Polybius, Histories

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Book 28 - Chapter 14

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2Akudwnia%3Dtai">Κυδωνιᾶται</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="e%29poi%2Fhsan">ἐποίησαν</w> <w lemma="pra%3Dgma">πρᾶγμα</w> <w lemma="deino%5Cn">δεινὸν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%2Fspondon">παράσπονδον</w> <w lemma="o%28mologoume%2Fnws">ὁμολογουμένως</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="pollw%3Dn">πολλῶν</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnwn">γενομένων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akrh%2Fthn">Κρήτην</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fmws">ὅμως</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fdocen">ἔδοξεν</w> <w lemma="u%28perai%2Frein">ὑπεραίρειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="sunh%2Fqeian">συνήθειαν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenon">γενόμενον</w>.
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<w lemma="u%28parxou%2Fshs">ὑπαρχούσης</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="fili%2Fas">φιλίας</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="sumpolitei%2Fas">συμπολιτείας</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29apollwnia%2Ftas">Ἀπολλωνιάτας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="koinwni%2Fas">κοινωνίας</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpois">ἀνθρώποις</w> <w lemma="nomizome%2Fnwn">νομιζομένων</w> <w lemma="dikai%2Fwn">δικαίων</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="keime%2Fnhs">κειμένης</w> <w lemma="e%29no%2Frkou">ἐνόρκου</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkhs">συνθήκης</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adi%2Fa">Δία</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29idai%3Don">Ἰδαῖον</w>,
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<w lemma="paraspondh%2Fsantes">παρασπονδήσαντες</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29apollwnia%2Ftas">Ἀπολλωνιάτας</w> <w lemma="katela%2Fbonto">κατελάβοντο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fsfacan">κατέσφαξαν</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxonta">ὑπάρχοντα</w> <w lemma="dih%2Frpasan">διήρπασαν</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="gunai%3Dkas">γυναῖκας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="te%2Fkna">τέκνα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="dianeima%2Fmenoi">διανειμάμενοι</w> <w lemma="katei%3Dxon">κατεῖχον</w>. —
<head>Affairs in Crete</head>The people of Cydonia at this time committed a shocking act of treachery universally condemned.
For although many such things have happened in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Crete&groupId=505&placeId=949">Crete</a>, what was done then was thought to surpass all other instances of their habitual ferocity.
For while they were not only friends with the Apolloniats, but united with them in one community, and shared with them in general all the rights observed by men, there being a sworn treaty to this effect deposited in the temple of Idaean Zeus, they treacherously seized on the city, killing the men, laying violent hands on all property, and dividing among themselves and keeping the women and children, and the city with its territory.