Polybius, Histories

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Book 29 - Chapter 18

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<w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w> <w lemma="basileu%2Fs">βασιλεύς</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fs">ὥς</w> <w lemma="fhsi">φησι</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhs">μάχης</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="lambanou%2Fshs">λαμβανούσης</w> <w lemma="a%29podeilia%2Fsas">ἀποδειλιάσας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="a%29fippa%2Fsato">ἀφιππάσατο</w>, <w lemma="skhya%2Fmenos">σκηψάμενος</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hraklei%3D">Ἡρακλεῖ</w> <w lemma="qu%2Fein">θύειν</w>, <w lemma="deila%5C">δειλὰ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="deilw%3Dn">δειλῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28era%5C">ἱερὰ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="dexome%2Fnw%7C">δεχομένῳ</w> <w lemma="mhd%27">μηδ᾽</w> <w lemma="eu%29xa%5Cs">εὐχὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29qemi%2Ftous">ἀθεμίτους</w> <w lemma="e%29pitelou%3Dnti">ἐπιτελοῦντι</w>. —
<head>Ambitious Youth</head>He was then very young, and it was his first experience<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note31">Scipio Africanus the younger, cf.<bibl n="Liv. 44.44" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 44, 44</bibl>(?)</note>of actual service in the field, and having but recently begun to taste the sweets of promotion, he was keen, ambitious, and eager to be first. . . .