Polybius, Histories

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Book 33 - Chapter 3

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhs">Ῥώμης</w> <w lemma="presbeutw%3Dn">πρεσβευτῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nakamya%2Fntwn">ἀνακαμψάντων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axai+%2Fan">Ἀχαΐαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diasafou%2Fntwn">διασαφούντων</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgon">ὀλίγον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flqoi">ἔλθοι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmata">πράγματα</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="e%29panelqei%3Dn">ἐπανελθεῖν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="katexome%2Fnous">κατεχομένους</w>,
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<w lemma="eu%29e%2Flpides">εὐέλπιδες</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenoi">γενόμενοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="metewrisqe%2Fntes">μετεωρισθέντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="polloi%5C">πολλοὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpempon">ἔπεμπον</w> <w lemma="%2Athlekle%2Fa">Τηλεκλέα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Amegalopoli%2Fthn">Μεγαλοπολίτην</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anaci%2Fdamon">Ἀναξίδαμον</w>. <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Apelopo%2Fnnhson">Πελοπόννησον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>.
<head>The Achaean exiles</head>When the envoys from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> returned to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Achaea&groupId=272&placeId=533">Achaea</a> and reported that all those in detention had been very nearly returning,
the people became hopeful and elated and at once sent off Telecles and Anaxidamus of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Megalopolis&groupId=745&placeId=1360">Megalopolis</a> on another embassy. Such was the state of matters in Peloponnesus.