<w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flabe">ἔλαβε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%2Fn">ἀρχήν</w>. <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Abuza%2Fntioi">Βυζάντιοι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="e%29rrwme%2Fnws">ἐρρωμένως</w> <w lemma="e%29pole%2Fmoun">ἐπολέμουν</w>, <w lemma="pepeisme%2Fnoi">πεπεισμένοι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaio%5Cn">Ἀχαιὸν</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="bohqei%3Dn">βοηθεῖν</w>, <w lemma="au%29toi%5C">αὐτοὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Atiboi%2Fthn">Τιβοίτην</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fas">Μακεδονίας</w> <w lemma="e%29pagago%2Fntes">ἐπαγαγόντες</w> <w lemma="a%29ntiperisth%2Fsein">ἀντιπεριστήσειν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Aprousi%2Fa%7C">Προυσίᾳ</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fbous">φόβους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnous">κινδύνους</w>,
<w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnhn">προειρημένην</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%5Cn">ὁρμὴν</w> <w lemma="polemw%3Dn">πολεμῶν</w> <w lemma="parei%2Fleto">παρείλετο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenon">καλούμενον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="sto%2Fmatos">στόματος</w> <w lemma="%2A%28iero%2Fn">Ἱερόν</w>,
<w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="%2Abuza%2Fntioi">Βυζάντιοι</w> <w lemma="mikroi%3Ds">μικροῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29nw%2Fteron">ἀνώτερον</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnois">χρόνοις</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flwn">μεγάλων</w> <w lemma="w%29nhsa%2Fmenoi">ὠνησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="xrhma%2Ftwn">χρημάτων</w> <w lemma="e%29sfeteri%2Fsanto">ἐσφετερίσαντο</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="eu%29kairi%2Fan">εὐκαιρίαν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpou">τόπου</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenoi">βουλόμενοι</w> <w lemma="mhdemi%2Fan">μηδεμίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29formh%5Cn">ἀφορμὴν</w> <w lemma="mhdeni%5C">μηδενὶ</w> <w lemma="katalipei%3Dn">καταλιπεῖν</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fnton">Πόντον</w> <w lemma="pleo%2Fntwn">πλεόντων</w> <w lemma="e%29mpo%2Frwn">ἐμπόρων</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="dou%2Flous">δούλους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="qala%2Ftths">θαλάττης</w> <w lemma="e%29rgasi%2Fas">ἐργασίας</w>,
<w lemma="parei%2Fleto">παρείλετο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fas">Ἀσίας</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="katei%3Dxon">κατεῖχον</w> <w lemma="%2Abuza%2Fntioi">Βυζάντιοι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Amusi%2Fas">Μυσίας</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnous">χρόνους</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdioi">Ῥόδιοι</w> <w lemma="plhrw%2Fsantes">πληρώσαντες</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fc">ἕξ</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftais">ταύταις</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxwn">συμμάχων</w> <w lemma="proslabo%2Fntes">προσλαβόντες</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttaras">τέτταρας</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nau%2Farxon">ναύαρχον</w> <w lemma="proxeirisa%2Fmenoi">προχειρισάμενοι</w> <w lemma="%2Aceno%2Ffanton">Ξενόφαντον</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fpleon">ἔπλεον</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellhspo%2Fntou">Ἑλλησπόντου</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="nausi%2F">ναυσί</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="loipai%3Ds">λοιπαῖς</w> <w lemma="o%28rmou%3Dntes">ὁρμοῦντες</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ashsto%5Cn">Σηστὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29kw%2Fluon">ἐκώλυον</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ple%2Fontas">πλέοντας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fnton">Πόντον</w>, <w lemma="mia%3D%7C">μιᾷ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kpleu%2Fsas">ἐκπλεύσας</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="nau%2Farxos">ναύαρχος</w> <w lemma="katepei%2Fraze">κατεπείραζε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Abuzanti%2Fwn">Βυζαντίων</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%2F">εἴ</w> <w lemma="pws">πως</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="metameloi%3Dnto">μεταμελοῖντο</w> <w lemma="katapeplhgme%2Fnoi">καταπεπληγμένοι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>.
