Polybius, Histories

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Book 31 - Chapter 23

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<w lemma="%2Ath%3Ds">Τῆς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="dih%2Fghsin">διήγησιν</w> <w lemma="e%29fo%2Fdou">ἐφόδου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kairw%3Dn">καιρῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29festako%2Ftwn">ἐφεστακότων</w> <w lemma="h%28ma%3Ds">ἡμᾶς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fan">οἰκίαν</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w>, <w lemma="bou%2Flomai">βούλομαι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="prote%2Fran">προτέραν</w> <w lemma="bu%2Fblon">βύβλον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="e%29paggeli%2Fa%7C">ἐπαγγελίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kataleifqe%5Cn">καταλειφθὲν</w> <w lemma="sunekplhrw%3Dsai">συνεκπληρῶσαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="filhko%2Fwn">φιληκόων</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fneka">ἕνεκα</w>.
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<w lemma="prou+pesxo%2Fmhn">προϋπεσχόμην</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="dihgh%2Fsasqai">διηγήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="ti%2F">τί</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pw%3Ds">πῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dto">τοσοῦτο</w> <w lemma="proe%2Fkoye">προέκοψε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qa%3Dtton">θᾶττον</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="kaqh%3Dken">καθῆκεν</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Flamyen">ἐξέλαμψεν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwnos">Σκιπίωνος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmh%7C">Ῥώμῃ</w> <w lemma="do%2Fca">δόξα</w>,
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<w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="pw%3Ds">πῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="au%29chqh%3Dnai">αὐξηθῆναι</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolubi%2Fw%7C">Πολυβίῳ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnon">προειρημένον</w> <w lemma="fili%2Fan">φιλίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunh%2Fqeian">συνήθειαν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fas">Ἰταλίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fdos">Ἑλλάδος</w> <w lemma="e%29pidiatei%3Dnai">ἐπιδιατεῖναι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="fh%2Fmhn">φήμην</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="porrwte%2Frw">πορρωτέρω</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Frimon">γνώριμον</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ai%28%2Fresin">αἵρεσιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumperifora%5Cn">συμπεριφορὰν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="katarxh%5C">καταρχὴ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="susta%2Fsews">συστάσεως</w> <w lemma="e%29genh%2Fqh">ἐγενήθη</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnois">προειρημένοις</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fk">ἔκ</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="xrh%2Fsews">χρήσεως</w> <w lemma="bubli%2Fwn">βυβλίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="lalia%3Ds">λαλιᾶς</w> <w lemma="dedhlw%2Fkamen:">δεδηλώκαμεν·</w>
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<w lemma="probainou%2Fshs">προβαινούσης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sunhqei%2Fas">συνηθείας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nakeklhme%2Fnwn">ἀνακεκλημένων</w> <w lemma="e%29kpempome%2Fnwn">ἐκπεμπομένων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w>, <w lemma="die%2Fspeusan">διέσπευσαν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2F">ὅ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Afa%2Fbios">Φάβιος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwn">Σκιπίων</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aleuki%2Fou">Λευκίου</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskoi">νεανίσκοι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cn">στρατηγὸν</w> <w lemma="mei%3Dnai">μεῖναι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbion">Πολύβιον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmh%7C">Ῥώμῃ</w>.
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<w lemma="genome%2Fnou">γενομένου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sumperifora%3Ds">συμπεριφορᾶς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="prokoptou%2Fshs">προκοπτούσης</w>, <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="sugku%2Frhma%2F">συγκύρημά</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton">τοιοῦτον</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29kporeuome%2Fnwn">ἐκπορευομένων</w> <w lemma="ga%2Fr">γάρ</w> <w lemma="pote">ποτε</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5C">αὐτὸ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fas">οἰκίας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Afabi%2Fou">Φαβίου</w>, <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Afa%2Fbion">Φάβιον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29gora%5Cn">ἀγορὰν</w> <w lemma="a%29poneu%3Dsai">ἀπονεῦσαι</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbion">Πολύβιον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="qa%2Ftera">θάτερα</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwnos">Σκιπίωνος</w>.
