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The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Note 252 — BOOK XXXIX

Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation

μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων ἐνδυμάτων. The German translator Kraz gives up these words in despair. Kampe translated them in ihrer gewöhnlicher Tracht. Mr. Strachan-Davidson says, “προσειληφυῖα, etc., ‘folding them in her own robe with her hands,’” which seems straining the meaning of προσειληφυῖα. The French translator says, deux enfans suspendus à ses vêtemens.

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