Polybius

Family: Greek historical figures · Role: son of Lycortas · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 9

In Book 8, Chapter 9, Polybius is identified as the son of Lycortas. By Chapter 30, he had been authorized to establish constitutions and frame laws for Greek cities joining the Achæan League.

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Life events

Polybius was authorized to establish constitutions and laws for Greek cities joining the Achæan League.(Book 8 · Chapter 30)
- “And all the Greek cities that joined the Achæan League got the Romans to allow Polybius to fix their constitution and frame their laws.”

Book 8 · Chapter 9

parent: Lycortas (Lycortas is Polybius's father.) “There also on a pillar is Polybius the son of Lycortas, whom we shall mention hereafter.”

Book 8 · Chapter 30

parent: Lycortas “And in the market-place behind the precincts sacred to Lycæan Zeus is the statue on a pillar of Polybius the son of Lycortas.”

Book 8 · Chapter 37

parent: Lycortas “On a third figure are some Nymphs and Pans, and on a fourth Polybius the son of Lycortas.”

Book 8 · Chapter 48

parent: Lycortas “a statue of Polybius the son of Lycortas”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.