Polybius

Family: Greek · Role: historian · First appears: Comparision of Pelopidas with Marcellus

Comparision of Pelopidas with Marcellus

with Hannibal (Polybius is cited as a historian writing about Hannibal.) “Polybius writes, that Hannibal was never so much as once vanquished by Marcellus, but remained invincible in all encounters, till Scipio came.”
with Marcellus (Polybius is cited as a historian writing about Marcellus's encounters with Hannibal.) “Polybius writes, that Hannibal was never so much as once vanquished by Marcellus, but remained invincible in all encounters, till Scipio came.”

with Scipio the Great (interaction) “His interest being entreated by Scipio, on account of Polybius, for the Achaean exiles”
with Marcus Cato (interaction) “Cato, standing up, thus delivered himself: ”

parent: Philopoemen “Polybius, the general's son, carried the urn, so covered with garlands and ribbons as scarcely to be visible;”
parent: Lycortas “They chose Lycortas general, and falling upon the Messenians, put all to fire and sword, till they all with one consent made their submission. Dinocrates, with as many as had voted for Philopoemen's death, anticipated their vengeance and killed themselves. Those who would have had him tortured, Lycortas put in chains and reserved for severer punishment. They burnt his body, and put the ashes into an urn, and then marched homeward, not as in an ordinary march, but with a kind of solemn pomp, half triumph, half funeral, crowns of victory on their heads, and tears in their eyes, and their captive enemies in fetters by them. Polybius, the general's son, carried the urn, so covered with garlands and ribbons as scarcely to be visible;”

Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.