<head lang="la">III. Ex Archaeologia Romana</head><w lemma="%2A%29%2Fonoma">Ὄνομα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="poli%2Fsmati">πολίσματι</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="ti%2Fqentai">τίθενται</w> <w lemma="%2Apalla%2Fntion">Παλλάντιον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arkadi%2Fa%7C">Ἀρκαδίᾳ</w> <w lemma="sfw%3Dn">σφῶν</w> <w lemma="mhtropo%2Flews:">μητροπόλεως·</w> <gap /><w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="de%2F">δέ</w> <w lemma="tines">τινες</w> <w lemma="i%28storou%3Dsin">ἱστοροῦσιν</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Amegalopoli%2Fths">Μεγαλοπολίτης</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%2F">ἐπί</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="meiraki%2Fou">μειρακίου</w> <w lemma="%2Apa%2Fllantos">Πάλλαντος</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fqi">αὐτόθι</w> <w lemma="teleuth%2Fsantos:">τελευτήσαντος·</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hrakle%2Fous">Ἡρακλέους</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="pai%3Dda">παῖδα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Alau%2Fnas">Λαύνας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29a%2Fndrou">Εὐάνδρου</w> <w lemma="qugatro%2Fs:">θυγατρός·</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fsanta">χώσαντα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="mhtropa%2Ftora">μητροπάτορα</w> <w lemma="ta%2Ffon">τάφον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Ffw%7C">λόφῳ</w> <w lemma="%2Apalla%2Fntion">Παλλάντιον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="meiraki%2Fou">μειρακίου</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpon">τόπον</w> <w lemma="o%29noma%2Fsai">ὀνομάσαι</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Dionys. A. R. I, 31, 5 p. 83.</foreign>]
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Aou%29">Οὐ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="h%29ci%2Foun">ἠξίουν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Amegalopoli%2Fths">Μεγαλοπολίτης</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="ei%29pei%3Dn">εἰπεῖν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="deu%2Fteron">δεύτερον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftos">ἔτος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%28bdo%2Fmhs">ἑβδόμης</w> <w lemma="o%29lumpia%2Fdos">ὀλυμπιάδος</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="e%29kti%2Fsqai">ἐκτίσθαι</w> <w lemma="pei%2Fqomai">πείθομαι</w>, <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxiereu%3Dsi">ἀρχιερεῦσι</w> <w lemma="keime%2Fnou">κειμένου</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fnakos">πίνακος</w> <w lemma="e%28no%5Cs">ἑνὸς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnou">μόνου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w> <w lemma="a%29basa%2Fniston">ἀβασάνιστον</w> <w lemma="katalipei%3Dn">καταλιπεῖν</w> <gap />[<foreign lang="la">Idem A. R. I, 74 p. 188.</foreign>]
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28istorou%3Dsi">Ἱστοροῦσι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aristo%2Fdhmon">Ἀριστόδημον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%3Don">Ἠλεῖον</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="ei%29kosth%3Ds">εἰκοστῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%28bdo%2Fmhs">ἑβδόμης</w> <w lemma="o%29lumpia%2Fdos">ὀλυμπιάδος</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Frcanto">ἤρξαντο</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="a%29qlhtai%5C">ἀθληταὶ</w> <w lemma="a%29nagra%2Ffesqai">ἀναγράφεσθαι</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fsoi">ὅσοι</w> <w lemma="dhladh%5C">δηλαδὴ</w> <w lemma="nikhfo%2Froi:">νικηφόροι·</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ou%29dei%5Cs">οὐδεὶς</w> <w lemma="a%29negra%2Ffh">ἀνεγράφη</w>, <w lemma="a%29melhsa%2Fntwn">ἀμελησάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron:">πρότερον·</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ei%29kosth%3D%7C">εἰκοστῇ</w> <w lemma="o%29gdo%2Fh%7C">ὀγδόῃ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sta%2Fdion">στάδιον</w> <w lemma="nikw%3Dn">νικῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Froibos">Κόροιβος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hlei%3Dos">Ἠλεῖος</w> <w