Polybius, Histories

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Book 23 - Chapter 15

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="kalo%5Cn">καλὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="fqei%2Frein">φθείρειν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="karpou%5Cs">καρποὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fwn:">ὑπεναντίων·</w> <w lemma="fhsi%5C">φησὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%2Fpote">οὐδέποτε</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29gw%5C">ἐγὼ</w> <w lemma="sunti%2Fqemai">συντίθεμαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmhn">γνώμην</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="diatiqeme%2Fnois">διατιθεμένοις</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29rgh%5Cn">ὀργὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%28mofu%2Flous">ὁμοφύλους</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29petei%2Fous">ἐπετείους</w> <w lemma="karpou%5Cs">καρποὺς</w> <w lemma="parairei%3Dsqai">παραιρεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn">πολεμίων</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fndra">δένδρα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kataskeua%2Fsmata">κατασκευάσματα</w> <w lemma="diafqei%2Frein">διαφθείρειν</w>, <w lemma="mhde%5C">μηδὲ</w> <w lemma="metamelei%2Fas">μεταμελείας</w> <w lemma="katalei%2Fpontas">καταλείποντας</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpon">τόπον</w>.
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<w lemma="a%29lla%2F">ἀλλά</w> <w lemma="moi">μοι</w> <w lemma="dokou%3Dsi">δοκοῦσι</w> <w lemma="megalei%2Fws">μεγαλείως</w> <w lemma="a%29gnoei%3Dn">ἀγνοεῖν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fttontes:">πράττοντες·</w>
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<w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fson">ὅσον</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="u%28polamba%2Fnousi">ὑπολαμβάνουσι</w> <w lemma="kataplh%2Fttesqai">καταπλήττεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fous">πολεμίους</w> <w lemma="lumaino%2Fmenoi">λυμαινόμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parairou%2Fmenoi">παραιρούμενοι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsas">πάσας</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fn">παρόν</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllon">μέλλον</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdas">ἐλπίδας</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w> <w lemma="a%29nagkai%2Fwn">ἀναγκαίων</w>, <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="a%29poqhriou%3Dntes">ἀποθηριοῦντες</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpous">ἀνθρώπους</w> <w lemma="a%29meta%2Fqeton">ἀμετάθετον</w> <w lemma="poiou%3Dsi">ποιοῦσι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%5Cs">αὑτοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29rgh%5Cn">ὀργὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpac">ἅπαξ</w> <w lemma="e%29camarto%2Fntwn">ἐξαμαρτόντων</w>. —
<head>Submission of the Messenians</head>For my part, I never concur with those who indulge their anger against men of their own blood to the length of not only depriving them of the year's harvest when at war with them, but even of cutting down their trees and destroying<pb n="333" />their buildings, and of leaving them no opportunity for repentance. Such proceedings seem to me to be rank folly. For, while they imagine that they are dismaying the enemy by the devastation of their territory, and the deprivation of their future as well as their present means of getting the necessaries of life, they are all the while exasperating the men, and converting an isolated ebullition of anger into a lasting hatred. . . .