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Book 5 - Chapter 104

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<w lemma="basile%2Fa">βασιλέα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fntas">παρόντας</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxous">συμμάχους</w>. <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="mhde%2Fpote">μηδέποτε</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flois">ἀλλήλοις</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qeoi%3Ds">θεοῖς</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgontes">λέγοντες</w> <w lemma="e%28%5Cn">ἓν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%29to%5C">ταὐτὸ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumple%2Fkontes">συμπλέκοντες</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="potamou%5Cs">ποταμοὺς</w> <w lemma="diabai%2Fnontes">διαβαίνοντες</w>, <w lemma="du%2Fnainto">δύναιντο</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="barba%2Frwn">βαρβάρων</w> <w lemma="e%29fo%2Fdous">ἐφόδους</w> <w lemma="a%29potribo%2Fmenoi">ἀποτριβόμενοι</w> <w lemma="sussw%2F%7Czein">συσσῴζειν</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</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="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="para%2Fpan">παράπαν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="dunato%2Fn">δυνατόν</w>, <w lemma="kata%2F">κατά</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="paro%5Cn">παρὸν</w> <w lemma="h%29ci%2Fou">ἠξίου</w> <w lemma="sumfronei%3Dn">συμφρονεῖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fula%2Fttesqai">φυλάττεσθαι</w>, <w lemma="proi+dome%2Fnous">προϊδομένους</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="ba%2Fros">βάρος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgeqos">μέγεθος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="sunestw%3Dtos">συνεστῶτος</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="du%2Fsesi">δύσεσι</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou:">πολέμου·</w>
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<w lemma="dh%3Dlon">δῆλον</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="panti%5C">παντὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="metri%2Fws">μετρίως</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="koina%5C">κοινὰ</w> <w lemma="spouda%2Fzonti">σπουδάζοντι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29a%2Fn">ἐάν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fnioi">Καρχηδόνιοι</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="e%29a%2Fn">ἐάν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="perige%2Fnwntai">περιγένωνται</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w>, <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%2Fna">οὐδένα</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpon">τρόπον</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Fs">εἰκός</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="krath%2Fsantas">κρατήσαντας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29italiwtw%3Dn">Ἰταλιωτῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeliwtw%3Dn">Σικελιωτῶν</w> <w lemma="mei%3Dnai">μεῖναι</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fais">δυναστείαις</w>, <w lemma="h%28%2Fcein">ἥξειν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diatei%2Fnein">διατείνειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibola%5Cs">ἐπιβολὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fra">πέρα</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fontos">δέοντος</w>. <w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="h%29ci%2Fou">ἠξίου</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="fula%2Fcasqai">φυλάξασθαι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%2Fn">καιρόν</w>,
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<w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippon">Φίλιππον</w>.
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<w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="fulakh%2Fn">φυλακήν</w>, <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="a%29fe%2Fmenos">ἀφέμενος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="katafqei%2Frein">καταφθείρειν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="eu%29xeirw%2Ftous">εὐχειρώτους</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29piballome%2Fnois">ἐπιβαλλομένοις</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%29nanti%2Fon">τοὐναντίον</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fou">ἰδίου</w> <w lemma="sw%2Fmatos">σώματος</w> <w lemma="bouleu%2Fhtai">βουλεύηται</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w>. <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fdos">Ἑλλάδος</w> <w lemma="merw%3Dn">μερῶν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fwn">οἰκείων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proshko%2Fntwn">προσηκόντων</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3D%7C">αὑτῷ</w> <w lemma="poih%3Dtai">ποιῆται</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fnoian:">πρόνοιαν·</w>
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<w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpon">τρόπον</w> <w lemma="xrwme%2Fnou">χρωμένου</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasi">πράγμασι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fnous">εὔνους</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="bebai%2Fous">βεβαίους</w> <w lemma="sunagwnista%5Cs">συναγωνιστὰς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibola%2Fs">ἐπιβολάς</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcwqen">ἔξωθεν</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dtton">ἧττον</w> <w lemma="e%29pibouleu%2Fsein">ἐπιβουλεύσειν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fa%7C">δυναστείᾳ</w>, <w lemma="katapeplhgme%2Fnous">καταπεπληγμένους</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellh%2Fnwn">Ἑλλήνων</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w>.
