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Book 15 - Chapter 25

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2Aswsi%2Fbios">Σωσίβιος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="yeudepi%2Ftropos">ψευδεπίτροπος</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fou">Πτολεμαίου</w> <w lemma="e%29do%2Fkei">ἐδόκει</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w> <w lemma="skeu%3Dos">σκεῦος</w> <w lemma="a%29gxi%2Fnoun">ἀγχίνουν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poluxro%2Fnion">πολυχρόνιον</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kakopoio%5Cn">κακοποιὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fa%7C">βασιλείᾳ</w>,
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prw%2Ftw%7C">πρώτῳ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29rtu%3Dsai">ἀρτῦσαι</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fnon">φόνον</w> <w lemma="%2Alusima%2Fxw%7C">Λυσιμάχῳ</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="ui%28o%5Cs">υἱὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arsino%2Fhs">Ἀρσινόης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Alusima%2Fxou">Λυσιμάχου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fou">Πτολεμαίου</w>, <w lemma="deute%2Frw%7C">δευτέρῳ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Fga%7C">Μάγᾳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fou">Πτολεμαίου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Abereni%2Fkhs">Βερενίκης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Fga">Μάγα</w>, <w lemma="tri%2Fth%7C">τρίτῃ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Abereni%2Fkh%7C">Βερενίκῃ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fou">Πτολεμαίου</w> <w lemma="mhtri%5C">μητρὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Afilopa%2Ftoros">Φιλοπάτορος</w>, <w lemma="teta%2Frtw%7C">τετάρτῳ</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnei">Κλεομένει</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Aspartia%2Fth%7C">Σπαρτιάτῃ</w>, <w lemma="pe%2Fmpth%7C">πέμπτῃ</w> <w lemma="qugatri%5C">θυγατρὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Abereni%2Fkhs">Βερενίκης</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arsino%2Fh%7C">Ἀρσινόῃ</w>. —
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<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Ameta%5C">Μετὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttaras">τέτταρας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fstw%7C">μεγίστῳ</w> <w lemma="peristu%2Flw%7C">περιστύλῳ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29lh%3Ds">αὐλῆς</w> <w lemma="oi%29kodomh%2Fsantes">οἰκοδομήσαντες</w> <w lemma="bh%3Dma">βῆμα</w> <w lemma="suneka%2Flesan">συνεκάλεσαν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28paspista%5Cs">ὑπασπιστὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="qerapei%2Fan">θεραπείαν</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pezw%3Dn">πεζῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fnas">ἡγεμόνας</w>.
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<w lemma="a%28qroisqe%2Fntwn">ἁθροισθέντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="a%29naba%5Cs">ἀναβὰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqoklh%3Ds">Ἀγαθοκλῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aswsi%2Fbios">Σωσίβιος</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="bh%3Dma">βῆμα</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="basili%2Fsshs">βασιλίσσης</w> <w lemma="qa%2Fnaton">θάνατον</w> <w lemma="a%29nqwmologh%2Fsanto">ἀνθωμολογήσαντο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnqos">πένθος</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Ffhnan">ἀνέφηναν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polloi%3Ds">πολλοῖς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqos">ἔθος</w>.
