Polybius, Histories

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Book 4 - Chapter 59

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<w lemma="%2Akata%5C">Κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29ripi%2Fdas">Εὐριπίδας</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="a%29pestalme%2Fnos">ἀπεσταλμένος</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlw%3Dn">Αἰτωλῶν</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fois">Ἠλείοις</w>, <w lemma="katadramw%5Cn">καταδραμὼν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fwn">Δυμαίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afaraie%2Fwn">Φαραιέων</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Atritaie%2Fwn">Τριταιέων</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="perielasa%2Fmenos">περιελασάμενος</w> <w lemma="lei%2Fas">λείας</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="i%28kano%2Fn">ἱκανόν</w>, <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29poxw%2Frhsin">ἀποχώρησιν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fan">Ἠλείαν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Ami%2Fkkos">Μίκκος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%3Dos">Δυμαῖος</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fsper">ὅσπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29tu%2Fgxane">ἐτύγχανε</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnous">ἐκείνους</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28postra%2Fthgos">ὑποστράτηγος</w> <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>, <w lemma="e%29kbohqh%2Fsas">ἐκβοηθήσας</w> <w lemma="pandhmei%5C">πανδημεὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Fs">τούς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fous">Δυμαίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afaraiei%3Ds">Φαραιεῖς</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Atritaiei%3Ds">Τριταιεῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w>, <w lemma="prose%2Fkeito">προσέκειτο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fois">πολεμίοις</w> <w lemma="a%29pallattome%2Fnois">ἀπαλλαττομένοις</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29nergo%2Fteron">ἐνεργότερον</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pikei%2Fmenos">ἐπικείμενος</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="feu%2Fgousin">φεύγουσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29mpesw%5Cn">ἐμπεσὼν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fdran">ἐνέδραν</w> <w lemma="e%29sfa%2Flh">ἐσφάλη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fbale">ἀπέβαλε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn:">ἀνδρῶν·</w> <w lemma="tettara%2Fkonta">τετταράκοντα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpeson">ἔπεσον</w>, <w lemma="e%28a%2Flwsan">ἑάλωσαν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="diakosi%2Fous">διακοσίους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pezw%3Dn">πεζῶν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29ripi%2Fdas">Εὐριπίδας</w>, <w lemma="poih%2Fsas">ποιήσας</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="prote%2Frhma">προτέρημα</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="metewrisqei%5Cs">μετεωρισθεὶς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Fti">γεγονότι</w>, <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgas">ὀλίγας</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="au%29%3Dtis">αὖτις</w> <w lemma="e%29celqw%5Cn">ἐξελθὼν</w> <w lemma="kate%2Flabe">κατέλαβε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Faracon">Ἄραξον</w> <w lemma="frou%2Frion">φρούριον</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fwn">Δυμαίων</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fkairon">εὔκαιρον</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenon">καλούμενον</w> <w lemma="%2Atei%3Dxos:">Τεῖχος·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28%2F">ὅ</w> <w lemma="fasin">φασιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="mu%3Dqoi">μῦθοι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="palaio%5Cn">παλαιὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hrakle%2Fa">Ἡρακλέα</w> <w lemma="polemou%3Dnta">πολεμοῦντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fois">Ἠλείοις</w> <w lemma="e%29poikodomh%3Dsai">ἐποικοδομῆσαι</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenon">βουλόμενον</w> <w lemma="o%28rmhthri%2Fw%7C">ὁρμητηρίῳ</w> <w lemma="xrh%3Dsqai">χρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>.
<head>Euripidas</head>About the same time Euripidas, who had been sent out to act as general to the Eleans, after overrunning the districts of Dyme, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pharae&groupId=878&placeId=1582">Pharae</a>, and Tritaea, and collecting a considerable amount of booty, was marching back to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Elis&groupId=560&placeId=1048">Elis</a>. But Miccus of Dyme, who happened at the time to be Sub-strategus of the Achaean league, went out to the rescue with a body of Dymaeans, Pharaeans, and Tritaeans, and attacked him as he was returning. But proceeding too precipitately, he fell into an ambush and lost a large number of his men: for forty of his infantry were killed and about two hundred taken prisoners. Elated by this success, Euripidas a few days afterwards made another expedition, and seized a fort belonging to the Dymaeans on the river Araxus, standing in an excellent situation, and called the Wall, which the myths affirm to have been anciently built by Hercules, when at war with the Eleans, as a base of operations against them.