Polybius, Histories

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Book 27 - Chapter 3

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Atebe%2Frion">Τεβέριον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aposto%2Fmion">Ποστόμιον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29iou%2Fnion">Ἰούνιον</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29piporeuo%2Fmenoi">ἐπιπορευόμενοι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="nh%2Fsous">νήσους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>* <w lemma="plei%3Dston">πλεῖστον</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdw%7C">Ῥόδῳ</w>,
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<w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="prosdeome%2Fnwn">προσδεομένων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnous">χρόνους</w>.
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<w lemma="%2A%28aghsi%2Floxos">Ἁγησίλοχος</w> <w lemma="ga%2Fr">γάρ</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="prutaneu%2Fwn">πρυτανεύων</w>, <w lemma="a%29nh%5Cr">ἀνὴρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29dokimou%2Fntwn">εὐδοκιμούντων</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="presbeu%2Fsas">πρεσβεύσας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="fanero%5Cn">φανερὸν</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllousi">μέλλουσι</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Apersei%3D">Περσεῖ</w>, <w lemma="ta%29%2Flla">τἄλλα</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="parakeklh%2Fkei">παρακεκλήκει</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="koinwnei%3Dn">κοινωνεῖν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdwn">ἐλπίδων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tettara%2Fkonta">τετταράκοντα</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="sumbouleu%2Fsas">συμβουλεύσας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fois">Ῥοδίοις</w> <w lemma="u%28pozwnnu%2Fein">ὑποζωννύειν</w>,
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<w lemma="i%28%2Fn%27">ἵν᾽</w>, <w lemma="e%29a%2Fn">ἐάν</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kairw%3Dn">καιρῶν</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnhtai">γένηται</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fa">χρεία</w>, <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fzwntai">παρασκευάζωνται</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="parakalou%2Fmenon">παρακαλούμενον</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28toi%2Fmws">ἑτοίμως</w> <w lemma="diakei%2Fmenoi">διακείμενοι</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fttwsi">πράττωσι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kriqe%5Cn">κριθὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w>.
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<w lemma="a%28%5C">ἃ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="profero%2Fmenos">προφερόμενος</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="deiknu%5Cs">δεικνὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fyin">ὄψιν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fs">παρασκευάς</w>, <w lemma="eu%29dokoume%2Fnous">εὐδοκουμένους</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flei">πόλει</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteilen">ἐξαπέστειλεν</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="%2Atebe%2Frion">Τεβέριον</w> <w lemma="a%29podedegme%2Fnoi">ἀποδεδεγμένοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fnoian">εὔνοιαν</w> <w lemma="e%29komi%2Fzonto">ἐκομίζοντο</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>. —
<head><a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> Prepares to Assist Rome</head>Meanwhile Tiberius Claudius and Aulus Postumius<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note12">The Rhodians prepare to co-operate with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.</note>had been engaged on a visitation of the islands and Greek cities in Asia, and had spent the longest time in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>; though the Rhodians at that time did not require any supervision, for the prytanis that year was Agesilochus, a man of high rank, who had once been on an embassy to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>. Even before the legates came, as soon as it became clear that the Romans intended to go to war with Perseus he had urged his people to throw in their fortunes with those of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>; and, among other things, had counselled them to repair forty ships, in order that, if any occasion for using them should arise, it should not find them still in the midst of preparations, but ready to answer to the call and to carry out their resolve at once. By stating these facts to the Roman envoys, and showing them the preparations visibly progressing, he let them return to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> in a high state of satisfaction with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>. . . .