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<head lang="la">Olymp. 152, 4. I. Res Italiae</head><w lemma="%2A%29%2Fefh">Ἔφη</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="diatribh%5Cn">διατριβὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="sunousi%2Fas">συνουσίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peripa%2Ftois">περιπάτοις</w> <w lemma="o%28mili%2Fas">ὁμιλίας</w> <w lemma="dioikei%3Dn">διοικεῖν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmh%7C">Ῥώμῃ</w> <w lemma="kaqhme%2Fnous">καθημένους</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fa%7C">Μακεδονίᾳ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="pote%5C">ποτὲ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pitimw%3Dntas">ἐπιτιμῶντας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="strathgw%3Dn">στρατηγῶν</w> <w lemma="prattome%2Fnois">πραττομένοις</w>, <w lemma="pote%5C">ποτὲ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="paraleipo%2Fmena">παραλειπόμενα</w> <w lemma="diecio%2Fntas:">διεξιόντας·</w>
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<w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fnhsin">ὄνησιν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%2Fpote">οὐδέποτε</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="koinoi%3Ds">κοινοῖς</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasi">πράγμασι</w>, <w lemma="bla%2Fbhn">βλάβην</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="polla%2Fkis">πολλάκις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="pollw%3Dn">πολλῶν</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai:">γεγονέναι·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pote%5C">ποτὲ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frxontas">ἄρχοντας</w> <w lemma="mega%2Fla">μεγάλα</w> <w lemma="bla%2Fptesqai">βλάπτεσθαι</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29kai%2Frous">ἀκαίρους</w> <w lemma="eu%28rhsilogi%2Fas:">εὑρησιλογίας·</w>
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<w lemma="pa%2Fshs">πάσης</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="diabolh%3Ds">διαβολῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29xou%2Fshs">ἐχούσης</w> <w lemma="o%29cu%2F">ὀξύ</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kinhtiko%2Fn">κινητικόν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="prokatalhfqh%3D%7C">προκαταληφθῇ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sunexou%3Ds">συνεχοῦς</w> <w lemma="lalia%3Ds">λαλιᾶς</w>, <w lemma="eu%29katafronh%2Ftous">εὐκαταφρονήτους</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29xqroi%3Ds">ἐχθροῖς</w>. —
<head>I. Affairs of Italy</head><head>Speech of Aemilius Paullus</head>For Aemilius said that the sole occupation of some people, whether at social gatherings or in their conversation when walking, was to sit quietly at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> while they directed the war in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>, sometimes finding fault with what the commanders did and at others dilating on all they had left undone,
all which was never of any benefit to the public interest, but had frequently and in many respects been most injurious to it. And the commanders too are at times much injured by inopportune prating.
For as all slander has something sharp and provocative in it, when the minds of the people become prejudiced against them owing to this constant chatter, our enemies come to despise them.

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<p rend="Plain Text">Speech of Aemilius Paullus</p> <p rend="Plain Text">This excerpt from de sent. is from P.'s version of the speech delivered by Aemilius in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> before setting out to take over the Macedonian command in 168; Plut. Aem. 11 probably derives from P. (cf. Nissen, KU, 300). The version in Livy, xliv. 22. 2–15 may also go back in part to P. (Nissen, KU, 263–4), but equally well to some other source with authentic information. The speech was famous for its outspokenness; but whether P. had his information from family connections of Aemilianus or from elsewhere is unknown (cf. Pdech, Mthode, 274).</p>
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29.1.1 - 29.1.1
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ἔφη</w> :</emph> sc. Aemilius. This is L. Aemilius L.f. M.n. Paullus, cos. A.U.C. 586 = 168, along with C. Licinius C.f. P.n. Crassus; Aemilius had already been consul in 182 (cf. xviii. 35. 4 n.; ILS, 57; and below, xxxi. 22. 3 n.). See Klebs, RE, 'Aemilius (114)', cols. 576–80. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">αὐτούς</w> :</emph> an excerptor's word; but the reference is to critics of the war at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τὰς ἐν τοῖς περιπάτοις ὁμιλίας</w> :</emph> 'conversation as they walked about'; cf. Livy, xliv. 22. 8, 'in omnibus circulis atque etiam, si dis placet, in conuiuiis sunt, qui exercitus in Macedoniam ducant.' </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ποτὲ μὲν ἐπιτιμῶντας . . . ποτὲ δὲ . . . διεξιόντας</w>:</emph> cf. Livy, xliv. 22. 9, 'quicquid aliter quam ipsi censuere factum est, consulem ueluti dicta die accusant.' </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">βλάβην δὲ . . . γεγονέναι</w> :</emph> cf. Livy, xliv. 22. 10, 'haec magna impedimenta res gerentibus sunt.' </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ὅταν προκαταληφθῇ τὸ πλῆθος κτλ</w>.:</emph> 'when people's minds become infected by it as a result of the constant chatter'. </p>

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