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Book 38 - Chapter 8

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<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Agolo%2Fssou">Γολόσσου</w> <w lemma="metado%2Fntos">μεταδόντος</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="strathgw%3D%7C">στρατηγῷ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rhme%2Fnwn">εἰρημένων</w>, <w lemma="gela%2Fsas">γελάσας</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fplios">Πόπλιος</w> "<w lemma="%2Atau%3Dta">Ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllwn">μέλλων</w> <w lemma="a%29ciou%3Dn">ἀξιοῦν</w>" <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> "<w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="thlikau%2Fthn">τηλικαύτην</w> <w lemma="a%29se%2Fbeian">ἀσέβειαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftous">αἰχμαλώτους</w> <w lemma="h%28mw%3Dn">ἡμῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29napedei%2Fcw">ἐναπεδείξω</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qeoi%3Ds">θεοῖς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdas">ἐλπίδας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxeis">ἔχεις</w>, <w lemma="parabebhkw%5Cs">παραβεβηκὼς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmous">νόμους</w>;
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" <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="boulome%2Fnou">βουλομένου</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="prosupomimnh%2Fskein">προσυπομιμνήσκειν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwna">Σκιπίωνα</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="sunte%2Fleian">συντέλειαν</w> <w lemma="e%29piti%2Fqesqai">ἐπιτίθεσθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasi:">πράγμασι·</w>
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<w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29dh%2Flwn">ἀδήλων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="kata%2Fstasin">κατάστασιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Ftwn">ὑπάτων</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="suneggi%2Fzein">συνεγγίζειν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="stoxa%2Fzesqai">στοχάζεσθαι</w>, <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="xeimw%3Dnos">χειμῶνος</w> <w lemma="prokatalabo%2Fntos">προκαταλαβόντος</w> <w lemma="e%29pelqw%5Cn">ἐπελθὼν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fteros">ἕτερος</w> <w lemma="a%29koniti%5C">ἀκονιτὶ</w> <w lemma="la%2Fbh%7C">λάβῃ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pigrafh%5Cn">ἐπιγραφὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnou">ἐκείνου</w> <w lemma="po%2Fnwn:">πόνων·</w>
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="legome%2Fnwn">λεγομένων</w> <w lemma="e%29pisth%2Fsas">ἐπιστήσας</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29ke%2Fleusen">ἐκέλευσεν</w> <w lemma="a%29nagge%2Fllein">ἀναγγέλλειν</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="di%2Fdwsi">δίδωσι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29sfa%2Fleian">ἀσφάλειαν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="gunaiki%5C">γυναικὶ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="te%2Fknois">τέκνοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="suggenw%3Dn">συγγενῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flwn">φίλων</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fais">οἰκίαις</w>, <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="labei%3Dn">λαβεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fwn">ἰδίων</w> <w lemma="u%28parxo%2Fntwn">ὑπαρχόντων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="oi%29ketw%3Dn">οἰκετῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29cagagei%3Dn">ἐξαγαγεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%5Cn">ἑκατὸν</w> <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ai%28rh%3Dtai">αἱρῆται</w>.
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<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Agolo%2Fsshs">Γολόσσης</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="fila%2Fnqrwpa">φιλάνθρωπα</w> <w lemma="sunh%2F%7Cei">συνῄει</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asdrou%2Fban">Ἀσδρούβαν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tri%2Fth%7C">τρίτῃ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="h%28merw%3Dn:">ἡμερῶν·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29ceporeu%2Feto">ἐξεπορεύετο</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhs">μεγάλης</w> <w lemma="a%29ci%2Fas">ἀξίας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="porfuri%2Fdi">πορφυρίδι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="panopli%2Fa%7C">πανοπλίᾳ</w> <w lemma="ba%2Fdhn">βάδην</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="tragw%7Cdi%2Fais">τραγῳδίαις</w> <w lemma="tura%2Fnnous">τυράννους</w> <w lemma="polu%2F">πολύ</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="prosofei%2Flein">προσοφείλειν</w>.
