Polybius, Histories

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Book 30 - Chapter 12

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fhpeiron">Ἤπειρον</w> <w lemma="paraplh%2Fsia">παραπλήσια</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpratton">ἔπραττον</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fson">ὅσον</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="polloi%5C">πολλοὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="metriw%2Fteroi">μετριώτεροι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twli%2Fan">Αἰτωλίαν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="proestw%5Cs">προεστὼς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29sebe%2Fsteros">ἀσεβέστερος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paranomw%2Fteros">παρανομώτερος</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%3Drxe">ὑπῆρχε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w>.
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<w lemma="dokw%3D">δοκῶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w> <w lemma="mhd%27">μηδ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsesqai">ἔσεσθαι</w> <w lemma="qhriwde%2Fsteron">θηριωδέστερον</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fnqrwpon">ἄνθρωπον</w> <w lemma="mhd%27">μηδ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29kaio%2Fteron">εἰκαιότερον</w> <w lemma="%2Axa%2Fropos">Χάροπος</w>. —
<head>Epirus Also In Turmoil</head>The state of Epirus was much the same. For in proportion as the majority of its people are more<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note25">The disturbed state of Epirus. See<ref target="b27c15" targOrder="U">27, 15</ref>.</note>law-abiding than those of Aetolia, so their chief magistrate surpassed every one else in wickedness and contempt for law. For, I think, there never was and never will be a character more ferocious and brutal than that of Charops. . . .