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<head lang="la">IV. Bellum Antiochi Iv Cum Ptolemaeis Fratribus.</head><w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Apelopo%2Fnnhson">Πελοπόννησον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="xeimw%3Dna">χειμῶνα</w> <w lemma="presbei%2Fas">πρεσβείας</w> <w lemma="paragenome%2Fnhs">παραγενομένης</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fwn">βασιλέων</w> <w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frwn">ἀμφοτέρων</w> [<w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fou">Πτολεμαίου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fou">Πτολεμαίου</w>] <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="bohqei%2Fas">βοηθείας</w>, <w lemma="e%29genh%2Fqh">ἐγενήθη</w> <w lemma="diabou%2Flia">διαβούλια</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fw">πλείω</w>, <w lemma="pollh%5Cn">πολλὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxonta">ἔχοντα</w> <w lemma="filotimi%2Fan">φιλοτιμίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akallikra%2Fthn">Καλλικράτην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Adiofa%2Fnhn">Διοφάνην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="%2A%28upe%2Frbaton">Ὑπέρβατον</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Freske">ἤρεσκε</w> <w lemma="dido%2Fnai">διδόναι</w> <w lemma="boh%2Fqeian">βοήθειαν</w>,
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<w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Farxwna">Ἄρχωνα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aluko%2Frtan">Λυκόρταν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbion">Πολύβιον</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Freske">ἤρεσκε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="dido%2Fnai">διδόναι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="basileu%3Dsi">βασιλεῦσι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxousan">ὑπάρχουσαν</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fan">συμμαχίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="new%2Fteron">νεώτερον</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Don">Πτολεμαῖον</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxlwn">ὄχλων</w> <w lemma="a%29nadedei%3Dxqai">ἀναδεδεῖχθαι</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%2Fstasin">περίστασιν</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="presbu%2Fteron">πρεσβύτερον</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Ame%2Fmfews">Μέμφεως</w> <w lemma="katapeporeu%3Dsqai">καταπεπορεῦσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumbasileu%2Fein">συμβασιλεύειν</w> <w lemma="ta%29delfw%3D%7C">τἀδελφῷ</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="deo%2Fmenoi">δεόμενοι</w> <w lemma="pantodaph%3Ds">παντοδαπῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pikouri%2Fas">ἐπικουρίας</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteilan">ἐξαπέστειλαν</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnh">Εὐμένη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Adionuso%2Fdwron">Διονυσόδωρον</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%2Fs">Ἀχαιούς</w>, <w lemma="ai%29tou%3Dntes">αἰτοῦντες</w> <w lemma="pezou%5Cs">πεζοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fous">χιλίους</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="diakosi%2Fous">διακοσίους</w>, <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fna">ἡγεμόνα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flhs">ὅλης</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fas">συμμαχίας</w> <w lemma="%2Aluko%2Frtan">Λυκόρταν</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbion">Πολύβιον</w>.
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<w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqeodwri%2Fdan">Θεοδωρίδαν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Asikuw%2Fnion">Σικυώνιον</w> <w lemma="diepe%2Fmyanto">διεπέμψαντο</w>, <w lemma="parakalou%3Dntes">παρακαλοῦντες</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="susth%2Fsasqai">συστήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="cenolo%2Fgion">ξενολόγιον</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fwn">χιλίων</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w>.
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<w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="basilei%3Ds">βασιλεῖς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%3Don">πλεῖον</w> <w lemma="su%2Fstasin">σύστασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29rhme%2Fnous">εἰρημένους</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcewn">πράξεων</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rh%2Fkamen">εἰρήκαμεν</w>.
