Polybius, Histories

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Book 30 - Chapter 10

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<w lemma="%2A%29ec">Ἐξ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="kati%2Fdoi">κατίδοι</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29cu%2Fthta">ὀξύτητα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29bebaio%2Fthta">ἀβεβαιότητα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxhs">τύχης</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="a%28%5C">ἃ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flist%27">μάλιστ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fn">ἄν</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="oi%29%2Fhtai">οἴηται</w> <w lemma="diaponei%3Dn">διαπονεῖν</w>, <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fdas">πόδας</w> <w lemma="eu%28ri%2Fskhtai">εὑρίσκηται</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29xqroi%3Ds">ἐχθροῖς</w> <w lemma="kataskeua%2Fzwn:">κατασκευάζων·</w>
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<w lemma="ki%2Fonas">κίονας</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="kateskeu%2Faze">κατεσκεύαζε</w> <w lemma="%2Aperseu%2Fs">Περσεύς</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftas">ταύτας</w> <w lemma="katalabw%5Cn">καταλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="a%29telei%3Ds">ἀτελεῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkios">Λεύκιος</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29mi%2Flios">Αἰμίλιος</w> <w lemma="e%29telei%2Fwse">ἐτελείωσε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fas">ἰδίας</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Fnas">εἰκόνας</w> <w lemma="e%29pe%2Fsthsen">ἐπέστησεν</w>. —
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<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="qauma%2Fsas">θαυμάσας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="qe%2Fsin">θέσιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29kropo%2Flews">ἀκροπόλεως</w> <w lemma="eu%29kairi%2Fan">εὐκαιρίαν</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fs">πρός</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29nto%5Cs">ἐντὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29isqmou%3D">Ἰσθμοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29kto%5Cs">ἐκτὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29polambanome%2Fnous">ἀπολαμβανομένους</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w>. —
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<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%29epishmhna%2Fmenos">Ἐπισημηνάμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikuw%3Dnos">Σικυῶνος</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29xuro%2Fthta">ὀχυρότητα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="ba%2Fros">βάρος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29argei%2Fwn">Ἀργείων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dlqen">ἦλθεν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29epi%2Fdauron">Ἐπίδαυρον</w>. —
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<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Apa%2Flai">Πάλαι</w> <w lemma="mete%2Fwros">μετέωρος</w> <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29olumpi%2Fas">Ὀλυμπίας</w> <w lemma="qe%2Fan">θέαν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Frmhse">ὥρμησε</w>. — <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios:">Πολύβιος·</w>
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<w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkios">Λεύκιος</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29mi%2Flios">Αἰμίλιος</w> <w lemma="parh%3Dn">παρῆν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="te%2Fmenos">τέμενος</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29olumpi%2Fa%7C">Ὀλυμπίᾳ</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fgalma">ἄγαλμα</w> <w lemma="qeasa%2Fmenos">θεασάμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29cepla%2Fgh">ἐξεπλάγη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dpen">εἶπεν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnos">μόνος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="dokei%3D">δοκεῖ</w> <w lemma="%2Afeidi%2Fas">Φειδίας</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%28omh%2Frw%7C">Ὁμήρῳ</w> <w lemma="%2Adi%2Fa">Δία</w> <w lemma="memimh%3Dsqai">μεμιμῆσθαι</w>, <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="prosdoki%2Fan">προσδοκίαν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29olumpi%2Fas">Ὀλυμπίας</w> <w lemma="mei%2Fzw">μείζω</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="prosdoki%2Fas">προσδοκίας</w> <w lemma="eu%28rhkw%5Cs">εὑρηκὼς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fh">εἴη</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29lh%2Fqeian">ἀλήθειαν</w>. —
<head>Statue-bases for Perseus Used by Aemilius</head>The most striking illustration of the mutability and<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note20">The columns constructed at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Delphi&groupId=534&placeId=363">Delphi</a> for statues of Perseus used by Aemilius. Autumn of B. C. 167.<bibl n="Liv. 45.27" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 45, 27</bibl>.</note>capriciousness of Fortune is when a man, within a brief period, turns out to have been preparing for the use of his enemies the very things which he imagined that he was elaborating in his own honour. Thus Perseus was having some columns made, which Lucius Aemilius, finding unfinished, caused to be completed, and placed statues of himself on them. . . .He admired the situation of the city, and the excellent<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note21">Aemilius at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a>.</note>position of the acropolis for commanding the districts on both sides of the Isthmus.Having been long anxious to see <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Olympia&groupId=809&placeId=1462">Olympia</a>,<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note22">At <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Olympia&groupId=809&placeId=1462">Olympia</a>.</note>he set out thither.Aemilius entered the sacred enclosure at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Olympia&groupId=809&placeId=1462">Olympia</a>, and was struck with admiration at the statue of the god, remarking that, to his mind, Pheidias was the only artist who had represented the Zeus of Homer; and that, though he had had great expectations of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Olympia&groupId=809&placeId=1462">Olympia</a>, he found the reality far surpassed them.