<w lemma="%2A%28%3Dhkon">Ἧκον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w>, <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afilokra%2Fthn">Φιλοκράτην</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afilo%2Ffrona">Φιλόφρονα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29astumh%2Fdhn">Ἀστυμήδην</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdioi">Ῥόδιοι</w> <w lemma="komisa%2Fmenoi">κομισάμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%2Fkrisin">ἀπόκρισιν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28age%2Fpolin">Ἁγέπολιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flabon">ἔλαβον</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="para%2Ftacin">παράταξιν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qewrou%3Dntes">θεωροῦντες</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%5Cs">αὑτοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29rgh%5Cn">ὀργὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29na%2Ftasin">ἀνάτασιν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sugklh%2Ftou">συγκλήτου</w> <w lemma="parauti%2Fka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnas">προειρημένας</w> <w lemma="presbei%2Fas">πρεσβείας</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpemyan">ἐξέπεμψαν</w>.
<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="%2A%29astumh%2Fdhn">Ἀστυμήδην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afilo%2Ffrona">Φιλόφρονα</w> <w lemma="katanoou%3Dntes">κατανοοῦντες</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29nteu%2Fcewn">ἐντεύξεων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="koinh%3D%7C">κοινῇ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28fo%2Frasin">ὑφόρασιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29llotrio%2Fthta">ἀλλοτριότητα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%5Cs">αὑτοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="a%29qumi%2Fan">ἀθυμίαν</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerh%3D">ὁλοσχερῆ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dusxrhsti%2Fan">δυσχρηστίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fpipton">ἐνέπιπτον</w>.
<w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="strathgw%3Dn">στρατηγῶν</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="a%29naba%5Cs">ἀναβὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29mbo%2Flous">ἐμβόλους</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Flei">παρεκάλει</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxlous">ὄχλους</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>,
<w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="panta%2Fpasin">παντάπασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcw">ἔξω</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="fronei%3Dn">φρονεῖν</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenoi">γενόμενοι</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdos">πατρίδος</w> <w lemma="ki%2Fndunon">κίνδυνον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dlqon">ἦλθον</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fqesin">διάθεσιν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="faia%5C">φαιὰ</w> <w lemma="labei%3Dn">λαβεῖν</w> <w lemma="i%28ma%2Ftia">ἱμάτια</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="paraklh%2Fseis">παρακλήσεις</w> <w lemma="mhke%2Fti">μηκέτι</w> <w lemma="parakalei%3Dn">παρακαλεῖν</w> <w lemma="mhd%27">μηδ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29ciou%3Dn">ἀξιοῦν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flous">φίλους</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dsqai">δεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="dakru%2Fwn">δακρύων</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%2Fkeston">ἀνήκεστον</w> <w lemma="bouleu%2Fsasqai">βουλεύσασθαι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%2F">δέ</w> <w lemma="tinas">τινας</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="ei%29sagago%2Fntos">εἰσαγαγόντος</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antwni%2Fou">Ἀντωνίου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="dhma%2Frxou">δημάρχου</w>, <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cn">στρατηγὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="parakalou%3Dnta">παρακαλοῦντα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="kataspa%2Fsantos">κατασπάσαντος</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29mbo%2Flwn">ἐμβόλων</w>, <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Afilo%2Ffrwn">Φιλόφρων</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="%2A%29astumh%2Fdhs">Ἀστυμήδης</w>.
<w lemma="o%28%2Fte">ὅτε</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="paroimi%2Fan">παροιμίαν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="ku%2Fkneion">κύκνειον</w> <w lemma="e%29chxh%2Fsantes">ἐξηχήσαντες</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flabon">ἔλαβον</w> <w lemma="a%29pokri%2Fseis">ἀποκρίσεις</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Ftas">τοιαύτας</w>, <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerou%3Ds">ὁλοσχεροῦς</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fbou">φόβου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="e%29do%2Fkoun">ἐδόκουν</w> <w lemma="paralelu%2Fsqai">παραλελύσθαι</w>,
<w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="e%29gklhma%2Ftwn">ἐγκλημάτων</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhtos">σύγκλητος</w> <w lemma="pikrw%3Ds">πικρῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="bare%2Fws">βαρέως</w> <w lemma="w%29nei%2Fdisen">ὠνείδισεν</w>.
