Polybius, Histories

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Book 22 - Chapter 17

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29gu%2Fptou">Αἰγύπτου</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fte">ὅτε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Alu%2Fkwn">Λύκων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29polio%2Frkhse">ἐπολιόρκησε</w>, <w lemma="kataplage%2Fntes">καταπλαγέντες</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gegono%5Cs">γεγονὸς</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fstai">δυνάσται</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29gupti%2Fwn">Αἰγυπτίων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fdwkan">ἔδωκαν</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Ds">κακῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29xrh%2F">ἐχρή</w>- <w lemma="sato">σατο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnous">κινδύνους</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fpesen">ἐνέπεσεν</w>.
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<w lemma="paraplh%2Fsion">παραπλήσιον</w> <w lemma="de%2F">δέ</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%2Fs">καιρούς</w>, <w lemma="h%28ni%2Fka">ἡνίκα</w> <w lemma="%2Apolukra%2Fths">Πολυκράτης</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29posta%2Ftas">ἀποστάτας</w> <w lemma="e%29xeirw%2Fsato">ἐχειρώσατο</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aqi%2Fnin">Ἀθίνιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apausi%2Fran">Παυσίραν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Axe%2Fsoufon">Χέσουφον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29iro%2Fbaston">Ἰρόβαστον</w>, <w lemma="oi%28%2Fper">οἵπερ</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="diasw%7Czo%2Fmenoi">διασῳζόμενοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="dunastw%3Dn">δυναστῶν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%2Fcantes">εἴξαντες</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasi">πράγμασι</w> <w lemma="parh%3Dsan">παρῆσαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Asa%2Fin">Σάιν</w>, <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="e%29gxeiri%2Fzontes">ἐγχειρίζοντες</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin:">πίστιν·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="a%29qeth%2Fsas">ἀθετήσας</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fsteis">πίστεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dh%2Fsas">δήσας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpous">ἀνθρώπους</w> <w lemma="gumnou%5Cs">γυμνοὺς</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="a%28ma%2Fcais">ἁμάξαις</w> <w lemma="ei%28%3Dlke">εἷλκε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="timwrhsa%2Fmenos">τιμωρησάμενος</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fkteinen">ἀπέκτεινεν</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parageno%2Fmenos">παραγενόμενος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Anau%2Fkratin">Ναύκρατιν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="stratia%3Ds">στρατιᾶς</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parasth%2Fsantos">παραστήσαντος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29cenologhme%2Fnous">ἐξενολογημένους</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fdos">Ἑλλάδος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aristoni%2Fkou">Ἀριστονίκου</w>, <w lemma="prosdeca%2Fmenos">προσδεξάμενος</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fpleusen">ἀπέπλευσεν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aleca%2Fndreian">Ἀλεξάνδρειαν</w>,
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<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcewn">πράξεων</w> <w lemma="ou%29demia%3Ds">οὐδεμιᾶς</w> <w lemma="kekoinwnhkw%5Cs">κεκοινωνηκὼς</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Apolukra%2Ftous">Πολυκράτους</w> <w lemma="a%29dikodoci%2Fan">ἀδικοδοξίαν</w>, <w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fth">ἔτη</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnte">πέντε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosin">εἴκοσιν</w>.
When Ptolemy the king of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a> laid siege to the city of Lycopolis, the Egyptian chiefs in terror surrendered at discretion.
He used them ill and incurred great danger (sic).
Much the same thing happened when Polycrates got the rebels into his power.
For Athinis, Pausiras, Chesufus and Irobastus, the surviving chieftains, forced by circumstances, came to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sais&groupId=939&placeId=1674">Sais</a> to entrust themselves to the king\'s good faith.
But Ptolemy, violating his faith, tied the men naked to carts, and, after dragging them through the streets and torturing them, put them to death.
On reaching Naucratis with his army, when Aristonicus had presented to him the mercenaries he had raised in Greece, he took them and sailed off to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a>, having taken no part in any action in the war owing to the unfairness of Polycrates, although he was now twenty-five years old.