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<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fdhma">διάδημα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="paidi%5C">παιδὶ</w> <w lemma="periqe%2Fntes">περιθέντες</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fdeican">ἀνέδειξαν</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diaqh%2Fkhn">διαθήκην</w> <w lemma="tina%5C">τινὰ</w> <w lemma="parane%2Fgnwsan">παρανέγνωσαν</w> <w lemma="peplasme%2Fnhn">πεπλασμένην</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="h%28%3D%7C">ᾗ</w> <w lemma="gegramme%2Fnon">γεγραμμένον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="katalei%2Fpei">καταλείπει</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="paido%5Cs">παιδὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29pitro%2Fpous">ἐπιτρόπους</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fa">Ἀγαθοκλέα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aswsi%2Fbion:">Σωσίβιον·</w>
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Floun">παρεκάλουν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fnas">ἡγεμόνας</w> <w lemma="eu%29noei%3Dn">εὐνοεῖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diafula%2Fttein">διαφυλάττειν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="paidi%5C">παιδὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%2Fn:">ἀρχήν·</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="ka%2Flpidas">κάλπιδας</w> <w lemma="a%29rgura%3Ds">ἀργυρᾶς</w> <w lemma="ei%29sh%2Fnegkan">εἰσήνεγκαν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="mia%3Ds">μιᾶς</w> <w lemma="e%29xou%2Fshs">ἐχούσης</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="o%29sta%3D">ὀστᾶ</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28te%2Fras">ἑτέρας</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arsino%2Fhs:">Ἀρσινόης·</w>
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<w lemma="ei%29%3Dxe">εἶχε</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fa">μία</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29lh%2Fqeian">ἀλήθειαν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w>, <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28te%2Fra">ἑτέρα</w> <w lemma="plh%2Frhs">πλήρης</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="a%29rwma%2Ftwn">ἀρωμάτων</w>. <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsantes">ποιήσαντες</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="e%29pete%2Floun">ἐπετέλουν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29kfora%2Fn">ἐκφοράν</w>. <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsi">πᾶσι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arsino%2Fhn">Ἀρσινόην</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="dh%3Dla">δῆλα</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="qana%2Ftou">θανάτου</w> <w lemma="fwtisqe%2Fntos">φωτισθέντος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpos">τρόπος</w> <w lemma="e%29pezhtei%3Dto">ἐπεζητεῖτο</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29pwlei%2Fas:">ἀπωλείας·</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fshs">οὔσης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="profa%2Fsews">προφάσεως</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllhs">ἄλλης</w> <w lemma="ou%29demia%3Ds">οὐδεμιᾶς</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29lhqinh%3Ds">ἀληθινῆς</w> <w lemma="fh%2Fmhs">φήμης</w> <w lemma="prospeptwkui%2Fas">προσπεπτωκυίας</w>, <w lemma="a%29kmh%5Cn">ἀκμὴν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29mfisbhtoume%2Fnhs">ἀμφισβητουμένης</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29lh%2Fqeian">ἀλήθειαν</w> <w lemma="gegono%5Cs">γεγονὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="e%28ka%2Fstwn">ἑκάστων</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmais">γνώμαις</w> <w lemma="e%29pesfragi%2Fsqh">ἐπεσφραγίσθη</w>. <w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgxusin">σύγχυσιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxlwn">ὄχλων</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="ou%29qei%5Cs">οὐθεὶς</w> <w lemma="ou%29qe%2Fna">οὐθένα</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w> <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w>, <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arsino%2Fhs">Ἀρσινόης</w>, <w lemma="a%29naneou%2Fmenoi">ἀνανεούμενοι</w> <w lemma="tine%5Cs">τινὲς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29rfani%2Fan">ὀρφανίαν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fnioi">ἔνιοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="zh%3Dn">ζῆν</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fbrin">ὕβριν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%2Fmeine">ὑπέμεινε</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ai%29ki%2Fan">αἰκίαν</w>, <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="teleuth%5Cn">τελευτὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29tu%2Fxhma">ἀτύχημα</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tosau%2Fthn">τοσαύτην</w> <w lemma="para%2Fstasin">παράστασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fpipton">ἐνέπιπτον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dusqumi%2Fan">δυσθυμίαν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="plh%2Frh">πλήρη</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="stenagmou%3D">στεναγμοῦ</w>, <w lemma="dakru%2Fwn">δακρύων</w>, <w lemma="oi%29mwgh%3Ds">οἰμωγῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29katapau%2Fstou">ἀκαταπαύστου</w>.
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<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%29rqw%3Ds">ὀρθῶς</w> <w lemma="logizome%2Fnois">λογιζομένοις</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftw">οὕτω</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arsino%2Fhn">Ἀρσινόην</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fas">εὐνοίας</w> <w lemma="tekmh%2Fria">τεκμήρια</w>, <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fa">Ἀγαθοκλέα</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fsous:">μίσους·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnos">προειρημένος</w>, <w lemma="e%29peidh%5C">ἐπειδὴ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28dri%2Fas">ὑδρίας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="basilikou%5Cs">βασιλικοὺς</w> <w lemma="oi%29%2Fkous">οἴκους</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqhke">ἔθηκε</w>, <w lemma="paraggei%2Flas">παραγγείλας</w> <w lemma="a%29poqe%2Fsqai">ἀποθέσθαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="faia%2F">φαιά</w>, <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="dimh%2Fnou">διμήνου</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="w%29ywni%2Fase">ὠψωνίασε</w>, <w lemma="pepeisme%2Fnos">πεπεισμένος</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polloi%3Ds">πολλοῖς</w> <w lemma="mi%3Dsos">μῖσος</w> <w lemma="a%29mblu%2Fnein">ἀμβλύνειν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="lusitele%5Cs">λυσιτελὲς</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%3Ds">ὁρμῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%3Dt%27">εἶτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pecw%2Frkise">ἐπεξώρκισε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Frkon">ὅρκον</w> <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="o%29mnu%2Fein">ὀμνύειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29qisme%2Fnoi">εἰθισμένοι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29nadei%2Fceis">ἀναδείξεις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fwn">βασιλέων</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteile">ἐξαπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afila%2Fmmwna">Φιλάμμωνα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pista%2Fnta">ἐπιστάντα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arsino%2Fhs">Ἀρσινόης</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fnw%7C">φόνῳ</w>, <w lemma="poih%2Fsas">ποιήσας</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Alibua%2Frxhn">Λιβυάρχην</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Akurh%2Fnhn">Κυρήνην</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paidi%2Fon">παιδίον</w> <w lemma="e%29nexei%2Frise">ἐνεχείρισε</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aoi%29na%2Fnqhn">Οἰνάνθην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqo%2Fkleian">Ἀγαθόκλειαν</w>.
