<w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="diaba%2Fsews">διαβάσεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fwn">ὑπεναντίων</w> <w lemma="kekrathkw%5Cs">κεκρατηκὼς</w> <w lemma="parauti%2Fka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fneto">ἐγίνετο</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="parakomidh%3D%7C">παρακομιδῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fran">πέραν</w> <w lemma="a%29poleipome%2Fnwn">ἀπολειπομένων</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w>,
<w lemma="pa%2Fsas">πάσας</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="braxei%3D">βραχεῖ</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnw%7C">χρόνῳ</w> <w lemma="diaperaiw%2Fsas">διαπεραιώσας</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnhn">ἐκείνην</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="nu%2Fkta">νύκτα</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="katestratope%2Fdeusen">κατεστρατοπέδευσεν</w>,
<w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pau%2Frion">ἐπαύριον</w> <w lemma="a%29kou%2Fwn">ἀκούων</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="sto%2Flon">στόλον</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="sto%2Fmata">στόματα</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w> <w lemma="kaqwrmi%2Fsqai">καθωρμίσθαι</w>, <w lemma="proxeirisa%2Fmenos">προχειρισάμενος</w> <w lemma="pentakosi%2Fous">πεντακοσίους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Anomadikw%3Dn">Νομαδικῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteile">ἐξαπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="kataskeyome%2Fnous">κατασκεψομένους</w> <w lemma="pou%3D">ποῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fsoi">πόσοι</w> <w lemma="tugxa%2Fnousin">τυγχάνουσιν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntes">ὄντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ti%2F">τί</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fttousin">πράττουσιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmioi">πολέμιοι</w>.
<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29lefa%2Fntwn">ἐλεφάντων</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fbasin">διάβασιν</w> <w lemma="proexeiri%2Fsato">προεχειρίσατο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdei%2Fous">ἐπιτηδείους</w>.
<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sunagagw%5Cn">συναγαγὼν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="ei%29sh%2Fgage">εἰσήγαγε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="basili%2Fskous">βασιλίσκους</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Fgilon">Μάγιλον</w> — <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dkon">ἧκον</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apa%2Fdon">Πάδον</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fwn">πεδίων</w> — <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28rmhne%2Fws">ἑρμηνέως</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="dedogme%2Fna">δεδογμένα</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="diesa%2Ffei">διεσάφει</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxlois">ὄχλοις</w>.
<w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="legome%2Fnwn">λεγομένων</w> <w lemma="i%29sxuro%2Ftata">ἰσχυρότατα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="qa%2Frsos">θάρσος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pollw%3Dn">πολλῶν</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="parousi%2Fas">παρουσίας</w> <w lemma="e%29na%2Frgeia">ἐνάργεια</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pispwme%2Fnwn">ἐπισπωμένων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="koinwnh%2Fsein">κοινωνήσειν</w> <w lemma="e%29paggellome%2Fnwn">ἐπαγγελλομένων</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w>,
<w lemma="deu%2Fteron">δεύτερον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29paggeli%2Fas">ἐπαγγελίας</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29cio%2Fpiston">ἀξιόπιστον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kaqhgh%2Fsontai">καθηγήσονται</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="ou%29deno%5Cs">οὐδενὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29pideo%2Fmenoi">ἐπιδεόμενοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nagkai%2Fwn">ἀναγκαίων</w> <w lemma="sunto%2Fmws">συντόμως</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalei%2Fas">ἀσφαλείας</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsontai">ποιήσονται</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w>,
<w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="gennaio%2Fths">γενναιότης</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="a%29fi%2Fcontai">ἀφίξονται</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgeqos">μέγεθος</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="proqumi%2Fa">προθυμία</w>, <w lemma="meq%27">μεθ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllousi">μέλλουσι</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29gw%3Dnas">ἀγῶνας</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltoi%5C">Κελτοὶ</w> <w lemma="toiau%3Dta">τοιαῦτα</w> <w lemma="dialexqe%2Fntes">διαλεχθέντες</w> <w lemma="a%29nexw%2Frhsan">ἀνεχώρησαν</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="ei%29selqw%5Cn">εἰσελθὼν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="progegenhme%2Fnwn">προγεγενημένων</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcewn">πράξεων</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fmnhse">ἀνέμνησε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxlous:">ὄχλους·</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ai%28%3Ds">αἷς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="polloi%3Ds">πολλοῖς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parabo%2Flois">παραβόλοις</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgois">ἔργοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnois">κινδύνοις</w> <w lemma="e%29pikexeirhko%2Ftas">ἐπικεχειρηκότας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ou%29deni%5C">οὐδενὶ</w> <w lemma="diesfa%2Flqai">διεσφάλθαι</w>, <w lemma="katakolouqh%2Fsantas">κατακολουθήσαντας</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> '<w lemma="kei%2Fnou">κείνου</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmh%7C">γνώμῃ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumbouli%2Fa%7C">συμβουλίᾳ</w>.
