Polybius, Histories

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Book 31 - Chapter 7

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<w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ariara%2Fqhs">Ἀριαράθης</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Akappadoki%2Fas">Καππαδοκίας</w> <w lemma="prosdedegme%2Fnos">προσδεδεγμένος</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="a%29postale%2Fntas">ἀποσταλέντας</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%2Fs">πρεσβευτάς</w>, <w lemma="nomi%2Fsas">νομίσας</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29pokri%2Fsewn">ἀποκρίσεων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="o%29rqw%3D%7C">ὀρθῷ</w> <w lemma="kei%3Dsqai">κεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3D%7C">αὑτῷ</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w>, <w lemma="e%29peidh%5C">ἐπειδὴ</w> <w lemma="kaqi%3Dktai">καθῖκται</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fas">εὐνοίας</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fque">ἔθυε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qeoi%3Ds">θεοῖς</w> <w lemma="xaristh%2Fria">χαριστήρια</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Ftwn">γεγονότων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fnas">ἡγεμόνας</w> <w lemma="ei%28sti%2Fa">εἱστία</w>.
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<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsteile">ἀπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Alusi%2Fan">Λυσίαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxeian">Ἀντιόχειαν</w>, <w lemma="spouda%2Fzwn">σπουδάζων</w> <w lemma="a%29nakomi%2Fsasqai">ἀνακομίσασθαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29delfh%3Ds">ἀδελφῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mhtro%5Cs">μητρὸς</w> <w lemma="o%29sta%3D">ὀστᾶ</w>.
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<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="e%29gkalei%3Dn">ἐγκαλεῖν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Ftos">γεγονότος</w> <w lemma="a%29sebh%2Fmatos">ἀσεβήματος</w> <w lemma="a%29pedoki%2Fmazen">ἀπεδοκίμαζεν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29reqi%2Fzein">ἐρεθίζειν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Alusi%2Fan">Λυσίαν</w>, <w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="diayeusqh%3D%7C">διαψευσθῇ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="proqe%2Fsews">προθέσεως</w>, <w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="bare%2Fws">βαρέως</w> <w lemma="fe%2Frwn">φέρων</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Fs:">γεγονός·</w> <w lemma="a%29ciwmatika%5Cs">ἀξιωματικὰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dou%5Cs">δοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29ntola%5Cs">ἐντολὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteile">ἐξαπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w>.
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<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Alusi%2Fan">Λυσίαν</w> <w lemma="sugxwrhsa%2Fntwn">συγχωρησάντων</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%29stw%3Dn">ὀστῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nakomisqe%2Fntwn">ἀνακομισθέντων</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fn">αὐτόν</w>, <w lemma="a%29podeca%2Fmenos">ἀποδεξάμενος</w> <w lemma="megalomerw%3Ds">μεγαλομερῶς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="parousi%2Fan">παρουσίαν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqaye">ἔθαψε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="patro%5Cs">πατρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%2Ffon">τάφον</w> <w lemma="khdemonikw%3Ds">κηδεμονικῶς</w>. —
<head>Ariarathes of Cappadocia</head>Ariarathes, the king of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Cappadocia&groupId=435&placeId=343">Cappadocia</a>, on the return of the envoys he had sent to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, thinking from the answers he received that his kingdom was now on a safe footing, since he had succeeded in gaining the goodwill of the Romans, paid a thank-offering to the gods for his success and gave a banquet to his nobles.
After this he sent envoys to Lysias at Antioch, being anxious to recover the bones of his sister and mother.
He thought it better not to accuse Lysias of the crime, as he did not wish to irritate him for fear of being disappointed in his object, although he was deeply aggrieved, but dispatched the envoys with instructions simply to proffer the request.
Lysias granted it, and upon the bones being brought back to him, he gave them a splendid reception on their arrival and buried them reverently beside his father's tomb.