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<w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsei">φύσει</w> <w lemma="sa%2Frkinos">σάρκινος</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="koili%2Fan">κοιλίαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29lh%2Ffei">εἰλήφει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="xrw%2Fmati">χρώματι</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsin">φύσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pikekaume%2Fnos">ἐπικεκαυμένος</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="panhgu%2Frei">πανηγύρει</w> <w lemma="pou">που</w> <w lemma="diaita%3Dsqai">διαιτᾶσθαι</w> <w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fws">παραπλησίως</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="siteutoi%3Ds">σιτευτοῖς</w> <w lemma="bousi%2Fn">βουσίν</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="thlikou%2Ftwn">τηλικούτων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Dn">κακῶν</w> <w lemma="prostatei%3Dn">προστατεῖν</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="e%29fi%2Fkoito">ἐφίκοιτο</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgw%7C">λόγῳ</w> <w lemma="dieciw%5Cn">διεξιὼν</w> <w lemma="ou%29dei%2Fs">οὐδείς</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="sunh%3Dlqe">συνῆλθε</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="basilei%3D">βασιλεῖ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dih%2Fkouse">διήκουσε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="strathgou%3D">στρατηγοῦ</w> <w lemma="proteinome%2Fnwn">προτεινομένων</w>, <w lemma="polla%2Fkis">πολλάκις</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="mhro%5Cn">μηρὸν</w> <w lemma="pata%2Fcas">πατάξας</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="qeou%5Cs">θεοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxhn">τύχην</w> <w lemma="e%29pikalesa%2Fmenos">ἐπικαλεσάμενος</w>, <w lemma="ou%29de%2Fpote">οὐδέποτε</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsesqai">ἔσεσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffasken">ἔφασκεν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="h%28%3D%7C">ᾗ</w> <w lemma="sumbh%2Fsetai">συμβήσεται</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Flion">ἥλιον</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asdrou%2Fban">Ἀσδρούβαν</w> <w lemma="ble%2Fpein">βλέπειν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fda">πατρίδα</w> <w lemma="purpoloume%2Fnhn:">πυρπολουμένην·</w>
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<w lemma="kalo%5Cn">καλὸν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29nta%2Ffion">ἐντάφιον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="eu%29%3D">εὖ</w> <w lemma="fronou%3Dsi">φρονοῦσι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fda">πατρίδα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="pu%3Dr">πῦρ</w>.
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<w lemma="w%28%2Fsq%27">ὥσθ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fte">ὅτε</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29pofa%2Fseis">ἀποφάσεις</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="ble%2Fyeie">βλέψειε</w>, <w lemma="qauma%2Fzein">θαυμάζειν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndra">ἄνδρα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="megalo%2Fyuxon">μεγαλόψυχον</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgwn">λόγων</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fte">ὅτε</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="xeirismo%5Cn">χειρισμὸν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29genni%2Fan">ἀγεννίαν</w> <w lemma="kataplh%2Fttesqai">καταπλήττεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29nandri%2Fan:">ἀνανδρίαν·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%2Fn">μέν</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="politw%3Dn">πολιτῶν</w> <w lemma="diafqeirome%2Fnwn">διαφθειρομένων</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerw%3Ds">ὁλοσχερῶς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="limou%3D">λιμοῦ</w>, <w lemma="po%2Ftous">πότους</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="sunh%3Dge">συνῆγε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="deute%2Fras">δευτέρας</w> <w lemma="trape%2Fzas">τραπέζας</w> <w lemma="pareti%2Fqeto">παρετίθετο</w> <w lemma="polutelei%3Ds">πολυτελεῖς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fas">ἰδίας</w> <w lemma="eu%29eci%2Fas">εὐεξίας</w> <w lemma="paredeigma%2Ftize">παρεδειγμάτιζε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnwn">ἐκείνων</w> <w lemma="a%29tuxi%2Fan:">ἀτυχίαν·</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fpiston">ἄπιστον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29poqnhsko%2Fntwn">ἀποθνησκόντων</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w>,
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<w lemma="a%29%2Fpiston">ἄπιστον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tomolou%2Fntwn">αὐτομολούντων</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="limo%2Fn:">λιμόν·</w>
