<w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="dhlw%2Fsomen">δηλώσομεν</w>. <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="ei%29seklh%2Fqhsan">εἰσεκλήθησαν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fwn">Λακεδαιμονίων</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w>. <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="diaforai%5C">διαφοραὶ</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttares">τέτταρες</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Alu%3Dsin">Λῦσιν</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fkontes">ἥκοντες</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxai%2Fwn">ἀρχαίων</w> <w lemma="fuga%2Fdwn">φυγάδων</w> <w lemma="e%29pre%2Fsbeuon">ἐπρέσβευον</w>, <w lemma="fa%2Fskontes">φάσκοντες</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsas">πάσας</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kth%2Fseis">κτήσεις</w>, <w lemma="a%29f%27">ἀφ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffugon:">ἔφυγον·</w>
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29are%2Fa">Ἀρέα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29alkibia%2Fdhn">Ἀλκιβιάδην</w>, <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="talantiai%2Fan">ταλαντιαίαν</w> <w lemma="labo%2Fntes">λαβόντες</w> <w lemma="kth%3Dsin">κτῆσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fwn">ἰδίων</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="loipa%5C">λοιπὰ</w> <w lemma="diadou%3Dnai">διαδοῦναι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29ci%2Fois">ἀξίοις</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="politei%2Fas">πολιτείας</w>.
<w lemma="%2Ash%2Frippos">Σήριππος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pre%2Fsbeue">ἐπρέσβευε</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnein">μένειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28pokeime%2Fnhn">ὑποκειμένην</w> <w lemma="kata%2Fstasin">κατάστασιν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxonte%2Fs">ἔχοντές</w> <w lemma="pote">ποτε</w> <w lemma="sunepoliteu%2Fonto">συνεπολιτεύοντο</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>.
<w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="teqanatwme%2Fnwn">τεθανατωμένων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29kpeptwko%2Ftwn">ἐκπεπτωκότων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="do%2Fgmata">δόγματα</w> <w lemma="parh%3Dsan">παρῆσαν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Axai%2Frwna">Χαίρωνα</w>, <w lemma="ka%2Fqodon">κάθοδον</w> <w lemma="au%28toi%3Ds">αὑτοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29ciou%3Dntes">ἀξιοῦντες</w> <w lemma="sugxwrhqh%3Dnai">συγχωρηθῆναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="politei%2Fan">πολιτείαν</w> <w lemma="a%29pokatastaqh%3Dnai">ἀποκατασταθῆναι</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w>, *
? <w lemma="e%29poiou%3Dnto">ἐποιοῦντο</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%5Cs">Ἀχαιοὺς</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fous">οἰκείους</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fais">ἰδίαις</w> <w lemma="u%28poqe%2Fsesi">ὑποθέσεσι</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w>.
<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="duname%2Fnh">δυναμένη</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dieukrinei%3Dn">διευκρινεῖν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhtos">σύγκλητος</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="diafora%2Fs">διαφοράς</w>, <w lemma="proexeiri%2Fsato">προεχειρίσατο</w> <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="pepresbeuko%2Ftas">πεπρεσβευκότας</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Apelopo%2Fnnhson:">Πελοπόννησον·</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="%2Ati%2Ftos">Τίτος</w>, <w lemma="%2Ako%2Fintos">Κόιντος</w> <w lemma="%2Akaiki%2Flios">Καικίλιος</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fappios">Ἄππιος</w> <w lemma="%2Aklau%2Fdios">Κλαύδιος</w>
. <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnwn">γενομένων</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgwn">λόγων</w> <w lemma="pleio%2Fnwn">πλειόνων</w>, <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kataporeu%2Fesqai">καταπορεύεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pefeugo%2Ftas">πεφευγότας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="teqanatwme%2Fnous">τεθανατωμένους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnein">μένειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsi">πᾶσι</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmfwnon">σύμφωνον</w>,
<w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kth%2Fsewn">κτήσεων</w>, <w lemma="po%2Fteron">πότερον</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanton">τάλαντον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%28ka%2Fstous">ἑκάστους</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="fuga%2Fdas">φυγάδας</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fwn">ἰδίων</w> <w lemma="e%29kle%2Fcasqai">ἐκλέξασθαι</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>*, <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="dihmfisbh%2Ftoun">διημφισβήτουν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w>.
<w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29kerai%2Fou">ἀκεραίου</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="a%29ntile%2Fgoien">ἀντιλέγοιεν</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fggrapton">ἔγγραπτον</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28mologoume%2Fnwn">ὁμολογουμένων</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>*, <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="e%29peba%2Flonto">ἐπεβάλοντο</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fas">ἰδίας</w> <w lemma="sfragi%3Ddas">σφραγῖδας</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ati%2Fton">Τίτον</w> <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenoi">βουλόμενοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%5Cs">Ἀχαιοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28mologi%2Fan">ὁμολογίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29mple%2Fcai">ἐμπλέξαι</w>, <w lemma="prosekale%2Fsanto">προσεκαλέσαντο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ace%2Fnarxon">Ξέναρχον</w>.
