Polybius, Histories

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Book 4 - Chapter 59

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<w lemma="%2Akata%5C">Κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29ripi%2Fdas">Εὐριπίδας</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="a%29pestalme%2Fnos">ἀπεσταλμένος</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlw%3Dn">Αἰτωλῶν</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fois">Ἠλείοις</w>, <w lemma="katadramw%5Cn">καταδραμὼν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fwn">Δυμαίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afaraie%2Fwn">Φαραιέων</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Atritaie%2Fwn">Τριταιέων</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="perielasa%2Fmenos">περιελασάμενος</w> <w lemma="lei%2Fas">λείας</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="i%28kano%2Fn">ἱκανόν</w>, <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29poxw%2Frhsin">ἀποχώρησιν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fan">Ἠλείαν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Ami%2Fkkos">Μίκκος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%3Dos">Δυμαῖος</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fsper">ὅσπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29tu%2Fgxane">ἐτύγχανε</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnous">ἐκείνους</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28postra%2Fthgos">ὑποστράτηγος</w> <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>, <w lemma="e%29kbohqh%2Fsas">ἐκβοηθήσας</w> <w lemma="pandhmei%5C">πανδημεὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Fs">τούς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fous">Δυμαίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afaraiei%3Ds">Φαραιεῖς</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Atritaiei%3Ds">Τριταιεῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w>, <w lemma="prose%2Fkeito">προσέκειτο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fois">πολεμίοις</w> <w lemma="a%29pallattome%2Fnois">ἀπαλλαττομένοις</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29nergo%2Fteron">ἐνεργότερον</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pikei%2Fmenos">ἐπικείμενος</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="feu%2Fgousin">φεύγουσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29mpesw%5Cn">ἐμπεσὼν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fdran">ἐνέδραν</w> <w lemma="e%29sfa%2Flh">ἐσφάλη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fbale">ἀπέβαλε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn:">ἀνδρῶν·</w> <w lemma="tettara%2Fkonta">τετταράκοντα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpeson">ἔπεσον</w>, <w lemma="e%28a%2Flwsan">ἑάλωσαν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="diakosi%2Fous">διακοσίους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pezw%3Dn">πεζῶν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29ripi%2Fdas">Εὐριπίδας</w>, <w lemma="poih%2Fsas">ποιήσας</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="prote%2Frhma">προτέρημα</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="metewrisqei%5Cs">μετεωρισθεὶς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Fti">γεγονότι</w>, <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgas">ὀλίγας</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="au%29%3Dtis">αὖτις</w> <w lemma="e%29celqw%5Cn">ἐξελθὼν</w> <w lemma="kate%2Flabe">κατέλαβε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Faracon">Ἄραξον</w> <w lemma="frou%2Frion">φρούριον</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fwn">Δυμαίων</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fkairon">εὔκαιρον</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenon">καλούμενον</w> <w lemma="%2Atei%3Dxos:">Τεῖχος·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28%2F">ὅ</w> <w lemma="fasin">φασιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="mu%3Dqoi">μῦθοι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="palaio%5Cn">παλαιὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hrakle%2Fa">Ἡρακλέα</w> <w lemma="polemou%3Dnta">πολεμοῦντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fois">Ἠλείοις</w> <w lemma="e%29poikodomh%3Dsai">ἐποικοδομῆσαι</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenon">βουλόμενον</w> <w lemma="o%28rmhthri%2Fw%7C">ὁρμητηρίῳ</w> <w lemma="xrh%3Dsqai">χρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>.
About the same time Euripidas, whom the Aetolians had sent to the Eleans to command their forces, after an inroad on the territory of Dyme, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pharae&groupId=878&placeId=1582">Pharae</a>, and Tritaea, in which he had collected a considerable amount of booty, was on his way back to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Elis&groupId=560&placeId=1048">Elis</a>.
But Miccus of Dyme, who was at this time the sub-strategus of the Achaeans, taking with him the complete levies of Dyme, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pharae&groupId=878&placeId=1582">Pharae</a>, and Tritaea, marched out and attacked the enemy as they were retiring.
Pressing on too vigorously he fell into an ambush and was defeated with considerable loss, forty of his infantry being killed and about two hundred taken prisoners.
Euripidas, elated by this success, made another expedition a few days afterwards and took a fort of the Dymaeans called "The Wall," favourably situated near the Araxus and fabled to have been built long ago by Heracles when he was making war on the Eleans to use as a place of arms against them.