Polybius, Histories

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Book 7 - Chapter 6

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<w lemma="%2A%28h">Ἡ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aleonti%2Fnwn">Λεοντίνων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flis">πόλις</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flw%7C">ὅλῳ</w> <w lemma="kli%2Fmati">κλίματι</w> <w lemma="te%2Ftraptai">τέτραπται</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frktous">ἄρκτους</w>,
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<w lemma="e%29%2Fsti">ἔστι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fshs">μέσης</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29lw%5Cn">αὐλὼν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fpedos">ἐπίπεδος</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="sumbai%2Fnei">συμβαίνει</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fs">τάς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxei%2Fwn">ἀρχείων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dikasthri%2Fwn">δικαστηρίων</w> <w lemma="kataskeua%5Cs">κατασκευὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29gora%5Cn">ἀγορὰν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29lw%3Dnos">αὐλῶνος</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28kate%2Fran">ἑκατέραν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pleura%5Cn">πλευρὰν</w> <w lemma="parh%2Fkei">παρήκει</w> <w lemma="lo%2Ffos">λόφος</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="a%29porrw%3Dga">ἀπορρῶγα</w> <w lemma="sunexh%3D:">συνεχῆ·</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fpeda">ἐπίπεδα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="lo%2Ffwn">λόφων</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="o%29fru%3Ds">ὀφρῦς</w> <w lemma="oi%29kiw%3Dn">οἰκιῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="plh%2Frh">πλήρη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="naw%3Dn">ναῶν</w>.
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<w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxei">ἔχει</w> <w lemma="pulw%3Dnas">πυλῶνας</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flis">πόλις</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="meshmbri%2Fan">μεσημβρίαν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Frato%2Fs">πέρατός</w> <w lemma="e%29stin">ἐστιν</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="proei%3Dpon">προεῖπον</w> <w lemma="au%29lw%3Dnos">αὐλῶνος</w>, <w lemma="fe%2Frwn">φέρων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asurakou%2Fsas">Συρακούσας</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fteros">ἕτερος</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frktous">ἄρκτους</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fgwn">ἄγων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Aleonti%3Dna">Λεοντῖνα</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmena">καλούμενα</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fa">πεδία</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="gewrgh%2Fsimon">γεωργήσιμον</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>.
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<w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29porrw%3Dga">ἀπορρῶγα</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="du%2Fseis">δύσεις</w>, <w lemma="pararrei%3D">παραρρεῖ</w> <w lemma="potamo%2Fs">ποταμός</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="kalou%3Dsi">καλοῦσι</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fsson">Λίσσον</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kei%3Dntai">κεῖνται</w> <w lemma="para%2Fllhloi">παράλληλοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="krhmno%5Cn">κρημνὸν</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fai">οἰκίαι</w> <w lemma="sunexei%3Ds">συνεχεῖς</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="metacu%5C">μεταξὺ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w> <w lemma="sumbai%2Fnei">συμβαίνει</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnhn">προειρημένην</w> <w lemma="o%28do%5Cn">ὁδὸν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w>. [<foreign lang="la">Cod. Urb. fol. 96 exc. ant. p. 193.</foreign>]
<head>Description of Leontini</head>The city of Leontini taken as a whole faces north,<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note9">Description of Leontini, where Hieronymus was murdered. See<bibl n="Liv. 24.7" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 24.7</bibl>.</note>and is divided in half by a valley of level ground, in which are the state buildings, the courthouses, and market-place. Along each side of this valley run hills with steep banks all the way; the flat tops of which, reached after crossing their brows, are covered with houses and temples. The city has two gates, one on the southern extremity of this valley leading to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syracuse&groupId=994&placeId=1753">Syracuse</a>, the other at the northern leading on to the "Leontine plains," and the arable district. Close under the westernmost of the steep cliffs runs a river called Lissus; parallel to which are built continuous rows of houses, in great numbers, close under the cliff, between which and the river runs the road I have mentioned. . . .