lemma="a%29negra%2Ffh">ἀνεγράφη</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dtos:">πρῶτος·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="o%29lumpia%5Cs">ὀλυμπιὰς</w> <w lemma="au%28%2Fth">αὕτη</w> <w lemma="prw%2Fth">πρώτη</w> <w lemma="e%29ta%2Fxqh">ἐτάχθη</w>, <w lemma="a%29f%27">ἀφ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnes">Ἕλληνες</w> <w lemma="a%29riqmou%3Dsi">ἀριθμοῦσι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnous:">χρόνους·</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29ta%5C">αὐτὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aristodh%2Fmw%7C">Ἀριστοδήμῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="i%28storei%3D">ἱστορεῖ</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Eusebius in Crameri Anecd. Paris. vol. II p. 141, 17. Conf. Georgium Syncellum p. 195D — 196C.</foreign>] <w lemma="%2Apara%5C">Παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="de%2F">δέ</w>,
<w lemma="w%28%2Fs">ὥς</w> <w lemma="fhsi">φησι</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkth%7C">ἕκτῃ</w>, <w lemma="a%29pei%2Frhtai">ἀπείρηται</w> <w lemma="gunaici%5C">γυναιξὶ</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fnein">πίνειν</w> <w lemma="oi%29%3Dnon">οἶνον</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenon">καλούμενον</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsson">πάσσον</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fnousin">πίνουσιν</w>. <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dtai">ποιεῖται</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29stafi%2Fdos">ἀσταφίδος</w> <w lemma="kai%2F">καί</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="paraplh%2Fsios">παραπλήσιος</w> <w lemma="pino%2Fmenos">πινόμενος</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29gosqenei%3D">Αἰγοσθενεῖ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="glukei%3D">γλυκεῖ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Akrhtikw%3D%7C:">Κρητικῷ·</w> <w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="katepei%3Dgon">κατεπεῖγον</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="di%2Fyous">δίψους</w> <w lemma="xrw%3Dntai">χρῶνται</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w>. <w lemma="laqei%3Dn">λαθεῖν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29sti%5Cn">ἐστὶν</w> <w lemma="a%29du%2Fnaton">ἀδύνατον</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="gunai%3Dka">γυναῖκα</w> <w lemma="piou%3Dsan">πιοῦσαν</w> <w lemma="oi%29%3Dnon">οἶνον</w>. <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxei">ἔχει</w> <w lemma="oi%29%2Fnou">οἴνου</w> <w lemma="kurei%2Fan">κυρείαν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="gunh%2F:">γυνή·</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="filei%3Dn">φιλεῖν</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="suggenei%3Ds">συγγενεῖς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%28auth%3Ds">ἑαυτῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="a%29ndro%5Cs">ἀνδρὸς</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="e%29caneyiw%3Dn">ἐξανεψιῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w>, <w lemma="o%28po%2Ftan">ὁπόταν</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fdh%7C">ἴδῃ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w>. <w lemma="loipo%5Cn">λοιπὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29dh%2Flou">ἀδήλου</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29ntuxi%2Fas">ἐντυχίας</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fshs">οὔσης</w> <w lemma="ti%2Fsin">τίσιν</w> <w lemma="a%29panth%2Fsei">ἀπαντήσει</w> <w lemma="fula%2Fssetai:">φυλάσσεται·</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="pra%3Dgma">πρᾶγμα</w> <w lemma="ka%29%5Cn">κἂν</w> <w lemma="geu%2Fshtai">γεύσηται</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="prosdei%3D">προσδεῖ</w> <w lemma="diabolh%3Ds">διαβολῆς</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Athenaeus X, 56 p. 440e.</foreign>] <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fektise">Ἔκτισε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29wsti%2Fan">Ὠστίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Atibe%2Fridos">Τιβέριδος</w>.
