<w lemma="%2Aou%28%3Dtoi">Οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="proh%3Dgon">προῆγον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fan:">Μακεδονίαν·</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Apa%2Fntauxos">Πάνταυχος</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnwn">μένων</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="pleura%5Cn">πλευρὰν</w> <w lemma="u%28pemi%2Fmnhsken">ὑπεμίμνησκεν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parw%2Fcune">παρώξυνε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskon">νεανίσκον</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="kaqusterei%3Dn">καθυστερεῖν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="paraskeuai%3Ds">παρασκευαῖς</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Ftoimon">ἕτοιμον</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fnta">ὄντα</w> <w lemma="prokatalamba%2Fnein">προκαταλαμβάνειν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxous:">συμμάχους·</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="h%29ci%2Fou">ἠξίου</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fzesqai">παρασκευάζεσθαι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="qa%2Flattan">θάλατταν</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhn:">μάχην·</w>
<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="a%29paraskeu%2Fwn">ἀπαρασκεύων</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntwn">ὄντων</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="kata%2F">κατά</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fhpeiron">Ἤπειρον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29illuri%2Fda">Ἰλλυρίδα</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w>, <w lemma="a%29koniti%5C">ἀκονιτὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dn">πᾶν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="proteqe%5Cn">προτεθὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pitelesqh%2Fsesqai">ἐπιτελεσθήσεσθαι</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="pempome%2Fnwn">πεμπομένων</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Age%2Fnqios">Γένθιος</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgois">λόγοις</w> <w lemma="a%29napeiqo%2Fmenos">ἀναπειθόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fneto">ἐγίνετο</w> <w lemma="peri%2F">περί</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="qa%2Flattan">θάλατταν</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fs">παρασκευάς</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperseu%2Fs">Περσεύς</w>, <w lemma="paragenome%2Fnwn">παραγενομένων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fan">Μακεδονίαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="presbeutw%3Dn">πρεσβευτῶν</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Agenqi%2Fou">Γενθίου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28mhreuo%2Fntwn">ὁμηρευόντων</w>, <w lemma="o%28rmh%2Fsas">ὁρμήσας</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29elpeio%5Cn">Ἐλπειὸν</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="parembolh%3Ds">παρεμβολῆς</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="a%29ph%2Fnta">ἀπήντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnois">προειρημένοις</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Adi%3Don">Δῖον</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="summi%2Fcas">συμμίξας</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fdwke">ἀπέδωκε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Frkous">ὅρκους</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fas">συμμαχίας</w> <w lemma="e%29nanti%2Fon">ἐναντίον</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn:">ἱππέων·</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnu">πάνυ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29bou%2Fleto">ἐβούλετο</w> <w lemma="safw%3Ds">σαφῶς</w> <w lemma="ei%29de%2Fnai">εἰδέναι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnas">Μακεδόνας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Agenqi%2Fou">Γενθίου</w> <w lemma="koinopragi%2Fan">κοινοπραγίαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fzwn">ἐλπίζων</w> <w lemma="eu%29qarseste%2Frous">εὐθαρσεστέρους</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frcein">ὑπάρξειν</w>, <w lemma="prosgenome%2Fnhs">προσγενομένης</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="r%28oph%3Ds">ῥοπῆς</w>.
<w lemma="e%29%2Fpeita">ἔπειτα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%28mh%2Frous">ὁμήρους</w> <w lemma="parela%2Fmbane">παρελάμβανε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paredi%2Fdou">παρεδίδου</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%3D">ἑαυτοῦ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29olumpi%2Fwna">Ὀλυμπίωνα</w>. <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pifane%2Fstatoi">ἐπιφανέστατοι</w> <w lemma="%2Alimnai%3Dos">Λιμναῖος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolemokra%2Ftous">Πολεμοκράτους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aba%2Flakros">Βάλακρος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Apantau%2Fxou">Πανταύχου</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="xrh%2Fmata">χρήματα</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fntas">παρόντας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Ape%2Fllan">Πέλλαν</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpempen">ἐξέπεμπεν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%3D">ἐκεῖ</w> <w lemma="paralhyome%2Fnous">παραληψομένους</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdon">Ῥόδον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Aqettaloni%2Fkhn">Θετταλονίκην</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Amhtro%2Fdwron">Μητρόδωρον</w>, <w lemma="sunta%2Fcas">συντάξας</w> <w lemma="e%28toi%2Fmous">ἑτοίμους</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="plou%3Dn">πλοῦν</w>. <w lemma="e%29%2Fpeise">ἔπεισε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fous">Ῥοδίους</w> <w lemma="sunembai%2Fnein">συνεμβαίνειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>.
