Polybius, Histories

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Book 11 - Chapter 24a

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="eu%29daimonizo%2Fntwn">εὐδαιμονιζόντων</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fplion">Πόπλιον</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="e%29cela%2Fsai">ἐξελάσαι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fas">Ἰβηρίας</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parakalou%2Fntwn">παρακαλούντων</w> <w lemma="a%29napau%2Fesqai">ἀναπαύεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="r%28a%7Cqumei%3Dn">ῥᾳθυμεῖν</w>, <w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fras">πέρας</w> <w lemma="e%29pite%2Fqeike">ἐπιτέθεικε</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w>, <w lemma="makari%2Fzein">μακαρίζειν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Ftas">τοιαύτας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxousi">ἔχουσι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdas">ἐλπίδας</w>,
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<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="bouleu%2Fesqai">βουλεύεσθαι</w> <w lemma="ti%2Fna">τίνα</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpon">τρόπον</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frchtai">ἄρξηται</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou:">πολέμου·</w>
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<w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="pepolemhke%2Fnai">πεπολεμηκέναι</w>, <w lemma="nuni%5C">νυνὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxhn">τύχην</w> <w lemma="paradedwke%2Fnai">παραδεδωκέναι</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fois">Καρχηδονίοις</w> <w lemma="e%29cenegkei%3Dn">ἐξενεγκεῖν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>. — <w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fplios">Πόπλιος</w> <w lemma="dialexqei%5Cs">διαλεχθεὶς</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Aso%2Ffaki">Σόφακι</w>,
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<w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="eu%29fuh%5Cs">εὐφυὴς</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxwn">ὑπάρχων</w>, <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftw">οὕτω</w> <w lemma="filanqrw%2Fpws">φιλανθρώπως</w> <w lemma="w%28mi%2Flhse">ὡμίλησε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%29pideci%2Fws">ἐπιδεξίως</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asdrou%2Fban">Ἀσδρούβαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29pei%3Dn">εἰπεῖν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fsteron">ὕστερον</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Frais">ἡμέραις</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aso%2Ffaka">Σόφακα</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="foberw%2Fteros">φοβερώτερος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fplios">Πόπλιος</w> <w lemma="pe%2Ffhne">πέφηνε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28mili%2Fan">ὁμιλίαν</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fper">ἤπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fplois">ὅπλοις</w>. —
When everyone congratulated Scipio on having driven the Carthaginians out of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Spain&groupId=983&placeId=1735">Spain</a> and entreated him to rest and take his ease, as he had put an end to the war, he said he considered them happy in having such hopes,
but that for his own part now especially the time had come when he had to consider how he should begin the war against <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a>;
for up to now the Carthaginians had been making war on the Romans, but now chance had given the Romans the opportunity of making war on the Carthaginians. . . .
Scipio, who was highly gifted in this respect, spoke to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syphax&groupId=993&placeId=1751">Syphax</a> with such urbanity and adroitness that Hasdrubal afterwards said to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syphax&groupId=993&placeId=1751">Syphax</a> that Scipio had seemed to him to be more formidable in his conversation than on the field of battle. . . .