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Book 13 - Chapter 4

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<w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hraklei%2Fdh%7C">Ἡρακλείδῃ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fn">μέν</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="u%28po%2Fqesin">ὑπόθεσιν</w> <w lemma="dou%2Fs">δούς</w>, <w lemma="e%29pe%2Ftace">ἐπέταξε</w> <w lemma="fronti%2Fzein">φροντίζειν</w> <w lemma="pw%3Ds">πῶς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="kakopoih%2Fsai">κακοποιήσαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diafqei%2Frai">διαφθείραι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="nh%3Das">νῆας</w>,
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<w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akrh%2Fthn">Κρήτην</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteile">ἐξαπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29reqiou%3Dntas">ἐρεθιοῦντας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parormh%2Fsontas">παρορμήσοντας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hraklei%2Fdhs">Ἡρακλείδης</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fnqrwpos">ἄνθρωπος</w> <w lemma="eu%29%3D">εὖ</w> <w lemma="pefukw%5Cs">πεφυκὼς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kako%2Fn">κακόν</w>, <w lemma="e%28rmai%3Don">ἑρμαῖον</w> <w lemma="h%28ghsa%2Fmenos">ἡγησάμενος</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pitagh%2Fn">ἐπιταγήν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dianohqei%5Cs">διανοηθεὶς</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Ftta">ἅττα</w> <w lemma="dh%2Fpot%27">δήποτ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3D%7C">αὑτῷ</w>, <w lemma="meta%2F">μετά</w> <w lemma="tina">τινα</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Frmhse">ὥρμησε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parh%3Dn">παρῆν</w> <w lemma="kataple%2Fwn">καταπλέων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdon">Ῥόδον</w>.
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<w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hraklei%2Fdhn">Ἡρακλείδην</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnos">γένος</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fkaqen">ἀνέκαθεν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="%2Ataranti%3Dnon">Ταραντῖνον</w>, <w lemma="pefuke%2Fnai">πεφυκέναι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="banau%2Fswn">βαναύσων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xeirotexnw%3Dn">χειροτεχνῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w>, <w lemma="mega%2Fla">μεγάλα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29sxhke%2Fnai">ἐσχηκέναι</w> <w lemma="proterh%2Fmata">προτερήματα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29po%2Fnoian">ἀπόνοιαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="r%28a%7Cdiourgi%2Fan:">ῥᾳδιουργίαν·</w>
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<w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="a%29nafando%5Cn">ἀναφανδὸν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="sw%2Fmati">σώματι</w> <w lemma="pareke%2Fxrhto">παρεκέχρητο</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="prw%2Fthn">πρώτην</w> <w lemma="h%28liki%2Fan">ἡλικίαν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%3Dt%27">εἶτ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29gxi%2Fnous">ἀγχίνους</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%3Drxe">ὑπῆρχε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mnh%2Fmwn">μνήμων</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="tapeinote%2Frous">ταπεινοτέρους</w> <w lemma="kataplhktikw%2Ftatos">καταπληκτικώτατος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tolmhro%2Ftatos">τολμηρότατος</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28pere%2Fxontas">ὑπερέχοντας</w> <w lemma="kolakikw%2Ftatos">κολακικώτατος</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%28%3Dtos">οὗτος</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Dqen">ἀρχῆθεν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdos">πατρίδος</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpese">ἐξέπεσε</w> <w lemma="do%2Fcas">δόξας</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ata%2Franta">Τάραντα</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fttein">πράττειν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="politikh%5Cn">πολιτικὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29rxite%2Fktwn">ἀρχιτέκτων</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxwn">ὑπάρχων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%2F">διά</w> <w lemma="tinas">τινας</w> <w lemma="e%29piskeua%5Cs">ἐπισκευὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="teixw%3Dn">τειχῶν</w> <w lemma="ku%2Frios">κύριος</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenos">γενόμενος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kleidw%3Dn">κλειδῶν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pu%2Flhs">πύλης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="meso%2Fgaion">μεσόγαιον</w> <w lemma="ferou%2Fshs:">φερούσης·</w>
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<w lemma="katafugw%5Cn">καταφυγὼν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%3Dqen">ἐκεῖθεν</w> <w lemma="gra%2Ffwn">γράφων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diapempo%2Fmenos">διαπεμπόμενος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ata%2Franta">Τάραντα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fban">Ἀννίβαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="katafanh%5Cs">καταφανὴς</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w>, <w lemma="proaisqo%2Fmenos">προαισθόμενος</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllon">μέλλον</w> <w lemma="au%29%3Dqis">αὖθις</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffuge">ἔφυγε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippon">Φίλιππον</w>.
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<w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w> <w lemma="periepoih%2Fsato">περιεποιήσατο</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="katastrafh%3Dnai">καταστραφῆναι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="thlikau%2Fthn">τηλικαύτην</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w> <w lemma="sxedo%5Cn">σχεδὸν</w> <w lemma="ai%29tiw%2Ftatos">αἰτιώτατος</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w>. —
<head>Philip Intrigues Against Rhodes</head>Philip gave Heracleides a kind of problem to work out, —how to circumvent and destroy the Rhodian fleet. At the<pb n="119" />same time he sent envoys to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Crete&groupId=505&placeId=949">Crete</a> to excite and provoke them to go to war with the Rhodians. Heracleides, who was a born traitor, looked upon the commission as the very thing to suit his plans; and after revolving various methods in his mind, presently started and sailed to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note3">Philip employs Heracleides of Tarentum.</note>He was by origin a Tarentine, of a low family of mechanics, and he had many qualities which fitted him for bold and unscrupulous undertakings. His boyhood had been stained by notorious immorality; he had great acuteness and a retentive memory; in the presence of the vulgar no one could be more bullying and audacious; to those in high position no one more insinuating and servile. He had been originally banished from his native city from a suspicion of being engaged in an intrigue to hand over Tarentum to the Romans: not that he had any political influence, but being an architect, and employed in some repairs of the walls, he got possession of the keys of the gate on the landward side of the town. He thereupon fled for his life to the Romans. From them, being detected in making communications by letters and messages with Tarentum and Hannibal, he again fled for fear of consequences to Philip. With him he obtained so much credit and influence that he eventually was the most powerful element in the overthrow of that great monarchy.