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<head lang="la">III. Res Macedoniae</head><w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmhtri%2Fou">Δημητρίου</w> <w lemma="paragenhqe%2Fntos">παραγενηθέντος</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhs">Ῥώμης</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fan">Μακεδονίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="komi%2Fzontos">κομίζοντος</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29pokri%2Fseis">ἀποκρίσεις</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ai%28%3Ds">αἷς</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmh%2Ftrion">Δημήτριον</w> <w lemma="a%29phrei%2Fdonto">ἀπηρείδοντο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffasan">ἔφασαν</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="pepoihke%2Fnai">πεποιηκέναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsein">ποιήσειν</w>,
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnes">Μακεδόνες</w> <w lemma="a%29pede%2Fxonto">ἀπεδέχοντο</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmh%2Ftrion">Δημήτριον</w>, <w lemma="mega%2Flwn">μεγάλων</w> <w lemma="u%28polamba%2Fnontes">ὑπολαμβάνοντες</w> <w lemma="a%29polelu%2Fsqai">ἀπολελύσθαι</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fbwn">φόβων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnwn">κινδύνων</w> —
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<w lemma="prosedo%2Fkwn">προσεδόκων</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fson">ὅσον</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fpw">οὔπω</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> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fcein">ἥξειν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppou">Φιλίππου</w> <w lemma="paratriba%2Fs">παρατριβάς</w> —
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperseu%5Cs">Περσεὺς</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="h%28de%2Fws">ἡδέως</w> <w lemma="e%28w%2Frwn">ἑώρων</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gino%2Fmenon">γινόμενον</w>, <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fresen">ἤρεσεν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="mhqe%2Fna">μηθένα</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w>, <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmhtri%2Fw%7C">Δημητρίῳ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="a%29natiqe%2Fnai">ἀνατιθέναι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="e%29pekru%2Fpteto">ἐπεκρύπτετο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="dusare%2Fsthsin">δυσαρέστησιν</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperseu%2Fs">Περσεύς</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fa%7C">εὐνοίᾳ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="ta%29delfou%3D">τἀδελφοῦ</w> <w lemma="leipo%2Fmenos">λειπόμενος</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%29%2Flla">τἄλλα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="kaqusterw%3Dn">καθυστερῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsei">φύσει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="kataskeuh%3D%7C">κατασκευῇ</w>, <w lemma="dusxerw%3Ds">δυσχερῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffere:">ἔφερε·</w>
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<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fxon">συνέχον</w>, <w lemma="e%29dedi%2Fei">ἐδεδίει</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w>, <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="presbu%2Fteros">πρεσβύτερος</w> <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="e%29cwsqh%3D%7C">ἐξωσθῇ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnas">προειρημένας</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fas">αἰτίας</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Fs">τούς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flous">φίλους</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffqeire">ἔφθειρε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmhtri%2Fou">Δημητρίου</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>*. —
<head>III. Affairs of Macedonia</head>When Demetrius reached <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a> from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, bringing the reply in which the Romans attributed to this prince all the favour and confidence they had shown, saying that all that they had done or would do was for his sake,
the Macedonians gave him a good reception, thinking that they had been thus freed from great apprehension and peril —
for they had quite expected that owing to the friction between Philip and the Romans a war with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> was immediately imminent;
but Philip and Perseus viewed it all with no favourable eyes, as it did not please them to think that the Romans treated them as if of no account, but credited Demetrius with all the favour they had shown.
Philip, however, continued to conceal his displeasure; but Perseus, who was much less well disposed to the Romans than his brother, and much inferior to him in all other respects both by nature and by training, was deeply aggrieved.
His principal fear was for the throne, lest, although the elder son, he might be excluded from it for the above reasons.
He therefore not only corrupted the friends of Demetrius . . .

Walbank Commentary

Overview
23.7.1 - 23.8.7
<p rend="Plain Text">Demetrius' return: Q. Marcius Philippus' visit to Macedon: Philip's Thracian campaign (183)</p> <p rend="Plain Text">These two chapters, from de legat. gent. and de legat. Rom. respectively, belong to Ol. 149, 1 = 184/3 (res Macedoniae); they are much compressed (cf. Livy, xxxix. 53. 1–16; Nissen, Rh. Mus. 1871, 267; KU, 229–30).</p>
Specifics
23.7.1 - 23.7.1
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">Δημητρίου . . . ἐκ τῆς Ῥώμης</w>:</emph> cf. 3. 4–9. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">χάριν καὶ πίστιν</w>:</emph> cf. 3. 6. </p>
23.7.2 - 23.7.2
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">οἱ μὲν Μακεδόνες ἀπεδέχοντο κτλ</w>.:</emph> compressed; cf. Livy, xxxix. 53. 2, 'uulgus Macedonum, quos belli ab Romanis imminentis metus terruerat, Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti fauore conspiciebant, simul et spe haud dubia regnum ei post mortem patris destinabant.' The contrast between 'the Macedonians' and 'Philip and Perseus' (repeated in Livy, xxxix. 53. 5–6) is tendentiously oversimplified by P.'s pro-Demetrian source (cf. Walbank, Philip, 241 n. 1; Meloni, Perseo, 32 n. 1; Gruen, GRBS, 1974, 237). </p>
23.7.3 - 23.7.3
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">διὰ τὰς τοῦ Φιλίππου παρατριβάς</w>:</emph> 'owing to friction caused by Philip'. </p>
23.7.5 - 23.7.5
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">καὶ τῇ φύσει καὶ τῇ κατασκευῇ</w>:</emph> 'both in natural ability and in acquired accomplishments' (Shuckburgh). </p>
23.7.6 - 23.7.6
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">διὰ τὰς προειρημένας αἰτίας</w>:</emph> obscure in the excerptor's compressed version (Nissen, KU, 230); cf. Livy, xxxix. 53. 3, 'nam etsi minor aetate quam Perseus esset, hunc iusta matre familiae, illum <milestone unit="page" n="224">[224]</milestone> paelice ortum esse; illum ut ex uulgato corpore genitum nullam certi patris notam habere, hunc insignem <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Philippi&groupId=1090&placeId=1914">Philippi</a> similitudinem prae se ferre; ad hoc Romanos Demetrium in paterno solio locaturos, Persei nullam apud eos gratiam esse. haec uulgo loquebantur.' </p>
23.7.7 - 23.7.7
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τοὺς τε φίλους ἔφθειρε τοὺς τοῦ Δημητρίου</w>:</emph> the excerpt finishes abruptly; nor does Livy help, since after the passage quoted in the previous note he turns to the effect of this on Philip (Livy, xxxix. 53. 6 ff.). </p>

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