<w lemma="%2Akai%5C">Καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="qa%2Flattan">θάλατταν</w> <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w> <w lemma="peirata%5Cs">πειρατὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpemyan">ἐξέπεμψαν</w>, <w lemma="oi%28%5C">οἳ</w> <w lemma="perituxo%2Fntes">περιτυχόντες</w> <w lemma="ploi%2Fw%7C">πλοίῳ</w> <w lemma="basilikw%3D%7C">βασιλικῷ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fas">Μακεδονίας</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aku%2Fqhra">Κύθηρα</w>, <w lemma="tou%3Dto%2F">τοῦτό</w> <w lemma="t%27">τ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twli%2Fan">Αἰτωλίαν</w> <w lemma="katagago%2Fntes">καταγαγόντες</w> <w lemma="au%29%2Ftandron">αὔτανδρον</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Fs">τούς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="nauklh%2Frous">ναυκλήρους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29piba%2Ftas">ἐπιβάτας</w>, <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="nau%3Dn">ναῦν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fdonto">ἀπέδοντο</w>. <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpei%2Frou">Ἠπείρου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="parali%2Fan">παραλίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29po%2Frqoun">ἐπόρθουν</w>,
<w lemma="sugxrw%2Fmenoi">συγχρώμενοι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29diki%2Fan">ἀδικίαν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akefallh%2Fnwn">Κεφαλλήνων</w> <w lemma="nausi%2Fn:">ναυσίν·</w> <w lemma="e%29peba%2Flonto">ἐπεβάλοντο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akarnani%2Fas">Ἀκαρνανίας</w> <w lemma="%2Aqu%2Frion">Θύριον</w> <w lemma="katalabe%2Fsqai">καταλαβέσθαι</w>.
<w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="la%2Fqra%7C">λάθρᾳ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Apeloponnh%2Fsou">Πελοποννήσου</w> <w lemma="tina%5Cs">τινὰς</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fmyantes">πέμψαντες</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fsh%7C">μέσῃ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Amegalopolitw%3Dn">Μεγαλοπολιτῶν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fra%7C">χώρᾳ</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fsxon">κατέσχον</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenon">καλούμενον</w> <w lemma="o%29xu%2Frwma">ὀχύρωμα</w> <w lemma="%2Akla%2Frion:">Κλάριον·</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="lafuropwlei%2Fw%7C">λαφυροπωλείῳ</w> <w lemma="xrhsa%2Fmenoi">χρησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="dih%3Dgon">διῆγον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%28rpaga%2Fs">ἁρπαγάς</w>.
<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Atimo%2Fcenos">Τιμόξενος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="strathgo%2Fs">στρατηγός</w>, <w lemma="paralabw%5Cn">παραλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="%2Atauri%2Fwna">Ταυρίωνα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Apeloponnh%2Fsw%7C">Πελοποννήσῳ</w> <w lemma="basilikw%3Dn">βασιλικῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antigo%2Fnou">Ἀντιγόνου</w> <w lemma="kataleleimme%2Fnon">καταλελειμμένον</w>, <w lemma="e%29cepolio%2Frkhse">ἐξεπολιόρκησε</w> <w lemma="tele%2Fws">τελέως</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgais">ὀλίγαις</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Frais">ἡμέραις</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fgonos">Ἀντίγονος</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Frinqon">Κόρινθον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxe">εἶχε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="sugxw%2Frhma">συγχώρημα</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Akleomenikou%5Cs">Κλεομενικοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%2Fs">καιρούς</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29orxomeno%5Cn">Ὀρχομενὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="kra%2Ftos">κράτος</w> <w lemma="e%28lw%5Cn">ἑλὼν</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29pokate%2Fsthse">ἀποκατέστησε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="sfeterisa%2Fmenos">σφετερισάμενος</w> <w lemma="katei%3Dxe">κατεῖχε</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w>,
<w lemma="w%28%2Fs">ὥς</w> <w lemma="g%27">γ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29moi%5C">ἐμοὶ</w> <w lemma="dokei%3D">δοκεῖ</w>, <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ei%29so%2Fdou">εἰσόδου</w> <w lemma="kurieu%2Fein">κυριεύειν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Apelopo%2Fnnhson">Πελοπόννησον</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="meso%2Fgaian">μεσόγαιαν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="parafula%2Fttein">παραφυλάττειν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29orxomenw%3D%7C">Ὀρχομενῷ</w> <w lemma="froura%3Ds">φρουρᾶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paraskeuh%3Ds">παρασκευῆς</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adwri%2Fmaxon">Δωρίμαχον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asko%2Fpan">Σκόπαν</w> <w lemma="parathrh%2Fsantes">παρατηρήσαντες</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%2Fn">καιρόν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="loipo%5Cs">λοιπὸς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="%2Atimoce%2Fnw%7C">Τιμοξένῳ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgos">ὀλίγος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnos">χρόνος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29%2Faratos">Ἄρατος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kaqi%2Fstato">καθίστατο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29niauto%5Cn">ἐνιαυτὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pio%2Fnta">ἐπιόντα</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29%2Fpw">οὔπω</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmelle">ἔμελλε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fcein">ἕξειν</w>,
<w lemma="sunaqroi%2Fsantes">συναθροίσαντες</w> <w lemma="pandhmei%5C">πανδημεὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlou%5Cs">Αἰτωλοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ri%2Fon">Ῥίον</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paraskeuasa%2Fmenoi">παρασκευασάμενοι</w> <w lemma="porqmei%3Da">πορθμεῖα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="%2Akefallh%2Fnwn">Κεφαλλήνων</w> <w lemma="e%28toima%2Fsantes">ἑτοιμάσαντες</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w>, <w lemma="diebi%2Fbasan">διεβίβασαν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Apelopo%2Fnnhson">Πελοπόννησον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proh%3Dgon">προῆγον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Amesshni%2Fan">Μεσσηνίαν</w>.
