Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, ed. William W. Goodwin, 29

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Question 29.

Who was the πωλήτης amongst the Epidamnians.

Solution.

The Epidamnians, who were neighboring to the Illyrians, perceiving that the citizens that had frequent commerce with them were debauched, and fearing an innovation, made choice of an approved man yearly from amongst them, who should deal as a factor with the barbarians in all matters of trade and traffic, managing the whole business of dealing and commerce on the behalf of all the citizens; and this man was called poletes, or the seller.

Quaestiones Graecae. Plutarch. ed. William W. Goodwin. Boston. 1874.

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Greek Questions (English) (Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. II. Goodwin, William W., editor; Chauncy, Isaac translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.)

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Αἴτια Ἑλληνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 29 focus

[29] τίς ὁ παρʼ Ἐπιδαμνίοις πωλήτης;

Ἐπιδάμνιοι γειτνιῶντες Ἰλλυριοῖς ᾐσθάνοντο τοὺς ἐπιμειγνυμένους αὐτοῖς πολίτας γιγνομένους πονηροὺς καὶ φοβούμενοι νεωτερισμὸν ᾑροῦντο πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα συμβόλαια καὶ τὰς ἀμείψεις καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα τῶν δεδοκιμασμένων παρʼ αὐτοῖς, ὃς ἐπιφοιτῶν τοῖς βαρβάροις παρεῖχεν 298a ἀγορὰν καὶ διάθεσιν πᾶσι τοῖς πολίταις πωλήτης ʼ προσαγορευόμενος.

Κεφαλαίων καταγραφή Ἑλληνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol IΙ. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.) — 29 focus

[29] τίς ὁ παρʼ Ἐπιδαμνίοις πωλήτης; Ἐπιδάμνιοι 15 γειτνιῶντες Ἰλλυριοῖς ᾐσθάνοντο τοὺς ἐπιμιγνυμένους αὐτοῖς πολίτας γιγνομένους πονηροὺς καὶ φοβούμενοι νεωτερισμὸν ᾑροῦντο πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα συμβόλαια καὶ τὰς ἀμείψεις καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα τῶν δεδοκιμασμένων παρʼ αὐτοῖς, ὃς ἐπιφοιτῶν 20 298a τοῖς βαρβάροις παρεῖχεν ἀγορὰν καὶ διάθεσιν πᾶσι τοῖς πολίταις πωλήτης προσαγορευόμενος.

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The Greek Questions Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 29 focus

[29] Who is the Seller among the Epidamnians?

The Epidamnians were neighbours of the Illyrians and perceived that such of their citizens as associated with the Illyrians were becoming corrupted; and, since they feared a revolution, they used to select one of the most reputable of their fellow-citizens each year to conduct such commercial dealings and barters. This man visited the barbarians and provided them with a market and an opportunity for all the citizens to display what they had to sell: thus he was called the Seller.

Plutarch Quaestiones Graecae 29

ed. William W. Goodwin

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