<w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="fa%2Flaggos">φάλαγγος</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fla">ὅλα</w> <w lemma="diakri%2Fnas">διακρίνας</w>, <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="deciou%3D">δεξιοῦ</w> <w lemma="ke%2Fratos">κέρατος</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="misqofo%2Frwn">μισθοφόρων</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29poktei%2Fnas">ἀποκτείνας</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="di%2Fwgma">δίωγμα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fwn">ὑπεναντίων</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29naxwrh%2Fsas">ἀναχωρήσας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="u%28parxou%2Fshs">ὑπαρχούσης</w> <w lemma="hu%29li%2Fsqh">ηὐλίσθη</w> <w lemma="parembolh%3Ds">παρεμβολῆς</w>.
<w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pau%2Frion">ἐπαύριον</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fous">ἰδίους</w> <w lemma="nekrou%5Cs">νεκροὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29nelo%2Fmenos">ἀνελόμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qa%2Fyas">θάψας</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29nanti%2Fwn">ἐναντίων</w> <w lemma="skuleu%2Fsas">σκυλεύσας</w>, <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fzeuce">ἀνέζευξε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proh%3Dge">προῆγε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rafi%2Fan">Ῥαφίαν</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="fugh%3Ds">φυγῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29bou%2Fleto">ἐβούλετο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcw">ἔξω</w> <w lemma="stratopedeu%2Fein">στρατοπεδεύειν</w>, <w lemma="sunaqroi%2Fsas">συναθροίσας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="susth%2Fmasi">συστήμασι</w> <w lemma="pefeugo%2Ftas">πεφευγότας</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstwn">πλείστων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="pepoihme%2Fnwn">πεποιημένων</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29poxw%2Frhsin">ἀποχώρησιν</w> <w lemma="h%29nagka%2Fsqh">ἠναγκάσθη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="ei%29selqei%3Dn">εἰσελθεῖν</w>.
<w lemma="ou%28%3Dtos">οὗτος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%28wqinh%5Cn">ἑωθινὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29cagagw%5Cn">ἐξαγαγὼν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sw%7Czo%2Fmenon">σῳζόμενον</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w> <w lemma="die%2Fteine">διέτεινε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Aga%2Fzan">Γάζαν</w>, <w lemma="ka%29kei%3D">κἀκεῖ</w> <w lemma="katastratopedeu%2Fsas">καταστρατοπεδεύσας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diapemya%2Fmenos">διαπεμψάμενος</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="nekrw%3Dn">νεκρῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29naire%2Fsews">ἀναιρέσεως</w>, <w lemma="e%29kh%2Fdeuse">ἐκήδευσε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="teqnew%3Dtas">τεθνεῶτας</w> <w lemma="u%28pospo%2Fndous">ὑποσπόνδους</w>.
<w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="teteleuthko%2Ftes">τετελευτηκότες</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxou">Ἀντιόχου</w> <w lemma="pezoi%5C">πεζοὶ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="lei%2Fpontes">λείποντες</w> <w lemma="muri%2Fwn">μυρίων</w>, <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="triakosi%2Fwn:">τριακοσίων·</w> <w lemma="zwgri%2Fa%7C">ζωγρίᾳ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28a%2Flwsan">ἑάλωσαν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="tetrakisxili%2Fous">τετρακισχιλίους</w>.
<w lemma="e%29le%2Ffantes">ἐλέφαντες</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w>, <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="trauma%2Ftwn">τραυμάτων</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fqanon">ἀπέθανον</w>. <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fou">Πτολεμαίου</w> <w lemma="pezoi%5C">πεζοὶ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fous">χιλίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pentakosi%2Fous">πεντακοσίους</w> <w lemma="e%29teleu%2Fthsan">ἐτελεύτησαν</w>, <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%28ptakosi%2Fous:">ἑπτακοσίους·</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29lefa%2Fntwn">ἐλεφάντων</w> <w lemma="e%28kkai%2Fdeka">ἑκκαίδεκα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fqanon">ἀπέθανον</w>, <w lemma="h%28%7Cre%2Fqhsan">ᾑρέθησαν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w>.
