Polybius, Histories

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Book 5 - Chapter 70

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<w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="a%29nalabw%5Cn">ἀναλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dke">ἧκε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katestratope%2Fdeuse">κατεστρατοπέδευσε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Asidw%3Dni">Σιδῶνι</w>.
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<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="katapeira%2Fzein">καταπειράζειν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fgnw">ἀπέγνω</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="prou+pa%2Frxousan">προϋπάρχουσαν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fqi">αὐτόθι</w> <w lemma="dayi%2Fleian">δαψίλειαν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29noikou%2Fntwn">ἐνοικούντων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumpefeugo%2Ftwn">συμπεφευγότων</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn:">ἀνδρῶν·</w>
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<w lemma="a%29nalabw%5Cn">ἀναλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</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="%2Afiloteri%2Fas">Φιλοτερίας</w>, <w lemma="%2Adiognh%2Ftw%7C">Διογνήτῳ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Ftace">συνέταξε</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="naua%2Frxw%7C">ναυάρχῳ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxonti">ἔχοντι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="a%29poplei%3Dn">ἀποπλεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Atu%2Fron">Τύρον</w>.
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<w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Afiloteri%2Fa">Φιλοτερία</w> <w lemma="kei%3Dtai">κεῖται</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="li%2Fmnhn">λίμνην</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenos">καλούμενος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29iorda%2Fnhs">Ἰορδάνης</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cs">ποταμὸς</w> <w lemma="ei%29sba%2Fllwn">εἰσβάλλων</w> <w lemma="e%29ci%2Fhsi">ἐξίησι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fa">πεδία</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Askuqw%3Dn">Σκυθῶν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="prosagoreuome%2Fnhn">προσαγορευομένην</w>.
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<w lemma="geno%2Fmenos">γενόμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28mologi%2Fan">ὁμολογίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29gkrath%5Cs">ἐγκρατὴς</w> <w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frwn">ἀμφοτέρων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnwn">προειρημένων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flewn">πόλεων</w>, <w lemma="eu%29qarsw%3Ds">εὐθαρσῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsxe">ἔσχε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="mellou%2Fsas">μελλούσας</w> <w lemma="e%29pibola%5Cs">ἐπιβολὰς</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28potetagme%2Fnhn">ὑποτεταγμένην</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flesi">πόλεσι</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftais">ταύταις</w> <w lemma="r%28a%7Cdi%2Fws">ῥᾳδίως</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnasqai">δύνασθαι</w> <w lemma="panti%5C">παντὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdw%7C">στρατοπέδῳ</w> <w lemma="xorhgei%3Dn">χορηγεῖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dayilh%3D">δαψιλῆ</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fzein">παρασκευάζειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="katepei%2Fgonta">κατεπείγοντα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fan">χρείαν</w>.
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<w lemma="a%29sfalisa%2Fmenos">ἀσφαλισάμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="frourai%3Ds">φρουραῖς</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftas">ταύτας</w> <w lemma="u%28pere%2Fbale">ὑπερέβαλε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29reinh%5Cn">ὀρεινὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parh%3Dn">παρῆν</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29atabu%2Frion">Ἀταβύριον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="kei%3Dtai">κεῖται</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Ffou">λόφου</w> <w lemma="mastoeidou%3Ds">μαστοειδοῦς</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fsbasin">πρόσβασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxei">ἔχει</w> <w lemma="plei%3Don">πλεῖον</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="pentekai%2Fdeka">πεντεκαίδεκα</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fwn">σταδίων</w>.
