<w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="diaba%2Fsews">διαβάσεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fwn">ὑπεναντίων</w> <w lemma="kekrathkw%5Cs">κεκρατηκὼς</w> <w lemma="parauti%2Fka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fneto">ἐγίνετο</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="parakomidh%3D%7C">παρακομιδῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fran">πέραν</w> <w lemma="a%29poleipome%2Fnwn">ἀπολειπομένων</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w>,
<w lemma="pa%2Fsas">πάσας</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="braxei%3D">βραχεῖ</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnw%7C">χρόνῳ</w> <w lemma="diaperaiw%2Fsas">διαπεραιώσας</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnhn">ἐκείνην</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="nu%2Fkta">νύκτα</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="katestratope%2Fdeusen">κατεστρατοπέδευσεν</w>,
<w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pau%2Frion">ἐπαύριον</w> <w lemma="a%29kou%2Fwn">ἀκούων</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="sto%2Flon">στόλον</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="sto%2Fmata">στόματα</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w> <w lemma="kaqwrmi%2Fsqai">καθωρμίσθαι</w>, <w lemma="proxeirisa%2Fmenos">προχειρισάμενος</w> <w lemma="pentakosi%2Fous">πεντακοσίους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Anomadikw%3Dn">Νομαδικῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteile">ἐξαπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="kataskeyome%2Fnous">κατασκεψομένους</w> <w lemma="pou%3D">ποῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fsoi">πόσοι</w> <w lemma="tugxa%2Fnousin">τυγχάνουσιν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntes">ὄντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ti%2F">τί</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fttousin">πράττουσιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmioi">πολέμιοι</w>.
<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29lefa%2Fntwn">ἐλεφάντων</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fbasin">διάβασιν</w> <w lemma="proexeiri%2Fsato">προεχειρίσατο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdei%2Fous">ἐπιτηδείους</w>.
<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sunagagw%5Cn">συναγαγὼν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="ei%29sh%2Fgage">εἰσήγαγε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="basili%2Fskous">βασιλίσκους</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Fgilon">Μάγιλον</w> — <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dkon">ἧκον</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apa%2Fdon">Πάδον</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fwn">πεδίων</w> — <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28rmhne%2Fws">ἑρμηνέως</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="dedogme%2Fna">δεδογμένα</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="diesa%2Ffei">διεσάφει</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxlois">ὄχλοις</w>.
<w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="legome%2Fnwn">λεγομένων</w> <w lemma="i%29sxuro%2Ftata">ἰσχυρότατα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="qa%2Frsos">θάρσος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pollw%3Dn">πολλῶν</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="parousi%2Fas">παρουσίας</w> <w lemma="e%29na%2Frgeia">ἐνάργεια</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pispwme%2Fnwn">ἐπισπωμένων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="koinwnh%2Fsein">κοινωνήσειν</w> <w lemma="e%29paggellome%2Fnwn">ἐπαγγελλομένων</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w>,
<w lemma="deu%2Fteron">δεύτερον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29paggeli%2Fas">ἐπαγγελίας</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29cio%2Fpiston">ἀξιόπιστον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kaqhgh%2Fsontai">καθηγήσονται</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="ou%29deno%5Cs">οὐδενὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29pideo%2Fmenoi">ἐπιδεόμενοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nagkai%2Fwn">ἀναγκαίων</w> <w lemma="sunto%2Fmws">συντόμως</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalei%2Fas">ἀσφαλείας</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsontai">ποιήσονται</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w>,
<w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="gennaio%2Fths">γενναιότης</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="a%29fi%2Fcontai">ἀφίξονται</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgeqos">μέγεθος</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="proqumi%2Fa">προθυμία</w>, <w lemma="meq%27">μεθ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllousi">μέλλουσι</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29gw%3Dnas">ἀγῶνας</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltoi%5C">Κελτοὶ</w> <w lemma="toiau%3Dta">τοιαῦτα</w> <w lemma="dialexqe%2Fntes">διαλεχθέντες</w> <w lemma="a%29nexw%2Frhsan">ἀνεχώρησαν</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="ei%29selqw%5Cn">εἰσελθὼν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="progegenhme%2Fnwn">προγεγενημένων</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcewn">πράξεων</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fmnhse">ἀνέμνησε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxlous:">ὄχλους·</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ai%28%3Ds">αἷς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="polloi%3Ds">πολλοῖς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parabo%2Flois">παραβόλοις</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgois">ἔργοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnois">κινδύνοις</w> <w lemma="e%29pikexeirhko%2Ftas">ἐπικεχειρηκότας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ou%29deni%5C">οὐδενὶ</w> <w lemma="diesfa%2Flqai">διεσφάλθαι</w>, <w lemma="katakolouqh%2Fsantas">κατακολουθήσαντας</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> '<w lemma="kei%2Fnou">κείνου</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmh%7C">γνώμῃ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumbouli%2Fa%7C">συμβουλίᾳ</w>.
