<w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnhs">Εὐμένης</w> <w lemma="i%28kanw%3Ds">ἱκανῶς</w> <w lemma="ei%29pw%5Cn">εἰπὼν</w> <w lemma="a%29phlla%2Fgh">ἀπηλλάγη</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fdrion">συνέδριον</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fn">αὐτόν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="r%28hqe%2Fnta">ῥηθέντα</w> <w lemma="filofro%2Fnws">φιλοφρόνως</w> <w lemma="a%29pede%2Fxeto">ἀπεδέχετο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dn">πᾶν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="dunato%5Cn">δυνατὸν</w> <w lemma="proqu%2Fmws">προθύμως</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxen">εἶχεν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="xari%2Fzesqai">χαρίζεσθαι</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="e%29bou%2Flonto">ἐβούλοντο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29sa%2Fgein">εἰσάγειν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fous">Ῥοδίους</w>. <w lemma="a%29fusterou%3Dntos">ἀφυστεροῦντος</w> <w lemma="de%2F">δέ</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="presbeutw%3Dn">πρεσβευτῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29sekale%2Fsanto">εἰσεκαλέσαντο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Asmurnai%2Fous">Σμυρναίους</w>.
<w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29pologismou%5Cs">ἀπολογισμοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29sh%2Fnegkan">εἰσήνεγκαν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fas">εὐνοίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proqumi%2Fas">προθυμίας</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fsxhntai">παρέσχηνται</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%3Dta">ἐνεστῶτα</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon:">πόλεμον·</w>
<w lemma="ou%29%2Fshs">οὔσης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="do%2Fchs">δόξης</w> <w lemma="o%28mologoume%2Fnhs">ὁμολογουμένης</w>, <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="gego%2Fnasi">γεγόνασι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="e%29ktene%2Fstatoi">ἐκτενέστατοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fas">Ἀσίας</w> <w lemma="au%29tonomoume%2Fnwn">αὐτονομουμένων</w>, <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29nagkai%3Don">ἀναγκαῖον</w> <w lemma="h%28gou%2Fmeq%27">ἡγούμεθ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="e%29kti%2Fqesqai">ἐκτίθεσθαι</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w>.
<w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="ei%29sh%3Dlqon">εἰσῆλθον</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdioi">Ῥόδιοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="braxe%2Fa">βραχέα</w> <w lemma="proenegka%2Fmenoi">προενεγκάμενοι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="pepragme%2Fnwn">πεπραγμένων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w>, <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdos">πατρίδος</w> <w lemma="e%29panh%3Dlqon">ἐπανῆλθον</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w>.
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgiston">μέγιστον</w> <w lemma="au%28toi%3Ds">αὑτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffasan">ἔφασαν</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmptwma">σύμπτωμα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="presbei%2Fan">πρεσβείαν</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="oi%29keio%2Ftata">οἰκειότατα</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fkeintai">διάκεινται</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="koinh%3D%7C">κοινῇ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29ntipeptwke%2Fnai">ἀντιπεπτωκέναι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsin">φύσιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w>.
<w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdi">πατρίδι</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="ka%2Flliston">κάλλιστον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fpon">πρέπον</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fas">Ἀσίας</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="e%29leuqerwqh%3Dnai">ἐλευθερωθῆναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tuxei%3Dn">τυχεῖν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29tonomi%2Fas">αὐτονομίας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpasin">ἅπασιν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpois">ἀνθρώποις</w> <w lemma="prosfilesta%2Fths">προσφιλεστάτης</w>, <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnei">Εὐμένει</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29delfoi%3Ds">ἀδελφοῖς</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fkista">ἥκιστα</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="sumfe%2Frein:">συμφέρειν·</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsei">φύσει</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="monarxi%2Fan">μοναρχίαν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fson">ἴσον</w> <w lemma="e%29xqai%2Frein">ἐχθαίρειν</w>,
<w lemma="zhtei%3Dn">ζητεῖν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mh%2F">μή</w> <w lemma="g%27">γ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstous">πλείστους</w>, <w lemma="u%28phko%2Fous">ὑπηκόους</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peiqarxei%3Dn">πειθαρχεῖν</w>.
<w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntwn">ὄντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fmws">ὅμως</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffasan">ἔφασαν</w> <w lemma="pepei%3Dsqai">πεπεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="kaqi%2Fcontai">καθίξονται</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="proqe%2Fsews">προθέσεως</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="plei%3Don">πλεῖον</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnous">Εὐμένους</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnasqai">δύνασθαι</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="dikaio%2Ftera">δικαιότερα</w> <w lemma="fai%2Fnesqai">φαίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgontes">λέγοντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumforw%2Ftera">συμφορώτερα</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsin">πᾶσιν</w> <w lemma="o%28mologoume%2Fnws">ὁμολογουμένως</w>.