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<w lemma="xrhsa%2Fmenos">χρησάμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fdra%7C">ἐνέδρᾳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="strathgh%2Fmati">στρατηγήματι</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fsxe">κατέσχε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin:">πόλιν·</w>
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<w lemma="prokalesa%2Fmenos">προκαλεσάμενος</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="a%29krobolismo%5Cn">ἀκροβολισμὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sugkatabiba%2Fsas">συγκαταβιβάσας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="prokinduneu%2Fontas">προκινδυνεύοντας</w>, <w lemma="ka%29%2Fpeita">κἄπειτα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="metabolh%3Ds">μεταβολῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="feugo%2Fntwn">φευγόντων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dianasta%2Fsews">διαναστάσεως</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29gkaqhme%2Fnwn">ἐγκαθημένων</w> <w lemma="sumbalw%2Fn">συμβαλών</w>, <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fkteine">ἀπέκτεινε</w>,
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<w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pakolouqh%2Fsas">ἐπακολουθήσας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prokataplhca%2Fmenos">προκαταπληξάμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="e%29fo%2Fdou">ἐφόδου</w> <w lemma="pare%2Flabe">παρέλαβε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w>.
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<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="%2Akerai%2Fas">Κεραίας</w>, <w lemma="ei%28%3Ds">εἷς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn:">τῶν·</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Don">Πτολεμαῖον</w> <w lemma="tattome%2Fnwn">ταττομένων</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxwn">ὑπάρχων</w>, <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsth">ἀπέστη</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fn:">αὐτόν·</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="xrhsa%2Fmenos">χρησάμενος</w> <w lemma="megaloprepw%3Ds">μεγαλοπρεπῶς</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29metew%2Frise">ἐμετεώρισε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29nanti%2Fois">ἐναντίοις</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fnwn:">ἡγεμόνων·</w>
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<w lemma="%2A%28ippo%2Floxos">Ἱππόλοχος</w> <w lemma="gou%3Dn">γοῦν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqettalo%5Cs">Θετταλὸς</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="tetrakosi%2Fous">τετρακοσίους</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dken">ἧκεν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Don">Πτολεμαῖον</w> <w lemma="tattome%2Fnwn">ταττομένων</w>.
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<w lemma="a%29sfalisa%2Fmenos">ἀσφαλισάμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29atabu%2Frion">Ἀταβύριον</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fzeuce">ἀνέζευξε</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proa%2Fgwn">προάγων</w> <w lemma="pare%2Flabe">παρέλαβε</w> <w lemma="%2Ape%2Fllan">Πέλλαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w>
Antiochus, with his army, came and encamped before <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sidon&groupId=977&placeId=491">Sidon</a>.
He refrained from making any attempt on the town, owing to the abundance of supplies with which it was furnished and the numbers of its inhabitants and of the forces which had taken refuge in it, but taking his army, marched himself on <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Philoteria&groupId=889&placeId=462">Philoteria</a>, ordering the admiral Diognetus to sail back to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Tyre&groupId=1053&placeId=1855">Tyre</a> with the fleet.
<a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Philoteria&groupId=889&placeId=462">Philoteria</a> lies off the shore of the lake into which the river <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Jordan&groupId=1080&placeId=418">Jordan</a> falls, and from which it issues again to traverse the plains round <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Scythopolis&groupId=959&placeId=280">Scythopolis</a>.
Having obtained possession of both the above cities, which came to terms with him, he felt confident in the success of his future operations, as the territory subject to them was easily capable of supplying his whole army with food, and of furnishing everything necessary for the expedition in abundance.
Having secured both by garrisons, he crossed the mountainous country and reached <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Atabyrium&groupId=376&placeId=708">Atabyrium</a>, which lies on a conical hill, the ascent of which is more than fifteen stades.
By an ambuscade and a stratagem employed during the ascent he managed to take this city too:
for having provoked the garrison to sally out and skirmish, he entice those of them who were in advance to follow his own retreating troops for a considerable distance down hill, and then turning the latter round and advancing, he attacked the enemy and killed many of them;
and finally following close on them and throwing them into panic took this city also by assault.
At this time Ceraeas, one of Ptolemy's officers, deserted to him, and by his distinguished treatment of him he turned the head of many of the enemy's commanders.
It was not long indeed before Hippolochus the Thessalian came to join him with four hundred horse who were in Ptolemy's service.
After garrisoning <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Atabyrium&groupId=376&placeId=708">Atabyrium</a> also, he advanced and took <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pella&groupId=1089&placeId=1913">Pella</a>, Camus, and Gephrus.