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Book 5 - Chapter 35

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<w lemma="%2Aou%28%3Dtos">Οὗτος</w> <w lemma="ga%2Fr">γάρ</w>, <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="prosagoreuo%2Fmenos">προσαγορευόμενος</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29erge%2Fths">Εὐεργέτης</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fzh">ἔζη</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="e%29poih%2Fsato">ἐποιήσατο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="koinwni%2Fan">κοινωνίαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fsteis">πίστεις</w>, <w lemma="h%29%3Dge">ἦγε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28suxi%2Fan">ἡσυχίαν</w>, <w lemma="pepeisme%2Fnos">πεπεισμένος</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnou">ἐκείνου</w> <w lemma="teu%2Fcesqai">τεύξεσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kaqhkou%2Fshs">καθηκούσης</w> <w lemma="e%29pikouri%2Fas">ἐπικουρίας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="patrw%2F%7Can">πατρῴαν</w> <w lemma="a%29nakth%2Fsasqai">ἀνακτήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan:">βασιλείαν·</w>
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<w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%3Dnos">ἐκεῖνος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="meth%2Fllace">μετήλλαξε</w>, <w lemma="proh%2F%7Cei">προῄει</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnos">χρόνος</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fda">Ἑλλάδα</w> <w lemma="kairoi%5C">καιροὶ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29no%2Fmatos">ὀνόματος</w> <w lemma="e%29ka%2Floun">ἐκάλουν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnhn">Κλεομένην</w>, <w lemma="methllaxo%2Ftos">μετηλλαχότος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antigo%2Fnou">Ἀντιγόνου</w>, <w lemma="polemoume%2Fnwn">πολεμουμένων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>, <w lemma="koinwnou%2Fntwn">κοινωνούντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fwn">Λακεδαιμονίων</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twloi%3Ds">Αἰτωλοῖς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%5Cs">Ἀχαιοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnas">Μακεδόνας</w> <w lemma="a%29pexqei%2Fas">ἀπεχθείας</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%5Cn">ἐπιβολὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fqesin">πρόθεσιν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnous">Κλεομένους</w>,
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<w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="h%29nagka%2Fzeto">ἠναγκάζετο</w> <w lemma="speu%2Fdein">σπεύδειν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="filotimei%3Dsqai">φιλοτιμεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29alecandrei%2Fas">Ἀλεξανδρείας</w> <w lemma="a%29pallagh%3Ds">ἀπαλλαγῆς</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="e%29nteu%2Fceis">ἐντεύξεις</w> <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w>, <w lemma="parakalw%3Dn">παρακαλῶν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kaqhkou%2Fshs">καθηκούσης</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29kpe%2Fmyai">ἐκπέμψαι</w>,
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<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="parakouo%2Fmenos">παρακουόμενος</w> <w lemma="h%29ci%2Fou">ἠξίου</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="deh%2Fsews">δεήσεως</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29polu%3Dsai">ἀπολῦσαι</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fwn">ἰδίων</w> <w lemma="oi%29ketw%3Dn:">οἰκετῶν·</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="i%28kana%5Cs">ἱκανὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28podeiknu%2Fein">ὑποδεικνύειν</w> <w lemma="a%29forma%5Cs">ἀφορμὰς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kaqike%2Fsqai">καθικέσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="patrw%2F%7Cas">πατρῴας</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w>. <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="basileu%2Fs">βασιλεύς</w>,
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<w lemma="ou%29%2Ft%27">οὔτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29fista%2Fnwn">ἐφιστάνων</w> [<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w>] <w lemma="ou%29deni%5C">οὐδενὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="pronoou%2Fmenos">προνοούμενος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllontos">μέλλοντος</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnas">προειρημένας</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fas">αἰτίας</w>, <w lemma="eu%29h%2Fqws">εὐήθως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="a%29lo%2Fgws">ἀλόγως</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="parh%2Fkoue">παρήκουε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnous">Κλεομένους</w>.
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<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="%2Aswsi%2Fbion">Σωσίβιον</w> — <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtos">οὗτος</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="proesta%2Ftei">προεστάτει</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> — <w lemma="sunedreu%2Fsantes">συνεδρεύσαντες</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Ftas">τοιαύτας</w> <w lemma="tina%5Cs">τινὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29poih%2Fsanto">ἐποιήσαντο</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="dialh%2Fyeis">διαλήψεις</w>.
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<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="sto%2Flou">στόλου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w> <w lemma="e%29kpe%2Fmpein">ἐκπέμπειν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fkrinon">ἔκρινον</w>, <w lemma="katafronou%3Dntes">καταφρονοῦντες</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcw">ἔξω</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="methllaxe%2Fnai">μετηλλαχέναι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fgonon">Ἀντίγονον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fzein">νομίζειν</w> <w lemma="ma%2Ftaion">μάταιον</w> <w lemma="au%28toi%3Ds">αὑτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsesqai">ἔσεσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="dapa%2Fnhn">δαπάνην</w>.