<w lemma="poiou%2Fmenoi">ποιούμενοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Apatre%2Fwn">Πατρέων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afaraie%2Fwn">Φαραιέων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Atritaie%2Fwn">Τριταιέων</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="u%28pekri%2Fnonto">ὑπεκρίνοντο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="bou%2Flesqai">βούλεσθαι</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29di%2Fkhma">ἀδίκημα</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%2Fs">Ἀχαιούς</w>,
<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="duname%2Fnou">δυναμένου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqous">πλήθους</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fxesqai">ἀπέχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="w%29felei%2Fas">ὠφελείας</w> <w lemma="a%29krasi%2Fan">ἀκρασίαν</w>, <w lemma="kakopoiou%3Dntes">κακοποιοῦντες</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="lumaino%2Fmenoi">λυμαινόμενοι</w> <w lemma="dih%2F%7Cesan">διῄεσαν</w>, <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="paregenh%2Fqhsan">παρεγενήθησαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Afiga%2Fleian">Φιγάλειαν</w>.
<w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenoi">ποιησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%5Cn">ὁρμὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29nteu%3Dqen">ἐντεῦθεν</w> <w lemma="ai%29fnidi%2Fws">αἰφνιδίως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qrase%2Fws">θρασέως</w>, <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fbalon">ἐνέβαλον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Amesshni%2Fwn">Μεσσηνίων</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="u%28parxou%2Fshs">ὑπαρχούσης</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="palaiw%3Dn">παλαιῶν</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnwn">χρόνων</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Amesshni%2Fous">Μεσσηνίους</w> <w lemma="fili%2Fas">φιλίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fas">συμμαχίας</w> <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28ntinou%3Dn">ἡντινοῦν</w> <w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenoi">ποιησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fnoian">πρόνοιαν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="koino%5Cn">κοινὸν</w> <w lemma="w%28risme%2Fnwn">ὡρισμένων</w> <w lemma="dikai%2Fwn">δικαίων</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpois">ἀνθρώποις</w>.
<w lemma="a%28%2Fpanta">ἅπαντα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="e%29la%2Fttoni">ἐλάττονι</w> <w lemma="qe%2Fmenoi">θέμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sfete%2Fras">σφετέρας</w> <w lemma="pleoneci%2Fas">πλεονεξίας</w> <w lemma="a%29dew%3Ds">ἀδεῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29po%2Frqoun">ἐπόρθουν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="tolmw%2Fntwn">τολμώντων</w> <w lemma="e%29pecie%2Fnai">ἐπεξιέναι</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Amesshni%2Fwn">Μεσσηνίων</w>.
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By sea they immediately sent out privateers, who falling in with a ship of the royal Macedonian navy near <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Cythera&groupId=523&placeId=989">Cythera</a> brought her to Aetolia with all her crew, and there sold the officers, the troops, and the ship herself.
Afterwards they pillaged the coast of Epirus, being aided in these outrages by the Cephallenian fleet. They also made an attempt to seize Thyrium in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Acarnania&groupId=270&placeId=527">Acarnania</a>. At the same time, sending a small force secretly through the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a>, they occupied the forts called <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Clarium&groupId=474&placeId=886">Clarium</a> in the middle of the territory of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Megalopolis&groupId=745&placeId=1360">Megalopolis</a>, and continued to use it as a base for forays and a market for the sale of booty. This place, however, was shortly afterwards besieged and captured in a few days by Timoxenus, the Achaean Strategus, with the aid of Taurion, the officer left by Antigonus in charge of Peloponnesian affairs. I should explain that Antigonus continued to hold <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a>, which the Achaeans had given up to him, to further his purposes in the Cleomenic war, but that after storming <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Orchomenus&groupId=814&placeId=1470">Orchomenus</a> he did not restore it to the Achaeans, but annexed and occupied it, wishing, as I think, not only to be master of the entrance into the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a>, but to safeguard his interests in the interior by means of his garrison and arsenal at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Orchomenus&groupId=814&placeId=1470">Orchomenus</a>. Dorimachus and Scopas waited for the time when Timoxenus\' year of office had nearly expired, and Aratus, who had been appointed Strategus for the ensuing year by the Achaeans, would not yet be in office, and then, collecting the whole of the Aetolian forces at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhium&groupId=929&placeId=1662">Rhium</a> and preparing ferry-boats as well as the Cephallenian ships, they conveyed their men over to the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a> and began to advance towards <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Messenia&groupId=760&placeId=1380">Messenia</a>.
On their march through the territory of Patrae, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pharae&groupId=878&placeId=1582">Pharae</a>, and Tritaea, they pretended indeed not to wish to inflict any hurt on the Achaeans, but as the men could not keep their hands off the country, owing to their passion for pillaging, they went through it, spoiling and damaging, until they reached Phigalea. Thence by a bold and sudden rush they invaded <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Messenia&groupId=760&placeId=1380">Messenia</a>, utterly regardless both of their long-existing alliance and friendship with the Messenians and of the established law of nations. Subordinating everything to their own selfish greed, they pillaged the country unmolested, the Messenians not daring to come out at all to attack them.
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