Polybius, Histories

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Book 7 - Chapter 6

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<w lemma="%2A%28h">Ἡ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aleonti%2Fnwn">Λεοντίνων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flis">πόλις</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flw%7C">ὅλῳ</w> <w lemma="kli%2Fmati">κλίματι</w> <w lemma="te%2Ftraptai">τέτραπται</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frktous">ἄρκτους</w>,
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<w lemma="e%29%2Fsti">ἔστι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fshs">μέσης</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29lw%5Cn">αὐλὼν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fpedos">ἐπίπεδος</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="sumbai%2Fnei">συμβαίνει</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fs">τάς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxei%2Fwn">ἀρχείων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dikasthri%2Fwn">δικαστηρίων</w> <w lemma="kataskeua%5Cs">κατασκευὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29gora%5Cn">ἀγορὰν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29lw%3Dnos">αὐλῶνος</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28kate%2Fran">ἑκατέραν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pleura%5Cn">πλευρὰν</w> <w lemma="parh%2Fkei">παρήκει</w> <w lemma="lo%2Ffos">λόφος</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="a%29porrw%3Dga">ἀπορρῶγα</w> <w lemma="sunexh%3D:">συνεχῆ·</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fpeda">ἐπίπεδα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="lo%2Ffwn">λόφων</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="o%29fru%3Ds">ὀφρῦς</w> <w lemma="oi%29kiw%3Dn">οἰκιῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="plh%2Frh">πλήρη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="naw%3Dn">ναῶν</w>.
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<w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxei">ἔχει</w> <w lemma="pulw%3Dnas">πυλῶνας</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flis">πόλις</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="meshmbri%2Fan">μεσημβρίαν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Frato%2Fs">πέρατός</w> <w lemma="e%29stin">ἐστιν</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="proei%3Dpon">προεῖπον</w> <w lemma="au%29lw%3Dnos">αὐλῶνος</w>, <w lemma="fe%2Frwn">φέρων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asurakou%2Fsas">Συρακούσας</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fteros">ἕτερος</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frktous">ἄρκτους</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fgwn">ἄγων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Aleonti%3Dna">Λεοντῖνα</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmena">καλούμενα</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fa">πεδία</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="gewrgh%2Fsimon">γεωργήσιμον</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>.
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<w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29porrw%3Dga">ἀπορρῶγα</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="du%2Fseis">δύσεις</w>, <w lemma="pararrei%3D">παραρρεῖ</w> <w lemma="potamo%2Fs">ποταμός</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="kalou%3Dsi">καλοῦσι</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fsson">Λίσσον</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kei%3Dntai">κεῖνται</w> <w lemma="para%2Fllhloi">παράλληλοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="krhmno%5Cn">κρημνὸν</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fai">οἰκίαι</w> <w lemma="sunexei%3Ds">συνεχεῖς</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="metacu%5C">μεταξὺ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w> <w lemma="sumbai%2Fnei">συμβαίνει</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnhn">προειρημένην</w> <w lemma="o%28do%5Cn">ὁδὸν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Cod. Urb. fol. 96 exc. ant. p. 193.</foreign>]
The city of Leontini as regards its general position is turned to the north.
Through the middle of it runs a level valley in which stand the government offices, the law courts, and the agora in general.
On each side of this valley runs a ridge precipitous from end to end, the flat ground above the brows of these ridges being covered with houses and temples.
The town has two gates, one at the southern end of the above-mentioned valley leading towards <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syracuse&groupId=994&placeId=1753">Syracuse</a>, and the other at its northern end leading to the so‑called Leontine plain and the arable land.
Under the one ridge, that on the western side, runs a river called the Lissus,
and parallel to it just under the cliff stands a row of houses between which and the river is the road I mentioned. . . .