Polybius, Histories

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Book 8 - Chapter 22

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2Akau%2Faros">Καύαρος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqra%2F%7Ckh%7C">Θρᾴκῃ</w> <w lemma="%2Agalatw%3Dn">Γαλατῶν</w> <w lemma="basiliko%5Cs">βασιλικὸς</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxwn">ὑπάρχων</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsei">φύσει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="megalo%2Ffrwn">μεγαλόφρων</w>, <w lemma="pollh%5Cn">πολλὴν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29sfa%2Fleian">ἀσφάλειαν</w> <w lemma="pareskeu%2Faze">παρεσκεύαζε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="prosple%2Fousi">προσπλέουσι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29mpo%2Frwn">ἐμπόρων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fnton">Πόντον</w>,
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<w lemma="mega%2Flas">μεγάλας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="parei%2Fxeto">παρείχετο</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fas">χρείας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Abuzanti%2Fois">Βυζαντίοις</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aqra%3D%7Ckas">Θρᾷκας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Abiqunou%5Cs">Βιθυνοὺς</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmois">πολέμοις</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Exc. Peir. p. 26.</foreign>] <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> .
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. <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="o%29gdo%2Fh%7C">ὀγδόῃ</w> <w lemma="i%28storiw%3Dn">ἱστοριῶν</w>, <w lemma="%2Akau%2Faros">Καύαρος</w>, <w lemma="fhsi%2Fn">φησίν</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Agala%2Fths">Γαλάτης</w>, <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="ta%29%2Flla">τἄλλα</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%5Cr">ἀνὴρ</w> <w lemma="a%29gaqo%2Fs">ἀγαθός</w>, <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Aswstra%2Ftou">Σωστράτου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="ko%2Flakos">κόλακος</w> <w lemma="diestre%2Ffeto">διεστρέφετο</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="%2Axalkhdo%2Fnios">Χαλκηδόνιος</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnos">γένος</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Athenaeus VI, 60 p. 252c.</foreign>]
<head>The Gothic King Cavarus</head>Cavarus, king of the Thracian Gauls, being naturally kingly and high-minded, afforded great security to traders sailing to the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pontus&groupId=910&placeId=1634">Pontus</a>, and rendered great services to the Byzantines in their wars with the Thracians and Bithynians.
This Cavarus, so excellent in other respects, was corrupted by the flatterer Sostratus a native of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Chalcedon&groupId=419&placeId=776">Chalcedon</a>. . . .