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Book 31 - Chapter 29

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<w lemma="%2Aloipou%3D">Λοιποῦ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntos">ὄντος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrei%2Fan">ἀνδρείαν</w> <w lemma="me%2Frous">μέρους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kuriwta%2Ftou">κυριωτάτου</w> <w lemma="sxedo%5Cn">σχεδὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsh%7C">πάσῃ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="politei%2Fa%7C">πολιτείᾳ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmh%7C">Ῥώμῃ</w>, <w lemma="megi%2Fsthn">μεγίστην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fdei">ἔδει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fskhsin">ἄσκησιν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsasqai">ποιήσασθαι</w>.
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<w lemma="kalo%5Cn">καλὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%5Cn">ἐπιβολὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxhs">τύχης</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="sune%2Frghma">συνέργημα</w>.
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<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fa%7C">Μακεδονίᾳ</w> <w lemma="basilikw%3Dn">βασιλικῶν</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fsthn">μεγίστην</w> <w lemma="poioume%2Fnwn">ποιουμένων</w> <w lemma="spoudh%5Cn">σπουδὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kunhgesi%2Fas">κυνηγεσίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w> <w lemma="a%29neiko%2Ftwn">ἀνεικότων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdeiota%2Ftous">ἐπιτηδειοτάτους</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="qhri%2Fwn">θηρίων</w> <w lemma="sunagwgh%2Fn">συναγωγήν</w>,
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<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="xwri%2Fa">χωρία</w> <w lemma="tethrh%3Dsqai">τετηρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pimelw%3Ds">ἐπιμελῶς</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w>, <w lemma="kekunhgh%3Dsqai">κεκυνηγῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mhde%2Fpote">μηδέποτε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="tetta%2Frwn">τεττάρων</w> <w lemma="e%29tw%3Dn">ἐτῶν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="perispasmou%2Fs:">περισπασμούς·</w> <w lemma="h%28%3D%7C">ᾗ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qhri%2Fwn">θηρίων</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%3Drxe">ὑπῆρχε</w> <w lemma="plh%2Frh">πλήρη</w> <w lemma="pantodapw%3Dn">παντοδαπῶν</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="labo%2Fntos">λαβόντος</w> <w lemma="kri%2Fsin">κρίσιν</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkios">Λεύκιος</w> <w lemma="kalli%2Fsthn">καλλίστην</w> <w lemma="u%28polamba%2Fnwn">ὑπολαμβάνων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fskhsin">ἄσκησιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="yuxagwgi%2Fan">ψυχαγωγίαν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ne%2Fois">νέοις</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kunhge%2Fsia">κυνηγέσια</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Fs">τούς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="kunhgou%5Cs">κυνηγοὺς</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fsthse">συνέστησε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="basilikou%5Cs">βασιλικοὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwni">Σκιπίωνι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29cousi%2Fan">ἐξουσίαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kunhge%2Fsia">κυνηγέσια</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fdwke">παρέδωκε</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan:">πᾶσαν·</w>
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<w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="e%29pilabo%2Fmenos">ἐπιλαβόμενος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnos">προειρημένος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fsas">νομίσας</w> <w lemma="oi%28onei%5C">οἱονεὶ</w> <w lemma="basileu%2Fein">βασιλεύειν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="kategi%2Fneto">κατεγίνετο</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fson">ὅσον</w> <w lemma="e%29pe%2Fmeine">ἐπέμεινε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpedon">στρατόπεδον</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhn">μάχην</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fa%7C">Μακεδονίᾳ</w>.
