Polybius, Histories

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Book 29 - Chapter 26

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<w lemma="%2A%29epilaqo%2Fmenos">Ἐπιλαθόμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="gegramme%2Fnwn">γεγραμμένων</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rhme%2Fnwn">εἰρημένων</w> <w lemma="e%29ch%2Frtue">ἐξήρτυε</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fou">Πτολεμαίου</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="li%2Fan">λίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29lhqe%5Cs">ἀληθὲς</w> <w lemma="fai%2Fnesqai">φαίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="r%28hqe%5Cn">ῥηθὲν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Asimwni%2Fdou">Σιμωνίδου</w> "<w lemma="xalepo%5Cn">χαλεπὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29sqlo%5Cn">ἐσθλὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmmenai">ἔμμεναι</w>.
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" <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="o%28rma%5Cs">ὁρμὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kala%5C">καλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="tino%5Cs">τινὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29ntipoih%2Fsasqai">ἀντιποιήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="eu%29mare%2Fs">εὐμαρές</w>, <w lemma="o%28mali%2Fsai">ὁμαλίσαι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="peri%2Fstasin">περίστασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fmonon">ἐπίμονον</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmh%7C">γνώμῃ</w>, <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kalou%3D">καλοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="dikai%2Fou">δικαίου</w> <w lemma="prourgiai%2Fteron">προυργιαίτερον</w> <w lemma="tiqe%2Fmenon">τιθέμενον</w>, <w lemma="dusxere%2Fs">δυσχερές</w>. —
<head>Antiochus Renews the War</head>Forgetful of all he had written and said Antiochus<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note46">Annoyed by the two Ptolemies thus joining each other, Antiochus renews the war, B.C. 168.</note>began preparing for a renewal of the war against Ptolemy. So true are the words of Simonides,—"'Tis hard to be good." For to have certain impulses towards virtue, and even to hold to it up to a certain point, is easy; but to be uniformly consistent, and to allow no circumstances of danger to shake a resolute integrity, which regards honour and justice as the highest considerations, is indeed difficult. . . .