<head lang="la">B. Olymp. 157, 2. Achaeorum Exsules Liberantur</head><w lemma="%2A%28upe%5Cr">Ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axai+%2Fas">Ἀχαΐας</w> <w lemma="fuga%2Fdwn">φυγάδων</w> <w lemma="e%29nteuxqei%5Cs">ἐντευχθεὶς</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbion">Πολύβιον</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwnos">Σκιπίωνος</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="polu%5Cs">πολὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="sugklh%2Ftw%7C">συγκλήτῳ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgos">λόγος</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fneto">ἐγίνετο</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="dido%2Fntwn">διδόντων</w> <w lemma="ka%2Fqodon">κάθοδον</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29nistame%2Fnwn">ἐνισταμένων</w>, <w lemma="a%29nasta%5Cs">ἀναστὰς</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Aka%2Ftwn">Κάτων</w> "
<w lemma="w%28%2Fsper">ὥσπερ</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontes">ἔχοντες</w>" <w lemma="ei%29%3Dpen">εἶπεν</w> "<w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fttwmen">πράττωμεν</w>, <w lemma="kaqh%2Fmeqa">καθήμεθα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flhn">ὅλην</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="geronti%2Fwn">γεροντίων</w> <w lemma="%2Agraikw%3Dn">Γραικῶν</w> <w lemma="zhtou%3Dntes">ζητοῦντες</w>, <w lemma="po%2Fteron">πότερον</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28mi%3Dn">ἡμῖν</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axai+%2Fa%7C">Ἀχαΐᾳ</w> <w lemma="nekrofo%2Frwn">νεκροφόρων</w> <w lemma="e%29kkomisqw%3Dsi">ἐκκομισθῶσι</w>.
" <w lemma="yhfisqei%2Fshs">ψηφισθείσης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Fdou">καθόδου</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29ndra%2Fsin">ἀνδράσιν</w>, <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgas">ὀλίγας</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbion">Πολύβιον</w> <w lemma="dialipo%2Fntes">διαλιπόντες</w> <w lemma="au%29%3Dqis">αὖθις</w> <w lemma="e%29pexei%2Froun">ἐπεχείρουν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton">σύγκλητον</w> <w lemma="ei%29selqei%3Dn">εἰσελθεῖν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fpws">ὅπως</w> <w lemma="a%28%5Cs">ἃς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axai+%2Fa%7C">Ἀχαΐᾳ</w> <w lemma="tima%5Cs">τιμὰς</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="fuga%2Fdes">φυγάδες</w> <w lemma="a%29nala%2Fboien">ἀναλάβοιεν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aka%2Ftwnos">Κάτωνος</w> <w lemma="a%29pepeirw%3Dnto">ἀπεπειρῶντο</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmhs">γνώμης</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="meidia%2Fsas">μειδιάσας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbion">Πολύβιον</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fsper">ὥσπερ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29odusse%2Fa">Ὀδυσσέα</w>, <w lemma="bou%2Flesqai">βούλεσθαι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aku%2Fklwpos">Κύκλωπος</w> <w lemma="sph%2Flaion">σπήλαιον</w> <w lemma="ei%29selqei%3Dn">εἰσελθεῖν</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pili%2Fon">πιλίον</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%3D">ἐκεῖ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="zw%2Fnhn">ζώνην</w> <w lemma="e%29pilelhsme%2Fnon">ἐπιλελησμένον</w>
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<head>Cato's Wit</head>Cato was consulted by Scipio, at the request of Polybius, on behalf of the Achaeans; and when the debate in the Senate, between the party who wished to grant it and the<pb n="498" />party that opposed it, was protracted to a considerable length, Cato stood up and said: "As though we had nothing else to do, we sit here the whole day debating whether some old Greek dotards should be buried by Italian or Achaean undertakers!" Their restoration being voted, Polybius and his friends, after a few days' interval, were for appearing before the Senate again, with a petition that the exiles should enjoy the same honours in Achaia as they had before.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note19">Restoration of the Achaean detenus, B. C. 151.</note>Cato, however, remarked with a smile that Polybius, like another <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Odysseus&groupId=801&placeId=1446">Odysseus</a>, wanted to go a second time into the cave of the Cyclops, because he had forgotten his cap and belt. . . .<pb />
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