<w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fktw%7C">ἕκτῳ</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Steph. Byz. v.</foreign><w lemma="%2A%29wsti%2Fa">Ὠστία</w>.]
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkios">Λεύκιος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmara%2Ftou">Δημαράτου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Akorinqi%2Fou">Κορινθίου</w> <w lemma="ui%28o%5Cs">υἱὸς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Frmhse">ὥρμησε</w> <w lemma="pisteu%2Fwn">πιστεύων</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3D%7C">αὑτῷ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="xrh%2Fmasi">χρήμασι</w>, <w lemma="pepeisme%2Fnos">πεπεισμένος</w> <w lemma="ou%29deno%5Cs">οὐδενὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flatton">ἔλαττον</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fcein">ἕξειν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="politei%2Fa%7C">πολιτείᾳ</w> [<w lemma="dia%2F">διά</w>] <w lemma="tinas">τινας</w> <w lemma="a%29forma%2Fs">ἀφορμάς</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="gunai%3Dka">γυναῖκα</w> <w lemma="xrhsi%2Fmhn">χρησίμην</w> <w lemma="ta%2F">τά</w> <w lemma="t%27">τ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Flla">ἄλλα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%5Cn">ἐπιβολὴν</w> <w lemma="pragmatikh%5Cn">πραγματικὴν</w> <w lemma="eu%29fuh%3D">εὐφυῆ</w> <w lemma="sunergo%2Fn">συνεργόν</w>. <w lemma="parageno%2Fmenos">παραγενόμενος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tuxw%5Cn">τυχὼν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="politei%2Fas">πολιτείας</w>, <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="h%28rmo%2Fsato">ἡρμόσατο</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="a%29re%2Fskeian">ἀρέσκειαν</w>. <w lemma="taxu%5C">ταχὺ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fan">χορηγίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsews">φύσεως</w> <w lemma="e%29pidecio%2Fthta">ἐπιδεξιότητα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="pai%2Fdwn">παίδων</w> <w lemma="a%29gwgh%2Fn">ἀγωγήν</w>, <w lemma="a%28rmo%2Fsas">ἁρμόσας</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="proestw%3Dti">προεστῶτι</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhs">μεγάλης</w> <w lemma="a%29podoxh%3Ds">ἀποδοχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftuxe">ἔτυχε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstews">πίστεως</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w>. <w lemma="xro%2Fnou">χρόνου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="proi+o%2Fntos">προϊόντος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dt%27">τοῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dlqe">ἦλθε</w> <w lemma="paradoxh%3Ds">παραδοχῆς</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="sundioikei%3Dn">συνδιοικεῖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sugxeiri%2Fzein">συγχειρίζειν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Amarki%2Fw%7C">Μαρκίῳ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w>. <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29gaqw%3D%7C">ἀγαθῷ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsi">πᾶσι</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenos">γενόμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunergw%3Dn">συνεργῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sugkataskeua%2Fzwn">συγκατασκευάζων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="deome%2Fnois">δεομένοις</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%2F">ἀεί</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="xrhsi%2Fmwn">χρησίμων</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fou">βίου</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fa%7C">χορηγίᾳ</w> <w lemma="megaloyu%2Fxws">μεγαλοψύχως</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fon">δέον</w> <w lemma="e%28ka%2Fstote">ἑκάστοτε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="xrw%2Fmenos">χρώμενος</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="polloi%3Ds">πολλοῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29peti%2Fqeto">ἀπετίθετο</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsi">πᾶσι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fnoian">εὔνοιαν</w> <w lemma="e%29neirga%2Fsato">ἐνειργάσατο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fh%2Fmhn">φήμην</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="kaloka%29gaqi%2Fa%7C">καλοκἀγαθίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fas">βασιλείας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftuxen">ἔτυχεν</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Cod. Turon. fol. 109. Exc. Vales. p. 9. Confer Suidam v.</foreign><w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkios">Λεύκιος</w>.] <w lemma="%2Apra%3Dgma">Πρᾶγμα</w> <w lemma="poiw%3Dn">ποιῶν</w> <w lemma="froni%2Fmou">φρονίμου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nounexou%3Ds">νουνεχοῦς</w> <w lemma="a%29ndro%2Fs">ἀνδρός</w>,
