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<head lang="la">B. Olymp. 152, 2. I. Bellum Persicum</head><w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="h%28ni%2Fka">ἡνίκα</w> <w lemma="%2Aperseu%5Cs">Περσεὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="a%29pelu%2Fqh">ἀπελύθη</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29anth%2Fnoros">Ἀντήνορος</w> <w lemma="paragenome%2Fnou">παραγενομένου</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperse%2Fws">Περσέως</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftwn">αἰχμαλώτων</w> <w lemma="dialutrw%2Fsews">διαλυτρώσεως</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Adiofa%2Fnous">Διοφάνους</w> <w lemma="pleo%2Fntwn">πλεόντων</w>, <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fpese">ἐνέπεσε</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flh">μεγάλη</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="politeuome%2Fnois">πολιτευομένοις</w> <w lemma="a%29pori%2Fa">ἀπορία</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="ti%2F">τί</w> <w lemma="de%2Fon">δέον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fh">εἴη</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w>.
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<w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Afilo%2Ffrona">Φιλόφρονα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqeai%2Fdhton">Θεαίδητον</w> <w lemma="ou%29damw%3Ds">οὐδαμῶς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Freske">ἤρεσκε</w> <w lemma="prosde%2Fxesqai">προσδέχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w> <w lemma="e%29piplokh%2Fn">ἐπιπλοκήν</w>, <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adei%2Fnwna">Δείνωνα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolua%2Fraton">Πολυάρατον</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Freske">ἤρεσκε</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="e%29poih%2Fsanto">ἐποιήσαντο</w> <w lemma="dia%2Ftacin">διάταξιν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aperse%2Fa">Περσέα</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftwn">αἰχμαλώτων</w> <w lemma="dialutrw%2Fsews">διαλυτρώσεως</w>. —
<head>III. The War with Perseus</head>At the time when Perseus had retired from the war with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, Antenor, the envoy sent by him to ransom the prisoners who were in the same ship with Diophanes, reached <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>, and public men there were in great doubt as to what course to take,
Philophron and Theaedetus by no means wishing to involve themselves in such a negotiation, while Deinon and Polyaratus were in favour of it. Finally they made an arrangement with Perseus about ransoming the prisoners.

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27.14.1 - 27.14.3
<p rend="Plain Text"><a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> agrees to ransom Macedonian prisoners</p> <p rend="Plain Text">This excerpt from de legat. gent. belongs to res Graeciae et Macedoniae for Ol. 152, 2 = 171/0, and probably stands here (rather than after 11. 7): see p. 24. The events in it are not recorded elsewhere. For discussion see Gruen, CQ, 1975, 70.</p>
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27.14.1 - 27.14.1
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold">P<w lang="el-GR">ερσεὺς ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου . . . ἀπελύθη</w>:</emph> this will refer to Perseus' retirement into Macedon for the winter 171/0, not to any cessation of the war, as the phrasing (no doubt the excerptor's) suggests; see note following 11. 6 n. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">Ἀντήνορος</w>:</emph> cf. 4. 4 n. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">περὶ</w></emph> 〈 <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τῆς</w></emph> 〉 <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τῶν αἰχμαλώτων διαλυτρώσεως</w>:</emph> on the Rhodian seizure of Diophanes' crew at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Tenedos&groupId=1016&placeId=1787">Tenedos</a> see 7. 15 n. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">Φιλόφρονα καὶ Θεαίδητον</w>:</emph> leaders of the pro-Roman faction; see xxii. 5. 2 n. Antenor's arrival was clearly an embarrassment; cf. van Gelder, 147–8. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">Δείνωνα καὶ</w> P<w lang="el-GR">ολυάρατον</w>:</emph> cf. 7. 4 n. </p>

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