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<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="presbeutw%3Dn">πρεσβευτῶν</w> <w lemma="paragenome%2Fnwn">παραγενομένων</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="suno%2Fdou">συνόδου</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fshs">οὔσης</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Akori%2Fnqw%7C">Κορίνθῳ</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%2F">τά</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="fila%2Fnqrwpa">φιλάνθρωπα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w> <w lemma="a%29nanewsame%2Fnwn">ἀνανεωσαμένων</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fnta">ὄντα</w> <w lemma="mega%2Fla">μεγάλα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%2Fstasin">περίστασιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fwn">βασιλέων</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fyin">ὄψιν</w> <w lemma="a%29go%2Fntwn">ἀγόντων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="deome%2Fnwn">δεομένων</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="bohqei%3Dn">βοηθεῖν</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Ftoimon">ἕτοιμον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="me%2Frei">μέρει</w> <w lemma="tini%2F">τινί</w>,
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<w lemma="pandhmei%5C">πανδημεὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sugkinduneu%2Fein">συγκινδυνεύειν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="de%2Foi">δέοι</w>, <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="basileu%3Dsin:">βασιλεῦσιν·</w> <w lemma="a%29mfo%2Fteroi">ἀμφότεροι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w> <w lemma="to%2F">τό</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fdhma">διάδημα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29cousi%2Fan">ἐξουσίαν</w>. <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akallikra%2Fthn">Καλλικράτην</w> <w lemma="a%29nte%2Flegon">ἀντέλεγον</w>,
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<w lemma="fa%2Fskontes">φάσκοντες</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="pragmatokopei%3Dn">πραγματοκοπεῖν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="parou%3Dsi">παροῦσι</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w> <w lemma="mhd%27">μηδ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flws">ὅλως</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29perispa%2Fstous">ἀπερισπάστους</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxontas">ὑπάρχοντας</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fxesqai">παρέχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fas:">χρείας·</w>
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<w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="prosdo%2Fkimos">προσδόκιμος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flwn">ὅλων</w> <w lemma="ki%2Fndunos">κίνδυνος</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Akoi+%2Fntou">Κοΐντου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppou">Φιλίππου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="paraxeimasi%2Fan">παραχειμασίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w>
<head>IV. War between Antiochus and the two brothers Ptolemy</head>In the Peloponnesus, when an embassy arrived while it was still winter from both kings, asking for help, there were several very warm debates.
Callicrates, Diophanes, and Hyperbatus did not approve of sending help, but Archon, Lycortas, and Polybius were in favour of giving it according to the terms of the existing alliance.
For the people had already proclaimed the younger Ptolemy king owing to the dangerous situation, while the elder one had come down from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Memphis&groupId=752&placeId=1371">Memphis</a> and shared the throne with his brother;
and as they were in need of assistance from every possible quarter, they sent Eumenes and Dionysodorus on this embassy to the Achaeans begging for a thousand foot and two hundred horse, though force to be commanded by Lycortas and the cavalry by Polybius.
They also sent a message to Theodoridas of Sicyon begging him to raise a mercenary force of a thousand men.
The kings were particularly intimate with the men I have mentioned, owing to the circumstances narrated above.
When the envoys arrived, the Achaean Assembly being then in session at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a>, and when after renewing the friendly relations of the Achaeans and the kings, which were of a very close character, they brought before their eyes the danger in which the kings stood, and begged for help, the Achaean people were ready to go, not only with a part of their forces, but if necessary with the whole, to fight for the two kings, both of whom wore the crown and exercised royal authority.
Callicrates and the others, however, opposed it, saying that generally speaking they should not meddle with such matters, and at the present time should most strictly avoid it and give undivided attention to serving the cause of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.
For this was just the time when a decisive end of the war was expected, as Quintus Philippus was in winter quarters in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>.

Walbank Commentary

Overview
29.23.1 - 29.25.7
<p rend="Plain Text">Ptolemaic appeal to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Achaea&groupId=272&placeId=533">Achaea</a>: these two fragments form part of res Graeciae of Ol. 152, 4 = 169/8, and should stand here before res Asiae; see pp. 29–30.</p>
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<p rend="Plain Text">Ptolemaic appeal to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Achaea&groupId=272&placeId=533">Achaea</a></p> <p rend="Plain Text">This section consists of two passages (23. 1–24. 16, 25. 1–7), both from exc. de legat. gent., and dealing with events in the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a>; they should stand before 22. 1, as part of the res Graeciae of 169/8; see pp. 29–30.</p>
Specifics
