<w lemma="%2Aqewrw%3Dn">Θεωρῶν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlou%5Cs">Αἰτωλοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnos">προειρημένος</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%5Cr">ἀνὴρ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="ai%29sxunome%2Fnous">αἰσχυνομένους</w> <w lemma="a%29nalabei%3Dn">ἀναλαβεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="fanerou%3D">φανεροῦ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="li%2Fan">λίαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="prosfa%2Ftous">προσφάτους</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29ergesi%2Fas">εὐεργεσίας</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmhtriako%5Cn">Δημητριακὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%2Fs">αὐτούς</w>,
<w lemma="sumbouleuome%2Fnous">συμβουλευομένους</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fois">Λακεδαιμονίοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fqonou%3Dntas">φθονοῦντας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnous">Κλεομένους</w> <w lemma="pepracikophko%2Ftos">πεπραξικοπηκότος</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parh%7Crhme%2Fnou">παρῃρημένου</w> <w lemma="%2Atege%2Fan">Τεγέαν</w>, <w lemma="%2Amanti%2Fneian">Μαντίνειαν</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29orxomeno%2Fn">Ὀρχομενόν</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twloi%3Ds">Αἰτωλοῖς</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fdas">συμμαχίδας</w> <w lemma="u%28parxou%2Fsas">ὑπαρχούσας</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumpoliteuome%2Fnas">συμπολιτευομένας</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w>, <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Don">οἷον</w> <w lemma="a%29ganaktou%3Dntas">ἀγανακτοῦντας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="bebaiou%3Dntas">βεβαιοῦντας</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="para%2Flhyin">παράληψιν</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29dikou%2Fntwn">ἀδικούντων</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="i%28kanh%5Cn">ἱκανὴν</w> <w lemma="poioume%2Fnous">ποιουμένους</w> <w lemma="pro%2Ffasin">πρόφασιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pleoneci%2Fan">πλεονεξίαν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="sunorw%3Dn">συνορῶν</w> <w lemma="e%28kousi%2Fws">ἑκουσίως</w> <w lemma="paraspondoume%2Fnous">παρασπονδουμένους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fstas">μεγίστας</w> <w lemma="a%29pollu%2Fntas">ἀπολλύντας</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="e%29qelonth%5Cn">ἐθελοντὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="i%29dei%3Dn">ἰδεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29cio%2Fxrewn">ἀξιόχρεων</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenon">γενόμενον</w> <w lemma="a%29ntagwnisth%5Cn">ἀνταγωνιστὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnh">Κλεομένη</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w>,
<w lemma="e%29%2Fgnw">ἔγνω</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="ble%2Fpwn">βλέπων</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3Dto%2Fs">οὗτός</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="o%28moi%2Fws">ὁμοίως</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="proestw%3Dtes">προεστῶτες</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="politeu%2Fmatos">πολιτεύματος</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="mhde%2Fna">μηδένα</w> <w lemma="kata%2Frxein">κατάρχειν</w>, <w lemma="e%29ni%2Fstasqai">ἐνίστασθαι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fwn">Λακεδαιμονίων</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolai%3Ds">ἐπιβολαῖς</w>.
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="dialh%2Fyewn:">διαλήψεων·</w> <w lemma="qewrou%3Dntes">θεωροῦντες</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnous">χρόνους</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnh">Κλεομένη</w> <w lemma="qrase%2Fws">θρασέως</w> <w lemma="e%29poikodomou%3Dnta">ἐποικοδομοῦντα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenon">καλούμενον</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aqh%2Fnaion">Ἀθήναιον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Amegalopolitw%3Dn">Μεγαλοπολιτῶν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fra%7C">χώρᾳ</w>, <w lemma="pro%2Fdhlon">πρόδηλον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pikro%5Cn">πικρὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29nadeiknu%2Fnta">ἀναδεικνύντα</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmion">πολέμιον</w> <w lemma="e%28auto%2Fn">ἑαυτόν</w>,
<w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="sunaqroi%2Fsantes">συναθροίσαντες</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%5Cs">Ἀχαιοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fkrinan">ἔκριναν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="boulh%3Ds">βουλῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29nalamba%2Fnein">ἀναλαμβάνειν</w> <w lemma="fanerw%3Ds">φανερῶς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fous">Λακεδαιμονίους</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fxqeian">ἀπέχθειαν</w>.
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Akleomeniko%5Cs">Κλεομενικὸς</w> <w lemma="prosagoreuqei%5Cs">προσαγορευθεὶς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemos">πόλεμος</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flabe">ἔλαβε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w>
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<head>Intrigues of the Aetolians</head>There could be no doubt of the policy of the Aetolians.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note106">The Aetolians intrigue with Cleomenes. King of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a>, B. C. 229-227.</note>They were ashamed indeed to attack the Achaeans openly, because they could not ignore their recent obligations to them in the war with Demetrius: but they were plotting with the Lacedaemonians; and showed their jealousy of the Achaeans by not only conniving at the treacherous attack of Cleomenes upon <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Tegea&groupId=1011&placeId=1780">Tegea</a>, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Mantinea&groupId=731&placeId=1339">Mantinea</a>, and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Orchomenus&groupId=814&placeId=1470">Orchomenus</a> (cities not only in alliance with them, but actually members of their league), but by confirming his occupation of those places. In old times they had thought almost any excuse good enough to justify an appeal to arms against those who, after all, had done them no wrong: yet they now allowed themselves to be treated with such treachery, and submitted without remonstrance to the loss of the most important towns, solely with the view of creating in Cleomenes a formidable antagonist to the Achaeans. These facts were not lost upon Aratus and the other officers of the league: and they resolved that, without taking the initiative in going to war with any one, they would resist the attempts of the Lacedaemonians. Such was their determination, and for a time they persisted in it: but immediately afterwards Cleomenes began to build the hostile fort in the territory of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Megalopolis&groupId=745&placeId=1360">Megalopolis</a>, called the Athenaeum,<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note107">Near Bellina, a town on the north-west frontier of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Laconia&groupId=662&placeId=1211">Laconia</a>, which had long been a subject of dispute between <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a> and the Achaeans.<bibl n="Plut. Arat. 4" default="NO" valid="yes">Plutarch<title>Arat.</title>4</bibl>;<bibl n="Paus. 8.35.4" default="NO" valid="yes">Pausan. 8.35.4</bibl>.</note>and showed an undisguised<pb n="142" />and bitter hostility. Aratus and his colleagues accordingly summoned a meeting of the league, and it was decided to proclaim war openly against <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a>.
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