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Posidonius
Fragments on Customs and Wars Carrier unit 71
Carrier unit 87 of 197
Canonical reference F.71
Ancient Greek
STRABON XI 9, 3: εἰρηκότες δὲ πολλὰ περὶ τῶν Παρθικῶν νομίμων ἐν τῆι ἕκτηι τῶν Ἱστορικῶν Ὑπομνημάτων βίβλωι (91 F 1) .... παραλείψομεν ἐνταῦθα .... τοσοῦτον εἰπόντες μόνον, ὅτι τῶν Παρθυαίων συνέδριόν φησιν εἶναι Ποσειδώνιος διττόν, τὸ μὲν συγγενῶν, τὸ δὲ σοφῶν καὶ μάγων, ἐξ ὧν ἀμφοῖν τοὺς βασιλεῖς καθίστασθαι.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
STRABO XI 9.3: Having said much about Parthian customs in the sixth book of the Historical Commentaries (91 F 1) ... we shall omit them here ... and say only this: Posidonius states that the Parthyaeans have a twofold council, one composed of kinsmen and the other of wise men and Magi, and that kings are appointed from both groups.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
STRABON XI 9, 3 : Après avoir longuement parlé des coutumes parthes dans le sixième livre de nos Commentaires historiques (91 F 1), nous les omettrons ici, en disant seulement ceci : selon Posidonios, les Parthes possèdent un double conseil, l’un composé des parents du roi, l’autre de sages et de mages ; c’est à partir de ces deux conseils que sont institués les rois.
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