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<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="%2Ape%2Flopa">Πέλοπα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpemye">ἐξέπεμψε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ape%2Flopos">Πέλοπος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w>, <w lemma="parakale%2Fsonta">παρακαλέσοντα</w> <w lemma="sunthrei%3Dn">συντηρεῖν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="fili%2Fan">φιλίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="parabai%2Fnein">παραβαίνειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="paido%5Cs">παιδὸς</w> <w lemma="pate%2Fra">πατέρα</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkas">συνθήκας</w>, <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Don">Πτολεμαῖον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aswsibi%2Fou">Σωσιβίου</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippon">Φίλιππον</w> <w lemma="ta%2F">τά</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pigami%2Fas">ἐπιγαμίας</w> <w lemma="sunqhso%2Fmenon">συνθησόμενον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parakale%2Fsonta">παρακαλέσοντα</w> <w lemma="bohqei%3Dn">βοηθεῖν</w>, <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="o%28losxere%2Fsteron">ὁλοσχερέστερον</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="e%29piba%2Flhtai">ἐπιβάληται</w> <w lemma="paraspondei%3Dn">παρασπονδεῖν</w>.
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<w lemma="proexeiri%2Fsato">προεχειρίσατο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Don">Πτολεμαῖον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aghsa%2Frxou">Ἀγησάρχου</w> <w lemma="presbeuth%5Cn">πρεσβευτὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w>, <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29pispeu%2Fsonta">ἐπισπεύσοντα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="presbei%2Fan">πρεσβείαν</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w>, <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fyhtai">ἅψηται</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fdos">Ἑλλάδος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="summi%2Fch%7C">συμμίξῃ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%3D">ἐκεῖ</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flois">φίλοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="suggene%2Fsin">συγγενέσιν</w>, <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="katamenou%3Dnta">καταμενοῦντα</w>.
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<w lemma="proe%2Fkeito">προέκειτο</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pifanei%3Ds">ἐπιφανεῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="e%29kpodw%5Cn">ἐκποδὼν</w> <w lemma="poih%3Dsai">ποιῆσαι</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteile">ἐξαπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asko%2Fpan">Σκόπαν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlo%5Cn">Αἰτωλὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="cenologi%2Fan">ξενολογίαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fda">Ἑλλάδα</w>, <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="xrusi%2Fou">χρυσίου</w> <w lemma="sunqei%5Cs">συνθεὶς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="prodo%2Fmata">προδόματα</w>.