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<w lemma="proago%2Fntwn">προαγόντων</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fplios">Πόπλιος</w> <w lemma="h%28suxh%3D%7C">ἡσυχῇ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pra%2F%7Cws">πρᾴως</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="fwnh%3D%7C">φωνῇ</w> <w lemma="fqegca%2Fmenos">φθεγξάμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="xrw%2Fmati">χρώματι</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenos">γενόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29nereuqh%2Fs">ἐνερευθής</w>, "
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<w lemma="%2Ati%2F">Τί</w> <w lemma="dai%2F">δαί</w>" <w lemma="fhsi%2Fn">φησίν</w> "<w lemma="w%29%3D">ὦ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbie">Πολύβιε</w>, <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="trw%2Fgomen">τρώγομεν</w> <w lemma="a%29delfoi%2F">ἀδελφοί</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diale%2Fgei">διαλέγει</w> <w lemma="sunexw%3Ds">συνεχῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsas">πάσας</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29rwth%2Fseis">ἐρωτήσεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29pofa%2Fseis">ἀποφάσεις</w> <w lemma="poiei%3D">ποιεῖ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%3Dnon">ἐκεῖνον</w>, <w lemma="e%29me%5C">ἐμὲ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="parape%2Fmpeis">παραπέμπεις</w>;
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<w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="dh%3Dlon">δῆλον</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="su%5C">σὺ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="e%29mou%3D">ἐμοῦ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxeis">ἔχεις</w> <w lemma="dia%2Flhyin">διάληψιν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllous">ἄλλους</w> <w lemma="poli%2Ftas">πολίτας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="punqa%2Fnomai">πυνθάνομαι</w>;
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<w lemma="dokw%3D">δοκῶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsin">πᾶσιν</w> <w lemma="h%28su%2Fxio%2Fs">ἡσύχιός</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nwqro%2Fs">νωθρός</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="a%29kou%2Fw">ἀκούω</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="kexwrisme%2Fnos">κεχωρισμένος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai+kh%3Ds">Ῥωμαϊκῆς</w> <w lemma="ai%28re%2Fsews">αἱρέσεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcews">πράξεως</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kri%2Fseis">κρίσεις</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="ai%28rou%3Dmai">αἱροῦμαι</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w>.
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<w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fan">οἰκίαν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2F">οὔ</w> <w lemma="fasi">φασι</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton">τοιοῦτον</w> <w lemma="zhtei%3Dn">ζητεῖν</w> <w lemma="prosta%2Fthn">προστάτην</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="o%28rmw%3Dmai">ὁρμῶμαι</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29nanti%2Fon:">ἐναντίον·</w> <w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista%2F">μάλιστά</w> <w lemma="me">με</w> <w lemma="lupei%3D">λυπεῖ</w>."
Now that the progress of my narrative and the date call our special attention to this family, I wish in order to satisfy the reader's curiosity to execute a promise I made in the previous book and left unfulfilled,
and this was that I would tell how and why the fame of Scipio in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> advanced so far and became so brilliant more quickly than it should,
and to tell also how his friendship and intimacy with the author grew so great that this report about them not only spread to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> and Greece, but that even further afield their liking and intercourse were a matter of common knowledge.
Now I have already explained that their acquaintance took its origin in the loan of some books and conversation about them.
But as their intimacy grew, and when the Achaeans in detention were sent off to provincial towns, Fabius and Scipio, the sons of Lucius Aemilius, urgently begged the praetor to allow Polybius to remain in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.
This was done, and their intercourse now becoming much closer, the following incident took place.
On one occasion when they were all coming out together from the house of Fabius, the latter happened to take a turning leading to the forum, while Polybius and Scipio turned off in the opposite direction.
As they advanced Scipio, addressing Polybius in a quiet and gentle voice, and blushing slightly said:
"Why, Polybius, since there are two of us, do you constantly converse with my brother and address to him all your questions and explanations, but ignore me?
Evidently you also have the same opinions of me that I hear the rest of my countrymen have.
For, as I am told, I am believed by everybody to be a quiet and indolent man, with none of the energetic character of a Roman, because I don't choose to speak in the law courts.
And they say that the family I spring from does not require such a protector as I am, but just the opposite; and this is what I feel most."