Polybius, Histories

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Book 22 - Chapter 21

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ortia%2Fgwn">Ὀρτιάγων</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Agala%2Fths">Γαλάτης</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fa%7C">Ἀσίᾳ</w> <w lemma="basileu%2Fwn">βασιλεύων</w>, <w lemma="e%29peba%2Fleto">ἐπεβάλετο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%28pa%2Fntwn">ἁπάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Agalatw%3Dn">Γαλατῶν</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fan">δυναστείαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="metasth%3Dsai">μεταστῆσαι</w>,
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polla%5C">πολλὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="e%29fo%2Fdia">ἐφόδια</w> <w lemma="prosefe%2Freto">προσεφέρετο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsei">φύσει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tribh%3D%7C">τριβῇ</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="eu%29ergetiko%5Cs">εὐεργετικὸς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="megalo%2Fyuxos">μεγαλόψυχος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29nteu%2Fceis">ἐντεύξεις</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fxaris">εὔχαρις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="suneto%2Fs">συνετός</w>,
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<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fxon">συνέχον</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Agala%2Ftais">Γαλάταις</w>, <w lemma="a%29ndrw%2Fdhs">ἀνδρώδης</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dunamiko%5Cs">δυναμικὸς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="polemika%5Cs">πολεμικὰς</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fas">χρείας</w>.
<head>Ostiagon Tries to Become King of All the Gauls</head>Ostiagon the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Gaul&groupId=598&placeId=1108">Gaul</a>, king of the Gauls of Asia, endeavoured<pb n="319" />to transfer to himself the sovereignty of all the Gauls; and he had many qualifications for such a post, both natural and acquired.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note54">The policy of Ostiagon in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Galatia&groupId=596&placeId=385">Galatia</a>.</note>For he was open-handed and generous, a man of popular manners and ready tact; and, what was most important in the eyes of the Gauls, he was a man of courage and skill in war. . . .