre, racontant comment le roi Séleucos, après être monté en Médie et avoir combattu Arsace, fut fait prisonnier par le barbare, et comment il demeura longtemps auprès d’Arsace, traité en roi, il écrit aussi ceci : « Chez les Parthes, pendant les repas, le roi avait le lit sur lequel il était seul couché placé plus haut que les autres et à l’écart ; une table réservée à lui seul, comme à un héros, se tenait auprès de lui, couverte de mets barbares. »
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