Polybius, Histories

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Book 30 - Chapter 21

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="%2Aqeai%2Fdhtos">Θεαίδητος</w> <w lemma="ei%29selqw%5Cn">εἰσελθὼν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton">σύγκλητον</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29poih%2Fsato">ἐποιήσατο</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fas:">συμμαχίας·</w>
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<w lemma="u%28perqeme%2Fnhs">ὑπερθεμένης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sugklh%2Ftou">συγκλήτου</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="diabou%2Flion">διαβούλιον</w>, <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtos">οὗτος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="meth%2Fllace">μετήλλαξε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsin:">φύσιν·</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fth">ἔτη</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxe">εἶχε</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fw">πλείω</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%29gdoh%2Fkonta:">ὀγδοήκοντα·</w> <w lemma="para">παρα</w>
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<w lemma="genome%2Fnwn">γενομένων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="fuga%2Fdwn">φυγάδων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fk">ἔκ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Akau%2Fnou">Καύνου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Astratonikei%2Fas">Στρατονικείας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parelqo%2Fntwn">παρελθόντων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton">σύγκλητον</w>, <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="do%2Fgma">δόγμα</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fous">Ῥοδίους</w> <w lemma="e%29ca%2Fgein">ἐξάγειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="froura%5Cs">φρουρὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fk">ἔκ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Akau%2Fnou">Καύνου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Astratonikei%2Fas">Στρατονικείας</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Afilo%2Ffrona">Φιλόφρονα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29astumh%2Fdhn">Ἀστυμήδην</w> <w lemma="labo%2Fntes">λαβόντες</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%2Fkrisin">ἀπόκρισιν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fpleusan">ἀπέπλευσαν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="spoudh%5Cn">σπουδὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fan">οἰκείαν</w>,
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<w lemma="dedio%2Ftes">δεδιότες</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="parakou%2Fsantes">παρακούσαντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdioi">Ῥόδιοι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="froura%5Cs">φρουρὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29cagagei%3Dn">ἐξαγαγεῖν</w> <w lemma="au%29%3Dqis">αὖθις</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllhn">ἄλλην</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29gklhma%2Ftwn">ἐγκλημάτων</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fswsin">ποιήσωσιν</w>. —
<head>The Athenians and Rhodians</head>The first object of the Athenian embassy was the<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note37">The Athenians ask for the restoration of Haliartus; failing that, to have its territory, with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Delos&groupId=533&placeId=1004">Delos</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lemnos&groupId=676&placeId=1237">Lemnos</a> themselves.</note>restoration of Haliartus;<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note38">Haliartus had been taken by the praetor L. Lucretius Gallus in B.C. 171, its inhabitants sold into slavery, and its houses and its houses and walls entirely destroyed. Its crime was siding with Perseus.<bibl n="Liv. 42.63" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 42, 63</bibl>.<foreign lang="la">Supra</foreign><ref target="b27c5" targOrder="U">bk. 27, ch. 5</ref>;<ref target="b29c12" targOrder="U">29, 12</ref>.</note>but when they met with a refusal on that point, they changed the subject of their appeal and put forward their own claim to the possession of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Delos&groupId=533&placeId=1004">Delos</a>, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lemnos&groupId=676&placeId=1237">Lemnos</a>, and the territory of Haliartus. No one could properly find fault with them for this, as far as <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Delos&groupId=533&placeId=1004">Delos</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lemnos&groupId=676&placeId=1237">Lemnos</a> were concerned, for they had of old laid claim to them; but there is good reason for reproaching them in respect to the territory of Haliartus. Haliartus was nearly the most ancient city in Boeotia; had met with a heavy misfortune: instead of endeavouring in every possible way to restore it,—to contribute to its utter annihilation, and to deprive its dispossessed inhabitants of even their hopes for the future, was an act which would be thought worthy of no Greek nation, and least of all of the Athenians. They open their own territory to all comers; and to take away that of others can never appear consonant with the spirit of their State. However, the Senate granted them <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Delos&groupId=533&placeId=1004">Delos</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lemnos&groupId=676&placeId=1237">Lemnos</a>. Such was the decision in the Athenian business. . . .As to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lemnos&groupId=676&placeId=1237">Lemnos</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Delos&groupId=533&placeId=1004">Delos</a> they had, according to the proverb, "got the wolf by the ears:"<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note39">The possession of these places a misfortune to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Athens&groupId=379&placeId=715">Athens</a>. See<ref target="b32c17" targOrder="U">32, 17</ref>.</note>for they suffered much ill fortune from their quarrels with the Delians; and from the<pb n="423" />territory of Haliartus they reaped shame rather than profit. . . .