<w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="dunato%5Cn">δυνατὸν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllws">ἄλλως</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnei">Εὐμένει</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="a%29podou%3Dnai">ἀποδοῦναι</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="paradoi%3Den">παραδοῖεν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="au%29tonomoume%2Fnas">αὐτονομουμένας</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w>, <w lemma="a%29porei%3Dn">ἀπορεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%5Cs">εἰκὸς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%2Ftwn:">ἐνεστώτων·</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flon">φίλον</w> <w lemma="a%29lhqino%5Cn">ἀληθινὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fdei">ἔδει</w> <w lemma="paridei%3Dn">παριδεῖν</w>,
<w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kalou%3D">καλοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqh%2Fkontos">καθήκοντος</w> <w lemma="au%28toi%3Ds">αὑτοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%29ligwrh%3Dsai">ὀλιγωρῆσαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fwn">ἰδίων</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcewn">πράξεων</w> <w lemma="a%29maurw%3Dsai">ἀμαυρῶσαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katabalei%3Dn">καταβαλεῖν</w>.
"<w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frwn">ἀμφοτέρων</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="i%28kanw%3Ds">ἱκανῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcestin">ἔξεστιν</w> <w lemma="pronohqh%3Dnai">προνοηθῆναι</w>, <w lemma="ti%2Fs">τίς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="diaporh%2Fseien">διαπορήσειεν</w>;
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fsper">ὥσπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="dei%2Fpnw%7C">δείπνῳ</w> <w lemma="polutelei%3D">πολυτελεῖ</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Fnt%27">πάντ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fnestin">ἔνεστιν</w> <w lemma="i%28kana%5C">ἱκανὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsin">πᾶσιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fw">πλείω</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28kanw%3Dn">ἱκανῶν</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="%2Alukaoni%2Fan">Λυκαονίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afrugi%2Fan">Φρυγίαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellhspo%2Fntou">Ἑλλησπόντου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Apisidikh%2Fn">Πισιδικήν</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftais">ταύταις</w> <w lemma="%2Axerro%2Fnhson">Χερρόνησον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="prosorou%3Dnta">προσοροῦντα</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fth%7C">ταύτῃ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29rw%2Fphs">Εὐρώπης</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcestin">ἔξεστιν</w> <w lemma="u%28mi%3Dn">ὑμῖν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="bou%2Flhsqe">βούλησθε</w> *
? <w lemma="prosteqe%2Fnta">προστεθέντα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnous">Εὐμένους</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w> <w lemma="dekaplasi%2Fan">δεκαπλασίαν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnatai">δύναται</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="u%28parxou%2Fshs:">ὑπαρχούσης·</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstwn">πλείστων</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3D%7C">αὐτῇ</w> <w lemma="prosmerisqe%2Fntwn">προσμερισθέντων</w>, <w lemma="ou%29demia%3Ds">οὐδεμιᾶς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnoito">γένοιτο</w>
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<head>The Rhodians Address the Senate</head>After the delivery of this effective speech Eumenes<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note39">The legates from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Smyrna&groupId=981&placeId=1733">Smyrna</a>.</note>retired. The Senate received both the king himself and the speech with every mark of favour, and were enthusiastic for doing everything in their power to gratify him. They wished to call in the Rhodians next after him; but one of the Rhodian ambassadors not being there in time, they called in those from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Smyrna&groupId=981&placeId=1733">Smyrna</a>, who delivered a long disquisition on the goodwill and zeal which they had displayed towards <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> during the late war. But as there are no two opinions about the fact of their having been, of all the autonomous states in Asia, the most strenuous in the cause, I do not think it necessary to set forth their speech in detail.But next to them came in the Rhodians: who, after a short<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note40">Speech of the Rhodians.</note>preamble as to their services to the Romans, quickly came to the discussion of the position of their own country. They said that "It was a very great embarrassment to them, in the discharge of their ambassadorial duties, to find themselves placed by the necessities of the case in opposition to a sovereign with whom their public and private relations were of the most friendly description. It was the opinion of their countrymen that the most honourable course, and the one which above all others would redound to the credit of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, was, that the Greeks in Asia should be set free, and should recover that possession dearest to all mankind—autonomy: but this was the last thing to suit Eumenes and his brothers. It was the nature of monarchy to hate equality, and to endeavour to have everybody, or at least as many as possible, subject and obedient. But though that was the case now, still they felt convinced that they should gain their object, not because they had greater influence with<pb n="278" />the Romans than Eumenes, but because they would be shown to be suggesting a course more just in itself and more indisputably advantageous to all concerned. If, indeed, the only way the Romans could requite Eumenes was by handing over to him the autonomous towns, they might reasonably be at a loss to determine what to do; for they would have had to decide between neglecting a sincere friend and disregarding their own honour and duty, and thus entirely obscuring and degrading the glory of their great achievements. But if, on the other hand, it were possible adequately to consult for both these objects at the same time, who could doubt about the matter any longer? Yet the fact was that, as in a costly banquet, there was enough and to spare for all. <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lycaonia&groupId=707&placeId=1296">Lycaonia</a>, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Phrygia&groupId=896&placeId=1611">Phrygia</a> on the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Hellespont&groupId=620&placeId=1141">Hellespont</a>, and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pisidia&groupId=905&placeId=1626">Pisidia</a>, the Chersonese also and the districts bordering on it, were at the disposal of the Romans to give to whom they chose; only a few of which added to the kingdom of Eumenes would double its present extent, while if all, or even the great part were assigned to him, it would become second to that of no other prince in Asia.
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