Polybius, Histories

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Book 28 - Chapter 15

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akrh%2Fthn">Κρήτην</w> <w lemma="dedio%2Ftes">δεδιότες</w> <w lemma="%2Akudwnia%3Dtai">Κυδωνιᾶται</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Agortuni%2Fous">Γορτυνίους</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftei">ἔτει</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgon">ὀλίγον</w> <w lemma="kekinduneuke%2Fnai">κεκινδυνευκέναι</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flei">πόλει</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Anoqokra%2Fthn">Νοθοκράτην</w> <w lemma="e%29pibalome%2Fnwn">ἐπιβαλομένων</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="katasxei%3Dn">κατασχεῖν</w>, <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpemyan">ἐξέπεμψαν</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnh">Εὐμένη</w>, <w lemma="boh%2Fqeian">βοήθειαν</w> <w lemma="ai%29tou%2Fmenoi">αἰτούμενοι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fan">συμμαχίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="proxeirisa%2Fmenos">προχειρισάμενος</w> <w lemma="%2Ale%2Fonta">Λέοντα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="stratiw%2Ftas">στρατιώτας</w> <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="triakosi%2Fous">τριακοσίους</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteile">ἐξαπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="spoudh%2Fn">σπουδήν</w>.
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<w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="paragenome%2Fnwn">παραγενομένων</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2Akudwnia%3Dtai">Κυδωνιᾶται</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fs">τάς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="klei%3Ds">κλεῖς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pulw%3Dn">πυλῶν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Ale%2Fonti">Λέοντι</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fdwkan">παρέδωκαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29nexei%2Frisan">ἐνεχείρισαν</w>. —
In <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Crete&groupId=505&placeId=949">Crete</a> the people of Cydonia, standing in fear of the Gortynians, because in the previous year they had very nearly run the risk of losing their city owing to the attempt on the part of Nothocrates to seize it, now sent envoys to Eumenes, asking for help according to the terms of their alliance.
The king, appointing Leon to command a force of three hundred men, dispatched them at once.
Upon their arrival the Cydoniats gave up the keys of the gates to Leon and placed their city entirely in his hands.