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<w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsxe">ἔσχε</w> <w lemma="proqe%2Fseis">προθέσεις</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%3Ds">ἐπιβολῆς</w>, <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29poxrh%3Dsqai">ἀποχρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="cenologhqei%3Dsin">ξενολογηθεῖσιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fllhn">ἄλλην</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxai%2Fous">ἀρχαίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prou+pa%2Frxontas">προϋπάρχοντας</w> <w lemma="ce%2Fnous">ξένους</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="frou%2Fria">φρούρια</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="katoiki%2Fas">κατοικίας</w> <w lemma="a%29postei%3Dlai">ἀποστεῖλαι</w>, <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paragenome%2Fnois">παραγενομένοις</w> <w lemma="a%29naplhrw%3Dsai">ἀναπληρῶσαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kainopoih%3Dsai">καινοποιῆσαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="qerapei%2Fan">θεραπείαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29lh%5Cn">αὐλὴν</w> <w lemma="fulakei%3Da">φυλακεῖα</w>, <w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fws">παραπλησίως</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllhn">ἄλλην</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w>,
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<w lemma="nomi%2Fzwn">νομίζων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="cenologhqe%2Fntas">ξενολογηθέντας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="misqodotoume%2Fnous">μισθοδοτουμένους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="progegono%2Ftwn">προγεγονότων</w> <w lemma="mhdeni%5C">μηδενὶ</w> <w lemma="sumpaqh%2Fsontas">συμπαθήσοντας</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="ginw%2Fskein">γινώσκειν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdas">ἐλπίδας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontas">ἔχοντας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="swthri%2Fas">σωτηρίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29panorqw%2Fsews">ἐπανορθώσεως</w>, <w lemma="e%28toi%2Fmous">ἑτοίμους</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fcein">ἕξειν</w> <w lemma="sunagwnista%5Cs">συναγωνιστὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunergou%5Cs">συνεργοὺς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="paraggello%2Fmenon">παραγγελλόμενον</w>.
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<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29genh%2Fqh">ἐγενήθη</w> <w lemma="pro%2Ftera">πρότερα</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppw%7C">Φιλίππῳ</w> <w lemma="diabouli%2Fou">διαβουλίου</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>*, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29dhlw%2Fsamen:">ἐδηλώσαμεν·</w> <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnwn">ἐκείνων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="dihgh%2Fsews">διηγήσεως</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fcin">τάξιν</w> <w lemma="prote%2Frwn">προτέρων</w> <w lemma="lambanome%2Fnwn">λαμβανομένων</w> <w lemma="a%29nagkai%3Don">ἀναγκαῖον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="xeiri%2Fzein">χειρίζειν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="e%29chgei%3Dsqai">ἐξηγεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29nteu%2Fceis">ἐντεύξεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="xrhmatismou%5Cs">χρηματισμοὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="presbeutw%3Dn">πρεσβευτῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="katasta%2Fsews">καταστάσεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29capostolh%3Ds">ἐξαποστολῆς</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqoklh%3Ds">Ἀγαθοκλῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pifanesta%2Ftous">ἐπιφανεστάτους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29kpodw%5Cn">ἐκποδὼν</w> <w lemma="e%29poi%2Fhse">ἐποίησε</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqous">πλήθους</w> <w lemma="o%29rgh%3Ds">ὀργῆς</w> <w lemma="parakate%2Fsxe">παρακατέσχε</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%29ywni%2Fwn">ὀψωνίων</w> <w lemma="a%29podo%2Fsei">ἀποδόσει</w>, <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fdas">πόδας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="sunh%2Fqeian">συνήθειαν</w> <w lemma="e%29panh%3Dlqe">ἐπανῆλθε</w>. <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flwn">φίλων</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="a%29neplh%2Frwse">ἀνεπλήρωσε</w>,
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<w lemma="pareisagagw%5Cn">παρεισαγαγὼν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="diakoni%2Fas">διακονίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllhs">ἄλλης</w> <w lemma="u%28phresi%2Fas">ὑπηρεσίας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29kaiota%2Ftous">εἰκαιοτάτους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qrasuta%2Ftous:">θρασυτάτους·</w>
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<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="nukto%5Cs">νυκτὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fqh%7C">μέθῃ</w> <w lemma="die%2Ftribe">διέτριβε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fqh%7C">μέθῃ</w> <w lemma="parepome%2Fnais">παρεπομέναις</w> <w lemma="a%29krasi%2Fais">ἀκρασίαις</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="feido%2Fmenos">φειδόμενος</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Ft%27">οὔτ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29kmazou%2Fshs">ἀκμαζούσης</w> <w lemma="gunaiko%5Cs">γυναικὸς</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="nu%2Fmfhs">νύμφης</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="parqe%2Fnou">παρθένου</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dt%27">ταῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpratte">ἔπραττε</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29paxqesta%2Fths">ἐπαχθεστάτης</w> <w lemma="fantasi%2Fas">φαντασίας</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28%2Fqen">ὅθεν</w> <w lemma="pollh%3Ds">πολλῆς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pantodaph%3Ds">παντοδαπῆς</w> <w lemma="ginome%2Fnhs">γινομένης</w> <w lemma="dusaresth%2Fsews">δυσαρεστήσεως</w>, <w lemma="ou%29demia%3Ds">οὐδεμιᾶς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="qerapei%2Fas">θεραπείας</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="bohqei%2Fas">βοηθείας</w> <w lemma="prosagome%2Fnhs">προσαγομένης</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29nanti%2Fon">ἐναντίον</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="prosepagome%2Fnhs">προσεπαγομένης</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fbrews">ὕβρεως</w>, <w lemma="u%28perhfani%2Fas">ὑπερηφανίας</w>, <w lemma="r%28a%7Cqumi%2Fas">ῥᾳθυμίας</w>,
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<w lemma="a%29nequmia%3Dto">ἀνεθυμιᾶτο</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polloi%3Ds">πολλοῖς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="prou+pa%2Frxon">προϋπάρχον</w> <w lemma="mi%3Dsos">μῖσος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="a%29neneou%3Dnto">ἀνενεοῦντο</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="progegenhme%2Fna">προγεγενημένα</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w> <w lemma="a%29tuxh%2Fmata">ἀτυχήματα</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpous">ἀνθρώπους</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w>.