<w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="eu%29qarsei%3Ds">εὐθαρσεῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Flei">παρεκάλει</w>, <w lemma="qewrou%3Dntas">θεωροῦντας</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgiston">μέγιστον</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fnustai">ἤνυσται</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgwn">ἔργων</w>, <w lemma="e%29peidh%5C">ἐπειδὴ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w> <w lemma="diaba%2Fsews">διαβάσεως</w> <w lemma="kekrath%2Fkasi">κεκρατήκασι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxwn">συμμάχων</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fas">εὐνοίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proqumi%2Fas">προθυμίας</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fptai">αὐτόπται</w> <w lemma="gego%2Fnasi">γεγόνασι</w>.
<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="w%29%2F%7Ceto">ᾤετο</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="r%28a%7Cqumei%3Dn">ῥᾳθυμεῖν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="melo%2Fntwn">μελόντων</w>, <w lemma="peiqarxou%3Dntas">πειθαρχοῦντας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="paragge%2Flmasin">παραγγέλμασιν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="a%29gaqou%5Cs">ἀγαθοὺς</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="progegono%2Ftwn">προγεγονότων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgwn">ἔργων</w> <w lemma="a%29ci%2Fous">ἀξίους</w>.
<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqous">πλήθους</w> <w lemma="e%29pishmainome%2Fnou">ἐπισημαινομένου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%5Cn">ὁρμὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proqumi%2Fan">προθυμίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29mfai%2Fnontos">ἐμφαίνοντος</w>, <w lemma="e%29paine%2Fsas">ἐπαινέσας</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qeoi%3Ds">θεοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="a%28pa%2Fntwn">ἁπάντων</w> <w lemma="eu%29ca%2Fmenos">εὐξάμενος</w> <w lemma="diafh%3Dke">διαφῆκε</w>, <w lemma="paraggei%2Flas">παραγγείλας</w> <w lemma="qerapeu%2Fein">θεραπεύειν</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fzesqai">παρασκευάζεσθαι</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="spoudh%3Ds">σπουδῆς</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29%2Frion">αὔριον</w> <w lemma="a%29nazugh%3Ds">ἀναζυγῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29some%2Fnhs">ἐσομένης</w>.
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<head>Hannibal Addresses His Men</head>Being thus master of the passage of the river, and<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note79">The crossing completed.</note>victorious over those who opposed him, the first care of the Carthaginian leader was to bring his whole army across. This being expeditiously accomplished, he pitched his camp for that night by the river-side, and on the morrow, when he was told that the Roman fleet was anchored off the mouths of the river, he detached five hundred Numidian horsemen to reconnoitre the enemy and find out their position, their numbers, and what they were going to do; and at the same time selected suitable men to manage the passage of the elephants. These arrangements made, he summoned a meeting of his army and introduced<pb n="205" />Magilus and the other chiefs who had come to him from the valley of the Padus, and caused them to declare to the whole army, by means of an interpreter, the resolutions passed by their tribes.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note80">Message from friendly Gauls.</note>The points which were the strongest encouragement to the army were, first, the actual appearance of envoys inviting them to come, and promising to take part in the war with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>; secondly, the confidence inspired by their promise of guiding them by a route where they would be abundantly supplied with necessaries, and which would lead them with speed and safety into <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>; and lastly, the fertility and vast extent of the country to which they were going, and the friendly feelings of the men with whose assistance they were about to fight the armies of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.Such was the substance of the speeches of the Celts. When they had withdrawn, Hannibal himself rose, and after reminding the soldiers of what they had already achieved, and pointing out that, though they had under his counsel and advice engaged in many perilous and dangerous enterprises, they had never failed in one, he bade them "not lose courage now that the most serious part of their undertaking was accomplished. The <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhone&groupId=933&placeId=1667">Rhone</a> was crossed: they had seen with their own eyes the display of goodwill and zeal of their allies. Let this convince them that they should leave the rest to him with confidence; and while obeying his orders show themselves men of courage and worthy of their former deeds." These words being received with shouts of approval, and other manifestations of great enthusiasm, on the part of the soldiers, Hannibal dismissed the assembly with words of praise to the men and a prayer to the gods on their behalf; after giving out an order that they should refresh themselves, and make all their preparations with despatch, as the advance must begin on the morrow.
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