Polybius, Histories

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Book 4 - Chapter 55

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<w lemma="%2Apolurrh%2Fnioi">Πολυρρήνιοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Alappai%3Doi">Λαππαῖοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmmaxoi">σύμμαχοι</w>, <w lemma="qewrou%3Dntes">θεωροῦντες</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aknwsi%2Fous">Κνωσίους</w> <w lemma="a%29ntexome%2Fnous">ἀντεχομένους</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlw%3Dn">Αἰτωλῶν</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fas">συμμαχίας</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlou%5Cs">Αἰτωλοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%28rw%3Dntes">ὁρῶντες</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fous">πολεμίους</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntas">ὄντας</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="basilei%3D">βασιλεῖ</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppw%7C">Φιλίππῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w>, <w lemma="pe%2Fmpousi">πέμπουσι</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fs">πρός</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%5Cs">Ἀχαιοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="bohqei%2Fas">βοηθείας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fas">συμμαχίας</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%5C">Ἀχαιοὶ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fs">εἴς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="koinh%5Cn">κοινὴν</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fan">συμμαχίαν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="prosede%2Fcanto">προσεδέξαντο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="boh%2Fqeian">βοήθειαν</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteilan">ἐξαπέστειλαν</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29illuriou%5Cs">Ἰλλυριοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tetrakosi%2Fous">τετρακοσίους</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="h%28gei%3Dto">ἡγεῖτο</w> <w lemma="%2Apla%2Ftwr">Πλάτωρ</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%5Cs">Ἀχαιοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="diakosi%2Fous">διακοσίους</w>, <w lemma="%2Afwke%2Fas">Φωκέας</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%2Fn">ἑκατόν</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28%5C">οἳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parageno%2Fmenoi">παραγενόμενοι</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fpleusan">ἀπέπλευσαν</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsantes">ποιήσαντες</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fdosin">ἐπίδοσιν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Apolurrhni%2Fois">Πολυρρηνίοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxois:">συμμάχοις·</w>
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<w lemma="pa%2Fnu">πάνυ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="braxei%3D">βραχεῖ</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnw%7C">χρόνῳ</w> <w lemma="teixh%2Freis">τειχήρεις</w> <w lemma="katasth%2Fsantes">καταστήσαντες</w> <w lemma="tou%2Fs">τούς</w> <w lemma="t%27">τ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29eleuqernai%2Fous">Ἐλευθερναίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akudwnia%2Ftas">Κυδωνιάτας</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29apterai%2Fous">Ἀπτεραίους</w>, <w lemma="h%29na%2Fgkasan">ἠνάγκασαν</w> <w lemma="a%29posta%2Fntas">ἀποστάντας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aknwsi%2Fwn">Κνωσίων</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fas">συμμαχίας</w> <w lemma="koinwnh%3Dsai">κοινωνῆσαι</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdwn">ἐλπίδων</w>. <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnwn">γενομένων</w>,
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<w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteilan">ἐξαπέστειλαν</w> <w lemma="%2Apolurrh%2Fnioi">Πολυρρήνιοι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmmaxoi">σύμμαχοι</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppw%7C">Φιλίππῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w> <w lemma="pentakosi%2Fous">πεντακοσίους</w> <w lemma="%2Akrh%3Dtas">Κρῆτας</w>, <w lemma="%2Aknw%2Fsioi">Κνώσιοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mikrw%3D%7C">μικρῷ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="e%29capesta%2Flkeisan">ἐξαπεστάλκεισαν</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fous">χιλίους</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twloi%3Ds">Αἰτωλοῖς</w>. <w lemma="oi%28%5C">οἳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunepole%2Fmoun">συνεπολέμουν</w> <w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frois">ἀμφοτέροις</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%3Dta">ἐνεστῶτα</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>.
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<w lemma="katela%2Fbonto">κατελάβοντο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="lime%2Fna">λιμένα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Afaisti%2Fwn">Φαιστίων</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Agortuni%2Fwn">Γορτυνίων</w> <w lemma="fuga%2Fdes:">φυγάδες·</w> <w lemma="o%28moi%2Fws">ὁμοίως</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Agortuni%2Fwn">Γορτυνίων</w> <w lemma="parabo%2Flws">παραβόλως</w> <w lemma="diakatei%3Dxon">διακατεῖχον</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosepole%2Fmoun">προσεπολέμουν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="o%28rmw%2Fmenoi">ὁρμώμενοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flei">πόλει</w>.
The Polyrrhenians, Lappaeans, and all their allies seeing that the Cnossians clung to the alliance of the Aetolians who were the enemies of King Philip and the Achaeans, sent envoys to the king and to the League requesting their assistance and alliance.
The Achaeans and Philip hereupon received them into the general confederacy and sent them as support four hundred Illyrians under the command of Plator, two hundred Achaeans and one hundred Phocians. The arrival of this force was of the greatest advantage to the Polyrrhenians and their allies;
for in a very short space of time they shut the Eleutherians, Cydoniats, and Apteraeans inside their walls and compelled them to desert the alliance of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Cnossus&groupId=482&placeId=904">Cnossus</a> and share their fortunes.
After this success the Polyrrhenians and their allies sent to Philip and the Achaeans five hundred Cretans, while the Cnossians had a little earlier sent a thousand to the Aetolians and both these Cretan forces continued to take part in the present war.
The Gortynian exiles seized on the harbour of Phaestus and even audaciously continued to hold that of Gortyna itself, and from both these positions made war on those in the city.