<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="prosexo%2Fntwn">προσεχόντων</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fpleuse">ἀπέπλευσε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paralabw%5Cn">παραλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="loipa%5Cs">λοιπὰς</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="a%29ph%3Dre">ἀπῆρε</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsais">πάσαις</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdon">Ῥόδον</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Abuza%2Fntioi">Βυζάντιοι</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fs">πρός</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaio%5Cn">Ἀχαιὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpempon">ἔπεμπον</w>, <w lemma="a%29ciou%3Dntes">ἀξιοῦντες</w> <w lemma="bohqei%3Dn">βοηθεῖν</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%2F">ἐπί</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Atiboi%2Fthn">Τιβοίτην</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fstellon">ἐξαπέστελλον</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fcontas">ἄξοντας</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fas:">Μακεδονίας·</w>
<w lemma="e%29do%2Fkei">ἐδόκει</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dtton">ἧττον</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="%2Abiqunw%3Dn">Βιθυνῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5C">ἀρχὴ</w> <w lemma="%2Atiboi%2Fth%7C">Τιβοίτῃ</w> <w lemma="kaqh%2Fkein">καθήκειν</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="%2Aprousi%2Fa%7C">Προυσίᾳ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="patro%5Cs">πατρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29delfo%5Cn">ἀδελφὸν</w>
<w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Aprousi%2Fa%7C">Προυσίᾳ</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdioi">Ῥόδιοι</w> <w lemma="qewrou%3Dntes">θεωροῦντες</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Abuzanti%2Fwn">Βυζαντίων</w> <w lemma="u%28po%2Fstasin">ὑπόστασιν</w>, <w lemma="pragmatikw%3Ds">πραγματικῶς</w> <w lemma="dienoh%2Fqhsan">διενοήθησαν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kaqike%2Fsqai">καθικέσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="proqe%2F">προθέ</w>
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<head>The War between <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Byzantium&groupId=415&placeId=767">Byzantium</a> Begins</head>At first the Byzantines entered upon the war with<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note102">Hostilities commence, B. C. 220.</note>energy, in full confidence of receiving the assistance of Achaeus; and of being able to cause Prusias as much alarm and danger by fetching Tiboetes from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a> as he had done to them. For Prusias, entering upon the war with all the animosity which I have described, had seized the place called Hieron at the entrance of the channel, which the Byzantines not long before had purchased for a considerable sum of money, because of its convenient situation; and because they did not wish to leave in any one else's hands a point of vantage to be used against merchants sailing into the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pontus&groupId=910&placeId=1634">Pontus</a>, or one which commanded the slave trade, or the fishing. Besides this, Prusias had seized in Asia a district of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Mysia&groupId=782&placeId=1417">Mysia</a>, which had been in the possession of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Byzantium&groupId=415&placeId=767">Byzantium</a> for many years past.Meanwhile the Rhodians manned six ships and received four from their allies; and, having elected Xenophantus to command them, they sailed with this squadron of ten ships to the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Hellespont&groupId=620&placeId=1141">Hellespont</a>. Nine of them dropped anchor near <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sestos&groupId=969&placeId=1717">Sestos</a>,<pb n="324" />and stopped ships sailing into the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pontus&groupId=910&placeId=1634">Pontus</a>; with the tenth the admiral sailed to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Byzantium&groupId=415&placeId=767">Byzantium</a>, to test the spirit of the people, and see whether they were already sufficiently alarmed to change their minds about the war. Finding them resolved not to listen he sailed away, and, taking up his other nine ships, returned to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> with the whole squadron.Meanwhile the Byzantines sent a message to Achaeus asking for aid, and an escort to conduct Tiboetes from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>. For it was believed that Tiboetes had as good a claim to the kingdom of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Bithynia&groupId=402&placeId=748">Bithynia</a> as Prusias, who was his nephew.
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