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<w lemma="genome%2Fnhs">γενομένης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhs">μεγάλης</w> <w lemma="e%29nqousia%2Fsews">ἐνθουσιάσεως</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="kata%2F">κατά</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28liki%2Fan">ἡλικίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29kmai%2Fws">ἀκμαίως</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontos">ἔχοντος</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsin">φύσιν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fws">οἰκείως</w> <w lemma="diakeime%2Fnou">διακειμένου</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="eu%29genou%3Ds">εὐγενοῦς</w> <w lemma="sku%2Flakos">σκύλακος</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fmonon">ἐπίμονον</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kunhgesi%2Fas">κυνηγεσίας</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%2Fn">ὁρμήν</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parageno%2Fmenos">παραγενόμενος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proslabw%5Cn">προσλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolubi%2Fou">Πολυβίου</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="e%29nqousiasmo%2Fn">ἐνθουσιασμόν</w>, <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fson">ὅσον</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="loipoi%5C">λοιποὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ne%2Fwn">νέων</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kri%2Fseis">κρίσεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="xairetismou%5Cs">χαιρετισμοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29spou%2Fdazon">ἐσπούδαζον</w>, <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29gora%5Cn">ἀγορὰν</w> <w lemma="poiou%2Fmenoi">ποιούμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="diatribh%2Fn">διατριβήν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="sunista%2Fnein">συνιστάνειν</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%5Cs">ἑαυτοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29peirw%3Dnto">ἐπειρῶντο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polloi%3Ds">πολλοῖς</w>,
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<w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwn">Σκιπίων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="kunhgesi%2Fais">κυνηγεσίαις</w> <w lemma="a%29nastrefo%2Fmenos">ἀναστρεφόμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="lampro%5Cn">λαμπρὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%2F">ἀεί</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="poiw%3Dn">ποιῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mnh%2Fmhs">μνήμης</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fcion">ἄξιον</w> <w lemma="kalli%2Fw">καλλίω</w> <w lemma="do%2Fcan">δόξαν</w> <w lemma="e%29cefe%2Freto">ἐξεφέρετο</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="e%29pai%2Fnou">ἐπαίνου</w> <w lemma="tuxei%3Dn">τυχεῖν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="bla%2Fyaie%2Fn">βλάψαιέν</w> <w lemma="tina">τινα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="politw%3Dn:">πολιτῶν·</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kri%2Fsewn">κρίσεων</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpos">τρόπος</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dt%27">τοῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pife%2Frein">ἐπιφέρειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fwqen:">εἴωθεν·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%28plw%3Ds">ἁπλῶς</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%2Fna">οὐδένα</w> <w lemma="lupw%3Dn">λυπῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29cefe%2Freto">ἐξεφέρετο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrei%2Fa%7C">ἀνδρείᾳ</w> <w lemma="do%2Fcan">δόξαν</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fndhmon">πάνδημον</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Frgw%7C">ἔργῳ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w> <w lemma="a%28millw%2Fmenos">ἁμιλλώμενος</w>.
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<w lemma="toigarou%3Dn">τοιγαροῦν</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgw%7C">ὀλίγῳ</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnw%7C">χρόνῳ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fdrame">παρέδραμε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fson">ὅσον</w> <w lemma="ou%29dei%2Fs">οὐδείς</w> <w lemma="pw">πω</w> <w lemma="mnhmoneu%2Fetai">μνημονεύεται</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w>, <w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29nanti%2Fan">ἐναντίαν</w> <w lemma="o%28do%5Cn">ὁδὸν</w> <w lemma="poreuqei%5Cs">πορευθεὶς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="filodoci%2Fa%7C">φιλοδοξίᾳ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllois">ἄλλοις</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpasi">ἅπασι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqh">ἔθη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmima">νόμιμα</w>.
It remained for him to gain a reputation for courage, nearly the most essential virtue in all states and especially so in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>; and for this the training required of him was correspondingly severe.
Chance, however, assisted him also in this determination.
For the members of the royal house of Macedon had always been devoted to hunting, and the Macedonians had reserved the most suitable areas for breeding game.
These districts during the war had been as carefully preserved as formerly, but had never been hunted for four years owing to the exigencies of the times, so that there was an abundance of big game of every kind.
When the war had been brought to a conclusion, Aemilius, thinking that hunting was the best training and amusement for the young men, placed the royal huntsmen at Scipio's disposal, and gave him complete control over the preserves.
Scipio, availing himself of this and regarding himself as being nearly in the position of king, spent the whole time that the army remained in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a> after the battle of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pydna&groupId=919&placeId=1647">Pydna</a> in this pursuit,
and, as he became a very enthusiastic sportsman, being of the right age and physique for such an exercise, like a well-bred dog, this taste of his for hunting became permanent.
So that when he arrived in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> and when he found in Polybius one equally devoted to the chase, all the time that other young men gave up to law affairs and greetings, spending the whole day in the forum and thus trying to court the favour of the populace,
Scipio was occupied by the chase, and by his brilliant and memorable exploits, acquired a higher reputation than anyone.
For the others could not win praise except by injuring some of their fellow-citizens, this being the usual consequence of prosecutions in the law courts;
but Scipio, without ever vexing a soul, gained this universal reputation for courage, matching his deeds against their words.
So that in a short space of time he had outstripped his contemporaries more than is recorded of any other Roman, although the path he pursued to gain glory was quite the opposite of that followed by all others in accordance with Roman usage and custom.