<w lemma="%2Aou%29">Οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="deciou%3D">δεξιοῦ</w> <w lemma="ke%2Fratos">κέρατος</w> <w lemma="katakratou%2Fntwn">κατακρατούντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon">Ἄτταλον</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="suneggizo%2Fntwn">συνεγγιζόντων</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="nhsi%2Fdas">νησίδας</w> <w lemma="u%28f%27">ὑφ᾽</w> <w lemma="ai%28%3Ds">αἷς</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Frmei">ὥρμει</w> <w lemma="karadokw%3Dn">καραδοκῶν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sumbhso%2Fmenon">συμβησόμενον</w>,
<w lemma="sunidw%5Cn">συνιδὼν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalos">Ἄτταλος</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="penth%2Frh">πεντήρη</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fwn">ἰδίων</w> <w lemma="e%29kto%5Cs">ἐκτὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnou">κινδύνου</w> <w lemma="tetrwme%2Fnhn">τετρωμένην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="baptizome%2Fnhn">βαπτιζομένην</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="new%5Cs">νεὼς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fas">πολεμίας</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Frmhse">ὥρμησε</w> <w lemma="parabohqh%2Fswn">παραβοηθήσων</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fth%7C">ταύτῃ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="tetrh%2Frwn">τετρήρων</w>.
<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fou">πολεμίου</w> <w lemma="ska%2Ffous">σκάφους</w> <w lemma="e%29gkli%2Fnantos">ἐγκλίναντος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poioume%2Fnou">ποιουμένου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29poxw%2Frhsin">ἀποχώρησιν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w>, <w lemma="e%29pe%2Fkeito">ἐπέκειτο</w> <w lemma="filotimo%2Fteron">φιλοτιμότερον</w>, <w lemma="e%29gkrath%5Cs">ἐγκρατὴς</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="spouda%2Fzwn">σπουδάζων</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="new%2Fs">νεώς</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w>, <w lemma="sunqeasa%2Fmenos">συνθεασάμενος</w> <w lemma="a%29pespasme%2Fnon">ἀπεσπασμένον</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon">Ἄτταλον</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fwn">ἰδίων</w>, <w lemma="paralabw%5Cn">παραλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttaras">τέτταρας</w> <w lemma="penth%2Freis">πεντήρεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="h%28mioli%2Fas">ἡμιολίας</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="le%2Fmbwn">λέμβων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29ggu%5Cs">ἐγγὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntas">ὄντας</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Frmhse">ὥρμησε</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diaklei%2Fsas">διακλείσας</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon">Ἄτταλον</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fwn">οἰκείων</w> <w lemma="new%3Dn">νεῶν</w> <w lemma="h%29na%2Fgkase">ἠνάγκασε</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhs">μεγάλης</w> <w lemma="a%29gwni%2Fas">ἀγωνίας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w> <w lemma="e%29kbalei%3Dn">ἐκβαλεῖν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="ska%2Ffh">σκάφη</w>.
<w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sumba%2Fntos">συμβάντος</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="plhrwma%2Ftwn">πληρωμάτων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29eruqra%5Cs">Ἐρυθρὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29pexw%2Frhse">ἀπεχώρησε</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ploi%2Fwn">πλοίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="basilikh%3Ds">βασιλικῆς</w> <w lemma="kataskeuh%3Ds">κατασκευῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29gkrath%5Cs">ἐγκρατὴς</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29poi%2Fhsa%2Fn">ἐποίησάν</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="texniko%5Cn">τεχνικὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon:">Ἄτταλον·</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29pifane%2Fstata">ἐπιφανέστατα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="basilikh%3Ds">βασιλικῆς</w> <w lemma="kataskeuh%3Ds">κατασκευῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kata%2Fstrwma">κατάστρωμα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="new%5Cs">νεὼς</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fbalon">ἐξέβαλον</w>.
<w lemma="o%28%2Fqen">ὅθεν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dtoi">πρῶτοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w>, <w lemma="suna%2Fyantes">συνάψαντες</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="le%2Fmbois">λέμβοις</w>, <w lemma="sunqeasa%2Fmenoi">συνθεασάμενοι</w> <w lemma="pothri%2Fwn">ποτηρίων</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="porfurw%3Dn">πορφυρῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28mati%2Fwn">ἱματίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="parepome%2Fnwn">παρεπομένων</w> <w lemma="skeuw%3Dn">σκευῶν</w>, <w lemma="a%29fe%2Fmenoi">ἀφέμενοι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="diw%2Fkein">διώκειν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fneusan">ἀπένευσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="a%28rpagh%2Fn">ἁρπαγήν</w>.
<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon">Ἄτταλον</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalh%3D">ἀσφαλῆ</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsasqai">ποιήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29poxw%2Frhsin">ἀποχώρησιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29eruqra%2Fs">Ἐρυθράς</w>.
