Polybius, Histories

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Book 30 - Chapter 24

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Fomoioi">Ὅμοιοι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aperai%2Fan">Περαίαν</w> <w lemma="katoikou%3Dntes">κατοικοῦντες</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="oi%29ke%2Ftais">οἰκέταις</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="desmw%3Dn">δεσμῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nelpi%2Fstws">ἀνελπίστως</w> <w lemma="lelume%2Fnois">λελυμένοις</w>,
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<w lemma="oi%28%2Ftines">οἵτινες</w> <w lemma="a%29pistou%3Dntes">ἀπιστοῦντες</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="parou%3Dsi">παροῦσι</w> <w lemma="mei%2Fzw">μείζω</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="diabai%2Fnousi">διαβαίνουσι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsin">φύσιν</w> <w lemma="kinh%2Fsews">κινήσεως</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="dokou%3Dsi">δοκοῦσι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ginw%2Fskesqai">γινώσκεσθαι</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29pantw%3Dsin">ἀπαντῶσιν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="sunora%3Dsqai">συνορᾶσθαι</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="le%2Fluntai">λέλυνται</w> <w lemma="safw%3Ds">σαφῶς</w>, <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="mh%2F">μή</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="para%2Flogon">παράλογον</w> <w lemma="poiw%3Dsi">ποιῶσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="e%29chllagme%2Fnon">ἐξηλλαγμένον</w>.
<head>Delight at Peraea</head>The inhabitants of Peraea were like slaves unexpectedly<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note43">Joy of the people of Peraea at the Roman decree emancipating them from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>.</note><pb n="424" />released from chains, who are scarcely able to believe their present good fortune, thinking it a change almost too great to be natural; and cannot believe that those they meet can understand or fully see that they are really released, unless they do something strange and out of the ordinary course. . . .<pb />