Polybius, Histories

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Book 27 - Chapter 19

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="o%28rw%3Dn">ὁρῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29kfanw%3Ds">ἐκφανῶς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aleca%2Fndreian">Ἀλεξάνδρειαν</w> <w lemma="paraskeuazome%2Fnous">παρασκευαζομένους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akoi%2Flhs">Κοίλης</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fas">Συρίας</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpemye">ἔπεμψε</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amele%2Fagron">Μελέαγρον</w>,
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<w lemma="e%29nteila%2Fmenos">ἐντειλάμενος</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="sugklh%2Ftw%7C">συγκλήτῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diamartu%2Frasqai">διαμαρτύρασθαι</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="di%2Fkaia">δίκαια</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w> <w lemma="e%29piba%2Fllei">ἐπιβάλλει</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteros">πρότερος</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>* —
<head>The War between Ptolemy and Antiochus</head>Antiochus, seeing that at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a> preparations were being made for the war concerning <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Coele-Syria&groupId=484&placeId=908">Coele-Syria</a>, sent Meleager as his envoy to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> with orders to inform the Senate and protest that Ptolemy was entirely unjust in attacking him.