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<w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fswpon">πρόσωπον</w> <w lemma="a%29cio%2Fxrewn">ἀξιόχρεων</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="prosthso%2Fmenon">προστησόμενον</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29rgh%5Cn">ὀργὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fa">Ἀγαθοκλέα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqo%2Fkleian">Ἀγαθόκλειαν</w> <w lemma="a%29perei%2Fsontai">ἀπερείσονται</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28suxi%2Fan">ἡσυχίαν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dgon">ἦγον</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fda">ἐλπίδα</w> <w lemma="karadokou%3Dntes">καραδοκοῦντες</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Atlhpo%2Flemon">Τληπόλεμον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fth%7C">ταύτῃ</w> <w lemma="prosane%2Fxontes">προσανέχοντες</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Atlhpo%2Flemos">Τληπόλεμος</w>, <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fzh">ἔζη</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpratten:">ἔπραττεν·</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="metalla%2Fcai">μεταλλάξαι</w> '<w lemma="kei%3Dnon">κεῖνον</w> <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="e%29comali%2Fsas">ἐξομαλίσας</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqh">πλήθη</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29genh%2Fqh">ἐγενήθη</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Aphlou%2Fsion">Πηλούσιον</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%5Cs">ἀρχὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29nafora%5Cn">ἀναφορὰν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="prattome%2Fnwn">πραττομένων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="sumfe%2Fron">συμφέρον</w>, <w lemma="pepeisme%2Fnos">πεπεισμένος</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frcein">ὑπάρξειν</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fdrion">συνέδριον</w> <w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="th%2Fn">τήν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="paido%5Cs">παιδὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29pitropei%2Fan">ἐπιτροπείαν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fcei">ἕξει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flwn">ὅλων</w> <w lemma="prostasi%2Fan">προστασίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28w%2Fra">ἑώρα</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29ci%2Fous">ἀξίους</w> <w lemma="e%29pitroph%3Ds">ἐπιτροπῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="e%29kpodw%5Cn">ἐκποδὼν</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Ftas">γεγονότας</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flwn">ὅλων</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="katatolmw%3Dnta">κατατολμῶντα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fa">Ἀγαθοκλέα</w>, <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28te%2Fras">ἑτέρας</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmhs">γνώμης</w>, <w lemma="u%28forw%2Fmenos">ὑφορώμενος</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="proestw%3Dta">προεστῶτα</w> <w lemma="ki%2Fndunon">κίνδυνον</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28pokeime%2Fnhn">ὑποκειμένην</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxqran">ἔχθραν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fs">τάς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fqroize">ἥθροιζε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fron">πόρον</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fneto">ἐγίνετο</w> <w lemma="xrhma%2Ftwn">χρημάτων</w>, <w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="mhdeni%5C">μηδενὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29xqrw%3Dn">ἐχθρῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29xei%2Frwtos">εὐχείρωτος</w> <w lemma="h%29%3D%7C">ᾖ</w>.
