<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ase%2Fcton">Σέξτον</w> <w lemma="proa%2Fgontes">προάγοντες</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhs">Ῥώμης</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Apelopo%2Fnnhson">Πελοπόννησον</w> <w lemma="a%29ph%2Fnthsan">ἀπήντησαν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aqeari%2Fdan">Θεαρίδαν</w>,
<w lemma="oi%28%2Fper">οἵπερ</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="presbeutai%5C">πρεσβευταὶ</w> <w lemma="pemfqe%2Fntes">πεμφθέντες</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="paraithso%2Fmenoi">παραιτησόμενοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dida%2Fcontes">διδάξοντες</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton">σύγκλητον</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aau%29rh%2Flion">Αὐρήλιον</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnwn">γενομένων</w> <w lemma="a%29loghma%2Ftwn">ἀλογημάτων</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="summi%2Fcantes">συμμίξαντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnoi">προειρημένοι</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Flesan">παρεκάλεσαν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29naka%2Fmptein">ἀνακάμπτειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axai+%2Fan">Ἀχαΐαν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxousin">ἔχουσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29ntola%5Cs">ἐντολὰς</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%5C">αὐτοὶ</w> <w lemma="diale%2Fgesqai">διαλέγεσθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w>.
<w lemma="paragenome%2Fnwn">παραγενομένων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ase%2Fcton">Σέξτον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Apelopo%2Fnnhson">Πελοπόννησον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dialegome%2Fnwn">διαλεγομένων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29gie%2Fwn">Αἰγιέων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flei">πόλει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proferome%2Fnwn">προφερομένων</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="filanqrw%2Fpous">φιλανθρώπους</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fgklhma">ἔγκλημα</w> <w lemma="parapempo%2Fntwn">παραπεμπόντων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sxedo%5Cn">σχεδὸν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5Cn">οὐδὲν</w> <w lemma="prosdeo%2Fmenon">προσδεόμενον</w> <w lemma="dikaiologi%2Fas">δικαιολογίας</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="be%2Fltion">βέλτιον</w> <w lemma="e%29kdexome%2Fnwn">ἐκδεχομένων</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gegono%5Cs">γεγονὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>, <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="parakalou%2Fntwn">παρακαλούντων</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="porrwte%2Frw">πορρωτέρω</w> <w lemma="probh%3Dnai">προβῆναι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%28marti%2Fas">ἁμαρτίας</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%5Cs">αὑτοὺς</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fous">Λακεδαιμονίους</w>,
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="swfronou%3Dn">σωφρονοῦν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="a%29sme%2Fnws">ἀσμένως</w> <w lemma="a%29pede%2Fxeto">ἀπεδέχετο</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="lego%2Fmena">λεγόμενα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="li%2Fan">λίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29netre%2Fpeto">ἐνετρέπετο</w>, <w lemma="suneido%5Cs">συνειδὸς</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3D%7C">αὑτῷ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pepragme%2Fna">πεπραγμένα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="o%29fqalmw%3Dn">ὀφθαλμῶν</w> <w lemma="lamba%2Fnon">λαμβάνον</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="sumbai%2Fnonta">συμβαίνοντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="a%29ntitattome%2Fnois">ἀντιταττομένοις</w>,
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="a%29ntile%2Fgein">ἀντιλέγειν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5Cn">οὐδὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxe">εἶχε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ase%2Fcton">Σέξτον</w> <w lemma="legome%2Fnois">λεγομένοις</w> <w lemma="dikai%2Fois">δικαίοις</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dge">ἦγε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28suxi%2Fan">ἡσυχίαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fmene">ἔμενε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="nosou%3Dn">νοσοῦν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diefqarme%2Fnon">διεφθαρμένον</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="%2Adi%2Faion">Δίαιον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akrito%2Flaon">Κριτόλαον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="mete%2Fxontes">μετέχοντες</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmhs:">γνώμης·</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fsper">ὥσπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fthdes">ἐπίτηδες</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="e%28ka%2Fsths">ἑκάστης</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29klogh%5Cn">ἐκλογὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="xei%2Fristoi">χείριστοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qeoi%3Ds">θεοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29xqroi%5C">ἐχθροὶ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="lumaino%2Fmenoi">λυμαινόμενοι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnos:">ἔθνος·</w>
<w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="paroimi%2Fa">παροιμία</w> <w lemma="fhsi%2Fn">φησίν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="dido%2Fmena">διδόμενα</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="decia%3D%7C">δεξιᾷ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="e%29de%2Fxonto">ἐδέχοντο</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="laia%3D%7C">λαιᾷ</w> <w lemma="xeiri%2F">χειρί</w>, <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sullh%2Fbdhn">συλλήβδην</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fpaion">παρέπαιον</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="logismoi%3Ds">λογισμοῖς</w>.
