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Headword: Εὐκαιρία
Adler number: epsilon,3529
Translated headword: favourable location, felicitous position
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
'King Antiochus was eager to gain possession of Ephesus because of its favourable location: it gives the appearance of standing as a citadel, both by land and by sea, protecting Ionia and the cities of the Hellespont, and it is always a most favourably-located defence against Europe for the kings of Asia'.
Greek Original:
Εὐκαιρία. ὅτι Ἀντίοχος ὁ βασιλεὺς πάνυ ὠρέγετο τῆς Ἐφέσου διὰ τὴν εὐκαιρίαν, τῷ δοκεῖν μὲν κατὰ τῆς Ἰωνίας καὶ τῶν ἐφ' Ἑλλησπόντου πόλεων καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν ἀκροπόλεως ἔχειν θέσιν, κατὰ δὲ τῆς Εὐρώπης ἀμυντήριον ὑπάρχειν ἀεὶ τῆς Ἀσίας βασιλεῦσιν εὐκαιρότατον.
Notes:
Polybius 18.41a (40a in Loeb edition), on events of 197 BCE. For Antiochus III "the Great" (reigned 223-187) see alpha 2693.
See also epsilon 3532, epsilon 3533.
Keywords: biography; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 May 2003@04:38:42.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 21 July 2003@00:27:53.
David Whitehead (expanded notes) on 21 July 2003@03:04:42.
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