<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dioikh%2Fsas">διοικήσας</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hrofw%3Dnta">Ἡροφῶντα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpemye">ἐξέπεμψε</w> <w lemma="presbeuth%5Cn">πρεσβευτὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnh">Εὐμένη</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="diapestalme%2Fnon">διαπεσταλμένον</w>, <w lemma="%2Athle%2Fmnaston">Τηλέμναστον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akrh%3Dta">Κρῆτα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w>,
<w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="parora%3Dn">παρορᾶν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="mhd%27">μηδ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28polamba%2Fnein">ὑπολαμβάνειν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%2Fkein">ἀνήκειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28perhfani%2Fan">ὑπερηφανίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="baru%2Fthta">βαρύτητα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w>,
<w lemma="safw%3Ds">σαφῶς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ginw%2Fskein">γινώσκειν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="sunepilamba%2Fnhtai">συνεπιλαμβάνηται</w>, <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fwn">διαλύων</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mh%2F">μή</w>, <w lemma="bohqw%3Dn">βοηθῶν</w>, <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="pei%3Dran">πεῖραν</w> <w lemma="lh%2Fyetai">λήψεται</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="e%28autw%3D%7C">ἑαυτῷ</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxhs">τύχης</w>. —
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<head>Genthius Joins Perseus</head>So these various ambassadors started together for<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note5">Perseus meets the envoys from Genthius;</note><a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>. But Pantauchus stayed by the side of the young king, and kept reminding him of the necessity of making warlike preparations, and urging him not to be too late with them. He was especially urgent that he should prepare for a contest at sea; for, as the Romans were quite unprepared in that department on the coasts both of Epirus and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Illyria&groupId=647&placeId=1186">Illyria</a>, any purpose he might form would be easily accomplished by himself and the forces he might despatch. Genthius yielded to the advice and set about his preparations, naval and military alike: and Perseus, as soon as the ambassadors and hostages from Genthius entered <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>, set off from his camp on the River Elpeius,<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note6">Livy (<bibl n="Liv. 44.8" default="NO" valid="yes">44, 8</bibl>) calls it the Enipeus (<term>Fersaliti</term>), a tributary of the Peneus.</note>with his whole cavalry, to meet them at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Dium&groupId=542&placeId=1019">Dium</a>. His first act on meeting them was to take the oaths to the alliance<pb n="391" />in the presence of the whole body of cavalry; for he was very anxious that the Macedonians should know of the adhesion of Genthius, hoping that this additional advantage would have the effect of raising their courage: and next he received the hostages and handed over his own to Olympion and his colleagues, the noblest of whom were Limnaeus, the son of Polemocrates, and Balacrus, son of Pantauchus. Lastly, he sent the agents who had come for the money to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pella&groupId=1089&placeId=1913">Pella</a>, assuring them that they would receive it there: and appointed the ambassadors for <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> to join Metrodorus at Thessalonica, and hold themselves in readiness to embark.This embassy succeeded in persuading the Rhodians to<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note7">and sends others to Eumenes and Antiochus.</note>join in the war. And, having accomplished this, Perseus next sent Herophon, who had been similarly employed before, on a mission to Eumenes; and Telemnastos of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Crete&groupId=505&placeId=949">Crete</a> to Antiochus to urge him "Not to let the opportunity escape; nor to imagine that Perseus was the only person affected by the overbearing and oppressive conduct of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>: but to be quite sure that, if he did not now assist Perseus, if possible by putting an end to the war, or, if not, by supporting him in it, he would quickly meet with the same fate himself." . . .
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