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Book 2 - Chapter 51

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<w lemma="katafeu%2Fgein">καταφεύγειν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flwn">φίλων</w> <w lemma="bohqei%2Fas">βοηθείας</w>. <w lemma="e%29pishmhname%2Fnou">ἐπισημηναμένου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqous">πλήθους</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fdoce">ἔδοξε</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnein">μένειν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pokeime%2Fnwn">ὑποκειμένων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pitelei%3Dn">ἐπιτελεῖν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%3Dta">ἐνεστῶτα</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="a%29pognou%5Cs">ἀπογνοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnos">ἔθνος</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnei">Κλεομένει</w> <w lemma="xorhgei%3Dn">χορηγεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29peba%2Fleto">ἐπεβάλετο</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29palei%2Ffein">ἐπαλείφειν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fgonon">Ἀντίγονον</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdas">ἐλπίδας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fois">Λακεδαιμονίοις</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fper">ἤπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnasqai">δύνασθαι</w> <w lemma="diakate%2Fxein">διακατέχειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fa%7C">Μακεδονίᾳ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fwn">βασιλέων</w> <w lemma="e%29pibola%2Fs">ἐπιβολάς</w>,
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%5C">Ἀχαιοὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="h%29lattw%2Fqhsan">ἠλαττώθησαν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Alu%2Fkaion">Λύκαιον</w>, <w lemma="sumplake%2Fntes">συμπλακέντες</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnei">Κλεομένει</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="deu%2Fteron">δεύτερον</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="parata%2Fcews">παρατάξεως</w> <w lemma="h%28tth%2Fqhsan">ἡττήθησαν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Aladokei%2Fois">Λαδοκείοις</w> <w lemma="kaloume%2Fnois">καλουμένοις</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Amegalopoli%2Ftidos">Μεγαλοπολίτιδος</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fte">ὅτε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aludia%2Fdas">Λυδιάδας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpese">ἔπεσε</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tri%2Fton">τρίτον</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerw%3Ds">ὁλοσχερῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fptaisan">ἔπταισαν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fa%7C">Δυμαίᾳ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenon">καλούμενον</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ekato%2Fmbaion">Ἑκατόμβαιον</w>, <w lemma="pandhmei%5C">πανδημεὶ</w> <w lemma="diakinduneu%2Fontes">διακινδυνεύοντες</w>,
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<w lemma="to%2Ft%27">τότ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="ou%29ke%2Fti">οὐκέτι</w> <w lemma="dido%2Fntwn">διδόντων</w> <w lemma="a%29nastrofh%5Cn">ἀναστροφὴν</w> <w lemma="h%29na%2Fgkaze">ἠνάγκαζε</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="periestw%3Dta">περιεστῶτα</w> <w lemma="katafeu%2Fgein">καταφεύγειν</w> <w lemma="o%28moqumado%5Cn">ὁμοθυμαδὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fgonon">Ἀντίγονον</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="presbeuth%5Cn">πρεσβευτὴν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="ui%28o%5Cn">υἱὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29capostei%2Flas">ἐξαποστείλας</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Faratos">Ἄρατος</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fgonon">Ἀντίγονον</w> <w lemma="e%29bebaiw%2Fsato">ἐβεβαιώσατο</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="bohqei%2Fas">βοηθείας</w>.
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<w lemma="parei%3Dxe">παρεῖχε</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29pori%2Fan">ἀπορίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dusxrhsti%2Fan">δυσχρηστίαν</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fsthn">μεγίστην</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="bohqh%3Dsai">βοηθῆσαι</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="komi%2Fsasqai">κομίσασθαι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akroko%2Frinqon">Ἀκροκόρινθον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="labei%3Dn">λαβεῖν</w> <w lemma="o%28rmhth%2Frion">ὁρμητήριον</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%3Dta">ἐνεστῶτα</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akorinqi%2Fwn">Κορινθίων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w>, <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%5Cs">Ἀχαιοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="tolmh%3Dsai">τολμῆσαι</w> <w lemma="%2Akorinqi%2Fous">Κορινθίους</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fkontas">ἄκοντας</w> <w lemma="e%29gxeiri%2Fsai">ἐγχειρίσαι</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fsi">Μακεδόσι</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%2Frqesin">ὑπέρθεσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsxe">ἔσχε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="diabou%2Flion">διαβούλιον</w>
<head>The Achaeans Must Appeal to Antigonus</head>But when Ptolemy, despairing of retaining the league's<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note114">Euergetes, jealous of the Macedonian policy of Aratus, helps Cleomenes.</note>friendship, began to furnish Cleomenes with supplies,—which he did with a view of setting him up as a foil to Antigonus, thinking the Lacedaemonians offered him better hopes than the Achaeans of being able to thwart the policy of the Macedonian kings.; and when the Achaeans themselves had suffered three defeats,—one at Lycaeum in an engagement with Cleomenes whom they had met on a march; and again in a pitched battle at Ladocaea in the territory of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Megalopolis&groupId=745&placeId=1360">Megalopolis</a>, in which Lydiades fell; and a third time decisively at a place called Hecatomboeum in the territory of Dyme where their whole forces had been engaged,—after these misfortunes, no further delay was possible, and they were compelled by the force of circumstances to appeal unanimously to Antigonus. Thereupon Aratus sent his son to Antigonus, and ratified the terms of the subvention. The great difficulty was this: it was believed to be certain that the king would send no assistance, except on the condition of the restoration of the Acrocorinthus, and of having the city of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a> put into his hands as a base of operations in this war; and on the other hand it seemed impossible that the Achaeans should venture to put the Corinthians in the king's power against their own consent. The final determination of the matter was accordingly postponed, that they might investigate the question of the securities to be given to the king.