<w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="eu%29qarsei%3Ds">εὐθαρσεῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Flei">παρεκάλει</w>, <w lemma="qewrou%3Dntas">θεωροῦντας</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgiston">μέγιστον</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fnustai">ἤνυσται</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgwn">ἔργων</w>, <w lemma="e%29peidh%5C">ἐπειδὴ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w> <w lemma="diaba%2Fsews">διαβάσεως</w> <w lemma="kekrath%2Fkasi">κεκρατήκασι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxwn">συμμάχων</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fas">εὐνοίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proqumi%2Fas">προθυμίας</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fptai">αὐτόπται</w> <w lemma="gego%2Fnasi">γεγόνασι</w>.
<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="w%29%2F%7Ceto">ᾤετο</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="r%28a%7Cqumei%3Dn">ῥᾳθυμεῖν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="melo%2Fntwn">μελόντων</w>, <w lemma="peiqarxou%3Dntas">πειθαρχοῦντας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="paragge%2Flmasin">παραγγέλμασιν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="a%29gaqou%5Cs">ἀγαθοὺς</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="progegono%2Ftwn">προγεγονότων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgwn">ἔργων</w> <w lemma="a%29ci%2Fous">ἀξίους</w>.
<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqous">πλήθους</w> <w lemma="e%29pishmainome%2Fnou">ἐπισημαινομένου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%5Cn">ὁρμὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proqumi%2Fan">προθυμίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29mfai%2Fnontos">ἐμφαίνοντος</w>, <w lemma="e%29paine%2Fsas">ἐπαινέσας</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qeoi%3Ds">θεοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="a%28pa%2Fntwn">ἁπάντων</w> <w lemma="eu%29ca%2Fmenos">εὐξάμενος</w> <w lemma="diafh%3Dke">διαφῆκε</w>, <w lemma="paraggei%2Flas">παραγγείλας</w> <w lemma="qerapeu%2Fein">θεραπεύειν</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fzesqai">παρασκευάζεσθαι</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="spoudh%3Ds">σπουδῆς</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29%2Frion">αὔριον</w> <w lemma="a%29nazugh%3Ds">ἀναζυγῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29some%2Fnhs">ἐσομένης</w>.
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The Carthaginian general, having thus made himself master of the passage and defeated the enemy, at once occupied himself in fetching over the men who had been left on the other bank, and having in a very short time brought his whole army across encamped for that night beside the river. Next morning, hearing that the Roman fleet was anchored off the mouths of the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhone&groupId=933&placeId=1667">Rhone</a>, he selected five hundred of his Numidian horse and sent them off to observe the whereabouts and number of the enemy and what they were about. At the same time he set the proper men to the task of bringing the elephants across and then called a meeting of his soldiers and, introducing Magilus and the other chieftains who had come to him from the plain of the Po, made the troops acquainted through a dragoman with what they reported to be the decision of their tribes. What encouraged the soldiers most in their address was firstly the actual and visible presence of those Gauls who were inviting them to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> and promising to join them in the war against <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, and secondly the guidance they placed on their promise to guide them by a route which would take them without their being exposed to any privations, rapidly and safely to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>. In addition to this the Gauls dwelt on the richness and extent of the country they were going to, and the eager spirit of the men by whose side they were about to face the armies of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>. The Celts, after speaking in this sense, withdrew, and Hannibal himself now came forward and began by reminding them of their achievements in the past: though, he said, they had undertaken many hazardous enterprises and fought many a battle they had never met with ill success when they followed his plans and counsels. Next he bade them be of good heart considering that the hardest part of their task was now accomplished, since they had forced the passage of the river and had the testimony of their own eyes and ears to the friendly sentiments and readiness to help of their allies. He begged them therefore to be at their ease about details which were his own business, but to obey orders and behave like brave men and in a manner worthy of their own record in the past. When the men applauded him, exhibiting great enthusiasm and ardour, he commended them and, after offering a prayer to the gods on behalf of all, dismissed them, bidding them get everything ready expeditiously as they would start on their march next day.
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