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Book 15 - Chapter 37

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<head lang="la">IV. Res Asiae</head><w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29do%2Fkei">ἐδόκει</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%5Cs">ἀρχὰς</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w> <w lemma="megalepi%2Fbolos">μεγαλεπίβολος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tolmhro%5Cs">τολμηρὸς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="proteqe%2Fntos">προτεθέντος</w> <w lemma="e%29cergastiko%2Fs">ἐξεργαστικός</w>,
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<w lemma="probai%2Fnwn">προβαίνων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28liki%2Fan">ἡλικίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29fa%2Fnh">ἐφάνη</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="katadee%2Fsteros">καταδεέστερος</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29kto%5Cs">ἐκτὸς</w> <w lemma="prosdoki%2Fas">προσδοκίας</w>.
<head>Antiochus</head>King Antiochus, at the beginning of his reign, was<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note57">Disappointments as to the character of Antiochus the Great.</note>thought to be a man of great enterprise and courage, and great vigour in the execution of his purposes; but as he grew older his character evidently deteriorated in itself, and disappointed the expectation of the world. . . .<pb />

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<p rend="Plain Text">Antiochus' character</p> <p rend="Plain Text"> This must be from the res Asiae of 203/2; see p. 23. The context cannot be reconstructed with any assurance; but if, as Holleaux suggests (tudes, iii. 320), the first campaign in the Fifth Syrian War took place in 202 and was slow in its progressAntiochus will have taken a year to reach Gazathen P. may here be contrasting his lack of success with his swift advance through Asia. For other possibilities see Schmitt, Antiochos, 235 n. 2. <milestone unit="page" n="496">[496]</milestone> </p>

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