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gnw%3Dnai">γνῶναι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hsi%2Fodon">Ἡσίοδον</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fsw%7C">ὅσῳ</w> <w lemma="ple%2Fon">πλέον</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fmisu">ἥμισυ</w> <w lemma="panto%2Fs">παντός</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Cod. Urbin. margo fol. 65</foreign>]
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Ato%5C">Τὸ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="manqa%2Fnein">μανθάνειν</w> <w lemma="a%29yeustei%3Dn">ἀψευστεῖν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="qeou%5Cs">θεοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%2Fquyi%2Fs">ὑπόθυψίς</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w> <w lemma="a%29lhqei%2Fas">ἀληθείας</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Cod. Urbin. margo fol. 65</foreign>]
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%29en">Ἐν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstois">πλείστοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrwpei%2Fwn">ἀνθρωπείων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgwn">ἔργων</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kthsa%2Fmenoi">κτησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%2Frhsin">τήρησιν</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Ftoima">ἕτοιμα</w> <w lemma="paralabo%2Fntes">παραλαβόντες</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29pw%2Fleian">ἀπώλειαν</w> <w lemma="eu%29fuei%3Ds">εὐφυεῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29sin">εἰσιν</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Cod. Urbin. margo fol. 66 et Exc. Vat. p. 371M. 25, 4H.</foreign>]
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<head>The Roman Constitution</head>I have given an account of the constitution of Lycurgus, I will now endeavour to describe that of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> at the period of their disastrous defeat at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Cannae&groupId=430&placeId=797">Cannae</a>.I am fully conscious that to those who actually live under<pb n="468" />this constitution I shall appear to give an inadequate account of it by the omission of certain details.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note14">The Roman constitution at the epoch of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Cannae&groupId=430&placeId=797">Cannae</a>, B.C. 216.</note>Knowing accurately every portion of it from personal experience, and from having been bred up in its customs and laws from childhood, they will not be struck so much by the accuracy of the description, as annoyed by its omissions; nor will they believe that the historian has purposely omitted unimportant distinctions, but will attribute his silence upon the origin of existing institutions or other important facts to ignorance. What is told they depreciate as insignificant or beside the purpose; what is omitted they desiderate as vital to the question: their object being to appear to know more than the writers. But a good critic should not judge a writer by what he leaves unsaid, but from what he says: if he detects mis-statement in the latter, he may then feel certain that ignorance accounts for the former; but if what he says is accurate, his omissions ought to be attributed to deliberate judgment and not to ignorance. So much for those whose criticisms are prompted by personal ambition rather than by justice. . . .Another requisite for obtaining a judicious approval for an historical disquisition, is that it should be germane to the matter in hand; if this is not observed, though its style may be excellent and its matter irreproachable, it will seem out of place, and disgust rather than please. . . .As for the Roman constitution, it had three elements,<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note15">Triple element in the Roman Constitution.</note>each of them possessing sovereign powers: and their respective share of power in the whole state had been regulated with such a scrupulous regard to equality and equilibrium, that no one could say for certain, not even a native, whether the constitution as a whole were an aristocracy or democracy or despotism. And no wonder: for if we confine our observation to the power of the Consuls we should be inclined to regard it as despotic; if on that of the Senate, as aristocratic; and if finally one looks at the power possessed by the people it would seem a clear case of a democracy. What the exact powers of these several parts were, and still, with slight modifications, are, I will now state.<pb n="469" />
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