<w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="die%2Ftriben">διέτριβεν</w>. <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29capostale%2Fntes">ἐξαποσταλέντες</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxous">συμμάχους</w>, <w lemma="a%29fiko%2Fmenoi">ἀφικόμενοι</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akarnani%2Fan">Ἀκαρνανίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29netu%2Fgxanon">ἐνετύγχανον</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akarna%3Dnes">Ἀκαρνᾶνες</w> <w lemma="to%2F">τό</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="do%2Fgma">δόγμα</w> <w lemma="gnhsi%2Fws">γνησίως</w> <w lemma="sunepeku%2Frwsan">συνεπεκύρωσαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="e%29ch%2Fnegkan">ἐξήνεγκαν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twloi%3Ds:">Αἰτωλοῖς·</w> <w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="kai%2F">καί</w> <w lemma="tisin">τισιν</w> <w lemma="e%28te%2Frois">ἑτέροις</w>, <w lemma="di%2Fkaion">δίκαιον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="suggnw%2Fmhn">συγγνώμην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w>, <w lemma="u%28pertiqeme%2Fnois">ὑπερτιθεμένοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katame%2Fllousi">καταμέλλουσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="dedio%2Fsi">δεδιόσι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29stugeito%2Fnwn">ἀστυγειτόνων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="parakei%3Dsqai">παρακεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="suntermonou%3Dntas">συντερμονοῦντας</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlw%3Dn">Αἰτωλῶν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fra%7C">χώρᾳ</w>, <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="eu%29xeirw%2Ftous">εὐχειρώτους</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgiston">μέγιστον</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="mikroi%3Ds">μικροῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmprosqen">ἔμπροσθεν</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnois">χρόνοις</w> <w lemma="pei%3Dran">πεῖραν</w> <w lemma="ei%29lhfe%2Fnai">εἰληφέναι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="deinota%2Ftwn">δεινοτάτων</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlou%5Cs">Αἰτωλοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fxqeian">ἀπέχθειαν</w>.
<w lemma="a%29lla%2F">ἀλλά</w> <w lemma="moi">μοι</w> <w lemma="dokou%3Dsin">δοκοῦσιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="gnh%2Fsioi">γνήσιοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</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="ou%29de%2Fpote">οὐδέποτε</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fonos">πλείονος</w> <w lemma="ou%29qe%5Cn">οὐθὲν</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kaqh%2Fkontos:">καθήκοντος·</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fper">ὅπερ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akarna%3Dnes">Ἀκαρνᾶνες</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstois">πλείστοις</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w> <w lemma="ou%29deno%5Cs">οὐδενὸς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellh%2Fnwn">Ἑλλήνων</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dtton">ἧττον</w> <w lemma="eu%28ri%2Fskontai">εὑρίσκονται</w> <w lemma="diatethrhko%2Ftes">διατετηρηκότες</w>, <w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="mikra%3Ds">μικρᾶς</w> <w lemma="o%28rmw%2Fmenoi">ὁρμώμενοι</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="o%29knhte%2Fon">ὀκνητέον</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="perista%2Fseis">περιστάσεις</w> <w lemma="koinwnei%3Dn">κοινωνεῖν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w>, <w lemma="speuste%2Fon">σπευστέον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="kai%2F">καί</w> <w lemma="tisin">τισιν</w> <w lemma="e%28te%2Frois">ἑτέροις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellh%2Fnwn:">Ἑλλήνων·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fa%7C">ἰδίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="koinh%3D%7C">κοινῇ</w> <w lemma="sta%2Fsimon">στάσιμον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxousi%2F">ἔχουσί</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fileleu%2Fqeron">φιλελεύθερον</w>.
<w lemma="%2A%29hpeirw%3Dtai">Ἠπειρῶται</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="paraqe%2Fsews">παραθέσεως</w> <w lemma="diakou%2Fsantes">διακούσαντες</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbewn">πρέσβεων</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="do%2Fgma">δόγμα</w> <w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fws">παραπλησίως</w> <w lemma="e%29peku%2Frwsan">ἐπεκύρωσαν</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="e%29kfe%2Frein">ἐκφέρειν</w> <w lemma="e%29yhfi%2Fsanto">ἐψηφίσαντο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twloi%3Ds">Αἰτωλοῖς</w>, <w lemma="e%29peida%5Cn">ἐπειδὰν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29cene%2Fgkh%7C">ἐξενέγκῃ</w>.
<w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlw%3Dn">Αἰτωλῶν</w> <w lemma="presbeutai%3Ds">πρεσβευταῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29pekri%2Fqhsan">ἀπεκρίθησαν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="de%2Fdoktai">δέδοκται</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpeirw%2Ftais">Ἠπειρώταις</w> <w lemma="diathrei%3Dn">διατηρεῖν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rh%2Fnhn">εἰρήνην</w>, <w lemma="a%29gennw%3Ds">ἀγεννῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poiki%2Flws">ποικίλως</w> <w lemma="xrw%2Fmenoi">χρώμενοι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasin">πράγμασιν</w>.
<w lemma="a%29pesta%2Flhsan">ἀπεστάλησαν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Don">Πτολεμαῖον</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="parakale%2Fsontes">παρακαλέσοντες</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="xrh%2Fmata">χρήματα</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fmpein">πέμπειν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twloi%3Ds">Αἰτωλοῖς</w> <w lemma="mh%2Ft%27">μήτ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllo">ἄλλο</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="xorhgei%3Dn">χορηγεῖν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppou">Φιλίππου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w>
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<head>The Acarnanians Enter the War</head>While Philip was thus engaged, the commissioners sent<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note65">The Acarnanians, B. C. 220.</note>out to the allies were performing their mission. The first place they came to was <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Acarnania&groupId=270&placeId=527">Acarnania</a>; and the Acarnanians, with a noble promptitude, confirmed the decree and undertook to join the war against the Aetolians with their full forces. And yet they, if any one, might have been excused if they had put the matter off, and hesitated, and shown fear of entering upon a war with their neighbours; both because they lived upon the frontiers of Aetolia, and still more because they were peculiarly open to attack, and, most of all, because they had a short time before experienced the most dreadful disasters from the enmity of the Aetolians. But I imagine that men of noble nature, whether in private or public affairs, look upon duty as the highest consideration; and in adherence to this principle no people in Greece have been more frequently conspicuous than the Acarnanians, although the forces at their command were but slender. With them, above all others in Greece, an alliance should be sought at a crisis, without any misgiving;<pb n="306" />for they have, individually and collectively, an element of stability and a spirit of liberality.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note66">Duplicity of the Epirotes.</note>The conduct of the Epirotes was in strong contrast. When they heard what the commissioners had to say, indeed, they, like the Acarnanians, joined in confirming the decree, and voted to go to war with the Aetolians at such time as Philip also did the same; but with ignoble duplicity they told the Aetolian envoys that they had determined to maintain peace with them.Ambassadors were despatched also to King Ptolemy, to<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note67">Ptolemy Philopator.</note>urge him not to send money to the Aetolians, nor to supply them with any aid against Philip and the allies.
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