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Posidonius

Fragments on Customs and Wars Carrier unit 13

Carrier unit 14 of 197

Canonical reference F.13

Ancient Greek

;XI 15 p. 466 BC: Ποσειδώνιος δ’ ἐν ιϛ τῶν Ἱστοριῶν Λυσίμαχόν φησι τὸν Βαβυλώνιον, καλέσαντα ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Ἵμερον τὸν τυραννήσαντα οὐ μόνον Βαβυλωνίων ἀλλὰ καὶ Σελευκέων μετὰ τριακοσίων, μετὰ τὸ τὰς τραπέζας ἀρθῆναι τετράμνουν ἑκάστωι τῶν τριακοσίων ἔκπωμα δοῦναι ἀργυροῦν καὶ σπονδοποιησάμενον προπιεῖν ἅμα πᾶσιν· καὶ ἀποφέρεσθαι ἔδωκε τὰ ποτήρια.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

ATHEN. XI 15, p. 466 BC: Posidonius says in Book 16 of his Histories that Lysimachus the Babylonian invited to dinner Himerus, who had established himself as tyrant not only over the Babylonians but also over the Seleucians, together with three hundred men. After the tables had been removed, he gave each of the three hundred a four-mina silver drinking vessel, poured a libation, and drank to all of them at once. He then allowed them to carry the cups away.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

XI 15, p. 466 BC : Posidonios dit, au seizième livre de ses Histoires, que Lysimaque de Babylone invita à dîner Himéros, qui avait exercé sa tyrannie non seulement sur les Babyloniens, mais aussi sur les Séleucéens, en compagnie de trois cents hommes. Après qu’on eut retiré les tables, il donna à chacun des trois cents une coupe d’argent pesant quatre mines ; après avoir fait préparer la libation, il but à leur santé à tous en même temps. Il leur permit aussi d’emporter les coupes.

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