<w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="nou%3Ds">νοῦς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29pokri%2Fsews">ἀποκρίσεως</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dtos">τοιοῦτος</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgous">ὀλίγους</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpous">ἀνθρώπους</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flous">φίλους</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%2Fs">αὐτούς</w>, <w lemma="h%29%2F%7Cdeisan">ᾔδεισαν</w> <w lemma="kalw%3Ds">καλῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dikai%2Fws">δικαίως</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="de%2Fon">δέον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="xrh%2Fsasqai">χρήσασθαι</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29astumh%2Fdhs">Ἀστυμήδης</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3D%7C">αὑτῷ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29do%2Fkei">ἐδόκει</w> <w lemma="kalw%3Ds">καλῶς</w> <w lemma="ei%29rhke%2Fnai">εἰρηκέναι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdos">πατρίδος</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="parepidhmou%3Dsin">παρεπιδημοῦσιν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="oi%29%2Fkoi">οἴκοι</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnousin">μένουσιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellh%2Fnwn">Ἑλλήνων</w> <w lemma="ou%29damw%3Ds">οὐδαμῶς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fresken">ἤρεσκεν</w>.
<w lemma="e%29ce%2Fbale">ἐξέβαλε</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fggrapton">ἔγγραπτον</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsas">ποιήσας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fntacin">σύνταξιν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="dikaiologi%2Fas">δικαιολογίας</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5C">ἣ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstois">πλείστοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nalambano%2Fntwn">ἀναλαμβανόντων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Ftopos">ἄτοπος</w> <w lemma="e%29fai%2Fneto">ἐφαίνετο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tele%2Fws">τελέως</w> <w lemma="a%29pi%2Fqanos">ἀπίθανος</w>.
<w lemma="sunesth%2Fsato">συνεστήσατο</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="dikaiologi%2Fan">δικαιολογίαν</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdos">πατρίδος</w> <w lemma="dikai%2Fwn">δικαίων</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="kathgori%2Fas">κατηγορίας</w>.
<w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="eu%29ergeth%2Fmata">εὐεργετήματα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunergh%2Fmata">συνεργήματα</w> <w lemma="paraba%2Fllwn">παραβάλλων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sugkri%2Fnwn">συγκρίνων</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="e%29peira%3Dto">ἐπειρᾶτο</w> <w lemma="yeudopoiei%3Dn">ψευδοποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tapeinou%3Dn">ταπεινοῦν</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="hu%29%2Fcane">ηὔξανε</w>, <w lemma="pollaplasia%2Fzwn">πολλαπλασιάζων</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fson">ὅσον</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Do%2Fs">οἷός</w> <w lemma="t%27">τ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn:">ἦν·</w>
<w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%28marth%2Fmata">ἁμαρτήματα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%29nanti%2Fon">τοὐναντίον</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="e%29cwnei%2Fdize">ἐξωνείδιζε</w> <w lemma="pikrw%3Ds">πικρῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dusmenikw%3Ds">δυσμενικῶς</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="e%29peira%3Dto">ἐπειρᾶτο</w> <w lemma="periste%2Fllein">περιστέλλειν</w>, <w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="para%2Fqesin">παράθεσιν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%3Da">οἰκεῖα</w> <w lemma="mikra%5C">μικρὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="suggnw%2Fmhs">συγγνώμης</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fcia">ἄξια</w> <w lemma="fanh%3D%7C">φανῇ</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Flas">πέλας</w> <w lemma="mega%2Fla">μεγάλα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="a%29parai%2Fthta">ἀπαραίτητα</w> <w lemma="tele%2Fws">τελέως</w>, <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="suggnw%2Fmhs">συγγνώμης</w> <w lemma="teteuxe%2Fnai">τετευχέναι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="h%28marthko%2Ftas">ἡμαρτηκότας</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpantas">ἅπαντας</w>.
