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<head lang="la">III. Res Pergami</head><w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnhs">Εὐμένης</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Aperse%2Fws">Περσέως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhs">μάχης</w> <w lemma="suntetelesme%2Fnhs">συντετελεσμένης</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="para%2Flogon">παράλογον</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fpese">ἐνέπεσε</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fqesin">διάθεσιν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="polloi%2F">πολλοί</w> <w lemma="fasin">φασιν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%29nqrw%2Fpina">τἀνθρώπινα</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmata">πράγματα</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsin">φύσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxei">ἔχει</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="plei%3Dston">πλεῖστον</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%2Fs">εἴς</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29wqo%2Ftwn">εἰωθότων</w> <w lemma="sumbai%2Fnein:">συμβαίνειν·</w>
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<w lemma="i%28kanh%5C">ἱκανὴ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxh">τύχη</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w> <w lemma="e%29pitri%3Dyai">ἐπιτρῖψαι</w>, <w lemma="ka%29%2Fn">κἄν</w> <w lemma="tini">τινι</w> <w lemma="sunergh%2Fsh%7C">συνεργήσῃ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosqh%3Dtai">προσθῆται</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%28th%3Ds">αὑτῆς</w> <w lemma="r%28oph%2Fn">ῥοπήν</w>, <w lemma="au%29%3Dqis">αὖθις</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Don">οἷον</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="metamelei%2Fas">μεταμελείας</w> <w lemma="a%29ntishkou%3Dn">ἀντισηκοῦν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="lumai%2Fnesqai">λυμαίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="katorqw%2Fmata">κατορθώματα</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fdas">πόδας</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnh">Εὐμένη</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fpese:">συνέπεσε·</w>
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<w lemma="do%2Fcas">δόξας</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalei%3D">ἀσφαλεῖ</w> <w lemma="bebhke%2Fnai">βεβηκέναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pollh%5Cn">πολλὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pife%2Frein">ἐπιφέρειν</w> <w lemma="r%28a%7Cstw%2Fnhn">ῥᾳστώνην</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperse%2Fws">Περσέως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fa%7C">Μακεδονίᾳ</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fas">βασιλείας</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frdhn">ἄρδην</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%7Crhme%2Fnhs">ἀνῃρημένης</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fstois">μεγίστοις</w> <w lemma="e%29neku%2Frhse">ἐνεκύρησε</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnois">κινδύνοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="%2Agalatw%3Dn">Γαλατῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nuponoh%2Ftws">ἀνυπονοήτως</w> <w lemma="sunecanasta%2Fntwn">συνεξαναστάντων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w>.
<head>III. Affairs of Pergamus</head>Eumenes, King of Pergamus, after the battle between Perseus and the Romans was over, found himself, as most people say, strangely circumstanced; but, considering the nature of human affairs, it was nothing out of the way.
For Fortune is quite capable of dashing reasonable explanations by unexpected blows; and, if she ever helps anyone and throws her weight in the balance, she will again, as if she repented of it, turn the scale against him, and in a moment mar all he has achieved.
This is what happened to Eumenes on the present occasion.
For, just when he thought that his kingdom stood on a firm footing, and that the future had perfect peace and quiet in store for him, as Perseus and the power of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a> had been utterly destroyed, there lighted on him this peril from the Gauls of Asia, who unexpectedly seized on the occasion to attack him.

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29.22.1 - 29.22.4
<p rend="Plain Text">. Eumenes under attack from the Galatians</p> <p rend="Plain Text"> This excerpt from de sent. forms part of res Asiae of Ol. 152, 4 = 169/8; see p. 29. Eumenes' absence from the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pydna&groupId=919&placeId=1647">Pydna</a> campaign (he had sent Attalus and Athenaeus to help the Romans: cf. Livy, xliv. 28. 7, 36. 8; Meritt, Hesp. 1936, 429 no. 17 ll. 14 ff.; Magie, ii. 766 n. 61) is explained by Hansen <emph rend="superscript">2</emph> , 120, as due to the Galatian rising; but that did not occur until after <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pydna&groupId=919&placeId=1647">Pydna</a> (§ 4; Niese, iii. 199). Eumenes operated in Greece against Perseus in 171 (Livy, xlii. 55–67) and at sea, along with the Roman fleet, in 169 (Livy, xliv. 10. 12–13. 10). Gauls had served in the Pergamene forces and had suffered losses in 171 (Livy, xlii. 57. 9) and 168 (Livy, xliv. 28. 7–14), which may have helped to precipitate the revolt (Niese, iii. 199). With the present passage compare Diod. xxxi. 12. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">εἰς παράλογον . . . διάθεσιν κτλ</w>.:</emph> Eumenes' misfortunes offer a further example of the working of Tyche (cf. 21. 5), which Diodorus developed still further by bringing Aemilius' misfortunes into the picture (21. 1–9 n.). </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ἱκανὴ . . . ἡ τύχη . . . ἐπιτρῖψαι</w></emph> cf. Diod. xxxi. 12, <w lang="el-GR">ἀγαθὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη τὰ βεβηκέναι δοκοῦντα ἀσφαλῶς ἀνατρέψαι</w> (Polybian with verbal variants); on capricious Fortune see Vol. I, pp. 18–19. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ἀντισηκοῦν</w>:</emph> 'to compensate': the word continues the metaphor of <w lang="el-GR">προσθῆται τὴν αὑτῆς ῥοπήν</w>; cf. Diod. xxxi. 12, <w lang="el-GR">κἂν συναγωνίσηταί τι, πάλιν ἐκ μεταβολῆς ἀντισηκοῦν καὶ λυμαίνεσθαι τὰ κατορθωθέντα</w>. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τῶν . . . Γαλατῶν</w> . . .</emph> 〈 <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">συν</w></emph> 〉 <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">εξαναστάντων τοῖς καιροῖς</w></emph> for a possible <milestone unit="page" n="395">[395]</milestone> incident from the early stages of the revolt see Polyaen. iv. 8. 1; Niese, iii. 199; Hansen <emph rend="superscript">2</emph> , 121; Magie, ii. 766 n. 62. Holleaux (tudes, ii. 163 n. 2) dates it, however, to 167. On the later course of the revolt see xxx. 1. 2 n. </p>

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