<head lang="la">II. Res Macedoniae</head><w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="basilei%3D">βασιλεῖ</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppw%7C">Φιλίππῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="sumpa%2Fsh%7C">συμπάσῃ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fa%7C">Μακεδονίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="deinh%2F">δεινή</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5C">ἀρχὴ</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Dn">κακῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fpese">ἐνέπεσε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pollh%3Ds">πολλῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pista%2Fsews">ἐπιστάσεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mnh%2Fmhs">μνήμης</w> <w lemma="a%29ci%2Fa">ἀξία</w>.
<w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="di%2Fkhn">δίκην</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxh">τύχη</w> <w lemma="boulome%2Fnh">βουλομένη</w> <w lemma="labei%3Dn">λαβεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29sebhma%2Ftwn">ἀσεβημάτων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paranomhma%2Ftwn">παρανομημάτων</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rga%2Fsato">εἰργάσατο</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fsthse%2F">παρέστησέ</w> <w lemma="tinas">τινας</w> <w lemma="e%29rinu%3Ds">ἐρινῦς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poina%5Cs">ποινὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prostropai%2Fous">προστροπαίους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%3Dnon">ἐκεῖνον</w> <w lemma="h%29tuxhko%2Ftwn:">ἠτυχηκότων·</w>
<w lemma="oi%28%5C">οἳ</w> <w lemma="suno%2Fntes">συνόντες</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nu%2Fktwr">νύκτωρ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="meq%27">μεθ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Ftas">τοιαύτας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flabon">ἔλαβον</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="timwri%2Fas">τιμωρίας</w>, <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="zh%3Dn">ζῆν</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Flipen">ἐξέλιπεν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpous">ἀνθρώπους</w> <w lemma="o%28mologh%3Dsai">ὁμολογῆσαι</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="paroimi%2Fan">παροιμίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsti">ἔστι</w> <w lemma="%2Adi%2Fkhs">Δίκης</w> <w lemma="o%29fqalmo%2Fs">ὀφθαλμός</w>, <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="mhde%2Fpote">μηδέποτε</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="katafronei%3Dn">καταφρονεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpous">ἀνθρώπους</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxontas">ὑπάρχοντας</w>.
<w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="paresth%2Fsanto">παρεστήσαντο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fnnoian">ἔννοιαν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllonta">μέλλοντα</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pifanesta%2Ftwn">ἐπιφανεστάτων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paraqalatti%2Fwn">παραθαλαττίων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flewn">πόλεων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="politikou%5Cs">πολιτικοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="te%2Fknwn">τέκνων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="gunaikw%3Dn">γυναικῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nasta%2Ftous">ἀναστάτους</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsanta">ποιήσαντα</w> <w lemma="metagagei%3Dn">μεταγαγεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hmaqi%2Fan">Ἠμαθίαν</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="palaio%5Cn">παλαιὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apaioni%2Fan">Παιονίαν</w> <w lemma="prosagoreuome%2Fnhn">προσαγορευομένην</w>,
<w lemma="plhrw%3Dsai">πληρῶσαι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqra%7Ckw%3Dn">Θρᾳκῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="barba%2Frwn">βαρβάρων</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="bebaiote%2Fras">βεβαιοτέρας</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstews">πίστεως</w> <w lemma="u%28parcou%2Fshs">ὑπαρξούσης</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="perista%2Fseis">περιστάσεις</w>. <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="sunteloume%2Fnou">συντελουμένου</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="a%29naspa%2Fstwn">ἀνασπάστων</w> <w lemma="ginome%2Fnwn">γινομένων</w>, <w lemma="thlikou%3Dto">τηλικοῦτο</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnqos">πένθος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="thlikou%3Dton">τηλικοῦτον</w> <w lemma="qo%2Frubon">θόρυβον</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="doria%2Flwton">δοριάλωτον</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpasan">ἅπασαν</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w>.