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ἔτι κατὰ χειμῶνα</w>:</emph> winter 169/8; on the phrase see xxxiii. 1. 1 n. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">παρὰ τῶν βασιλέων ἀμφοτέρων</w>:</emph> Ptolemy VI Philometor and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II. Philometor had persuaded his brother and sister to be reconciled with him (xxviii. 23. 4 n.), and they jointly sent this embassy to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Achaea&groupId=272&placeId=533">Achaea</a>; one was also sent to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> (Iustin. xxxiv. 2. 8), but it is perhaps likely that C. Popillius' mission was the response to an earlier embassy from Cleopatra and Ptolemy VIII (cf. 2 n.). </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">Καλλικράτην καὶ Διοφάνην καὶ . . . Ὑπέρβατον</w>:</emph> on Callicrates see xxiv. 8. 1–10. 15; on Diophanes, xxi. 3 b 2 n., 9. 1, xxii. 10; on Hyperbatus, xxiv. 8. 1 n. They were in favour of close collaboration with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> (cf. Deininger, 182). </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">Ἄρχωνα καὶ Λυκόρταν καὶ Πολύβιον</w>:</emph> cf. xxviii. 3. 7 n. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">κατὰ τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν συμμαχίαν</w>:</emph> on this see xxii. 9. 7 n., xxiv. 6. 4 n. (renewal in Lycortas' generalship, 182/1). To send help would not have involved <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Achaea&groupId=272&placeId=533">Achaea</a> in war with Antiochus under the Greek concept of <w lang="el-GR">ἐπιμαχία</w> (cf. Bikerman, REG, 1943, 292–3). </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τὸν νεώτερον Πτολεμαῖον</w></emph> Ptolemy VIII; for the problem concerning his temporary elevation to the joint kingship with his brother and sister see xxviii. 1. 1–9 n. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ὑπὸ τῶν ὄχλων</w>:</emph> the masses in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a> (cf. Fraser, Alex. i. 128; ii. 233 n. 309); Granier, 145–6, takes it to be 'the Macedonian armyassembly', but there was no such thing in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a> at this date. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">διὰ τὴν περίστασιν</w></emph> `owing to the critical situation'; this vague expression does not help to date the event. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τὸν δὲ πρεσβύτερον</w></emph> Ptolemy VI; for his presence at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Memphis&groupId=752&placeId=1371">Memphis</a> under Antiochus' wing see xxviii. 22. 1–3 n., and, for his reconciliation with his brother and sister, § 1 n. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">Εὐμένη καὶ Διονυσόδωρον</w></emph> otherwise unknown. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τῆς . . . συμμαχίας</w>:</emph> 'the auxiliary force'; for this meaning of <w lang="el-GR">συμμαχία</w>, common on inscriptions, see Holleaux, tudes, ii. 183; iii. 81–82 n. 4; REG, 1916, 33. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τῶν δ᾿ ἱππέων Πολύβιον</w>:</emph> for P.'s interest in cavalry cf. iv. 8. 10 <milestone unit="page" n="396">[396]</milestone> (comparison of Aetolian and Thessalian horse), x. 22. 6–24. 7 (Philopoemen's hipparchy), xxviii. 6. 9 (his own election to that post); and tradition ascribed his death to a fall from a horse ([Luc.] Macrob. 22); cf. von Scala, 24 n. 1. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">Θεοδωρίδαν τὸν Σικυώνιον</w>:</emph> he had been Achaean envoy to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a> in 187/6 (cf. xxii. 3. 6 n.) and was not primarily a professional mercenary captain (Launey, i. 108 n. 6); but the careers of Philopoemen and many other Hellenistic statesmen show that rigid distinctions of this kind are out of place. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ἐκ τῶν πράξεων ὧν εἰρήκαμεν</w>:</emph> for Theodoridas' embassy (with Lycortas) to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a> see the previous note, and for P.'s own appointment to one in 180 (which never went) cf. xxiv. 6. 5–7. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τῆς συνόδου τῶν Ἀχαιῶν οὔσης ἐν Κορίνθῳ</w>:</emph> since the ambassadors had arrived in winter this was probably the first synodos of 169/8 (cf. Larsen, 184). On the composition of the synodos see below, appendix, pp. 406–14. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τά τε φιλάνθρωπα . . . ἀνανεωσαμένων</w>:</emph> cf. xxiv. 5. 7 n. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τὸ . . . πλῆθος</w>:</emph> cf. 24. 1, <w lang="el-GR">τῶν . . . πολλῶν</w>; the phrases are appropriate to a primary assembly (cf. p. 407). </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ἀμφότεροι . . . τό τε διάδημα καὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν</w></emph> the account in Diod. xxxi. 15 a of the attempted putsch of Dionysius Petosarapis (at an uncertain date in the early 160's), though confused, clearly indicates that the younger Ptolemy's position was at that time inferior (cf. Otto, 6. Ptolemer, 71); and Otto (ibid. 69) suggests that the present sentence, which is superfluous here in view of § 4, has the polemical intention of combating a view that the kings did not enjoy equal power; this is not improbable. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">Καλλικράτην</w></emph> cf. xxiv. 8. 6 n., 9. 1–10. 15 (on his policy). </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ὁ περὶ τῶν ὅλων κίνδυνος</w></emph> the decisive battle, i.e. <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pydna&groupId=919&placeId=1647">Pydna</a>. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τοῦ Κοΐντου . . . τὴν παραχειμασίαν . . . ποιουμένου</w>:</emph> Q. Marcius Philippus wintered in 169/8 at Phila (cf. xxviii. 11 n.), where he was succeeded by L. Aemilius Paullus (Livy, xliv. 34. 10; Meloni, Perseo, 307 n. 3) on or about 7 June (for this date, reckoning back from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pydna&groupId=919&placeId=1647">Pydna</a> on 22 June (14. 3 n.) see Livy, xlv. 41. 3–5; Meloni, Perseo, 359). </p>

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