Polybius, Histories

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Book 38 - Chapter 22

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<w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwn">Σκιπίων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="o%28rw%3Dn">ὁρῶν</w> <gap /><w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frdhn">ἄρδην</w> <w lemma="teleutw%3Dsan">τελευτῶσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29s">ἐς</w> <w lemma="panwleqri%2Fan">πανωλεθρίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29sxa%2Fthn">ἐσχάτην</w>, <w lemma="le%2Fgetai">λέγεται</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="dakru%3Dsai">δακρῦσαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fanero%5Cs">φανερὸς</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="klai%2Fwn">κλαίων</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn:">πολεμίων·</w>
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<w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fnnous">ἔννους</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%3D">ἑαυτοῦ</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmeno%2Fs">γενόμενός</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunidw%5Cn">συνιδὼν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnh">ἔθνη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%5Cs">ἀρχὰς</w> <w lemma="a%28pa%2Fsas">ἁπάσας</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="metabalei%3Dn">μεταβαλεῖν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fsper">ὥσπερ</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpous">ἀνθρώπους</w> <w lemma="dai%2Fmona">δαίμονα</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dt%27">τοῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpaqe">ἔπαθε</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Filion">Ἴλιον</w>, <w lemma="eu%29tuxh%2Fs">εὐτυχής</w> <w lemma="pote">ποτε</w> <w lemma="po%2Flis">πόλις</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fpaqe">ἔπαθε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29assuri%2Fwn">Ἀσσυρίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amh%2Fdwn">Μήδων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apersw%3Dn">Περσῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnois">ἐκείνοις</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5C">ἀρχὴ</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fsth">μεγίστη</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnh">γενομένη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fnagxos">ἔναγχος</w> <w lemma="e%29kla%2Fmyasa">ἐκλάμψασα</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%2Fte">εἴτε</w> <w lemma="e%28kw%2Fn">ἑκών</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%2Fte">εἴτε</w> <w lemma="profugo%2Fntos">προφυγόντος</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dde">τοῦδε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpous">ἔπους</w> <w lemma="ei%29pei%3Dn">εἰπεῖν</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fssetai">ἔσσεται</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dmar">ἦμαρ</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="pot%27">ποτ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29lw%2Flh%7C">ὀλώλῃ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Filios">Ἴλιος</w> <w lemma="i%28rh%5C">ἱρὴ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apri%2Famos">Πρίαμος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="lao%5Cs">λαὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29ummeli%2Fw">ἐυμμελίω</w> <w lemma="%2Apria%2Fmoio">Πριάμοιο</w>. <w lemma="%2Apolubi%2Fou">Πολυβίου</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29rome%2Fnou">ἐρομένου</w> <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="parrhsi%2Fa%7C:">παρρησίᾳ·</w>
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dida%2Fskalos:">διδάσκαλος·</w> <w lemma="o%28%2F">ὅ</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="bou%2Floito">βούλοιτο</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgos">λόγος</w>, <w lemma="fasi%5Cn">φασὶν</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="fulaca%2Fmenon">φυλαξάμενον</w> <w lemma="o%29noma%2Fsai">ὀνομάσαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fda">πατρίδα</w> <w lemma="safw%3Ds">σαφῶς</w>, <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fra">ἄρα</w> <w lemma="e%29s">ἐς</w> <w lemma="ta%29nqrw%2Fpeia">τἀνθρώπεια</w> <w lemma="a%29forw%3Dn">ἀφορῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29dedi%2Fei">ἐδεδίει</w>. <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fde">τάδε</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29kou%2Fsas">ἀκούσας</w> <w lemma="suggra%2Ffei">συγγράφει</w>.
Scipio, when he looked upon the city as it was utterly perishing and in the last throes of its complete destruction, is said to have shed tears and wept openly for his enemies.
After being wrapped in thought for long, and realizing that all cities, nations, and authorities must, like men, meet their doom; that this happened to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Ilium&groupId=645&placeId=1183">Ilium</a>, once a prosperous city, to the empires of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Assyria&groupId=375&placeId=707">Assyria</a>, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Media&groupId=742&placeId=1354">Media</a>, and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Persia&groupId=871&placeId=1571">Persia</a>, the greatest of their time, and to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a> itself, the brilliance of which was so recent, either deliberately or the verses escaping him, he said:
And when Polybius speaking with freedom to him, for he was his teacher, asked him what he meant by the words, they say that without any attempt at concealment he named his own country, for which he feared when he reflected on the fate of all things human. Polybius actually heard him and recalls it in his history.