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<w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="paido%5Cs">παιδὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29pitropei%2Fan">ἐπιτροπείαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flwn">ὅλων</w> <w lemma="prostasi%2Fan">προστασίαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%28auto%5Cn">ἑαυτὸν</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fcein">ἥξειν</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29ph%2Flpize">ἀπήλπιζε</w>, <w lemma="nomi%2Fzwn">νομίζων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kri%2Fsin">κρίσιν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29cioxrew%2Fteros">ἀξιοχρεώτερος</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fous">Ἀγαθοκλέους</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dn">πᾶν</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="punqano%2Fmenos">πυνθανόμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28f%27">ὑφ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28auto%5Cn">ἑαυτὸν</w> <w lemma="tattome%2Fnas">ταττομένας</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aleca%2Fndreian">Ἀλεξάνδρειαν</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnw%7C">ἐκείνῳ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdas">ἐλπίδας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="katalu%2Fein">καταλύειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fous">Ἀγαθοκλέους</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fbrin">ὕβριν</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%29%2Fshs">οὔσης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%2Fas">οἵας</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Frhka">εἴρηκα</w> <w lemma="dialh%2Fyews">διαλήψεως</w>, <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="diafora%3Ds">διαφορᾶς</w> <w lemma="au%29%2Fchsin">αὔξησιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flabe">ἔλαβε</w> <w lemma="sunergou%2Fntwn">συνεργούντων</w> <w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frwn">ἀμφοτέρων</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w> <w lemma="u%28po%2Fqesin">ὑπόθεσιν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="%2Atlhpo%2Flemos">Τληπόλεμος</w>, <w lemma="e%29cidia%2Fzesqai">ἐξιδιάζεσθαι</w> <w lemma="speu%2Fdwn">σπεύδων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fnas">ἡγεμόνας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tacia%2Frxous">ταξιάρχους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="tattome%2Fnous">ταττομένους</w>, <w lemma="sunh%3Dge">συνῆγε</w> <w lemma="po%2Ftous">πότους</w> <w lemma="e%29pimelw%3Ds">ἐπιμελῶς</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="sunousi%2Fas">συνουσίας</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="lego%2Fntwn">λεγόντων</w> <w lemma="ai%29kallo%2Fmenos">αἰκαλλόμενος</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fas">ἰδίας</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%3Ds">ὁρμῆς</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="ne%2Fos">νέος</w> <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="oi%29%3Dnon">οἶνον</w> <w lemma="ginome%2Fnhs">γινομένης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="o%28mili%2Fas">ὁμιλίας</w>, <w lemma="e%29rri%2Fptei">ἐρρίπτει</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="suggenei%2Fas">συγγενείας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fa">Ἀγαθοκλέα</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%5Cs">ἀρχὰς</w> <w lemma="ai%29nigmatw%2Fdeis">αἰνιγματώδεις</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%3Dt%27">εἶτ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29mfibo%2Flous">ἀμφιβόλους</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="teleutai%3Don">τελευταῖον</w> <w lemma="e%29kfanei%3Ds">ἐκφανεῖς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pikrota%2Fthn">πικροτάτην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontas">ἔχοντας</w> <w lemma="loidori%2Fan">λοιδορίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29pexei%3Dto">ἐπεχεῖτο</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="qranogra%2Ffou">θρανογράφου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sambukistri%2Fas">σαμβυκιστρίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kouri%2Fdos">κουρίδος</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="paidari%2Fou">παιδαρίου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="pepoihko%2Ftos">πεποιηκότος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peponqo%2Ftos">πεπονθότος</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="po%2Ftous">πότους</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ft%27">ὅτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29w%7Cnoxo%2Fei">ἐῳνοχόει</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="basilei%3D">βασιλεῖ</w> <w lemma="pai%3Ds">παῖς</w> <w lemma="w%29%2Fn">ὤν</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="sumparo%2Fntwn">συμπαρόντων</w> <w lemma="gelw%2Fntwn">γελώντων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumballome%2Fnwn">συμβαλλομένων</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="xleuasmo%2Fn">χλευασμόν</w>, <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fa">Ἀγαθοκλέα</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pra%3Dgma">πρᾶγμα</w> <w lemma="paregenh%2Fqh">παρεγενήθη</w>.
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<w lemma="genome%2Fnhs">γενομένης</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxqras">ἔχθρας</w> <w lemma="o%28mologoume%2Fnhs">ὁμολογουμένης</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqoklh%3Ds">Ἀγαθοκλῆς</w> <w lemma="diabolh%5Cn">διαβολὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29sh%3Dge">εἰσῆγε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Atlhpole%2Fmou">Τληπολέμου</w>, <w lemma="fa%2Fskwn">φάσκων</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29llotria%2Fzein">ἀλλοτριάζειν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kalei%3Dn">καλεῖν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmata">πράγματα</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polla%5Cs">πολλὰς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="eu%29po%2Frei">εὐπόρει</w> <w lemma="piqano%2Fthtas">πιθανότητας</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="sumbaino%2Fntwn">συμβαινόντων</w> <w lemma="parekdexo%2Fmenos">παρεκδεχόμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diastre%2Ffwn">διαστρέφων</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="katabolh%3Ds">καταβολῆς</w> <w lemma="pla%2Fttwn">πλάττων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diaskeua%2Fzwn">διασκευάζων</w>.
