Polybius, Histories

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Book 29 - Chapter 2

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhtos">σύγκλητος</w> <w lemma="punqanome%2Fnh">πυνθανομένη</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29gu%2Fptou">Αἰγύπτου</w> <w lemma="ku%2Frion">κύριον</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29alecandrei%2Fas">Ἀλεξανδρείας</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgon">ὀλίγον</w>,
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<w lemma="nomi%2Fzousa">νομίζουσα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%28th%2Fn">αὑτήν</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="diatei%2Fnein">διατείνειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29%2Fchsin">αὔξησιν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnou">προειρημένου</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w>, <w lemma="kate%2Fsthse">κατέστησε</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aga%2Fion">Γάιον</w> <w lemma="%2Apopi%2Flion">Ποπίλιον</w>,
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<w lemma="to%2Fn">τόν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="lu%2Fsontas">λύσοντας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="qeasome%2Fnous">θεασομένους</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fqesin">διάθεσιν</w> <w lemma="poi%2Fa">ποία</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="e%29sti%2Fn">ἐστίν</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>.
<head>Gaius Popilius Laenas Sent to Alexandria</head>The Senate being informed that Antiochus<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note2">In answer to an embassy from Ptolemy Physcon and his sister Cleopatra, the Senate sends Gaius Popilius Laenas to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a>.<bibl n="Liv. 44.19" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 44, 19</bibl>.</note>had become master of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a>, and all but taken <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a>, and conceiving that the aggrandisement of that king was a matter affecting themselves, appointed Gaius Popilius and others to go as ambassadors to put an end to the war, and generally to inspect the state of affairs. . . .