Polybius, Histories

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Book 20 - Chapter 3

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxou">Ἀντιόχου</w> <w lemma="diatri%2Fbontos">διατρίβοντος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Axalki%2Fdi">Χαλκίδι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="xeimw%3Dnos">χειμῶνος</w> <w lemma="katarxome%2Fnou">καταρχομένου</w> <w lemma="parege%2Fnonto">παρεγένοντο</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="presbeutai%5C">πρεσβευταὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpeirwtw%3Dn">Ἠπειρωτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnous">ἔθνους</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Axa%2Fropa">Χάροπα</w>, <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fwn">Ἠλείων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akalli%2Fstraton">Καλλίστρατον</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpeirw%3Dtai">Ἠπειρῶται</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Floun">παρεκάλουν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="proembiba%2Fzein">προεμβιβάζειν</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="qewrou%3Dnta">θεωροῦντα</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fkeintai">πρόκεινται</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fshs">πάσης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fdos">Ἑλλάδος</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan:">Ἰταλίαν·</w>
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<w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnatai">δύναται</w> <w lemma="prokaqi%2Fsas">προκαθίσας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpei%2Frou">Ἠπείρου</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fzein">παρασκευάζειν</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29sfa%2Fleian">ἀσφάλειαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Ffasan">ἔφασαν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="de%2Fcasqai">δέξασθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flesi">πόλεσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="lime%2Fsin:">λιμέσιν·</w>
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<w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="kri%2Fnei">κρίνει</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fttein">πράττειν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fn">παρόν</w>, <w lemma="suggnw%2Fmhn">συγγνώμην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="h%29ci%2Foun">ἠξίουν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="dedio%2Fsi">δεδιόσι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%3Doi">Ἠλεῖοι</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Floun">παρεκάλουν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fmpein">πέμπειν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flei">πόλει</w> <w lemma="boh%2Fqeian:">βοήθειαν·</w> <w lemma="e%29yhfisme%2Fnwn">ἐψηφισμένων</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="eu%29labei%3Dsqai">εὐλαβεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffodon">ἔφοδον</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpeirw%2Ftais">Ἠπειρώταις</w> <w lemma="a%29pekri%2Fqh">ἀπεκρίθη</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fmyei">πέμψει</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="dialexqhsome%2Fnous">διαλεχθησομένους</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="koinh%3D%7C">κοινῇ</w> <w lemma="sumfero%2Fntwn">συμφερόντων</w>,
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<w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fois">Ἠλείοις</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteile">ἐξαπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fous">χιλίους</w> <w lemma="pezou%2Fs">πεζούς</w>, <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fna">ἡγεμόνα</w> <w lemma="susth%2Fsas">συστήσας</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29fa%2Fnh">Εὐφάνη</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akrh%3Dta">Κρῆτα</w>. —
<head>Embassies to Antiochus from Epirus and Elis</head>While Antiochus was at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Chalcis&groupId=457&placeId=853">Chalcis</a> at the beginning of the winter, Charops came to him as envoy on the part of the whole nation of Epirus, and Callistratus on that of the city of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Elis&groupId=560&placeId=1048">Elis</a>.
The Epirots begged him not to involve them in the first place in a war with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, exposed as they were to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> in front of all Greece.
If indeed he was capable of protecting Epirus and assuring their safety, they said they would be glad to receive him in their cities and harbours,
but if he did not decide to do this at present they asked him to pardon them if they were afraid of war with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.
The Eleans begged him to send succour to their city, for as the Achaeans had voted for war, they were apprehensive of being attacked by them.
The king replied to the Epirots that he would send envoys to speak to them on the subject of their joint interests,
and to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Elis&groupId=560&placeId=1048">Elis</a> he dispatched a force of a thousand infantry under the command of the Cretan Euphanes.