Polybius, Histories

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Book 29 - Chapter 10

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="proteqei%2Fshs">προτεθείσης</w> <w lemma="xeirotoni%2Fas">χειροτονίας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fois">Ῥοδίοις</w>, <w lemma="e%29ni%2Fkwn">ἐνίκων</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Freske">ἤρεσκε</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fmpein">πέμπειν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fsewn">διαλύσεων</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="a%29ntipolitei%2Fan">ἀντιπολιτείαν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpon">τρόπον</w> [<w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="dhmhgori%2Fas">δημηγορίας</w> <w lemma="te%2Fqeitai">τέθειται</w>] <w lemma="die%2Fkrine">διέκρινε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="diabou%2Flion">διαβούλιον</w>,
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<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="plei%3Don">πλεῖον</w> <w lemma="e%29fa%2Fnhsan">ἐφάνησαν</w> <w lemma="i%29sxu%2Fontes">ἰσχύοντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperse%2Fws">Περσέως</w> <w lemma="ai%28rou%2Fmenoi">αἱρούμενοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="sw%2F%7Czein">σῴζειν</w> <w lemma="spoudazo%2Fntwn">σπουδαζόντων</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fda">πατρίδα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmous">νόμους</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pruta%2Fneis">πρυτάνεις</w> <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fsthsan">κατέστησαν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fsontas">διαλύσοντας</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="%2A%28age%2Fpolin">Ἁγέπολιν</w>, <w lemma="%2Adioklh%3D">Διοκλῆ</w>, <w lemma="%2Aklino%2Fmbroton">Κλινόμβροτον</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cn">στρατηγὸν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperse%2Fa">Περσέα</w> <w lemma="%2Ada%2Fmwna">Δάμωνα</w>, <w lemma="%2Aniko%2Fstraton">Νικόστρατον</w>, <w lemma="%2A%28aghsi%2Floxon">Ἁγησίλοχον</w>, <w lemma="%2Ath%2Flefon">Τήλεφον</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sunexe%5Cs">συνεχὲς</w> <w lemma="e%29ceirga%2Fzonto">ἐξειργάζοντο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proseti%2Fqesan">προσετίθεσαν</w>, <w lemma="poiou%3Dntes">ποιοῦντες</w> <w lemma="a%29napolo%2Fghton">ἀναπολόγητον</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%28marti%2Fan:">ἁμαρτίαν·</w>
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<w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akrh%2Fthn">Κρήτην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpempon">ἔπεμπον</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29nanewsome%2Fnous">ἀνανεωσομένους</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="%2Akrhtaiei%3Ds">Κρηταιεῖς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxonta">ὑπάρχοντα</w> <w lemma="fila%2Fnqrwpa">φιλάνθρωπα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parakale%2Fsontas">παρακαλέσοντας</w> <w lemma="ble%2Fpein">βλέπειν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%2Fstasin">περίστασιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumfronei%3Dn">συμφρονεῖν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="dh%2Fmw%7C">δήμῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29xqro%5Cn">ἐχθρὸν</w> <w lemma="ai%28rei%3Dsqai">αἱρεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flon">φίλον</w>,
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<w lemma="o%28moi%2Fws">ὁμοίως</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="dialexqhsome%2Fnous">διαλεχθησομένους</w>. —
<head><a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> Decides to Seek Peace</head>The question being put to the vote at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>, it was<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note16">The Rhodians take active steps to form a confederation against <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, in case their intervention fails.</note>carried to send envoys to negotiate a peace; and this decree thus decided the relative strength of the opposite political parties at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> [as has been stated in my essay on public speaking], showing that the party for siding with Perseus was stronger than that which was for preserving their country and its laws. The Prytanies immediately appointed ambassadors to negotiate the cessation of the war: Agepolis, Diocles, and Cleombrotus were sent to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>; Damon, Nicostratus, Agesilochus, and Telephus to Perseus and the consul. The Rhodians went on in the same spirit to take further steps, so that they eventually committed themselves past all excuse. For they at once sent ambassadors to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Crete&groupId=505&placeId=949">Crete</a>, to renew their friendly relations with the entire Cretan people, and to urge that, in view of the dangers that threatened them, they should throw in their lot with the people of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>, and hold the same people to be friends and enemies as they did, and also to address the separate cities to the same effect. . . .