<w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flois">ὅλοις</w> <w lemma="h%29lattwme%2Fnos">ἠλαττωμένος</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="naumaxi%2Fan">ναυμαχίαν</w>, <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peripetei%2Fa%7C">περιπετείᾳ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon">Ἄτταλον</w> <w lemma="e%29parqei%2Fs">ἐπαρθείς</w>, <w lemma="e%29pane%2Fplei">ἐπανέπλει</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polu%5Cs">πολὺς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="sunaqroi%2Fzwn">συναθροίζων</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="sfete%2Fras">σφετέρας</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parakalw%3Dn">παρακαλῶν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="eu%29qarsei%3Ds">εὐθαρσεῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w>, <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="nikw%3Dsi">νικῶσι</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="naumaxi%2Fa%7C:">ναυμαχίᾳ·</w>
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%2Fdrame%2F">ὑπέδραμέ</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fnnoia">ἔννοια</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="piqano%2Fths">πιθανότης</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpois">ἀνθρώποις</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="a%29polwlo%2Ftos">ἀπολωλότος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="%2A%29atta%2Flou">Ἀττάλου</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kata%2Fgein">κατάγειν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippon">Φίλιππον</w> <w lemma="a%29nadedeme%2Fnous">ἀναδεδεμένους</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="basilikh%5Cn">βασιλικὴν</w> <w lemma="nau%3Dn">ναῦν</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Adionuso%2Fdwros">Διονυσόδωρος</w> <w lemma="u%28ponoh%2Fsas">ὑπονοήσας</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Fs">γεγονός</w>, <w lemma="h%28%2Fqroize">ἥθροιζε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fas">οἰκείας</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="e%29cai%2Frwn">ἐξαίρων</w> <w lemma="su%2Fnqhma:">σύνθημα·</w> <w lemma="taxu%5C">ταχὺ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sullexqeisw%3Dn">συλλεχθεισῶν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fplei">ἀπέπλει</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalei%2Fas">ἀσφαλείας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Frmous">ὅρμους</w>.
<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fous">Ῥοδίους</w> <w lemma="a%29gwnizo%2Fmenoi">ἀγωνιζόμενοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Flai">πάλαι</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Ds">κακῶς</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsxontes">πάσχοντες</w>, <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fluon">ἐξέλυον</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%5Cs">αὑτοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnou">κινδύνου</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="profa%2Fsews">προφάσεως</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Frh">μέρη</w> <w lemma="poiou%2Fmenoi">ποιούμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29poxw%2Frhsin">ἀποχώρησιν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fais">οἰκείαις</w> <w lemma="speu%2Fdontes">σπεύδοντες</w> <w lemma="e%29pikourh%3Dsai">ἐπικουρῆσαι</w> <w lemma="nausi%2Fn">ναυσίν</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdioi">Ῥόδιοι</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29nadhsa%2Fmenoi">ἀναδησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="new%3Dn">νεῶν</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="prodiafqei%2Frantes">προδιαφθείραντες</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29mbolai%3Ds">ἐμβολαῖς</w>, <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fpleusan">ἀπέπλευσαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Axi%2Fon">Χίον</w>.
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<head>Attalus Abandons his Ship but Escapes</head>As the fleet of Attalus, however, was rapidly overpowering the right wing of Philip, and was now approaching the small islands, under cover of<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note13">Attalus intercepted by Philip, and forced to abandon his ship.</note>which Philip was moored watching the result of the battle, Attalus saw one of his quinqueremes staved in and in the act of being sunk by an enemy's ship. He therefore hurried to its assistance with two quadriremes. The enemy's ship turning to flight, and making for the shore, he pursued it somewhat too eagerly in his ardent desire to effect its capture. Thereupon Philip, observing that Attalus had become detached a considerable distance from his own fleet, took four quinqueremes and three<foreign lang="la">hemioliae,</foreign>as well as all the galleys within reach, and darting out got between Attalus and his ships, and forced him in the utmost terror to run his three ships ashore. After this mishap the king himself and his crew made their way to Erythrae, while Philip captured his vessels and the royal equipage on board them. For in this emergency Attalus had employed an artifice. He caused the most splendid articles of the royal equipage to be spread out on the deck of his ship; the consequence of which was that the first Macedonians who arrived on the galleys, seeing a quantity of flagons and purple robes and such like things, abandoned the pursuit, and turned their attention to plundering these. Thus it came about that Attalus got safe away to Erythrae; while Philip, though he had distinctly got the worst of it in the general engagement, was so elated at the unexpected reverse which had befallen Attalus, that he put to sea again and exerted himself strenuously in collecting his ships and restoring the spirits of his men by assuring them that they were the victors. For when they saw Philip put to sea towing off the royal ship, they very naturally thought that Attalus had perished. But Dionysodorus, conjecturing what had really happened to the king, set about collecting his own ships by raising a signal; and this being speedily done, he sailed away unmolested to their station in Asia.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note14">Victory of the Rhodians.</note>Meanwhile those Macedonians who were engaged with the Rhodians, having been for some time past in evil case, were gradually extricating themselves from the battle, one after the<pb n="178" />other retiring on the pretence of being anxious to support their comrades. So the Rhodians, taking in tow some of their vessels, and having destroyed others by charging them, sailed away to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Chios&groupId=462&placeId=863">Chios</a>.
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