Polybius, Histories

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Book 1 - Chapter 71

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<w lemma="lesqai">λεσθαι</w> <w lemma="metasxei%3Dn">μετασχεῖν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29posta%2Fsews">ἀποστάσεως</w>. <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fnioi">Καρχηδόνιοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fous">βίους</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="diecagago%2Fntes">διεξαγαγόντες</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="gennhma%2Ftwn">γεννημάτων</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="koina%5Cs">κοινὰς</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%5Cs">παρασκευὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w> <w lemma="a%28qroi%2Fzontes">ἁθροίζοντες</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhn">Λιβύην</w> <w lemma="proso%2Fdwn">προσόδων</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29qisme%2Fnoi">εἰθισμένοι</w> <w lemma="cenikai%3Ds">ξενικαῖς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmesi">δυνάμεσι</w>,
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<w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="e%29sterhme%2Fnoi">ἐστερημένοι</w> <w lemma="paralo%2Fgws">παραλόγως</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28rw%3Dntes">ὁρῶντες</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkasta">ἕκαστα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnwn">προειρημένων</w> <w lemma="e%29pistre%2Ffonta">ἐπιστρέφοντα</w>, <w lemma="tele%2Fws">τελέως</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flh%7C">μεγάλῃ</w> <w lemma="dusqumi%2Fa%7C">δυσθυμίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="duselpisti%2Fa%7C">δυσελπιστίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kaqe%2Fstasan">καθέστασαν</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="prosdoki%2Fan">προσδοκίαν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="a%29pobebhko%2Ftwn">ἀποβεβηκότων</w>.
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<w lemma="tetrume%2Fnoi">τετρυμένοι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fas">Σικελίας</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w> <w lemma="sunexw%3Ds">συνεχῶς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Flpizon">ἤλπιζον</w> <w lemma="e%29pitelesqeisw%3Dn">ἐπιτελεσθεισῶν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fsewn">διαλύσεων</w> <w lemma="a%29napnoh%3Ds">ἀναπνοῆς</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="teu%2Fcesqai">τεύξεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katasta%2Fsews">καταστάσεως</w> <w lemma="eu%29dokoume%2Fnhs">εὐδοκουμένης</w>.
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<w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="ta%29nanti%2Fa:">τἀναντία·</w> <w lemma="mei%2Fzonos">μείζονος</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29ni%2Fstato">ἐνίστατο</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="katarxh%5C">καταρχὴ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="foberwte%2Frou">φοβερωτέρου</w>.
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<w lemma="pro%2Fsqen">πρόσθεν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fas">Σικελίας</w> <w lemma="h%29mfisbh%2Ftoun">ἠμφισβήτουν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="sfw%3Dn">σφῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdos">πατρίδος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmellon">ἔμελλον</w> <w lemma="kinduneu%2Fsein">κινδυνεύσειν</w>, <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="a%29nalamba%2Fnontes">ἀναλαμβάνοντες</w> <w lemma="e%29mfu%2Flion">ἐμφύλιον</w>.
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<w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fplwn">ὅπλων</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="nautikh%5C">ναυτικὴ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamis">δύναμις</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="ploi%2Fwn">πλοίων</w> <w lemma="kataskeuh%5C">κατασκευὴ</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="tosau%2Ftais">τοσαύταις</w> <w lemma="naumaxi%2Fais">ναυμαχίαις</w> <w lemma="peripeptwko%2Ftwn:">περιπεπτωκότων·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="xorhgiw%3Dn">χορηγιῶν</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fqesis">διάθεσις</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flwn">φίλων</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxwn">συμμάχων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="bohqhso%2Fntwn">βοηθησόντων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcwqen">ἔξωθεν</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%5Cs">ἐλπὶς</w> <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28tisou%3Dn">ἡτισοῦν</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%3Drxen">ὑπῆρχεν</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="safw%3Ds">σαφῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fgnwsan">ἔγνωσαν</w> <w lemma="h%28li%2Fkhn">ἡλίκην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxei">ἔχει</w> <w lemma="diafora%5Cn">διαφορὰν</w> <w lemma="ceniko%5Cs">ξενικὸς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diapo%2Fntios">διαπόντιος</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemos">πόλεμος</w> <w lemma="e%29mfuli%2Fou">ἐμφυλίου</w> <w lemma="sta%2Fsews">στάσεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="taraxh%3Ds">ταραχῆς</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fkista">ἥκιστα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%5C">αὐτοὶ</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="thli">τηλι</w>
The Carthaginians had ever been accustomed to depend for their private supplies on the produce of the country, their public expenses for armaments and commissariat had been met by the revenue they derived from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Libya&groupId=686&placeId=427">Libya</a>, and they had always been in the habit of employing hired soldiers.
At the present moment not did they find themselves deprived of all these resources at one blow, but actually saw them turned against themselves. Consequently they fell into a state of utter depression and despondency, things having turned out quite otherwise than they expected.
For they had been much worn by the long continued war for <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a>, and had hoped that the peace would procure them some rest and a grateful period of tranquillity,
and what happened was just the reverse, as they were now threatened by the outbreak of a greater and more formidable war.
In the former case they were disputing the dominion of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a> with the Romans, but now, with a civil war on their hands, they were about to fight for their own existence and that of their native city.
Besides neither had they a sufficient supply of arms, nor a proper navy, nor the material left to construct one, so many had been the battles in which they had been engaged at sea. They had not even the means of providing supplies and not a single hope of external assistance from friends or allies.
So it was now that they thoroughly realized how great is the difference between a war against a foreign state carried on over sea
and civil discord and disturbance.