Polybius, Histories

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Book 4 - Chapter 83

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<w lemma="%2Ameta%5C">Μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="a%29nazeu%2Fcas">ἀναζεύξας</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="basileu%2Fs">βασιλεύς</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenos">ποιησάμενος</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Apatrw%3Dn">Πατρῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Adu%2Fmhs">Δύμης</w>, <w lemma="h%28%3Dke">ἧκε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="frou%2Frion">φρούριον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="kalei%3Dtai">καλεῖται</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Atei%3Dxos">Τεῖχος</w>, <w lemma="pro%2Fkeitai">πρόκειται</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fwn">Δυμαίων</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras:">χώρας·</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fsxon">κατέσχον</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5C">αὐτὸ</w> <w lemma="mikroi%3Ds">μικροῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmprosqen">ἔμπροσθεν</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnois">χρόνοις</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="a%29nw%2Fteron">ἀνώτερον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dpon">εἶπον</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29ripi%2Fdan">Εὐριπίδαν</w>.
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<w lemma="speu%2Fdwn">σπεύδων</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpon">τρόπον</w> <w lemma="a%29nakomi%2Fsasqai">ἀνακομίσασθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fois">Δυμαίοις</w>, <w lemma="prosestratope%2Fdeuse">προσεστρατοπέδευσε</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fshs">πάσης</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>.
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<w lemma="kataplage%2Fntes">καταπλαγέντες</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="fula%2Fttontes">φυλάττοντες</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fwn">Ἠλείων</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fdosan">παρέδοσαν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="frou%2Frion">φρούριον</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppw%7C">Φιλίππῳ</w>, <w lemma="xwri%2Fon">χωρίον</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fga">μέγα</w> <w lemma="me%2Fn">μέν</w>, <w lemma="h%29sfalisme%2Fnon">ἠσφαλισμένον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="diafero%2Fntws:">διαφερόντως·</w>
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<w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="peri%2Fmetron">περίμετρον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxen">εἶχεν</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fw">πλείω</w> <w lemma="triw%3Dn">τριῶν</w> <w lemma="h%28mistadi%2Fwn">ἡμισταδίων</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fyos">ὕψος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tei%2Fxous">τείχους</w> <w lemma="ou%29damh%3D%7C">οὐδαμῇ</w> <w lemma="tria%2Fkonta">τριάκοντα</w> <w lemma="ph%2Fxewn">πήχεων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flatton">ἔλαττον</w>.
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<w lemma="paradou%5Cs">παραδοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Adumai%2Fois">Δυμαίοις</w> <w lemma="e%29ph%2F%7Cei">ἐπῄει</w> <w lemma="porqw%3Dn">πορθῶν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%2Fwn">Ἠλείων</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran:">χώραν·</w> <w lemma="fqei%2Fras">φθείρας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pollh%5Cn">πολλὴν</w> <w lemma="peribalo%2Fmenos">περιβαλόμενος</w> <w lemma="lei%2Fan">λείαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29panh%3Dlqe">ἐπανῆλθε</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Adu%2Fmhn">Δύμην</w>.
<head>Philip Captures the Wall</head>This over, the king departed by way of Patrae and<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note173">Capture of the Wall, and expedition into <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Elis&groupId=560&placeId=1048">Elis</a>.</note>Dyme, and arrived with his army before the fortress called the Wall, which is situated on the frontier of the territory of Dyme, and had a short time before, as I mentioned above,<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note174">See<ref target="b4c59" targOrder="U">ch. 59</ref>.</note>been occupied by Euripidas. The king, being anxious at all hazards to recover this place for the Dymaeans, encamped under its walls with his full force: and thereupon the Elean garrison in alarm surrendered the place to Philip, which, though not large, had been fortified with extraordinary care. For though the circumference of its walls was not more than a stade and a half, its height was nowhere less than thirty cubits. Having handed the place over to the Dymaeans, Philip continued his advance, plundering the territory of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Elis&groupId=560&placeId=1048">Elis</a>: and when he had thoroughly devastated it, and acquired a large booty, he returned with his army to Dyme.