<w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fan">Σικελίαν</w>. <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="punqano%2Fmenoi">πυνθανόμενοι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpemyan">ἔπεμψαν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w>, <w lemma="diamarturo%2Fmenoi">διαμαρτυρόμενοι</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="parabai%2Fnein">παραβαίνειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="progo%2Fnous">προγόνους</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="teqeime%2Fnas">τεθειμένας</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkas">συνθήκας</w>.
<w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ierw%2Fnumos">Ἱερώνυμος</w> <w lemma="a%28qroi%2Fsas">ἁθροίσας</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fdrion">συνέδριον</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fdwke">ἀνέδωκε</w> <w lemma="diabou%2Flion">διαβούλιον</w> <w lemma="ti%2F">τί</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="e%29gxw%2Frioi">ἐγχώριοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28suxi%2Fan">ἡσυχίαν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dgon">ἦγον</w>, <w lemma="dedio%2Ftes">δεδιότες</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="proestw%3Dtos">προεστῶτος</w> <w lemma="a%29krisi%2Fan:">ἀκρισίαν·</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aristo%2Fmaxos">Ἀριστόμαχος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Akori%2Fnqios">Κορίνθιος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ada%2Fmippos">Δάμιππος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimo%2Fnios">Λακεδαιμόνιος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aau%29to%2Fnous">Αὐτόνους</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqettalo%5Cs">Θετταλὸς</w> <w lemma="h%29ci%2Foun">ἠξίουν</w> <w lemma="e%29mme%2Fnein">ἐμμένειν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkais">συνθήκαις</w>.
<w lemma="%2A%29adrano%2Fdwros">Ἀδρανόδωρος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnos">μόνος</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="parie%2Fnai">παριέναι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%2Fn:">καιρόν·</w> <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="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="katakth%2Fsasqai">κατακτήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="dunato%2Fn">δυνατόν</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fas">Σικελίας</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%2Fn">ἀρχήν</w>.
<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dt%27">ταῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29po%2Fntos">εἰπόντος</w>, <w lemma="h%29%2Freto">ἤρετο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ippokra%2Fthn">Ἱπποκράτην</w> <w lemma="poi%2Fas">ποίας</w> <w lemma="mete%2Fxousi">μετέχουσι</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmhs">γνώμης</w>. <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="fhsa%2Fntwn">φησάντων</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29adranodw%2Frou">Ἀδρανοδώρου</w>, <w lemma="pe%2Fras">πέρας</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxe">εἶχε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="diabou%2Flion">διαβούλιον</w>. <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="e%29keku%2Frwto">ἐκεκύρωτο</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpon">τρόπον</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton:">τοῦτον·</w>
<w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="skaiw%3Ds">σκαιῶς</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29pokri%2Fnesqai">ἀποκρίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="presbeutai%3Ds">πρεσβευταῖς</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="thlikau%2Fthn">τηλικαύτην</w> <w lemma="a%29stoxi%2Fan">ἀστοχίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fpese">ἐνέπεσε</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="dusaresth%2Fsein">δυσαρεστήσειν</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosko%2Fptein">προσκόπτειν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmelle">ἔμελλε</w> <w lemma="profanw%3Ds">προφανῶς</w>.
<w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29mmenei%3Dn">ἐμμενεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkais">συνθήκαις</w>, <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="xrusi%2Fon">χρυσίον</w> <w lemma="a%29podw%3Dsi">ἀποδῶσι</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dn">πᾶν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ie%2Frwnos">Ἱέρωνος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flabon">ἔλαβον</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fppou">πάππου</w>, <w lemma="deu%2Fteron">δεύτερον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="si%3Dton">σῖτον</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="panto%5Cs">παντὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29pokatasth%2Fswsi">ἀποκαταστήσωσι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnou">χρόνου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllas">ἄλλας</w> <w lemma="dwrea%2Fs">δωρεάς</w>, <w lemma="a%28%5Cs">ἃς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnou">ἐκείνου</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tri%2Fton">τρίτον</w> <w lemma="o%28mologh%2Fswsi">ὁμολογήσωσι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29nto%5Cs">ἐντὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ime%2Fra">Ἱμέρα</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="%2Asurakosi%2Fwn">Συρακοσίων</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="presbeutai%5C">πρεσβευταὶ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fdrion">συνέδριον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="e%29xwri%2Fsqhsan:">ἐχωρίσθησαν·</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ierw%2Fnumon">Ἱερώνυμον</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kairw%3Dn">καιρῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29nh%2Frgoun">ἐνήργουν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fs">τάς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fqroizon">ἥθροιζον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqw%2Fplizon">καθώπλιζον</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fs">τάς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="loipa%5Cs">λοιπὰς</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w> <w lemma="h%28toi%2Fmazon">ἡτοίμαζον</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Exc. De legat. p. 1.</foreign>]
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<head>Hieronymus Decides For War</head>When they heard of this, the Romans sent legates to him<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note7">The Romans again remonstrate. Another scene at the Council.</note>again, protesting against his violation of the treaty made with his forefathers. Hieronymus thereupon summoned a meeting of his council and consulted them as to what he was to do. The native members of it kept silent, because they feared the folly of their ruler. Aristomachus of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a>, Damippus of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a>, Autonous of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Thessaly&groupId=1028&placeId=1816">Thessaly</a> advised that he should abide by the treaty with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>. Andranodorus alone urged that he should not let the opportunity slip; and affirmed that the present was the only chance of establishing his rule over <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a>. After the delivery of this speech, the king asked Hippocrates and his brother what they thought, and upon their answering, "The same as Andranodorus," the deliberation was concluded in that sense. Thus, then, war with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> had been decided upon: but while the king was anxious to be thought to have given an adroit answer to the ambassadors, he committed himself to such an utter absurdity as to make it certain that he would not only fail to conciliate the Romans, but would inevitably offend them violently. For he said that he would abide by the treaty, firstly, if the Romans would repay all the gold they had received from his grandfather Hiero; and secondly, if they would return the corn and other presents which they had received from him from the first day of their intercourse with him; and thirdly, if they would<pb n="513" />acknowledge all <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a> east of the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Himera&groupId=632&placeId=1163">Himera</a> to be Syracusan territory.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note8">War with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> decided upon.</note>At these propositions of course the ambassadors and council separated; and from that time forth Hieronymus began pushing on his preparations for war with energy: collected and armed his forces, and got ready the other necessary provisions. . . .
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