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<w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="o%29re%2Fgetai">ὀρέγεται</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="du%2Fseis">δύσεις</w> <w lemma="ble%2Fpein">βλέπειν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="h%29ci%2Fou">ἠξίου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fa%7C">Ἰταλίᾳ</w> <w lemma="sunestw%3Dsi">συνεστῶσι</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmois">πολέμοις</w> <w lemma="prose%2Fxein">προσέχειν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="nou%3Dn">νοῦν</w>, <w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenos">γενόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffedros">ἔφεδρος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmfrwn">ἔμφρων</w> <w lemma="peiraqh%3D%7C">πειραθῇ</w> <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flwn">ὅλων</w> <w lemma="a%29ntipoih%2Fsasqai">ἀντιποιήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fas">δυναστείας</w>.
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<w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%3Dta">ἐνεστῶτα</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29llo%2Ftrion">ἀλλότριον</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdos">ἐλπίδος</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w>.
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<w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="diafora%5Cs">διαφορὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmous">πολέμους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29napau%2Fseis">ἀναπαύσεις</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="u%28perti%2Fqesqai">ὑπερτίθεσθαι</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Flei">παρεκάλει</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="spouda%2Fzein">σπουδάζειν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%2Frous">μέρους</w>, <w lemma="i%28%2Fn%27">ἵν᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxh%7C">ἔχῃ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29cousi%2Fan">ἐξουσίαν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="bou%2Flhtai">βούληται</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fesqai">διαλύεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%2Fs:">αὐτούς·</w>
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<w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpac">ἅπαξ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="profaino%2Fmena">προφαινόμενα</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%28spe%2Fras">ἑσπέρας</w> <w lemma="ne%2Ffh">νέφη</w> <w lemma="prosde%2Fchtai">προσδέξηται</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fda">Ἑλλάδα</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpois">τόποις</w> <w lemma="e%29pisth%3Dnai">ἐπιστῆναι</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="li%2Fan">λίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29gwnia%3Dn">ἀγωνιᾶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29noxa%5Cs">ἀνοχὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmous">πολέμους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="paidia%2Fs">παιδιάς</w>, <w lemma="a%28%5Cs">ἃς</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="pai%2Fzomen">παίζομεν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w>, <w lemma="e%29kkoph%3Dnai">ἐκκοπῆναι</w> <w lemma="sumbh%3D%7C">συμβῇ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w>
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<w lemma="h%28mw%3Dn">ἡμῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="ka%29%5Cn">κἂν</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fcasqai">εὔξασθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qeoi%3Ds">θεοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w> <w lemma="h%28mi%3Dn">ἡμῖν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29cousi%2Fan">ἐξουσίαν</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="boulw%2Fmeqa">βουλώμεθα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fesqai">διαλύεσθαι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="kuri%2Fous">κυρίους</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="au%28toi%3Ds">αὑτοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29mfisbhtoume%2Fnwn">ἀμφισβητουμένων</w>.
<head>The Cloud in the West</head>"The best thing of all is that the Greeks should not<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note211">Speech of Agelaus of Naupactus foreshadowing the Roman conquest.</note>go to war with each other at all, but give the gods hearty thanks if by all speaking with one voice, and joining hands like people crossing a stream, they may be able to repel the attacks of barbarians and save themselves and their cities. But if this is altogether impossible, in the present juncture at least we ought to be unanimous and on our guard, when we see the bloated armaments and the vast<pb n="451" />proportions assumed by the war in the west. For even now it is evident to any one who pays even a moderate attention to public affairs, that whether the Carthaginians conquer the Romans, or the Romans the Carthaginians, it is in every way improbable that the victors will remain contented with the empire of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>. They will move forward: and will extend their forces and their designs farther than we could wish. Wherefore, I beseech you all to be on your guard against the danger of the crisis, and above all you, O King. You will do this, if you abandon the policy of weakening the Greeks, and thus rendering them an easy prey to the invader; and consult on the contrary for their good as you would for your own person, and have a care for all parts of Greece alike, as part and parcel of your own domains. If you act in this spirit, the Greeks will be your warm friends and faithful coadjutors in all your undertakings; while foreigners will be less ready to form designs against you, seeing with dismay the firm loyalty of the Greeks. If you are eager for action, turn your eyes to the west, and let your thoughts dwell upon the wars in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>. Wait with coolness the turn of events there, and seize the opportunity to strike for universal dominion. Nor is the present crisis unfavourable for such a hope. But I intreat of you to postpone your controversies and wars with the Greeks to a time of greater tranquillity; and make it your supreme aim to retain the power of making peace or war with them at your own will. For if once you allow the clouds now gathering in the west to settle upon Greece, I fear exceedingly that the power of making peace or war, and in a word all these games which we are now playing against each other, will be so completely knocked out of the hands of us all, that we shall be praying heaven to grant us only this power of making war or peace with each other at our own will and pleasure, and of settling our own disputes."