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<w lemma="e%29%2Fpeita">ἔπειτα</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="diaxleua%2Fzwn">διαχλευάζων</w>, <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29nubri%2Fzwn">ἐνυβρίζων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="foneu%2Fwn">φονεύων</w> <w lemma="kateplh%2Ftteto">κατεπλήττετο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpw%7C">τρόπῳ</w> <w lemma="sunei%3Dxe">συνεῖχε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29cousi%2Fan">ἐξουσίαν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%3D%7C">ᾗ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Flis">μόλις</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="xrh%2Fsaito">χρήσαιτο</w> <w lemma="tu%2Frannos">τύραννος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="eu%29tuxou%2Fsh%7C">εὐτυχούσῃ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flei">πόλει</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="dedustuxhkui%2Fa%7C">δεδυστυχηκυίᾳ</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdi">πατρίδι</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="li%2Fan">λίαν</w> <w lemma="dokw%3D">δοκῶ</w> <w lemma="kalw%3Ds">καλῶς</w> <w lemma="h%28mi%3Dn">ἡμῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rh%3Dsqai">εἰρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="prosta%2Ftas">προστάτας</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="o%28moiote%2Frous">ὁμοιοτέρους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhsi">Ἕλλησι</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fois">Καρχηδονίοις</w> <w lemma="u%28parca%2Fntwn">ὑπαρξάντων</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="eu%28%2Froi">εὕροι</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="r%28a%7Cdi%2Fws">ῥᾳδίως</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fstai">ἔσται</w> <w lemma="dh%3Dlon">δῆλον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="paraqe%2Fsews">παραθέσεως</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnwn">ἐκείνων</w> <w lemma="poihsw%2Fmeqa">ποιησώμεθα</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w>.
<head>The Commissioners Arrive in Achaia</head>As Sextus Julius Caesar and his colleagues were on their<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note21">Arrival of Sextus Julius and the commissioners in Achaia.</note>way from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> to the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a>, they were met by Thearidas and the other envoys, sent by the Achaeans to make their excuse and give the Senate an explanation of the intemperate acts committed in regard to Aurelius Orestes. But Sextus Julius persuaded them to turn back to Achaia, on the ground that he and his colleagues were coming with full instructions to communicate with the Achaeans on all these points. When<pb n="522" />Sextus arrived in the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a>, and in a conference with the Achaeans in Aegium spoke with great kindness, he made no mention of the injurious treatment of the legates, and scarcely demanded any defence at all, but took a more lenient view of what had happened than even the Achaeans themselves; and dwelt chiefly on the subject of exhorting them not to carry their error any further, in regard either to the Romans or the Lacedaemonians.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note22">Conference at Aegium. The envoys are conciliatory.</note>Thereupon the more sober-minded party received the speech with satisfaction, and were strongly moved to obey the suggestions, because they were conscious of the gravity of what they had been doing, and had before their eyes what happened to opponents of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>; but the majority, though they had not a word to say against the justice of the injunctions of Sextus Julius, and were quite silent, yet remained deeply tainted with disaffection.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note23">Action of Diaeus and Critolaus and their party.</note>And Diaeus and Critolaus, and all who shared their sentiments,—and they consisted of all the greatest rascals in every city, men at war with the gods, and pests of the community, carefully selected,—took, as the proverb has it, with the left hand what the Romans gave with the right, and went utterly and entirely wrong in their calculations. For they supposed that the Romans, owing to the troubles in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Libya&groupId=686&placeId=427">Libya</a> and Iberia, feared a war with the Achaeans and would submit to anything and say anything. Thinking, therefore, that the hour was their own, they answered the Roman envoys politely that "They would, nevertheless, send Thearidas and his colleagues to the Senate; while they would themselves accompany the legates to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Tegea&groupId=1011&placeId=1780">Tegea</a>, and there in consultation with the Lacedaemonians would provide for some settlement of the war that would meet the views of both parties." With this answer they subsequently induced the unhappy nation to follow the senseless course to which they had long before made up their mind. And this result was only what might have been expected from the inexperience and corruption of the prevailing party.