Polybius, Histories

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Book 27 - Chapter 12

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Ftus">Κότυς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%5Cr">ἀνὴρ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pifa%2Fneian">ἐπιφάνειαν</w> <w lemma="a%29cio%2Flogos">ἀξιόλογος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="polemika%5Cs">πολεμικὰς</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fas">χρείας</w> <w lemma="diafe%2Frwn">διαφέρων</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="yuxh%5Cn">ψυχὴν</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqra%3D%7Cc:">Θρᾷξ·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="nh%2Fpths">νήπτης</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%3Drxe">ὑπῆρχε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pra%7Co%2Fthta">πρᾳότητα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ba%2Fqos">βάθος</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%2Ffainen">ὑπέφαινεν</w> <w lemma="e%29leuqe%2Frion">ἐλευθέριον</w>.
<head>Character of Cotys</head>Cotys was a man of distinguished appearance and of<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note31">Character of Cotys, king of the Odrysae, an ally of Perseus.</note>great ability in military affairs, and besides, quite unlike a Thracian in character. For he was of sober habits, and gave evidence of a gentleness of temper and a steadiness of disposition worthy of a man of gentle birth. . . .