Polybius, Histories

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Book 15 - Chapter 26a

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2Adei%2Fnwna">Δείνωνα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adei%2Fnwnos">Δείνωνος</w> <w lemma="e%29panei%2Fleto">ἐπανείλετο</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqoklh%3Ds">Ἀγαθοκλῆς</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fprace">ἔπραξε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29di%2Fkwn">ἀδίκων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgwn">ἔργων</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="paroimi%2Fa">παροιμία</w> <w lemma="fhsi%2F">φησί</w>, <w lemma="dikaio%2Ftaton:">δικαιότατον·</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="kairo%2Fn">καιρόν</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="gramma%2Ftwn">γραμμάτων</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="prospeso%2Fntwn">προσπεσόντων</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29naire%2Fsews">ἀναιρέσεως</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arsino%2Fhs">Ἀρσινόης</w>, <w lemma="e%29cousi%2Fan">ἐξουσίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsxe">ἔσχε</w> <w lemma="mhnu%3Dsai">μηνῦσαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pra%3Dcin">πρᾶξιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sw%3Dsai">σῶσαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="sunergh%2Fsas">συνεργήσας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Afila%2Fmmwna">Φιλάμμωνα</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pigenome%2Fnwn">ἐπιγενομένων</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Dn">κακῶν</w> <w lemma="ai%29%2Ftios">αἴτιος</w>,
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<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="suntelesqh%3Dnai">συντελεσθῆναι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fnon">φόνον</w> <w lemma="a%29naneou%2Fmenos">ἀνανεούμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="oi%29ktizo%2Fmenos">οἰκτιζόμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="metamelo%2Fmenos">μεταμελόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton">τοιοῦτον</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="paralipei%3Dn">παραλιπεῖν</w> <w lemma="dh%3Dlos">δῆλος</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fa:">Ἀγαθοκλέα·</w> <w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parauti%2Fka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="tuxw%5Cn">τυχὼν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%28rmozou%2Fshs">ἁρμοζούσης</w> <w lemma="timwri%2Fas">τιμωρίας</w> <w lemma="meth%2Fllace">μετήλλαξε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w>. —
<head>Ambition and Fate of Agathocles</head>Agathocles also killed Deinon, son of Deinon, and this was, as the saying is, "the justest of his many iniquities." For at the time when dispatches reached Deinon proposing the murder of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Arsinoe&groupId=370&placeId=700">Arsinoe</a>, it was perfectly in his power to report the criminal project and save the kingdom, but he chose to take the part of Philammon and became thus the cause of all the evils which followed.
However, after the murder had been committed, Agathocles found out that he was always recalling his conduct, lamenting it to many people and expressing regret for the chance he had let slip. Therefore he at once met with the punishment he merited and lost his life . . . .