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| has gloss | eng: Harpalus son of Polemaeus from Beroea, was a Macedonian statesman, hieromnemon at Delphi and the chief of the ambassadors sent by Perseus to Rome in 172 BC, to answer the complaints of Eumenes II, king of Pergamon. Harpalus gave great offence to the Romans by the haughty and vehement tone that he assumed, and exasperated the irritation already existing against Perseus. |
| lexicalization | eng: Harpalus |
| instance of | (noun) a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another embassador, ambassador |
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