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Book 31 - Chapter 13

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<w lemma="%2A%29epeidh%5C">Ἐπειδὴ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnt%27">πάντ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Ftoima">ἕτοιμα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="nauklh%2Frw%7C">ναυκλήρῳ</w> <w lemma="loipo%2Fn">λοιπόν</w> <w lemma="t%27">τ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fdei">ἔδει</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmh%2Ftrion">Δημήτριον</w> <w lemma="a%29parti%2Fzein">ἀπαρτίζειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28to%2Fn">αὑτόν</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="trofe%2Fa">τροφέα</w> <w lemma="proape%2Fsteilen">προαπέστειλεν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fan">Συρίαν</w> <w lemma="w%29takousth%2Fsonta">ὠτακουστήσοντα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katopteu%2Fsonta">κατοπτεύσοντα</w> <w lemma="ta%29kei%3D">τἀκεῖ</w> <w lemma="sumbai%2Fnonta">συμβαίνοντα</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxlous">ὄχλους</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fntrofos">σύντροφος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29apollw%2Fnios">Ἀπολλώνιος</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="metei%3Dxe">μετεῖχε</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%3Ds:">ἐπιβολῆς·</w> <w lemma="duei%3Dn">δυεῖν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28parxo%2Fntwn">ὑπαρχόντων</w> <w lemma="a%29delfw%3Dn">ἀδελφῶν</w>, <w lemma="%2Amelea%2Fgrou">Μελεάγρου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amenesqe%2Fws">Μενεσθέως</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="e%29koinw%2Fsato">ἐκοινώσατο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pra%3Dcin">πρᾶξιν</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fllw%7C">ἄλλῳ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29deni%5C">οὐδενὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w>, <w lemma="kai%2Ftoi">καίτοι</w> <w lemma="pleio%2Fnwn">πλειόνων</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntwn">ὄντων</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29apollwni%2Fou">Ἀπολλωνίου</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsin">φύσιν</w> <w lemma="ui%28oi%2F">υἱοί</w>, <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="eu%29kairi%2Fan">εὐκαιρίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontos">ἔχοντος</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Aseleu%2Fkw%7C">Σελεύκῳ</w>, <w lemma="metasta%2Fntos">μεταστάντος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxou">Ἀντιόχου</w> <w lemma="meta%2Flhyin">μετάληψιν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Ami%2Flhton">Μίλητον</w>.
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<w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="suntaxqei%2Fshs">συνταχθείσης</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="nautikou%5Cs">ναυτικοὺς</w> <w lemma="suneggizou%2Fshs">συνεγγιζούσης</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fdei">ἔδει</w> <w lemma="gene%2F">γενέ</w> <w lemma="sqai">σθαι</w> <w lemma="para%2F">παρά</w> <w lemma="tini">τινι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flwn">φίλων</w> <w lemma="u%28podoxh%5Cn">ὑποδοχὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcodon">ἔξοδον</w>.
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<w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dpnon">δεῖπνον</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Do%2Fn">οἷόν</w> <w lemma="t%27">τ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn:">ἦν·</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fqisto">εἴθιστο</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29pimelw%3Ds">ἐπιμελῶς</w> <w lemma="kalei%3Dn">καλεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpantas">ἅπαντας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntas">ὄντας</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="suneido%2Ftes">συνειδότες</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pra%3Dcin">πρᾶξιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmellon">ἔμελλον</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="oi%29%2Fkou">οἴκου</w> <w lemma="deipnh%2Fsantes">δειπνήσαντες</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="ploi%3Don">πλοῖον</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fcein">ἥξειν</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontes">ἔχοντες</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fna">ἕνα</w> <w lemma="pai%3Dda">παῖδα</w> <w lemma="meq%27">μεθ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28autw%3Dn">ἑαυτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkastos:">ἕκαστος·</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="loipou%5Cs">λοιποὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29pesta%2Flkeisan">ἀπεστάλκεισαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anagnei%2Fas">Ἀναγνείας</w>, <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29piou%3Dsan">ἐπιοῦσαν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%5C">αὐτοὶ</w> <w lemma="pareyo%2Fmenoi">παρεψόμενοι</w>.