<w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29pre%2Fsbeuon">ἐπρέσβευον</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29naneou%2Fmenoi">ἀνανεούμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fan">συμμαχίαν</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fwn">Λακεδαιμονίων</w> <w lemma="diafora%3D%7C">διαφορᾷ</w> <w lemma="prosedreu%2Fontes">προσεδρεύοντες</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="prosdoki%2Fan">προσδοκίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29rwtw%2Fmenoi">ἐρωτώμενοι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="grafome%2Fnwn">γραφομένων</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="suneudokou%3Dsin">συνευδοκοῦσιν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="oi%29%3Dd%27">οἶδ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fpws">ὅπως</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="a%29pori%2Fan">ἀπορίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fpeson">ἐνέπεσον</w>.
<w lemma="dushrestou%3Dnto">δυσηρεστοῦντο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Fdw%7C">καθόδῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="fuga%2Fdwn">φυγάδων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="teqanatwme%2Fnwn">τεθανατωμένων</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="do%2Fgmata">δόγματα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="sth%2Flhn">στήλην</w>, <w lemma="eu%29dokou%3Dnto">εὐδοκοῦντο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flois">ὅλοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="gra%2Ffesqai">γράφεσθαι</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fwn">Λακεδαιμονίων</w> <w lemma="politeu%2Fein">πολιτεύειν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fras">πέρας</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29porou%2Fmenoi">ἀπορούμενοι</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kataplhtto%2Fmenoi">καταπληττόμενοι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w>, <w lemma="e%29peba%2Flonto">ἐπεβάλοντο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="sfragi%3Dda">σφραγῖδα</w>.
<w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhtos">σύγκλητος</w> <w lemma="proxeirisame%2Fnh">προχειρισαμένη</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Finton">Κόιντον</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Frkion">Μάρκιον</w> <w lemma="presbeuth%5Cn">πρεσβευτὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fstellen">ἐξαπέστελλεν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2F">ἐπί</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fan">Μακεδονίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Apelopo%2Fnnhson">Πελοπόννησον</w>. —
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<head>The Spartan Ambassadors</head>The next ambassadors called in were the Lacedaemonians.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note7">The four Spartan embassies. 1. Lysis, for the men banished by Nabis. 2. Areus and Alcibiades.</note>Of these there were four distinct factions. Lysis and his colleagues represented the old exiles, and their contention was that they ought to have back the possessions from which they had originally been driven. Areus and Alcibiades, on the contrary, contended that they should receive the value of a talent from their original property, and divide the rest among deserving citizens.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note8">3. Serippus.</note>pleaded that things should be left in exactly the state in which they were when they formerly belonged to the Achaean league.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note9">4. Chaeron, for the recent exiles,</note>Lastly, Chaeron and his colleagues represented those who had been condemned to death or exile by the votes of the Achaean league, and demanded their own recall and the restoration of the constitution. These all delivered speeches against the Achaeans in conformity with their several objects. The Senate, finding itself unable to come to a clear decision on these particular controversies, appointed a committee of investigation, consisting of the three who had already been on a mission to the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a> on these matters, namely Titus Flamininus, Q. Caecilius, and Appius Claudius Pulcher.<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note10">There is some loss in the text as to these names. The last is mentioned on a Greek embassy in<ref target="b22c16" targOrder="U">22, 16</ref>. See also the index.<bibl n="Liv. 39.41" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 39, 41</bibl>, says nothing of this committee of three.</note>After long discussions before this committee it was unanimously decided that the exiles and the condemned were to be recalled, and that the city should remain a member of the Achaean league.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note11">Decision of the IIIviri.</note>But as to the property, whether the exiles were each to select a talent's worth from what had been theirs [or to receive it all back], on this point they continued to dispute. That they might not, however, have to begin the whole controversy afresh [the committee] caused the points agreed upon to be reduced to writing, to<pb n="324" />which all affixed their seals. But the committee, also wishing to include the Achaeans in the agreement, called in Xenarchus and his colleagues, who were at that time on a mission from the Achaeans, to renew their alliance with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, and at the same time to give an eye to their controversy with the Lacedaemonians. These men, being unexpectedly asked whether they consented to the terms contained in the written document, were somewhat at a loss what to answer. For they did not approve of the restoration of the exiles and the condemned persons, as being contrary to the decree of the league, and the contents of the tablet on which that decree was engraved; and yet they approved of the document as a whole, because it contained the clause providing that <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a> should remain a member of the league. Finally, however, partly from this difficulty, and partly from awe of the Roman commissioners, they affixed their seal. The Senate, therefore, selected Quintus Marcius to go as legate to settle the affairs of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a> and the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a>. . . .
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