Polybius, Histories

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Book 21 - Chapter 3

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhtos">σύγκλητος</w> <w lemma="e%29xrhma%2Ftise">ἐχρημάτισε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppou">Φιλίππου</w> <w lemma="presbeutai%3Ds:">πρεσβευταῖς·</w>
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<w lemma="h%28%3Dkon">ἧκον</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w> <w lemma="a%29pologizo%2Fmenoi">ἀπολογιζόμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fnoian">εὔνοιαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proqumi%2Fan">προθυμίαν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fsxhtai">παρέσχηται</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w>.
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<w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="diakou%2Fsasa">διακούσασα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ui%28o%5Cn">υἱὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmh%2Ftrion">Δημήτριον</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fluse">ἀπέλυσε</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="o%28mhrei%2Fas">ὁμηρείας</w> <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma:">παραχρῆμα·</w> <w lemma="o%28moi%2Fws">ὁμοίως</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="fo%2Frwn">φόρων</w> <w lemma="e%29phggei%2Flato">ἐπηγγείλατο</w> <w lemma="paralu%2Fsein">παραλύσειν</w>, <w lemma="diafula%2Fcantos">διαφυλάξαντος</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%3Dsi">ἐνεστῶσι</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w>.
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<w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fws">παραπλησίως</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fwn">Λακεδαιμονίων</w> <w lemma="o%28mh%2Frous">ὁμήρους</w> <w lemma="a%29fh%3Dke">ἀφῆκε</w> <w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arme%2Fna">Ἀρμένα</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Ana%2Fbidos">Νάβιδος</w> <w lemma="ui%28ou%3D:">υἱοῦ·</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="no%2Fsw%7C">νόσῳ</w> <w lemma="metalla%2Fcai">μεταλλάξαι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w>.
<head>Embassy from Philip</head>At about the same time the senate gave a hearing to the envoys of Philip;
for he had sent this embassy to call attention in his favour to the goodwill and readiness to help he had shown in the war with Antiochus.
After listening to him the senate at once set free his son Demetrius, who was their hostage, and also promised to relieve him of some of the payments due, if he kept his faith with them under present circumstances.
They also set free the Lacedaemonian hostages except Armenas, the son of Nabis, who soon after this sickened and died.