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<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29poi%2Fei">ἐποίει</w> <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqh">πλήθη</w> <w lemma="parocu%2Fnein">παροξύνειν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Atlhpole%2Fmou:">Τληπολέμου·</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%29nanti%2Fon">τοὐναντίον</w>. <w lemma="pa%2Flai">πάλαι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnw%7C">προειρημένῳ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdas">ἐλπίδας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontes">ἔχοντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="polloi%5C">πολλοὶ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="li%2Fan">λίαν</w> <w lemma="h%28de%2Fws">ἡδέως</w> <w lemma="e%28w%2Frwn">ἑώρων</w> <w lemma="e%29kkaiome%2Fnhn">ἐκκαιομένην</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="diafora%2Fn">διαφοράν</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="katarxh%5C">καταρχὴ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqh">πλήθη</w> <w lemma="kinh%2Fmatos">κινήματος</w> <w lemma="dia%2F">διά</w> <w lemma="tinas">τινας</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Ftas">τοιαύτας</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fas">αἰτίας</w>. <w lemma="%2Ani%2Fkwn">Νίκων</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="suggenh%5Cs">συγγενὴς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fa">Ἀγαθοκλέα</w> <w lemma="zw%3Dntos">ζῶντος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="kaqestame%2Fnos">καθεσταμένος</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="nautikou%3D:">ναυτικοῦ·</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>*
Sosibius, the pretended guardian of Ptolemy, appears to have been a dexterous instrument of evil who remained long in power and did much mischief in the kingdom.
He first of all compassed the death of Lysimachus, who was Ptolemy\'s son by Arsinoë the daughter of Lysimachus, next that of Magas, son of Ptolemy and Berenice, daughter of Magas, thirdly that of Berenice, mother of Ptolemy Philopator, fourthly that of Cleomenes of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a>, and fifthly that of Arsinoë, the daughter of Berenice.
After four or five days, erecting a tribune in the largest colonnade of the palace, they summoned a meeting of the bodyguard and household troops as well as of the officers of the infantry and cavalry.
When all these had collected, Agathocles and Sosibius mounted the tribune, and in the first place acknowledged the death of the king and queen and enjoined the populace to go into mourning as was their usual practice.
After this they crowned the boy and proclaimed him king, and then read a forged will, in which it was written that the king appointed Agathocles and Sosibius guardians of his son.
They begged the officers to remain well disposed and maintain the boy on his throne; and afterwards brought in two silver urns, the one said to contain the bones of the king and the other those of Arsinoë.
As a fact, the one did contain the king's bones, but the other was full of spices. Hereupon they at once celebrated the funeral, and now the real circumstances of Arsinoë's fate became manifest to all.
For on her death being made known, everyone began to inquire how she had perished. As there was no other cause assigned when the true report began to reach people's ears, though doubt still subsisted, the truth was impressed on the minds of all, and the people were much stirred in consequence.
As for the king, no one cared, but concerning Arsinoë, when some recalled her orphanhood and others the insults and outrages inflicted on her during her whole life, and finally her unhappy death, the people fell into such a state of distraction and affliction that town was full of groans, tears, and ceaseless lamentation,
a testimony, in the opinion of those who judged correctly, not so much of affection for <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Arsinoe&groupId=370&placeId=700">Arsinoe</a> as of hatred of Agathocles.
The latter, after depositing the urns in the royal vaults, ordered the public mourning to cease, and as a first step granted two months' pay to the troops, feeling sure of taking the edge off their hatred by appealing to the soldiers' spirit of avarice, and in the next place imposed on them the oath they were accustomed to take on the proclamation of a new king.
He also sent away Philammon who had carried out the murder of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Arsinoe&groupId=370&placeId=700">Arsinoe</a>, making him libyarch in the Cyrenaica, and he placed the child in the care of Oenanthe and Agathoclea.
After this he dispatched Pelops, son of Pelops, to Asia, to King Antiochus to beg him to remain on friendly terms and not to transgress his treaty with the young king's father, and sent Ptolemy, son of Sosibius, to Philip to arrange for the proposed match and to beg for his help if Antiochus attempted any serious violation of his obligations.
