Polybius, Histories

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Book 28 - Chapter 22

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="katalipei%3Dn">καταλιπεῖν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aleca%2Fndreian">Ἀλεξάνδρειαν</w> <w lemma="poliorkei%3Dn">πολιορκεῖν</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpempen:">ἐξέπεμπεν·</w>
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<w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="%2Amele%2Fagros">Μελέαγρος</w>, <w lemma="%2Aswsifa%2Fnhs">Σωσιφάνης</w>, <w lemma="%2A%28hraklei%2Fdhs:">Ἡρακλείδης·</w>
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<w lemma="sunqei%5Cs">συνθεὶς</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%5Cn">ἑκατὸν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w>, <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ste%2Ffanon">στέφανον</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipa%5C">λοιπὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="xrhma%2Ftwn">χρημάτων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="dwrea%2Fn">δωρεάν</w> <w lemma="tisin">τισιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fda">Ἑλλάδα</w> <w lemma="po%2Flewn">πόλεων</w>. —
Antiochus, after abandoning the siege of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a>, sent envoys to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.
Their names were Meleager, Sosiphanes, and Heraclides.
He had collected a hundred and fifty talents, fifty for a present to the Romans and the rest for gifts to some of the Greek cities.