<w lemma="%2Asurakosi%2Fwn">Συρακοσίων</w>. <w lemma="e%29phggei%2Flato">ἐπηγγείλατο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29rguri%2Fou">ἀργυρίου</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="triako%2Fsia">τριακόσια</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="si%2Ftou">σίτου</w> <w lemma="muria%2Fdas">μυριάδας</w> <w lemma="a%29rtabw%3Dn">ἀρταβῶν</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%2Fn">ἑκατόν</w>, <w lemma="cu%2Fla">ξύλα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="nauphgh%2Fsima">ναυπηγήσιμα</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="penth%2Frwn">πεντήρων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="trih%2Frwn">τριήρων</w>, <w lemma="peuki%2Fnwn">πευκίνων</w> <w lemma="tetragw%2Fnwn">τετραγώνων</w> <w lemma="ph%2Fxeis">πήχεις</w> <w lemma="e%29mme%2Ftrous">ἐμμέτρους</w> <w lemma="tetrakismuri%2Fous">τετρακισμυρίους</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xalkou%3D">χαλκοῦ</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fsmatos">νομίσματος</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="xi%2Flia">χίλια</w>, <w lemma="stuppi%2Fou">στυππίου</w> <w lemma="trisxi%2Fli%27">τρισχίλι᾽</w>, <w lemma="o%29qoni%2Fwn">ὀθονίων</w> <w lemma="i%28stou%5Cs">ἱστοὺς</w> <w lemma="trisxili%2Fous">τρισχιλίους</w>,
<w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kolossou%3D">κολοσσοῦ</w> <w lemma="kataskeuh%5Cn">κατασκευὴν</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="trisxi%2Fli%27">τρισχίλι᾽</w>, <w lemma="oi%29kodo%2Fmous">οἰκοδόμους</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%2Fn">ἑκατόν</w>, <w lemma="u%28pourgou%5Cs">ὑπουργοὺς</w> <w lemma="triakosi%2Fous">τριακοσίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkaston">ἕκαστον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftos">ἔτος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="o%29yw%2Fnion">ὀψώνιον</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="dekate%2Fttara">δεκατέτταρα</w>,
<w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29gw%3Dnas">ἀγῶνας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="qusi%2Fas">θυσίας</w> <w lemma="a%29rta%2Fbas">ἀρτάβας</w> <w lemma="si%2Ftou">σίτου</w> <w lemma="muri%2Fas">μυρίας</w> <w lemma="disxili%2Fas">δισχιλίας</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="sitometri%2Fan">σιτομετρίαν</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="trih%2Frwn">τριήρων</w> <w lemma="a%29rta%2Fbas">ἀρτάβας</w> <w lemma="dismuri%2Fas">δισμυρίας</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fdwke">ἔδωκε</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="plei%3Dsta">πλεῖστα</w> <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w>, <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29rguri%2Fou">ἀργυρίου</w> <w lemma="panto%5Cs">παντὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tri%2Fton">τρίτον</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w>.
<w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fws">παραπλησίως</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fgonos">Ἀντίγονος</w> <w lemma="cu%2Fl%27">ξύλ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29f%27">ἀφ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28kkaidekaph%2Fxous">ἑκκαιδεκαπήχους</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="o%29ktaph%2Fxous">ὀκταπήχους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="sfhki%2Fskwn">σφηκίσκων</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w> <w lemma="mu%2Fria">μύρια</w>, <w lemma="strwth%3Dras">στρωτῆρας</w> <w lemma="e%28ptaph%2Fxeis">ἑπταπήχεις</w> <w lemma="pentakisxili%2Fous">πεντακισχιλίους</w>, <w lemma="sidh%2Frou">σιδήρου</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="trisxi%2Flia">τρισχίλια</w>, <w lemma="pi%2Ftths">πίττης</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="xi%2Fli%27">χίλι᾽</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fllhs">ἄλλης</w> <w lemma="w%29mh%3Ds">ὠμῆς</w> <w lemma="metrhta%5Cs">μετρητὰς</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fous">χιλίους</w>, <w lemma="a%29rguri%2Fou">ἀργυρίου</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%5Cn">ἑκατὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29phggei%2Flato">ἐπηγγείλατο</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w>,
<w lemma="%2Axrushi%5Cs">Χρυσηὶς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="gunh%5C">γυνὴ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="si%2Ftou">σίτου</w> <w lemma="muria%2Fdas">μυριάδας</w>, <w lemma="trisxi%2Flia">τρισχίλια</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="moli%2Fbdou">μολίβδου</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w>.
<w lemma="%2Ase%2Fleukos">Σέλευκος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="path%5Cr">πατὴρ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxou">Ἀντιόχου</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29te%2Fleian">ἀτέλειαν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w> <w lemma="ploi+zome%2Fnois">πλοϊζομένοις</w>, <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="penth%2Freis">πεντήρεις</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="kathrtisme%2Fnas">κατηρτισμένας</w>, <w lemma="si%2Ftou">σίτου</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosi">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="muria%2Fdas">μυριάδας</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="cu%2Flwn">ξύλων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="r%28hti%2Fnhs">ῥητίνης</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="trixo%5Cs">τριχὸς</w> <w lemma="muria%2Fdas">μυριάδας</w> <w lemma="phxw%3Dn">πηχῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tala%2Fntwn">ταλάντων</w> <w lemma="xilia%2Fdas">χιλιάδας</w>.
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<head>Royal Gifts</head>Then too Ptolemy offered them three hundred talents<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note182">Ptolemy.</note>of silver; a million medimni<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note183">That is about 171,000 lbs., see 34, 8, note, reckoning the talent as = 57 lbs.</note>of corn; ship timber for ten quinqueremes and ten triremes, consisting of forty thousand cubits of squared pine planking; a thousand talents of bronze coinage; three thousand talents<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note184"><foreign lang="greek">ἀρτάβη,</foreign>an Egyptian measure = the Attic medimnus.</note>of tow; three thousand pieces of sail cloth; three thousand talents for the repair of the Colossus; a hundred master builders with three hundred and fifty workmen, and fourteen talents yearly to pay their wages. Besides this he gave twelve thousand medimni of corn for their public games and sacrifices, and twenty thousand medimni for victualling ten triremes. The greater part of these goods was delivered at once, as well as a third of the whole of the<pb n="439" />money named.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note185">Antigonus</note>In a similar spirit Antigonus offered ten thousand timbers, varying from sixteen to eight cubits in length, to be used as purlins; five thousand rafters seven cubits long; three thousand talents of iron; a thousand talents of pitch; a thousand amphorae of the same unboiled; and a hundred talents of silver besides. His queen, Chryseis, also gave a hundred thousand medimni of corn, and three thousand talents of lead. Again Seleucus,<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note186">Callinicus, ob. B. C. 226. This must refer to another case.</note>father of Antiochus, besides granting freedom from imports to Rhodians sailing to his dominions, and besides giving ten quinqueremes fully equipped, and two hundred thousand medimni of corn; gave also ten thousand cubits of timber, and a thousand talents of resin and hair.
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