He also appointed Ptolemy, the son of Agesarchus, ambassador to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, with the idea not of his hurrying to his post, but of his remaining in Greece when he reached that country and met his friends and relatives there,
the object of Agathocles being to remove all men of distinction from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a>.
He also sent Scopas, the Aetolian, to Greece to hire mercenaries, providing him with a large sum of money to advance to them.
Two reasons underlay this plan; for in the fui place, he wished to use the troops he hired for the war against Antiochus, and next to send away the existing force of mercenaries to the country forts in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a> and to the foreign settlements, and then with these new arrivals to fill up and remodel the household troops and the guards of the court, and of the rest of the city, thinking that the men he himself had enlisted and whom he paid, as they had no political sympathies regarding past events of which they were ignorant, as they reposed their hopes of preservation and advancement on himself, would readily support him and join heartily in executing all his behests.
All this happened before the negotiations with Philip, as I have stated, but as the negotiations fell to be dealt with first owing to the order of my narrative, it was necessary for me to manage matters so as to give an consequent of the interviews and speeches of the ambassadors before mentioning their appointment and dispatch.
Agathocles, as soon as he had removed all the most notable men and checked to a great extent by the advance of pay the disaffection among the troops, turned to his old courses.
He filled up the vacant places of the royal "friends" by appointing from the body servants and other attendants those most remarkable for their effrontery and recklessness.
He himself spent the greater part of the day and night in drinking and the debauchery which commonly accompanies it, sparing neither women in the flower of their age nor brides nor virgins, and all this he did with the most odious ostentation.
So the as strong dislike against him was arouse on all sides, as no attempt was made to conciliate or help those aggrieved, but on the contrary there was a constant repetition of outrage, arrogance, and neglect,
the former hatred of the populace for him began to fume again, and all recalled the calamities that these men had brought on the kingdom.
But since they had no leader of any weight, through whom to vent their anger on Agathocles and Agathoclea, they kept quiet, their only remaining hope, to which they eagerly clung, being in Tlepolemus.
While the king lived, Tlepolemus attended to his own affairs, but on the death of Ptolemy, after quieting the populace, he became again military governor of the district round <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pelusium&groupId=863&placeId=1555">Pelusium</a>;
and at first he consulted the king's interest in all he did, believing that there would be some council charged with the guardianship of the child and the general control of affairs.
But when he saw that all the men worthy of this office had been got rid of, and that Agathocles ventured to assume the reins of government, he very soon changed his attitude, as he was conscious of the danger that menaced him owing to their long-standing enmity, and collecting his forces around him took measures for providing himself with money in order that he might not fall an easy prey to any of his foes.
At the same time he did not despair of himself obtaining the guardianship of the child and the direction of affairs, thinking that he was, if his own judgement did not deceive him, more capable because he heard that both the troops under his own command and those in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a> placed in him their hopes of overthrowing the insolent domination of Agathocles.
Such being his opinion of himself, the difference between them became speedily more acute, since both of them contributed to this end.
For Tlepolemus, as he was desirous of attaching to himself the commanders, taxiarchs, and inferior officers, entertained them sedulously at banquets; and on those occasions, either flattered by those who wished to make themselves agreeable to him or on his own impulse, since he was young and they were talking over their wine, he would make remarks about the family of Agathocles, at first enigmatical, then of doubtful import, but finally quite outspoken and conveying the most venomous insults.
For he used to toast the wall-dauber and the sackbut-girl and the lady-barber, and the young boy who was so complaisant at the drinking-bouts when he was cupbearer to the king in his childhood's days.
As his guests always laughed with him and contributed something of their own to his jests, the matter soon reached the ears of Agathocles.
Their enmity was now avowed, and Agathocles lost no time in bringing an accusation against Tlepolemus, changing him with disaffection to the king and stating that he was inviting Antiochus to assume the government.
He was in no lack of specious grounds for this accusation, some resting on reports of actual facts which he distorted and some being pure inventions of his own.
all this he did with the object of working up the populace against Tlepolemus, but it had the contrary result. For as they had for long rested their hopes on Tlepolemus, they were exceedingly glad to see the quarrel becoming more inflamed.
The popular movement originated in the following manner. Nicon, who was a relative of Agathocles, had been appointed director of naval affairs during the lifetime of Ptolemy, and he now. . . .