Polybius, Histories

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Book 5 - Chapter 87

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<w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="parageno%2Fmenos">παραγενόμενος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pw%2Fnumon">ἐπώνυμον</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpemye">ἐξέπεμψε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fpatron">Ἀντίπατρον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29delfidou%3Dn">ἀδελφιδοῦν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqeo%2Fdoton">Θεόδοτον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="h%28mio%2Flion">ἡμιόλιον</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Don">Πτολεμαῖον</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="ei%29rh%2Fnhs">εἰρήνης</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fsews">διαλύσεως</w>, <w lemma="a%29gwniw%3Dn">ἀγωνιῶν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fwn">ὑπεναντίων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffodon:">ἔφοδον·</w>
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<w lemma="h%29pi%2Fstei">ἠπίστει</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fxlois">ὄχλοις</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gegono%5Cs">γεγονὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29la%2Fttwma">ἐλάττωμα</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fn">αὐτόν</w>, <w lemma="e%29fobei%3Dto">ἐφοβεῖτο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaio%5Cn">Ἀχαιὸν</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="sunepi%2Fqhtai">συνεπίθηται</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w>.
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<w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5Cn">οὐδὲν</w> <w lemma="sullogizo%2Fmenos">συλλογιζόμενος</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29smeni%2Fzwn">ἀσμενίζων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Fti">γεγονότι</w> <w lemma="proterh%2Fmati">προτερήματι</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="para%2Fdocon">παράδοξον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sullh%2Fbdhn">συλλήβδην</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Akoi%2Flhn">Κοίλην</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fan">Συρίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29kth%3Dsqai">ἐκτῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="parado%2Fcws">παραδόξως</w>, <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29llo%2Ftrios">ἀλλότριος</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="h%28suxi%2Fas">ἡσυχίας</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fon">δέον</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%3Dos">οἰκεῖος</w>, <w lemma="e%28lko%2Fmenos">ἑλκόμενος</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sunh%2Fqous">συνήθους</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fw%7C">βίῳ</w> <w lemma="r%28a%7Cqumi%2Fas">ῥᾳθυμίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaxeci%2Fas">καχεξίας</w>.
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<w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="paragenome%2Fnwn">παραγενομένων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fpatron">Ἀντίπατρον</w>, <w lemma="braxe%2Fa">βραχέα</w> <w lemma="prosanataqei%5Cs">προσαναταθεὶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katamemya%2Fmenos">καταμεμψάμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pepragme%2Fnois">πεπραγμένοις</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w>, <w lemma="sunexw%2Frhse">συνεχώρησε</w> <w lemma="sponda%5Cs">σπονδὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29niausi%2Fous">ἐνιαυσίους</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pikurw%2Fsonta">ἐπικυρώσοντα</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fseis">διαλύσεις</w> <w lemma="sunecape%2Fsteile">συνεξαπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="%2Aswsi%2Fbion">Σωσίβιον</w>,
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<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="diatri%2Fyas">διατρίψας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="mh%3Dnas">μῆνας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fan">Συρίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afoini%2Fkhn">Φοινίκην</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpois">τόποις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katasthsa%2Fmenos">καταστησάμενος</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="katalipw%5Cn">καταλιπὼν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29andro%2Fmaxon">Ἀνδρόμαχον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aspe%2Fndion">Ἀσπένδιον</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cn">στρατηγὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnwn">προειρημένων</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fzeuce">ἀνέζευξε</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29delfh%3Ds">ἀδελφῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flwn">φίλων</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29alecandrei%2Fas">Ἀλεξανδρείας</w>,
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<w lemma="para%2Fdocon">παράδοξον</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fa%7C">βασιλείᾳ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="loipou%3D">λοιποῦ</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fou">βίου</w> <w lemma="proai%2Fresin">προαίρεσιν</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="e%29piteqeikw%5Cs">ἐπιτεθεικὼς</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w>.
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<w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="sponda%5Cs">σπονδὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalisa%2Fmenos">ἀσφαλισάμενος</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aswsi%2Fbion">Σωσίβιον</w>, <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fneto">ἐγίνετο</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fqesin">πρόθεσιν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaio%5Cn">Ἀχαιὸν</w> <w lemma="paraskeuh%2Fn">παρασκευήν</w>. <w lemma="%2Ata%5C">Τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>.
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<head>A Year's Truce Between Antiochus and Ptolemy</head>Meanwhile Antiochus, on arriving at the city which bears his own name, immediately despatched an embassy to Ptolemy, consisting of Antipater, his nephew, and Theodotus<pb n="437" />Hemiolius, to treat of a peace, in great alarm lest the enemy should advance upon him.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note178">Peace between Ptolemy and Antiochus for a year, B. C. 217.</note>For his defeat had inspired him with distrust of his own forces, and he was afraid that Achaeus would seize the opportunity to attack him. It did not occur to Ptolemy to take any of these circumstances into account: but being thoroughly satisfied with his unexpected success, and generally at his unlooked for acquisition of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Coele-Syria&groupId=484&placeId=908">Coele-Syria</a>, he was by no means indisposed to peace; but even more inclined to it than he ought to have been: influenced in that direction by the habitual effeminacy and corruption of his manner of life. Accordingly, when Antipater and his colleague arrived, after some little bluster and vituperation of Antiochus for what had taken place, he agreed to a truce for a year. He sent Sosibius back with the ambassadors to ratify the treaty: while he himself, after remaining three months in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syria&groupId=995&placeId=502">Syria</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Phoenicia&groupId=894&placeId=464">Phoenicia</a>, and settling the towns, left <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Andromachus&groupId=330&placeId=640">Andromachus</a> of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Aspendus&groupId=373&placeId=704">Aspendus</a> as governor of this district, and started with his sister and friends for <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alexandria&groupId=1063&placeId=1868">Alexandria</a>: having brought the war to a conclusion in a way that surprised his subjects, when they contrasted it with the principles on which he spent he rest of his life. Antiochus after exchanging ratifications of the treaty with Sosibius, employed himself in making preparations for attacking Achaeus, as he had originally begun doing. Such was the political situation in Asia.