Polybius, Histories

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Book 23 - Chapter 13

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="qaumasto%2Fn">θαυμαστόν</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgiston">μέγιστον</w> <w lemma="shmei%3Don">σημεῖον</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsei">φύσει</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndra">ἄνδρα</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="h%28gemoniko%5Cn">ἡγεμονικὸν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polu%2F">πολύ</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="diafe%2Fronta">διαφέροντα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="pragmatiko%5Cn">πραγματικὸν</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpon:">τρόπον·</w>
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<w lemma="e%28ptakai%2Fdeka">ἑπτακαίδεκα</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fth">ἔτη</w> <w lemma="mei%2Fnas">μείνας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28pai%2Fqrois">ὑπαίθροις</w> <w lemma="plei%3Dsta%2F">πλεῖστά</w> <w lemma="t%27">τ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnh">ἔθνη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ba%2Frbara">βάρβαρα</w> <w lemma="diecelqw%5Cn">διεξελθὼν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstois">πλείστοις</w> <w lemma="a%29ndra%2Fsin">ἀνδράσιν</w> <w lemma="a%29llofu%2Flois">ἀλλοφύλοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%28teroglw%2Fttois">ἑτερογλώττοις</w> <w lemma="xrhsa%2Fmenos">χρησάμενος</w> <w lemma="sunergoi%3Ds">συνεργοῖς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29phlpisme%2Fnas">ἀπηλπισμένας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parado%2Fcous">παραδόξους</w> <w lemma="e%29pibola%2Fs">ἐπιβολάς</w>, <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29qeno%5Cs">οὐθενὸς</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Ft%27">οὔτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pebouleu%2Fqh">ἐπεβουλεύθη</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="para%2Fpan">παράπαν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Ft%27">οὔτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29gkatelei%2Ffqh">ἐγκατελείφθη</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpac">ἅπαξ</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="koinwnhsa%2Fntwn">κοινωνησάντων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="do%2Fntwn">δόντων</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%5Cs">ἑαυτοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w>. —
<head>Hannibal</head>It is a remarkable and very cogent proof of Hannibal's having been by nature a real leader and far superior to anyone else in statesmanship,
that though he spent seventeen years in the field, passed through so many barbarous countries, and employed to aid him in desperate and extraordinary enterprises numbers of men of different nations and languages, no one ever dreamt of conspiring against him, nor was he ever deserted by those who had once joined him or submitted to him.