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Book 5 - Chapter 24

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<w lemma="%2A%29%2Fhdh">Ἤδη</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fras">ὥρας</w> <w lemma="sunagou%2Fshs">συναγούσης</w>, <w lemma="a%29panagkazo%2Fmenos">ἀπαναγκαζόμενος</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="stratopedeu%2Fein">στρατοπεδεύειν</w>, <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="stenw%3Dn">στενῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcodon">ἔξοδον</w> <w lemma="e%29xrh%2Fsato">ἐχρήσατο</w> <w lemma="stratopedei%2Fa%7C">στρατοπεδείᾳ</w>,
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<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmptwma">σύμπτωμα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fnwn">ἡγεμόνων</w> <w lemma="peribalome%2Fnwn">περιβαλομένων</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton">τοιοῦτον</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpon">τόπον</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Don">οἷον</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllon">ἄλλον</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="eu%28%2Froi">εὕροι</w> <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Alakwnikh%3Ds">Λακωνικῆς</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29sbolh%2Fn">εἰσβολήν</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29%2Fsti">ἔστι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnwn">προειρημένων</w> <w lemma="stenw%3Dn">στενῶν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Atege%2Fas">Τεγέας</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="mesogai%2Fou">μεσογαίου</w> <w lemma="paragino%2Fmenos">παραγινόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29ggi%2Fzh%7C">ἐγγίζῃ</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedai%2Fmoni">Λακεδαίμονι</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fpos">τόπος</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fxwn">ἀπέχων</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fous">σταδίους</w>, <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kei%2Fmenos">κείμενος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sumbai%2Fnei">συμβαίνει</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="ble%2Fpousan">βλέπουσαν</w> <w lemma="pleura%5Cn">πλευρὰν</w> <w lemma="perie%2Fxesqai">περιέχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="a%29porrw%3Dgi">ἀπορρῶγι</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flh%7C">μεγάλῃ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pantelw%3Ds">παντελῶς</w> <w lemma="a%29prosi%2Ftw%7C:">ἀπροσίτῳ·</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="krhmnoi%3Ds">κρημνοῖς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="xwri%2Fon">χωρίον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fpedo%2Fn">ἐπίπεδόν</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="gew%3Ddes">γεῶδες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ka%2Fqugron">κάθυγρον</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="ei%29sagwga%5Cs">εἰσαγωγὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29cagwga%5Cs">ἐξαγωγὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmewn">δυνάμεων</w> <w lemma="eu%29fuw%3Ds">εὐφυῶς</w> <w lemma="kei%2Fmenon">κείμενον</w>,
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<w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="stratopedeu%2Fsanta">στρατοπεδεύσαντα</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katasxo%2Fnta">κατασχόντα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="u%28perkei%2Fmenon">ὑπερκείμενον</w> <w lemma="lo%2Ffon">λόφον</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalei%3D">ἀσφαλεῖ</w> <w lemma="stratopedeu%2Fein">στρατοπεδεύειν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="para%2Fqesin">παράθεσιν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w>, <w lemma="stratopedeu%2Fein">στρατοπεδεύειν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="kalli%2Fstw%7C">καλλίστῳ</w>, <w lemma="kratou%3Dnta">κρατοῦντα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ei%29so%2Fdou">εἰσόδου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fdou">διόδου</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="stenw%3Dn">στενῶν</w>.
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<w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2F">ὅ</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w>, <w lemma="katastratopedeu%2Fsas">καταστρατοπεδεύσας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalei%2Fas">ἀσφαλείας</w>, <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fdas">πόδας</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fra%7C">ἡμέρᾳ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29poskeuh%5Cn">ἀποσκευὴν</w> <w lemma="proape%2Fsteile">προαπέστειλε</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Ftacen">ἐξέταξεν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pipe%2Fdois">ἐπιπέδοις</w> <w lemma="eu%29su%2Fnopton">εὐσύνοπτον</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w>.
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<w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="tina">τινα</w> <w lemma="braxu%5Cn">βραχὺν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmeine">ἔμεινε</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="kli%2Fnas">κλίνας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ke%2Fras">κέρας</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dge">ἦγε</w> <w lemma="poiou%2Fmenos">ποιούμενος</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Atege%2Fan">Τεγέαν</w>.
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<w lemma="suna%2Fyas">συνάψας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpois">τόποις</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fgonos">Ἀντίγονος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnhs">Κλεομένης</w> <w lemma="sunesth%2Fsanto">συνεστήσαντο</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="ki%2Fndunon">κίνδυνον</w>, <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="katestratope%2Fdeuse">κατεστρατοπέδευσε</w>.