<w lemma="u%28pe%2Flabon">ὑπέλαβον</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="dia%2F">διά</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fh%7C">Λιβύῃ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fan">Ἰβηρίαν</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fceis">πράξεις</w> <w lemma="dedio%2Ftas">δεδιότας</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dn">πᾶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pome%2Fnein">ὑπομένειν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="proi+%2Fesqai">προΐεσθαι</w> <w lemma="fwnh%2Fn">φωνήν</w>.
<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fsantes">νομίσαντες</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fdion">ἴδιον</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="paro%5Cn">παρὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29pekri%2Fqhsan">ἀπεκρίθησαν</w> <w lemma="filanqrw%2Fpws">φιλανθρώπως</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="presbeutai%3Ds">πρεσβευταῖς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aqeari%2Fdan">Θεαρίδαν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fmws">ὅμως</w> <w lemma="a%29poste%2Fllein">ἀποστέλλειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton">σύγκλητον</w>, <w lemma="au%29toi%5C">αὐτοὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="parakolouqh%2Fsantes">παρακολουθήσαντες</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Atege%2Fan">Τεγέαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="koinologhqe%2Fntes">κοινολογηθέντες</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fois">Λακεδαιμονίοις</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>*, <w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnhtai%2F">γένηταί</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="w%28mologhme%2Fnh">ὡμολογημένη</w> <w lemma="lu%2Fsis">λύσις</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w>.
<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29pokriqe%2Fntes">ἀποκριθέντες</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dgon">ἦγον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flai">πάλαι</w> <w lemma="prokeime%2Fnhn">προκειμένην</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fgnoian">ἄγνοιαν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="talai%2Fpwron">ταλαίπωρον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnos">ἔθνος</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dt%27">τοῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Ftws">εἰκότως</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29peiri%2Fan">ἀπειρίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaki%2Fan">κακίαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kratou%2Fntwn">κρατούντων</w>.
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<head>Riotous Scene at Corinth</head>When Quintus Caecilius Metellus heard in Macedonia<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note28">Fresh legates are sent from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a> to Achaia in the winter of B. C. 147-146.</note>of the commotion and disturbance going on in the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a>, he despatched thither his legates<pb n="524" />Gneaus Papirius and the younger Popilius Laenas, along with Aulus Gabinius and Gaius Fannius; who, happening to arrive when the congress was assembled at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a>, were introduced to the assembly, and delivered a long and conciliatory speech, much in the spirit of that of Sextus Julius, exerting themselves with great zeal to prevent the Achaeans from proceeding to an open breach with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, either on the pretext of their grievance against the Lacedaemonians, or from any feeling of anger against the Romans themselves. But the assembled people would not hear them; insulting words were loudly uttered against the envoys, and in the midst of a storm of yells and tumult they were driven from the assembly.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note29">Riotous scene at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a>.</note>The fact was that such a crowd of workmen and artisans had been got together as had never been collected before; for all the cities were in a state of drivelling folly, and above all the Corinthians<foreign lang="fr">en masse;</foreign>and there were only a very few who heartily approved of the words of the envoys.Critolaus, conceiving that he had attained his purpose, in<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note30">Critolaus makes no secret of his hostility to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.</note>the midst of an audience as excited and mad as himself began attacking the magistrates, abusing all who were opposed to him, and openly defying the Roman envoys, saying that he was desirous of being a friend of the Romans, but had no taste for them as his masters. And, finally, he tried to incite the people by saying that, if they quitted themselves like men, they would have no lack of allies; but, if they betrayed womanish fears, they would not want for masters. By many other such words to the same effect, conceived in the spirit of a charlatan and huckster, he roused and excited the populace. He attempted also to make it plan that he was not acting at random in these proceedings, but that some of the kings and republics were engaged in the same policy as himself.
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