<w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="kata%2Frai">κατάραι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qeokluth%2Fseis">θεοκλυτήσεις</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fnonto">ἐγίνοντο</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w>, <w lemma="ou%29ke%2Fti">οὐκέτι</w> <w lemma="la%2Fqra%7C">λάθρᾳ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fanerw%3Ds">φανερῶς</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="boulhqei%5Cs">βουληθεὶς</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29llo%2Ftrion">ἀλλότριον</w> <w lemma="u%28pokaqe%2Fsqai">ὑποκαθέσθαι</w> <w lemma="mhde%5C">μηδὲ</w> <w lemma="dusmene%5Cs">δυσμενὲς</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29polipei%3Dn">ἀπολιπεῖν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fgraye">ἔγραψε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flewn">πόλεων</w> <w lemma="diatetagme%2Fnois">διατεταγμένοις</w> <w lemma="a%29nazhth%2Fsasi">ἀναζητήσασι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ui%28ou%5Cs">υἱοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="qugate%2Fras">θυγατέρας</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%7Crhme%2Fnwn">ἀνῃρημένων</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="fulakh%5Cn">φυλακὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29poqe%2Fsqai">ἀποθέσθαι</w>,
<w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="fe%2Frwn">φέρων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fadmhton">Ἄδμητον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apu%2Frrixon">Πύρριχον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asa%2Fmon">Σάμον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="a%29polome%2Fnous:">ἀπολομένους·</w>
<w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="sumperie%2Flabe">συμπεριέλαβε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllous">ἄλλους</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpantas">ἅπαντας</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fsoi">ὅσοι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="basiliko%5Cn">βασιλικὸν</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fstagma">πρόσταγμα</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="zh%3Dn">ζῆν</w> <w lemma="e%29sterh%2Fqhsan">ἐστερήθησαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29pifqegca%2Fmenos">ἐπιφθεγξάμενος</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fs">ὥς</w> <w lemma="fasi">φασι</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="sti%2Fxon">στίχον</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton:">τοῦτον·</w> <w lemma="nh%2Fpios">νήπιος</w> <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="pate%2Fra">πατέρα</w> <w lemma="ktei%2Fnas">κτείνας</w> <w lemma="ui%28ou%5Cs">υἱοὺς</w> <w lemma="katalei%2Fpei">καταλείπει</w>.
<w lemma="o%29%2Fntwn">ὄντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstwn">πλείστων</w> <w lemma="e%29pifanw%3Dn">ἐπιφανῶν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pate%2Frwn">πατέρων</w> <w lemma="proagwga%2Fs">προαγωγάς</w>, <w lemma="e%29pifanh%3D">ἐπιφανῆ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="a%29tuxi%2Fan">ἀτυχίαν</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsin">πᾶσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29leeinh%2Fn">ἐλεεινήν</w>.
<w lemma="tri%2Fton">τρίτον</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxh">τύχη</w> <w lemma="dra%3Dma">δρᾶμα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29peish%2Fgagen">ἐπεισήγαγεν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ui%28ou%2Fs">υἱούς</w>,
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskwn">νεανίσκων</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flois">ἀλλήλοις</w> <w lemma="e%29pibouleuo%2Fntwn">ἐπιβουλευόντων</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29nafora%3Ds">ἀναφορᾶς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="ginome%2Fnhs">γινομένης</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fon">δέον</w> <w lemma="dialamba%2Fnein">διαλαμβάνειν</w> <w lemma="pote%2Frou">ποτέρου</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ui%28w%3Dn">υἱῶν</w> <w lemma="fone%2Fa">φονέα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fteron">πότερον</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="dedie%2Fnai">δεδιέναι</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w>, <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="ghra%2Fskwn">γηράσκων</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fqh%7C">πάθῃ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="paraplh%2Fsion">παραπλήσιον</w>, <w lemma="e%29strobei%3Dto">ἐστροβεῖτο</w> <w lemma="nu%2Fktwr">νύκτωρ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="meq%27">μεθ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="dianoou%2Fmenos">διανοούμενος</w>.