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<w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="qeasa%2Fmenos">θεασάμενος</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qu%2Fsas">θύσας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qeoi%3Ds">θεοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28kate%2Frou">ἑκατέρου</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="lo%2Ffwn">λόφων</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Folumpos">Ὄλυμπος</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29%2Fas">Εὔας</w> <w lemma="kalei%3Dtai">καλεῖται</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="proh%3Dge">προῆγε</w>, <w lemma="sterropoihsa%2Fmenos">στερροποιησάμενος</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ou%29ragi%2Fan">οὐραγίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="a%29fiko%2Fmenos">ἀφικόμενος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Atege%2Fan">Τεγέαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="lafuropwlh%2Fsas">λαφυροπωλήσας</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="lei%2Fan">λείαν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenos">ποιησάμενος</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fargous">Ἄργους</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%3Dke">ἧκε</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Frinqon">Κόρινθον</w>.
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<w lemma="paro%2Fntwn">παρόντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="presbeutw%3Dn">πρεσβευτῶν</w> <w lemma="para%2F">παρά</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Axi%2Fwn">Χίων</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fsews">διαλύσεως</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w>, <w lemma="xrhmati%2Fsas">χρηματίσας</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunupokriqei%5Cs">συνυποκριθεὶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fh%2Fsas">φήσας</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Ftoimos">ἕτοιμος</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fesqai">διαλύεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flai">πάλαι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlou%2Fs">Αἰτωλούς</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpempe">ἐξέπεμπε</w>, <w lemma="diale%2Fgesqai">διαλέγεσθαι</w> <w lemma="keleu%2Fsas">κελεύσας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twloi%3Ds">Αἰτωλοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fsews">διαλύσεως</w>,
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<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kataba%5Cs">καταβὰς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Ale%2Fxaion">Λέχαιον</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fneto">ἐγίνετο</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="plou%3Dn">πλοῦν</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="tina%5Cs">τινὰς</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fceis">πράξεις</w> <w lemma="o%28losxereste%2Fras">ὁλοσχερεστέρας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afwki%2Fda">Φωκίδα</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpois">τόποις</w>.
The day was now far advanced, and Philip being obliged to encamp on the spot availed himself of a site just at the end of the narrow passage,
his officers having by chance chosen as a camping ground the most advantageous spot it would be possible to find for anyone wishing to invade <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Laconia&groupId=662&placeId=1211">Laconia</a> by passing close by the city of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a>.
For there is at the entrance of the narrow passage I described above, as one approaches Lacedaemon coming from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Tegea&groupId=1011&placeId=1780">Tegea</a> or from any part of the interior, a certain site distant at the most two stades from the town and lying close to the river.
On the side which looks to the town and the river it is entirely surrounded by a lofty and quite inaccessible cliff, but the ground at the top of the precipice is flat, covered with soil, and well supplied with water, and also very favourably situated for the entry or exit of an army, so that anyone encamping on it and holding the hill above it would seem to have chosen for his camp a somewhat insecure position owing to the vicinity of the city, but is really encamped in the best possible position, as he commands the entrance and passage of the narrows.
Philip, then, having encamped here in safety, sent on his baggage on the following day and marshalled his troops on the level ground in full view of those in the city.
He waited for a short time and then wheeling round began to march towards <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Tegea&groupId=1011&placeId=1780">Tegea</a>.
On reaching the site of the battle between Antigonus and Cleomenes, he encamped there,
and next day after inspecting the field and sacrificing to the gods on each of the hills Olympus and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Evas&groupId=590&placeId=1100">Evas</a>, he resumed his march, taking care to strengthen his rearguard.
Reaching <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Tegea&groupId=1011&placeId=1780">Tegea</a> he there held a sale of all his booty, and afterwards marching through <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Argolis&groupId=360&placeId=687">Argolis</a> arrived with his army at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a>.
Here embassies from both <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Chios&groupId=462&placeId=863">Chios</a> awaited him with proposals for bringing the war to an end. He received them both, and dissembling his real intentions told them that he was and always had been quite ready to come to terms with the Aetolians, and sent them off to address the Aetolians in the same sense,
and he then went down to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lechaeum&groupId=675&placeId=1234">Lechaeum</a> and prepared to take ship, as he had some very important business in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Phocis&groupId=892&placeId=1606">Phocis</a>.