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<w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbion">Πολύβιον</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbainen">συνέβαινεν</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="h%29sqenhko%2Fta">ἠσθενηκότα</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnein">μένειν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="kli%2Fnhn">κλίνην</w>, <w lemma="ei%29de%2Fnai">εἰδέναι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pratto%2Fmena">πραττόμενα</w>, <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Amenu%2Fllou">Μενύλλου</w> <w lemma="sunexw%3Ds">συνεχῶς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="metadido%2Fntos">μεταδιδόντος</w> <w lemma="ai%29ei%5C">αἰεὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28popipto%2Fntwn">ὑποπιπτόντων</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="a%29gwnia%2Fsas">ἀγωνιάσας</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnos">προειρημένος</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sunhqei%2Fas">συνηθείας</w> <w lemma="e%28lkusqei%2Fshs">ἑλκυσθείσης</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmhtri%2Fou">Δημητρίου</w> <w lemma="sumpotikou%3D">συμποτικοῦ</w> <w lemma="fusikw%3Ds">φυσικῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="newte%2Frou">νεωτέρου</w> <w lemma="tele%2Fws">τελέως</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxontos">ὑπάρχοντος</w>, <w lemma="a%29po%2Frhma%2F">ἀπόρημά</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnhtai">γένηται</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcodon">ἔξοδον</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fqhn">μέθην</w>,
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<w lemma="gra%2Fyas">γράψας</w> <w lemma="braxu%5C">βραχὺ</w> <w lemma="pitta%2Fkion">πιττάκιον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sfragisa%2Fmenos">σφραγισάμενος</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fmpei">πέμπει</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="pai%3Dda">παῖδα</w> <w lemma="suskota%2Fzontos">συσκοτάζοντος</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frti">ἄρτι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="qeou%3D">θεοῦ</w>, <w lemma="sunta%2Fcas">συντάξας</w> <w lemma="e%29kkalesa%2Fmenon">ἐκκαλεσάμενον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="oi%29noxo%2Fon">οἰνοχόον</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmhtri%2Fou">Δημητρίου</w> <w lemma="dou%3Dnai">δοῦναι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pitta%2Fkion">πιττάκιον</w>, <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29po%2Fnta">εἰπόντα</w> <w lemma="ti%2Fs">τίς</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="ti%2Fnos">τίνος</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="keleu%2Fein">κελεύειν</w> <w lemma="a%29podido%2Fnai">ἀποδιδόναι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmhtri%2Fw%7C">Δημητρίῳ</w> <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w> <w lemma="dianagnw%3Dnai">διαναγνῶναι</w>.
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<w lemma="genome%2Fnwn">γενομένων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="suntaxqe%2Fn">συνταχθέν</w>, <w lemma="labw%5Cn">λαβὼν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmh%2Ftrios">Δημήτριος</w> <w lemma="e%29pane%2Fgnw">ἐπανέγνω</w>.
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<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pitta%2Fkion">πιττάκιον</w> <w lemma="periei%3Dxe">περιεῖχε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmas">γνώμας</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftas">ταύτας</w>. <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="drw%3Dn">δρῶν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllontos">μέλλοντος</w> <w lemma="oi%29%2Fxetai">οἴχεται</w> <w lemma="fe%2Frwn">φέρων</w>.
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<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fson">ἴσον</w> <w lemma="fe%2Frei">φέρει</w> <w lemma="nu%2Fc">νύξ</w>, <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tolmw%3Dsin">τολμῶσιν</w> <w lemma="ple%2Fon">πλέον</w>. <w lemma="to%2Flma">τόλμα</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w>,
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<w lemma="kindu%2Fneue">κινδύνευε</w>, <w lemma="pra%3Dtt%27">πρᾶττ᾽</w>, <w lemma="a%29potu%2Fgxane">ἀποτύγχανε</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%2Ftuxe">ἐπίτυχε</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="sauto%5Cn">σαυτὸν</w> <w lemma="proou%3D">προοῦ</w>. <w lemma="na%3Dfe">νᾶφε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fmnas%27">μέμνας᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29pistei%3Dn:">ἀπιστεῖν·</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frqra">ἄρθρα</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="ta%3Dn">τᾶν</w> <w lemma="frenw%3Dn">φρενῶν</w>.
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<head>Ariarathes of Cappadocia</head>While this was going on at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, envoys from the<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note26">Missions to Ariarathes, king of</note>city, under Marcus Junius, had arrived to arbitrate on the disputes between the Gauls<pb n="435" />and king Ariarathes.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note27"><a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Cappadocia&groupId=435&placeId=343">Cappadocia</a>, in regard to the encroachments of the Gauls.</note>For the Trocmi, having found themselves unable to annex any portion of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Cappadocia&groupId=435&placeId=343">Cappadocia</a> by their unaided efforts, and having been promptly foiled in their audacious attempts,<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note28">The Greek of this sentence is certainly corrupt, and no satisfactory sense can be elicited from it.</note>sought refuge with the Romans, and endeavoured to bring Ariarathes into discredit there. On this account an embassy under M. Junius was sent to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Cappadocia&groupId=435&placeId=343">Cappadocia</a>. The king gave them a satisfactory account of the affair, treated them with great courtesy, and sent them away loud in his praises. And when subsequently Gnaeus Octavius and Spurius Lucretius arrived, and again addressed the king on the subject of his controversies with the Gauls, after a brief conversation on that subject, and saying that he would acquiesce in their decision without difficulty, he directed the rest of his remarks to the state of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syria&groupId=995&placeId=502">Syria</a>, being aware that Octavius and his colleagues were going thither.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note29">Ariarathes warns Octavius of the dangerous state of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syria&groupId=995&placeId=502">Syria</a>.</note>He pointed out to them the unsettled state of the kingdom and the unprincipled character of the men at the head of affairs there; and added that he would escort them with an army, and remain on the watch for all emergencies, until they returned from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syria&groupId=995&placeId=502">Syria</a> in safety. Gnaeus and his colleagues acknowleged the king's kindness and zeal, but said that for the present they did not need the escort: on a future occasion, however, if need should arise, they would let him know without delay; for they considered him as one of the true friends of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>. . . .<note anchored="yes" type="summary" place="inline" resp="ess" id="note30">Ariarathes died soon after this embassy, and was succeeded by his son Ariarathes Philopator. B. C. 164.<bibl n="Liv. Per. 46" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, Ep. 46</bibl>.</note>