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnos">γένος</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="dikaiologi%2Fas">δικαιολογίας</w> <w lemma="ou%29damw%3Ds">οὐδαμῶς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fpein">πρέπειν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndri%5C">ἀνδρὶ</w> <w lemma="politikw%3D%7C">πολιτικῷ</w> <w lemma="do%2Fceien">δόξειεν</w>,
<w lemma="e%29pei%2Ftoi">ἐπείτοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="koinopraghsa%2Fntwn">κοινοπραγησάντων</w> <w lemma="peri%2F">περί</w> <w lemma="tinwn">τινων</w> <w lemma="a%29porrh%2Ftwn">ἀπορρήτων</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fbon">φόβον</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fron">πόρον</w> <w lemma="mhnuta%5Cs">μηνυτὰς</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnous">γενομένους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="suneido%2Ftwn">συνειδότων</w> <w lemma="e%29painou%3Dmen">ἐπαινοῦμεν</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pidecame%2Fnous">ἐπιδεξαμένους</w> <w lemma="ba%2Fsanon">βάσανον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="timwri%2Fan">τιμωρίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mhdeni%5C">μηδενὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="suneido%2Ftwn">συνειδότων</w> <w lemma="paraiti%2Fous">παραιτίους</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnous">γενομένους</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="sumfora%3Ds">συμφορᾶς</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="a%29podexo%2Fmeqa">ἀποδεχόμεθα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="a%29gaqou%5Cs">ἀγαθοὺς</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fzomen">νομίζομεν</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fdhlon">ἄδηλον</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fbon">φόβον</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="a%28marth%2Fmata">ἁμαρτήματα</w> <w lemma="tiqei%5Cs">τιθεὶς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fyin">ὄψιν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kratou%3Dsin">κρατοῦσιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kainopoih%2Fsas">καινοποιήσας</w>, <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnos">χρόνος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="lh%2Fqhn">λήθην</w> <w lemma="a%29gho%2Fxei">ἀγηόχει</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28pere%2Fxontas">ὑπερέχοντας</w>, <w lemma="pw%3Ds">πῶς</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmelle">ἔμελλε</w> <w lemma="dusaresth%2Fsein">δυσαρεστήσειν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="i%28storh%2Fsasin">ἱστορήσασιν</w>;
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<head>Rhodian Ambassadors Argue Against War</head>There also came embassies from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>, the first headed<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note4">Fresh embassies from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>, B. C. 167. See<ref target="b29c27" targOrder="U">29, 27</ref>.</note>by Philocrates, the second by Philophron and Astymedes. For when the Rhodians received the answer given to the embassy of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Agesipolis&groupId=302&placeId=594">Agesipolis</a> immediately after the battle of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pydna&groupId=919&placeId=1647">Pydna</a>, they understood the anger and threatening attitude of the Senate towards them, and promptly despatched these embassies. Astymedes and Philophron, observing in the course of public and private conversations the suspicions and anger entertained towards them at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, were reduced to a state of great discouragement and distress.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note5">Terror of the Rhodian envoys at the threat of war.</note>But when one of the praetors mounted the Rostra and urged the people to declare war against <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>, then indeed they were beside themselves with terror at the danger that threatened their country. They assumed mourning garments, and in their various interviews with their friends dropped the tone of persuasion or demand, and pleaded instead, with tears and prayers, that they would not adopt any measure of supreme severity towards them. A few days afterwards Antony, one of the tribunes, introduced them to the Senate, and dragged the praetor who advised the war down from the Rostra. Philophron spoke first, and was<pb n="410" />followed by Astymedes; and, having thus uttered the proverbial "swan's song," they received an answer which, while freeing them from actual fear of war, conveyed a bitter and stern rebuke from the Senate for their conduct. Now Astymedes considered himself to have made a good speech on behalf of his country, but did not at all satisfy the Greeks visiting or residing at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note6">A criticism on the speech of the Rhodian Astymedes.</note>For he afterwards published the speech containing his argument in defence, which, to all those into whose hands it fell, appeared absurd and quite unconvincing. For he rested his plea not alone on the merits of his country, but still more on an accusation of others. Comparing the good services done and the co-operation undertaken by the others, he endeavoured to deny or minimise them; while he exaggerated those of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> as far above their actual amount as he could. The errors of others, on the contrary, he inveighed against in bitter and hostile terms, while those of the Rhodians he attempted to cloak and conceal, in order that, by this comparison, those of his own country might appear insignificant and pardonable, those of others grave and beyond excuse, "all of whom," he added, "had already been pardoned before." But this sort of pleading can in no circumstances be considered becoming to a statesman. Take the case of the betrayal of secrets. It is not those who, for fear or gain, turn informers that we commend; but those who endure any torture and punishment rather than involve an accomplice in the same misfortune. These are the men whom we approve and consider noble. But a man who, from some undefined alarm, exposes to the view of the party in power all the errors of others, and who recalls what time had obliterated from the minds of the ruling people, cannot fail to be an object of dislike to all who hear of it.
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