<w lemma="u%28drei%2Fan">ὑδρείαν</w> <w lemma="e%29nto%5Cs">ἐντὸς</w> <w lemma="be%2Flous">βέλους</w> <w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenos">ποιησάμενος</w>. <w lemma="ka%29nteu%3Dqen">κἀντεῦθεν</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpemye">ἐξέπεμψε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="strathgo%2Fn">στρατηγόν</w>, <w lemma="fa%2Fskwn">φάσκων</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Ftoimos">ἕτοιμος</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="sumporeu%2Fesqai">συμπορεύεσθαι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w>.
<w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="a%29kou%2Fsas">ἀκούσας</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fzeuce">ἀνέζευξε</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="suneggi%2Fsas">συνεγγίσας</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="plei%3Don">πλεῖον</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fxein">ἀπέχειν</w> <w lemma="tria%2Fkonta">τριάκοντα</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fwn">σταδίων</w>, <w lemma="katestratope%2Fdeuse">κατεστρατοπέδευσε</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fs">πρός</w> <w lemma="tina">τινα</w> <w lemma="lo%2Ffon">λόφον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="loipa%5C">λοιπὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fnta">παρόντα</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="o%29rqw%3Ds">ὀρθῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="e%29do%2Fkei">ἐδόκει</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28drei%2Fan">ὑδρείαν</w> <w lemma="a%29pwte%2Frw">ἀπωτέρω</w> <w lemma="mikro%5Cn">μικρὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxe:">εἶχε·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pollh%5Cn">πολλὴν</w> <w lemma="talaipwri%2Fan">ταλαιπωρίαν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%2Fmenon">ὑπέμενον</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="stratiw%3Dtai">στρατιῶται</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w>,
<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w> <w lemma="proh%3Dlqon">προῆλθον</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fas">ἰδίας</w> <w lemma="parembolh%3Ds">παρεμβολῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29mfo%2Fteroi">ἀμφότεροι</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgwn">ὀλίγων</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w>, <w lemma="ka%29%2Fpeita">κἄπειτα</w> <w lemma="xwrisqe%2Fntes">χωρισθέντες</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%5C">αὐτοὶ</w> <w lemma="sunh%3Dlqon">συνῆλθον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fson">μέσον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontes">ἔχοντες</w> <w lemma="e%28rmhne%2Fa">ἑρμηνέα</w> <w lemma="meq%27">μεθ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w>.
<w lemma="deciwsa%2Fmenos">δεξιωσάμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dtos">πρῶτος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Frcato">ἤρξατο</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29bou%2Fleto">ἐβούλετο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="e%29piqumh%3Dsai">ἐπιθυμῆσαι</w> <w lemma="mhde%2Fpote">μηδέποτε</w> <w lemma="mhdeno%5Cs">μηδενὸς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29kto%5Cs">ἐκτὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fas">Ἰταλίας</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29kto%5Cs">ἐκτὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhs:">Λιβύης·</w>
<w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frois">ἀμφοτέροις</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftas">ταύτας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kalli%2Fstas">καλλίστας</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fas">δυναστείας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sullh%2Fbdhn">συλλήβδην</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="periwrisme%2Fnas">περιωρισμένας</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsews">φύσεως</w>.
"<w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fan">Σικελίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29mfisbhth%2Fsantes">ἀμφισβητήσαντες</w> <w lemma="e%29cepolemw%2Fsamen">ἐξεπολεμώσαμεν</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fan">Ἰβηρίαν</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxhs">τύχης</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fpw">οὔπω</w> <w lemma="nouqetou%2Fmenoi">νουθετούμενοι</w> <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="probebh%2Fkamen">προβεβήκαμεν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdos">πατρίδος</w> <w lemma="e%29da%2Ffous">ἐδάφους</w> <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kekinduneuke%2Fnai">κεκινδυνευκέναι</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29kmh%5Cn">ἀκμὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="kinduneu%2Fein">κινδυνεύειν</w>,
<w lemma="loipo%2Fn">λοιπόν</w> <w lemma="e%29stin">ἐστιν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%2F">εἴ</w> <w lemma="pws">πως</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeqa">δυνάμεθα</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="paraithsa%2Fmenoi">παραιτησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="qeou%5Cs">θεοὺς</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fsasqai">διαλύσασθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%3Dsan">ἐνεστῶσαν</w> <w lemma="filotimi%2Fan">φιλοτιμίαν</w>.
<w lemma="e%29gw%5C">ἐγὼ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Ftoimo%2Fs">ἕτοιμός</w> <w lemma="ei%29mi">εἰμι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="pei%3Dran">πεῖραν</w> <w lemma="ei%29lhfe%2Fnai">εἰληφέναι</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="eu%29meta%2Fqeto%2Fs">εὐμετάθετός</w> <w lemma="e%29stin">ἐστιν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxh">τύχη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="mikro%5Cn">μικρὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%28ka%2Ftera">ἑκάτερα</w> <w lemma="poiei%3D">ποιεῖ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flas">μεγάλας</w> <w lemma="r%28opa%2Fs">ῥοπάς</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2F">καθά</w>
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<head>Meeting of Hannibal and Scipio</head>From this place he sent to the Carthaginian general, informing him that he was ready to meet him, and discuss matters with him. On hearing this, Hannibal moved his quarters to within thirty stades of Scipio, and pitched his camp on a hill, which seemed a favourable position for his present purpose, except that water had to be fetched from a considerable distance, which caused his soldiers great fatigue.Next day both commanders advanced from their camps<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note12">Meeting of Scipio and Hannibal.</note>attended by a few horsemen. Presently they left these escorts and met in the intervening space by themselves, each accompanied by an interpreter. Hannibal was the first to speak, after the usual salutation.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note13">Hannibal's speech.</note>He said that "He wished that the Romans had never coveted any possession outside <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>, nor the Carthaginians outside <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Libya&groupId=686&placeId=427">Libya</a>; for these were both noble empires, and were, so to speak, marked out by nature. But since," he continued, "our rival claims to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a> first made us enemies, and then those for Iberia; and since, finally, unwarned by the lessons of misfortune, we have gone so far that the one nation has endangered<pb n="142" />the very soil of its native land, and the other is now actually doing so, all that there remains for us to do is to try our best to deprecate the wrath of the gods, and to put an end, as far as in us lies, to these feelings of obstinate hostility. I personally am ready to do this, because I have learnt by actual experience that Fortune is the most fickle thing in the world, and inclines with decisive favour now to one side and now to the other on the slightest pretext, treating mankind like young children.
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