<w lemma="%2Akata%5C">Κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="suneggi%2Fzontes">συνεγγίζοντες</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flois">ἀλλήλοις</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fplios">Πόπλιος</w> <w lemma="e%29peba%2Flonto">ἐπεβάλοντο</w> <w lemma="parakalei%3Dn">παρακαλεῖν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%28autw%3Dn">ἑαυτῶν</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w>, <w lemma="e%28ka%2Fteros">ἑκάτερος</w> <w lemma="proqe%2Fmenos">προθέμενος</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fponta">πρέποντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="parou%3Dsi">παροῦσι</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w>.
<w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dde%2F">τοιοῦδέ</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="e%29nexei%2Frei">ἐνεχείρει</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpou">τρόπου</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="parai%2Fnesin">παραίνεσιν</w>.
<w lemma="sunagagw%5Cn">συναγαγὼν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqh">πλήθη</w> <w lemma="parh%2Fgagen">παρήγαγεν</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskous">νεανίσκους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftwn">αἰχμαλώτων</w>, <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="ei%29lh%2Ffei">εἰλήφει</w> <w lemma="kakopoiou%3Dntas">κακοποιοῦντας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Falpeis">Ἄλπεις</w> <w lemma="dusxwri%2Fais">δυσχωρίαις</w>.
<w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Ds">κακῶς</w> <w lemma="dieti%2Fqeto">διετίθετο</w>, <w lemma="paraskeuazo%2Fmenos">παρασκευαζόμενος</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllon:">μέλλον·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="desmou%5Cs">δεσμοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w> <w lemma="barei%3Ds">βαρεῖς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="limw%3D%7C">λιμῷ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fsxhnto">συνέσχηντο</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="plhgai%3Ds">πληγαῖς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="sw%2Fmata">σώματα</w> <w lemma="die%2Ffqarto">διέφθαρτο</w>.
<w lemma="kaqi%2Fsas">καθίσας</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fson">μέσον</w> <w lemma="proe%2Fqhke">προέθηκε</w> <w lemma="panopli%2Fas">πανοπλίας</w> <w lemma="%2Agalatika%2Fs">Γαλατικάς</w>, <w lemma="oi%28%2Fais">οἵαις</w> <w lemma="ei%29w%2Fqasin">εἰώθασιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="basilei%3Ds">βασιλεῖς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="monomaxei%3Dn">μονομαχεῖν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllwsin">μέλλωσιν</w>, <w lemma="katakosmei%3Dsqai:">κατακοσμεῖσθαι·</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppous">ἵππους</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fsthse">παρέστησε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sa%2Fgous">σάγους</w> <w lemma="ei%29sh%2Fnegke">εἰσήνεγκε</w> <w lemma="polutelei%3Ds">πολυτελεῖς</w>.
<w lemma="ka%29%2Fpeita">κἄπειτα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskwn">νεανίσκων</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Freto">ἤρετο</w> <w lemma="ti%2Fnes">τίνες</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="bou%2Flontai">βούλονται</w> <w lemma="diagwni%2Fsasqai">διαγωνίσασθαι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="nikh%2Fsanta">νικήσαντα</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="prokei%2Fmena">προκείμενα</w> <w lemma="lamba%2Fnein">λαμβάνειν</w> <w lemma="a%29%3Dqla">ἆθλα</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28tthqe%2Fnta">ἡττηθέντα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fntwn">παρόντων</w> <w lemma="a%29phlla%2Fxqai">ἀπηλλάχθαι</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Dn">κακῶν</w>, <w lemma="teleuth%2Fsanta">τελευτήσαντα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w>.
<w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29nabohsa%2Fntwn">ἀναβοησάντων</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dhlou%2Fntwn">δηλούντων</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="bou%2Flontai">βούλονται</w> <w lemma="monomaxei%3Dn">μονομαχεῖν</w>, <w lemma="klhrw%2Fsasqai">κληρώσασθαι</w> <w lemma="prose%2Ftace">προσέταξε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="laxo%2Fntas">λαχόντας</w> <w lemma="kaqoplisame%2Fnous">καθοπλισαμένους</w> <w lemma="e%29ke%2Fleuse">ἐκέλευσε</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxesqai">μάχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w>.
<w lemma="parauti%2Fka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="a%29kou%2Fsantes">ἀκούσαντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskoi">νεανίσκοι</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w> <w lemma="e%29cai%2Frontes">ἐξαίροντες</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fxonto">εὔχοντο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qeoi%3Ds">θεοῖς</w>, <w lemma="speu%2Fdwn">σπεύδων</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkastos">ἕκαστος</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="laxo%2Fntwn">λαχόντων</w>.
<w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29dhlw%2Fqh">ἐδηλώθη</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="klh%3Dron">κλῆρον</w>, <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29lhxo%2Ftes">εἰληχότες</w> <w lemma="perixarei%3Ds">περιχαρεῖς</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Flloi">ἄλλοι</w> <w lemma="tou%29nanti%2Fon">τοὐναντίον</w>.
<w lemma="genome%2Fnhs">γενομένης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhs">μάχης</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dtton">ἧττον</w> <w lemma="e%29maka%2Frizon">ἐμακάριζον</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="perileipo%2Fmenoi">περιλειπόμενοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftwn">αἰχμαλώτων</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="teqnew%3Dta">τεθνεῶτα</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="nenikhko%2Ftos">νενικηκότος</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="pollw%3Dn">πολλῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flwn">μεγάλων</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Dn">κακῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnou">ἐκείνου</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29polelume%2Fnou">ἀπολελυμένου</w>, <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29kmh%5Cn">ἀκμὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28pome%2Fnontas">ὑπομένοντας</w>.
<w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fa">παραπλησία</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="dia%2Flhyis:">διάληψις·</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="paraqe%2Fsews">παραθέσεως</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="qewroume%2Fnhs">θεωρουμένης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29gome%2Fnwn">ἀγομένων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="zw%2Fntwn">ζώντων</w> <w lemma="talaipwri%2Fas">ταλαιπωρίας</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="h%29le%2Foun">ἠλέουν</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="teqnew%3Dta">τεθνεῶτα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fn">πάν</w>
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<head>Gallic Prisoners</head>The two armies being now within a short distance of each other, Hannibal and Publius both thought it necessary to address their men in terms suitable to the occasion.<pb n="221" />The manner in which Hannibal tried to encourage his army was this. He mustered the men, and caused some youthful prisoners whom he had caught when they were attempting to hinder his march on the Alpine passes, to be brought forward. They had been subjected to great severities with this very object, loaded with heavy chains, half-starved, and their bodies a mass of bruises from scourging. Hannibal caused these men to be placed in the middle of the army, and some suits of Gallic armour, such as are worn by their kings when they fight in single combat, to be exhibited; in addition to these he placed there some horses, and brought in some valuable military cloaks. He then asked these young prisoners, which of them were willing to fight with each other on condition of the conqueror taking these prizes, and the vanquished escaping all his present miseries by death. Upon their all answering with a loud shout that they were desirous of fighting in these single combats, he bade them draw lots; and the pair, on whom the first lot fell, to put on the armour and fight with each other. As soon as the young men heard these orders, they lifted up their hands, and each prayed the gods that he might be one of those to draw the lot. And when the lots were drawn, those on whom they fell were overjoyed, and the others in despair. When the fight was finished, too, the surviving captives congratulated the one who had fallen no less than the victor, as having been freed from many terrible sufferings, while they themselves still remained to endure them. And in this feeling the Carthaginian soldiers were much disposed to join, all pitying the survivors and congratulating the fallen champion.
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