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28h">Ἡ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rafi%2Fan">Ῥαφίαν</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxh">μάχη</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnh">γενομένη</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="basileu%3Dsi">βασιλεῦσι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akoi%2Flhs">Κοίλης</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fas">Συρίας</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="a%29petele%2Fsqh">ἀπετελέσθη</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpon:">τρόπον·</w>
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="nekrw%3Dn">νεκρῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nai%2Fresin">ἀναίρεσιν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29poxw%2Frhsin">ἀποχώρησιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fan">οἰκείαν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>, <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%2Fn">τήν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rafi%2Fan">Ῥαφίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllas">ἄλλας</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="e%29fo%2Fdou">ἐφόδου</w> <w lemma="parela%2Fmbane">παρελάμβανε</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="politeuma%2Ftwn">πολιτευμάτων</w> <w lemma="a%28millwme%2Fnwn">ἁμιλλωμένων</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="fqa%2Fsai">φθάσαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pe%2Flas">πέλας</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29pokata%2Fstasin">ἀποκατάστασιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="meta%2Fqesin">μετάθεσιν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fn">αὐτόν</w>.
<w lemma="i%29%2Fsws">ἴσως</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29w%2Fqasi">εἰώθασι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftous">τοιούτους</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="a%28rmo%2Fzesqai%2F">ἁρμόζεσθαί</w> <w lemma="pws">πως</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fn:">παρόν·</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnous">ἐκείνους</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnos">γένος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="eu%29fue%5Cs">εὐφυὲς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fxeiron">πρόχειρον</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kairou%3D">καιροῦ</w> <w lemma="xa%2Fritas">χάριτας</w>.
<w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fas">εὐνοίας</w> <w lemma="prokaqhgoume%2Fnhs">προκαθηγουμένης</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29alecandrei%2Fas">Ἀλεξανδρείας</w> <w lemma="basilei%3Ds">βασιλεῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Ftws">εἰκότως</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai:">γίνεσθαι·</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fa%7C">οἰκίᾳ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fth%7C">ταύτῃ</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%2F">ἀεί</w> <w lemma="pws">πως</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Akoi%2Flhn">Κοίλην</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fan">Συρίαν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxloi">ὄχλοι</w> <w lemma="proskli%2Fnousi">προσκλίνουσι</w>.
<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fleipon">ἀπέλειπον</w> <w lemma="u%28perbolh%5Cn">ὑπερβολὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29reskei%2Fas">ἀρεσκείας</w>, <w lemma="stefa%2Fnois">στεφάνοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qusi%2Fais">θυσίαις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="bwmoi%3Ds">βωμοῖς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="panti%5C">παντὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftw%7C">τοιούτῳ</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpw%7C">τρόπῳ</w> <w lemma="timw%3Dntes">τιμῶντες</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Don">Πτολεμαῖον</w>.
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<head>The Losses on Each Side</head>Having secured the final victory by his phalanx, and killed large numbers of the enemy in the pursuit by means of his cavalry and mercenaries on his right wing, Ptolemy retired to his own camp and there spent the night. But next day,<pb n="436" />after picking up and burying his own dead, and stripping the bodies of the enemy, he advanced towards Rhaphia. Antiochus had wished, immediately after the retreat of his army, to make a camp outside the city; and there rally such of his men as had fled in compact bodies: but finding that the greater number had retreated into the town, he was compelled to enter it himself also. Next morning, however, before daybreak, he led out the relics of his army and made the best of his way to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Gaza&groupId=599&placeId=390">Gaza</a>. There he pitched a camp: and having sent an embassy to obtain leave to pick up his dead, he obtained a truce for performing their obsequies.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note176">The losses on either side.</note>His loss amounted to nearly ten thousand infantry and three hundred cavalry killed, and four thousand taken prisoners. Three elephants were killed on the field, and two died afterwards of their wounds. On Ptolemy's side the losses were fifteen hundred infantry killed and seven hundred cavalry: sixteen of his elephants were killed, and most of the others captured.Such was the result of the battle of Rhaphia between kings Ptolemy and Antiochus for the possession of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Coele-Syria&groupId=484&placeId=908">Coele-Syria</a>.After picking up his dead Antiochus retired with his army<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note177">The effect of the battle of Rhaphia.</note>to his own country: while Ptolemy took over Rhaphia and the other towns without difficulty, all the states vying with each other as to which should be first to renew their allegiance and come over to him. And perhaps it is the way of the world everywhere to accommodate one's self to circumstances at such times; but it is eminently true of the race inhabiting that country, that they have a natural turn and inclination to worship success. Moreover it was all the more natural in this case, owing to the existing disposition of the people in favour of the Alexandrian kings; for the inhabitants of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Coele-Syria&groupId=484&placeId=908">Coele-Syria</a> are somehow always more loyally disposed to this family than to any other. Accordingly they now stopped short of no extravagance of adulation, honouring Ptolemy with crowns, sacrifices, and every possible compliment of the kind.
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