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<w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="h%29gwni%2Fwn">ἠγωνίων</w> <w lemma="mh%2F">μή</w> <w lemma="pote">ποτε</w> <w lemma="methllaxo%2Ftos">μετηλλαχότος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antigo%2Fnou">Ἀντιγόνου</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipw%3Dn">λοιπῶν</w> <w lemma="mhdeno%5Cs">μηδενὸς</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxontos">ὑπάρχοντος</w> <w lemma="a%29ntipa%2Flou">ἀντιπάλου</w>, <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="a%29koniti%5C">ἀκονιτὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fda">Ἑλλάδα</w> <w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenos">ποιησάμενος</w> <w lemma="u%28f%27">ὑφ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="baru%5Cs">βαρὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fobero%5Cs">φοβερὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnhs">Κλεομένης</w> <w lemma="a%29ntagwnisth%5Cs">ἀνταγωνιστὴς</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnhtai">γένηται</w>,
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<w lemma="teqeame%2Fnos">τεθεαμένος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29ga%5Cs">αὐγὰς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmata">πράγματα</w>, <w lemma="kategnwkw%5Cs">κατεγνωκὼς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w>, <w lemma="qewrw%3Dn">θεωρῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="polla%5C">πολλὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="parakrema%2Fmena">παρακρεμάμενα</w> <w lemma="me%2Frh">μέρη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="makra%5Cn">μακρὰν</w> <w lemma="a%29pespasme%2Fna">ἀπεσπασμένα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fas">βασιλείας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polla%5Cs">πολλὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29forma%5Cs">ἀφορμὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxonta">ἔχοντα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon:">λόγον·</w>
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Asa%2Fmon">Σάμον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpois">τόποις</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgai">ὀλίγαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="stratiwtw%3Dn">στρατιωτῶν</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fefeson">Ἔφεσον</w>.
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<w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%2Fn">ἐπιβολήν</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fst%27">ὥστ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kpe%2Fmpein">ἐκπέμπειν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w>, <w lemma="a%29pedoki%2Fmasan">ἀπεδοκίμασαν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnas">προειρημένας</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fas:">αἰτίας·</w> <w lemma="to%2F">τό</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29ligwrh%2Fsantas">ὀλιγωρήσαντας</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndra">ἄνδρα</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton">τοιοῦτον</w> <w lemma="e%29capostei%3Dlai">ἐξαποστεῖλαι</w>, <w lemma="pro%2Fdhlon">πρόδηλον</w> <w lemma="e%29xqro%5Cn">ἐχθρὸν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmion">πολέμιον</w>, <w lemma="ou%29damw%3Ds">οὐδαμῶς</w> <w lemma="h%28gou%3Dnto">ἡγοῦντο</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="sumfe%2Frein">συμφέρειν</w>.
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<w lemma="loipo%5Cn">λοιπὸν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fkonta">ἄκοντα</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fxein">κατέχειν</w>. <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fqen">αὐτόθεν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgou">λόγου</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29pedoki%2Fmazon">ἀπεδοκίμαζον</w>, <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29sfale%5Cs">ἀσφαλὲς</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fzontes">νομίζοντες</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="le%2Fonti">λέοντι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proba%2Ftois">προβάτοις</w> <w lemma="o%28mou%3D">ὁμοῦ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpaulin:">ἔπαυλιν·</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Aswsi%2Fbios">Σωσίβιος</w> <w lemma="u%28fewra%3Dto">ὑφεωρᾶτο</w> <w lemma="dia%2F">διά</w> <w lemma="tina">τινα</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w> <w lemma="ai%29">αἰ</w>
Cleomenes, during the lifetime of Ptolemy Euergetes, to whom he had linked his fortunes and pledged his word, had kept quiet, in the constant belief that he would receive sufficient assistance from him to recover the throne of his ancestors.
But after the death of this king, as time went on, and circumstances in Greece almost called aloud for Cleomenes, Antigonus being dead, the Achaeans being engaged in war, and the Spartans now, as Cleomenes had from the first planned and purposed, sharing the hatred of the Aetolians for the Achaeans Macedonians,
he was positively compelled to bestir himself and do his best to get away from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a>.
Consequently, he at first approached Ptolemy more than once with the request that he would furnish him with adequate supplies and troops for an expedition;
but as the king would not listen to this, he earnestly besought him to allow him to leave with his own household, for the state of affairs, he said, held out a sufficiently fair prospect of his recovering his ancestral throne.
The king, however, who for the reasons I stated above neither concerned himself at all with such questions, nor took any thought for the future, continued in his thoughtlessness and folly to turn a deaf ear to Cleomenes.
Meanwhile Sosibius, who, if anyone, was now at the head of affairs, took counsel with his friends and came to the following decision with regard to him.
On the one hand they judged it inadvisable to send him off on an armed expedition, as owing to the death of Antigonus they regarded foreign affairs as of no importance and thought that money they expended on them would be thrown away.
Besides which, now that Antigonus was no more and there was no general left who was a match for Cleomenes, they were afraid that he would have little trouble in making himself the master of Greece and thus become a serious and formidable rival to themselves, especially as he had seen behind the scenes in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a> and had formed a poor opinion of the king, and as he was aware that many parts of the kingdom were loosely attached or dissevered by distance, thus offering plenty of opportunity for intrigue —
for they had a good many ships at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Samos&groupId=944&placeId=1680">Samos</a> and a considerable military force at Ephesus.
These, then, were the reasons which made them dismiss the project of sending Cleomenes off with supplies for an expedition; but at the same time they thought it would by no means serve their interests to send away such an eminent man after inflicting a slight upon him, as this was sure to make him their enemy and antagonist.
The only course left then was to keep him back against his will, and this they all indeed rejected at once and without discussion, thinking it by no means safe for a lion to lie in the same fold as the sheep, but it was especially Sosibius who was apprehensive of the effects of such a measure for the following reason.