Polybius, Histories

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Book 29 - Chapter 5

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<w lemma="%2A%28upe%5Cr">Ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fgwge">ἔγωγε</w> <w lemma="dihpo%2Frhka">διηπόρηκα</w> <w lemma="ti%2F">τί</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn:">ποιεῖν·</w> <w lemma="to%2F">τό</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="gra%2Ffein">γράφειν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="a%29kribologou%2Fmenon">ἀκριβολογούμενον</w> <w lemma="a%28%5C">ἃ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29porrh%2Ftwn">ἀπορρήτων</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%5Cs">αὑτοὺς</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="basilei%3Ds">βασιλεῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpratton">ἔπραττον</w> <w lemma="eu%29epi%2Flhpton">εὐεπίληπτον</w> <w lemma="e%29fai%2Fneto">ἐφαίνετο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tele%2Fws">τελέως</w> <w lemma="e%29pisfale%2Fs">ἐπισφαλές</w>,
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<w lemma="to%2F">τό</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="parasiwph%3Dsai">παρασιωπῆσαι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerw%3Ds">ὁλοσχερῶς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="dokou%3Dn">δοκοῦν</w> <w lemma="pragmatikw%2Ftaton">πραγματικώτατον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="polla%5C">πολλὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fsteron">ὕστερον</w> <w lemma="a%29poroume%2Fnwn">ἀπορουμένων</w> <w lemma="gnwri%2Fmous">γνωρίμους</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsxe">ἔσχε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fas">αἰτίας</w>, <w lemma="tele%2Fws">τελέως</w> <w lemma="tino%5Cs">τινὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29rgi%2Fas">ἀργίας</w> <w lemma="e%29do%2Fkei">ἐδόκει</w> <w lemma="moi">μοι</w> <w lemma="shmei%3Don">σημεῖον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fshs">πάσης</w> <w lemma="a%29tolmi%2Fas:">ἀτολμίας·</w>
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<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kathne%2Fxqhn">κατηνέχθην</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gra%2Ffein">γράφειν</w> <w lemma="kefalaiwdw%3Ds">κεφαλαιωδῶς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="dokou%3Dn">δοκοῦν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Ftwn">εἰκότων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="shmei%2Fwn">σημείων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="e%29geno%2Fmhn">ἐγενόμην</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmhs">γνώμης</w>, <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxwn">ὑπάρχων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="e%28te%2Frwn">ἑτέρων</w> <w lemma="e%29kplhtto%2Fmenos">ἐκπληττόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkasta">ἕκαστα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnwn">γενομένων</w>.
<head>Difficulty of Explaining the Intrigues of Perseus and Eumenes</head>In venturing upon a narrative of the intrigues of Perseus<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note8">The intrigues of Perseus and Eumenes.</note>and Eumenes, I have felt myself in a position of great embarrassment. For to give full and accurate details of the negotiations, which these two kings conducted in secret between themselves, appeared to me to be an attempt open to many obvious criticisms and exceedingly liable to error: and yet to pass over in complete silence what seemed to have exercised the most decisive influence in the war, and which alone can explain many of the subsequent events, seemed to me to wear the appearance of a certain sluggishness and entire want of enterprise. On the whole, I decided to state briefly what I believed to be truth, and the probabilities and surmises on which I founded that opinion; for I was, in fact, during this period more struck than most people at what happened.