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Book 18 - Chapter 2

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<w lemma="%2Atau%3Dta">Ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29pw%5Cn">εἰπὼν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Ati%2Ftos">Τίτος</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pe%2Fsxe">ἐπέσχε</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllous">ἄλλους</w> <w lemma="e%29pistrafei%5Cs">ἐπιστραφεὶς</w> <w lemma="e%29ke%2Fleue">ἐκέλευε</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fper">ἅπερ</w> <w lemma="e%28ka%2Fstois">ἑκάστοις</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fmyantes">πέμψαντες</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fhsan">εἴησαν</w> <w lemma="e%29ntetalme%2Fnoi">ἐντεταλμένοι</w>.
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<w lemma="prw%3Dtos">πρῶτος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Adionuso%2Fdwros">Διονυσόδωρος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29atta%2Flou">Ἀττάλου</w> <w lemma="metalabw%5Cn">μεταλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fs">τάς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29podou%3Dnai">ἀποδοῦναι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnas">γενομένας</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftous">αἰχμαλώτους</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Axi%2Fon">Χίον</w> <w lemma="naumaxi%2Fa%7C">ναυμαχίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftais">ταύταις</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w>, <w lemma="a%29pokatasth%3Dsai">ἀποκαταστῆσαι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29afrodi%2Fths">Ἀφροδίτης</w> <w lemma="i%28ero%5Cn">ἱερὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29ke%2Fraion">ἀκέραιον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Anikhfo%2Frion">Νικηφόριον</w>, <w lemma="a%28%5C">ἃ</w> <w lemma="kate%2Ffqeire">κατέφθειρε</w>.
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<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="nau%2Farxos">ναύαρχος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akesi%2Fmbrotos">Ἀκεσίμβροτος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Aperai%2Fas">Περαίας</w> <w lemma="e%29ke%2Fleuen">ἐκέλευεν</w> <w lemma="e%29kxwrei%3Dn">ἐκχωρεῖν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippon">Φίλιππον</w>, <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="parh%2F%7Crhtai">παρῄρηται</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="froura%5Cs">φρουρὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29ca%2Fgein">ἐξάγειν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29iasou%3D">Ἰασοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Abarguli%2Fwn">Βαργυλίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29rwme%2Fwn">Εὐρωμέων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w>,
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<w lemma="a%29pokatasth%3Dsai">ἀποκαταστῆσαι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperinqi%2Fous">Περινθίους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Abuzanti%2Fwn">Βυζαντίων</w> <w lemma="sumpolitei%2Fan">συμπολιτείαν</w>, <w lemma="paraxwrei%3Dn">παραχωρεῖν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ashstou%3D">Σηστοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29abu%2Fdou">Ἀβύδου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29mpori%2Fwn">ἐμπορίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="lime%2Fnwn">λιμένων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="a%28pa%2Fntwn">ἁπάντων</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fois">Ῥοδίοις</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%5C">Ἀχαιοὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Frinqon">Κόρινθον</w> <w lemma="a%29ph%2F%7Ctoun">ἀπῄτουν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29argei%2Fwn">Ἀργείων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="a%29blabh%3D">ἀβλαβῆ</w>.
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<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twloi%5C">Αἰτωλοὶ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fdos">Ἑλλάδος</w> <w lemma="a%28pa%2Fshs">ἁπάσης</w> <w lemma="e%29ke%2Fleuon">ἐκέλευον</w> <w lemma="e%29ci%2Fstasqai">ἐξίστασθαι</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w>, <w lemma="deu%2Fteron">δεύτερον</w> <w lemma="au%28toi%3Ds">αὑτοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29pokaqista%2Fnai">ἀποκαθιστάναι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="a%29blabei%3Ds">ἀβλαβεῖς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="metasxou%2Fsas">μετασχούσας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlw%3Dn">Αἰτωλῶν</w> <w lemma="sumpolitei%2Fas">συμπολιτείας</w>.
Flamininus after speaking thus stopped, and turning to the others bade them each speak as they had been instructed by those who had commissioned them.
Dionysodorus, the representative of Attalus, was the first to speak. He said that Philip must give up those of the king\'s ships he had taken in the battle of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Chios&groupId=462&placeId=863">Chios</a>, together with the men captured in them, and that he must restore to their original condition the temple of Aphrodite and the Nicephorium which he had destroyed.
Next Acesimbrotus, the Rhodian admiral, demanded that Philip should evacuate the Peraea which he had taken from the Rhodians, withdraw his garrisons from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Iasus&groupId=643&placeId=1177">Iasus</a>, Bargylia, and Euromus, permit the Perinthians to resume their confederacy with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Byzantium&groupId=415&placeId=767">Byzantium</a>, and retire from Sestus and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Abydus&groupId=268&placeId=523">Abydus</a> and all commercial depots and harbours in Asia.
After the Rhodians the Achaeans demanded <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Argos&groupId=361&placeId=689">Argos</a> undamaged, and next the Aetolians first of all, as the Romans had done, bade him withdraw from the whole of Greece, and next asked him to restore to them undamaged the cities which were formerly members of the Aetolian League.