<w lemma="peraioume%2Fnwn">περαιουμένων</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>. <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frdhn">ἄρδην</w> <w lemma="a%29pole%2Fsqai">ἀπολέσθαι</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fban">Ἀννίβαν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="dedio%2Ftes">δεδιότες</w> <w lemma="a%29kmh%5Cn">ἀκμὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="poso%5Cn">ποσὸν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proorw%2Fmenoi">προορώμενοι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllon">μέλλον</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="skeuofo%2Fra">σκευοφόρα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="prwtoporei%2Fa%7C">πρωτοπορείᾳ</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28pli%2Ftas">ὁπλίτας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ou%29ragi%2Fas">οὐραγίας</w>.
<w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29fedreuo%2Fntwn">ἐφεδρευόντων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flatton">ἔλαττον</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fqos:">πάθος·</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fstecan">ἔστεξαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pifora%5Cn">ἐπιφορὰν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="barba%2Frwn">βαρβάρων</w>.
<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="sugkurh%2Fsantos">συγκυρήσαντος</w> <w lemma="polu%2F">πολύ</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pozugi%2Fwn">ὑποζυγίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppwn">ἵππων</w> <w lemma="diefqa%2Frh">διεφθάρη</w>.
<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w> <w lemma="u%28perdeci%2Fwn">ὑπερδεξίων</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntwn">ὄντων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fois">πολεμίοις</w>, <w lemma="a%29ntipara%2Fgontes">ἀντιπαράγοντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="ba%2Frbaroi">βάρβαροι</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="parwrei%2Fais">παρωρείαις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="pe%2Ftras">πέτρας</w> <w lemma="e%29pikuli%2Fontes">ἐπικυλίοντες</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="xeiro%5Cs">χειρὸς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="li%2Fqois">λίθοις</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fptontes">τύπτοντες</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerh%3D">ὁλοσχερῆ</w> <w lemma="diatroph%5Cn">διατροπὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ki%2Fndunon">κίνδυνον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dgon">ἦγον</w>,
<w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fst%27">ὥστ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29nagkasqh%3Dnai">ἀναγκασθῆναι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fban">Ἀννίβαν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="h%28misei%2Fas">ἡμισείας</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w> <w lemma="nuktereu%3Dsai">νυκτερεῦσαι</w> <w lemma="peri%2F">περί</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="leuko%2Fpetron">λευκόπετρον</w> <w lemma="o%29xuro%5Cn">ὀχυρὸν</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppwn">ἵππων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pozugi%2Fwn">ὑποζυγίων</w>, <w lemma="e%29fedreu%2Fonta">ἐφεδρεύοντα</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w>, <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flh%7C">ὅλῃ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="nukti%5C">νυκτὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="mo%2Flis">μόλις</w> <w lemma="e%29cemhru%2Fsato">ἐξεμηρύσατο</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xara%2Fdras">χαράδρας</w>.
<w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pau%2Frion">ἐπαύριον</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn">πολεμίων</w> <w lemma="xwrisqe%2Fntwn">χωρισθέντων</w>, <w lemma="suna%2Fyas">συνάψας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="i%28ppeu%3Dsi">ἱππεῦσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28pozugi%2Fois">ὑποζυγίοις</w> <w lemma="proh%3Dge">προῆγε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28perbola%5Cs">ὑπερβολὰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29nwta%2Ftw">ἀνωτάτω</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Falpewn">Ἄλπεων</w>, <w lemma="o%28losxerei%3D">ὁλοσχερεῖ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29deni%5C">οὐδενὶ</w> <w lemma="peripi%2Fptwn">περιπίπτων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="susth%2Fmati">συστήματι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="barba%2Frwn">βαρβάρων</w>, <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Frh">μέρη</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w> <w lemma="parenoxlou%2Fmenos">παρενοχλούμενος</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn:">αὐτῶν·</w>
<w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ou%29ragi%2Fas">οὐραγίας</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="prwtoporei%2Fas">πρωτοπορείας</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fspwn">ἀπέσπων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="skeuofo%2Frwn">σκευοφόρων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fnia">ἔνια</w>, <w lemma="prospi%2Fptontes">προσπίπτοντες</w> <w lemma="eu%29kai%2Frws">εὐκαίρως</w>. <w lemma="megi%2Fsthn">μεγίστην</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="parei%2Fxeto">παρείχετο</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fan">χρείαν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="qhri%2Fa:">θηρία·</w>
<w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpon">τόπον</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxoi">ὑπάρχοι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fas">πορείας</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29to%2Flmwn">ἐτόλμων</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmioi">πολέμιοι</w> <w lemma="prosie%2Fnai">προσιέναι</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="para%2Fdocon">παράδοξον</w> <w lemma="e%29kplhtto%2Fmenoi">ἐκπληττόμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="zw%2F%7Cwn">ζῴων</w> <w lemma="fantasi%2Fas">φαντασίας</w>.
<w lemma="e%29natai%3Dos">ἐναταῖος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dianu%2Fsas">διανύσας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28perbola%5Cs">ὑπερβολὰς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="katestratope%2Fdeuse">κατεστρατοπέδευσε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="du%2F%27">δύ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="prose%2Fmeine">προσέμεινε</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29napau%3Dsai">ἀναπαῦσαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="diasw%7Czome%2Fnous">διασῳζομένους</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="prosde%2Fcasqai">προσδέξασθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29poleipome%2Fnous">ἀπολειπομένους</w>.
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppous">ἵππους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29peptohme%2Fnwn">ἀπεπτοημένων</w>, <w lemma="polla%5C">πολλὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28pozu%2Fgia">ὑποζύγια</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29perrifo%2Ftwn">ἀπερριφότων</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="forti%2Fa">φορτία</w> <w lemma="parado%2Fcws">παραδόξως</w> <w lemma="a%29nadramei%3Dn">ἀναδραμεῖν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="sti%2Fbois">στίβοις</w> <w lemma="e%28po%2Fmena">ἑπόμενα</w>
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On this occasion Hannibal's whole army would have been utterly destroyed, had he not still been a little apprehensive and foreseeing such a contingency placed the pack-train and cavalry at the head of the column and the heavy infantry in the rear. As the latter now acted as a covering force, the disaster was less serious, the infantry meeting the brunt of the attack. But in spite of all this a great many men, pack-animals, and horses were lost. For the enemy being on higher ground skirted along the slopes and either by rolling rocks down or by hurling stones from the hand threw the Carthaginians into such extreme peril and confusion that Hannibal was compelled to pass the night with half his force at a certain place defended by bare rocks and separated from his horses and pack-train, whose advance he waited to cover, until after a whole night's labour they managed to extricate themselves from the defile. Next day, the enemy having taken their departure, he joined the cavalry and pack-animals and advanced to the summit of the pass, encountering no longer any massed force of barbarians, but molested from time to time and in certain places by some of them who took advantage of the ground to attack him either from the rear or from the front and carry off some of the pack-animals. In these circumstances the elephants were of the greatest service to him; for the enemy never dared to approach that part of the column in which these animals were, being terrified by the strangeness of their appearance. After an ascent of nine days Hannibal reached the summit, and encamping there remained for two days to rest the survivors of his army and wait for stragglers. During this interval a good many of the horses which had broken away in terror and a number of those sumpter-animals which had thrown off their packs returned strangely enough, having followed the track of the march, and came into the camp.
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