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Ftais">τοιαύταις</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fshs">οὔσης</w> <w lemma="a%29tuxi%2Fais">ἀτυχίαις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="taraxai%3Ds">ταραχαῖς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="yuxh%3Ds">ψυχῆς</w>, <w lemma="ti%2Fs">τίς</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Ftws">εἰκότως</w> <w lemma="u%28pola%2Fboi">ὑπολάβοι</w> <w lemma="qew%3Dn">θεῶν</w> <w lemma="tinwn">τινων</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="mh%3Dnin">μῆνιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dras">γῆρας</w> <w lemma="kataskh%3Dyai">κατασκῆψαι</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="progegono%2Fti">προγεγονότι</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fw%7C">βίῳ</w> <w lemma="paranomi%2Fas">παρανομίας</w>;
<w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fstai">ἔσται</w> <w lemma="dh%3Dlon">δῆλον</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="r%28hqhsome%2Fnwn">ῥηθησομένων</w>. — <w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w> <w lemma="a%29nelw%5Cn">ἀνελὼν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ui%28ou%5Cs">υἱοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29panei%3Dlen">ἐπανεῖλεν</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fs">ὥς</w> <w lemma="fasi">φασι</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="sti%2Fxon">στίχον</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="ei%29pw%2Fn:">εἰπών·</w> <w lemma="%2Anh%2Fpios">Νήπιος</w> <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="pate%2Fra">πατέρα</w> <w lemma="ktei%2Fnas">κτείνας</w> <w lemma="ui%28ou%5Cs">υἱοὺς</w> <w lemma="katalei%2Fpei">καταλείπει</w>. *
? <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="yuxh%3Ds">ψυχῆς</w> <w lemma="oi%28onei%5C">οἱονεὶ</w> <w lemma="luttw%2Fshs">λυττώσης</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ui%28ou%5Cs">υἱοὺς</w> <w lemma="nei%3Dkos">νεῖκος</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnois">προειρημένοις</w> <w lemma="e%29cekau%2Fqh">ἐξεκαύθη</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxhs">τύχης</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fsper">ὥσπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fthdes">ἐπίτηδες</w> <w lemma="a%29nabibazou%2Fshs">ἀναβιβαζούσης</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="skhnh%5Cn">σκηνὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="e%28ni%5C">ἑνὶ</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="sumfora%2Fs">συμφοράς</w>. —
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%29enagi%2Fzousin">Ἐναγίζουσιν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Acanqw%3D%7C">Ξανθῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnes">Μακεδόνες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqarmo%5Cn">καθαρμὸν</w> <w lemma="poiou%3Dsi">ποιοῦσι</w> <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppois">ἵπποις</w> <w lemma="w%28plisme%2Fnois">ὡπλισμένοις</w>. —
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<head>Philip's Desperate Measures</head>In this period a certain dreadful foreshadowing of misfortune fell upon king Philip and the whole of<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note23">The conflict of feelings in Philip's mind.</note><a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>, of a kind well worthy of close attention and record. As though Fortune had resolved to exact from him at once the penalties for all the impieties and crimes which he had committed in the whole course of his life, she now visited him with furies, those deities of retribution, those powers that had listened to the prayers of the victims of his cruelties, who, haunting him day and night, so plagued him to the last day of his life, that all the world was forced to acknowledge the truth of the proverb, that "Justice has an eye" which mere men should never despise. The first idea suggested to him by this evil power was that, as he<pb n="329" />was about to go to war with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, he had better remove from the most important cities, and those along the sea-coast, the leading citizens, with their wives and children, and place them in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Emathia&groupId=563&placeId=1054">Emathia</a>, formerly called Paeonia, and fill up the cities with Thracians and other barbarians, as likely to be more securely loyal to him in the coming hour of danger.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note24">See<ref target="b5c9" targOrder="U">5, 9</ref>.</note>The actual carrying out of this measure, and the uprooting of these men and their families, caused such an outburst of grief, and so violent an outcry, that one might have supposed the whole district to have been taken by the sword. Curses and appeals to heaven were rained upon the head of the king without any further attempt at concealment. His next step, prompted by the wish to leave no element of hostility or disaffection in the kingdom, was to write to the governors of the several cities ordering them to search out the sons and daughters of such Macedonians as had been put to death by him, and place them in ward; in which he referred especially to Admetus, Pyrrhicus, and Samus, and those who had perished with them: but he also included all others whosoever that had been put to death by order of the king, quoting this verse, we are told:—<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note25">Stasinus fr.</note><quote><l>"Oh fool! to slay the sire and leave the sons."</l></quote>Most of these men being persons of distinguished families, their fate made a great noise and excited universal pity. But Fortune had a third act in this bloody drama in reserve for Philip, in which the young princes plotted against each other; and their quarrels being referred to him, he was forced to choose between becoming the murderer of his sons and living the rest of his life in dread of being murdered by them in his old age; and to decide which of the two he had the greater reason to fear. Tortured day and night by these anxieties, the miseries and perturbations of his spirit lead to the inevitable reflection that the wrath of heaven fell upon his old age for the sins of his previous life: which will be rendered still more evident by what remains to be told. . . . Just when his soul was stung to madness by these circumstances, the quarrel between his sons blazed out: Fortune, as it were of set purpose, bringing their misfortunes upon the scene all at one time. . . .<pb n="330" />The Macedonians make offerings to Xanthus<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note26">Fragment referring to the military sham fight in which Perseus and Demetrius quarrelled, B. C. 182. See<bibl n="Liv. 40.6" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 40, 6</bibl>.</note>as a hero, and perform a purification of the army with horses fully equipped. . . .
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