<w lemma="%2Atw%3D%7C">Τῷ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Agai+%2Fw%7C">Γαΐῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Alibi%2Fw%7C">Λιβίῳ</w>, <w lemma="genome%2Fnw%7C">γενομένῳ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="sunh%2Fqwn">συνήθων</w> <w lemma="a%29f%27">ἀφ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Amousei%2Fw%7C">Μουσείῳ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskwn">νεανίσκων</w> <w lemma="pro%2Flhyin">πρόληψιν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sxedo%5Cn">σχεδὸν</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="po%2Ftou">πότου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29kmaiota%2Fthn">ἀκμαιοτάτην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontos">ἔχοντος</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fqesin">διάθεσιν</w>, <w lemma="prosagge%2Flletai">προσαγγέλλεται</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="dusma%5Cs">δυσμὰς</w> <w lemma="h%28li%2Fou">ἡλίου</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Anoma%2Fdas">Νομάδας</w> <w lemma="e%29pitre%2Fxein">ἐπιτρέχειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>. <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5C">αὐτὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="dienoh%2Fqh">διενοήθη</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kale%2Fsas">καλέσας</w> <w lemma="tina%5Cs">τινὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fnwn">ἡγεμόνων</w> <w lemma="sune%2Ftace">συνέταξε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="h%28mi%2Fseis">ἡμίσεις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="e%29celqo%2Fntas">ἐξελθόντας</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%28wqinh%5Cn">ἑωθινὴν</w> <w lemma="kwlu%3Dsai">κωλῦσαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kakopoiou%3Dntas">κακοποιοῦντας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn">πολεμίων</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flhs">ὅλης</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcews">πράξεως</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="a%29nu%2Fpoptos">ἀνύποπτος</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</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="%2Ani%2Fkwna">Νίκωνα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Atragi%2Fskon">Τραγίσκον</w>,
<w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="sko%2Ftos">σκότος</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="sunaqroisqe%2Fntes">συναθροισθέντες</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flei">πόλει</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w>, <w lemma="e%29th%2Froun">ἐτήρουν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pa%2Fnodon">ἐπάνοδον</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fbion">Λίβιον</w>.
<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="e%29canasta%2Fntwn">ἐξαναστάντων</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Fton">πότον</w> <w lemma="a%29f%27">ἀφ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Flloi">ἄλλοι</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fs">πρός</w> <w lemma="tina">τινα</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpon">τόπον</w> <w lemma="a%29posta%2Fntes">ἀποστάντες</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmenon">ἔμενον</w>, <w lemma="tine%5Cs">τινὲς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskwn">νεανίσκων</w> <w lemma="a%29ph%2Fntwn">ἀπήντων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aga%2Fion">Γάιον</w>, <w lemma="diakexume%2Fnoi">διακεχυμένοι</w> <w lemma="kai%2F">καί</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prospai%2Fzontes">προσπαίζοντες</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flois">ἀλλήλοις</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="u%28pokrino%2Fmenoi">ὑποκρινόμενοι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="sunousi%2Fas">συνουσίας</w> <w lemma="e%29pana%2Fgontas">ἐπανάγοντας</w>.
<w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="h%29lloiwme%2Fnwn">ἠλλοιωμένων</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="me%2Fqhs">μέθης</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fbion">Λίβιον</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="summi%3Dcai">συμμῖξαι</w> <w lemma="ge%2Flws">γέλως</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29mfoi%3Dn">ἀμφοῖν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paidia%5C">παιδιὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fxeiros">πρόχειρος</w>.
<w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sunanaka%2Fmyantes">συνανακάμψαντες</w> <w lemma="a%29pokate%2Fsthsan">ἀποκατέστησαν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="oi%29%3Dkon">οἶκον</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Aga%2Fios">Γάιος</w> <w lemma="a%29nepau%2Feto">ἀνεπαύετο</w> <w lemma="mequ%2Fwn">μεθύων</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Fs">εἰκός</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29f%27">ἀφ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fnontas">πίνοντας</w>, <w lemma="ou%29de%5Cn">οὐδὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Ftopon">ἄτοπον</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="dusxere%5Cs">δυσχερὲς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="dianoi%2Fa%7C">διανοίᾳ</w>, <w lemma="xara%3Ds">χαρᾶς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Frhs">πλήρης</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="r%28a%7Cqumi%2Fas">ῥᾳθυμίας</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="%2Ani%2Fkwna">Νίκωνα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Atragi%2Fskon">Τραγίσκον</w> <w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fmican">συνέμιξαν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29poleleimme%2Fnois">ἀπολελειμμένοις</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskois">νεανίσκοις</w>, <w lemma="dielo%2Fntes">διελόντες</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tri%2Fa">τρία</w> <w lemma="me%2Frh">μέρη</w> <w lemma="parefu%2Flatton">παρεφύλαττον</w>, <w lemma="dialabo%2Fntes">διαλαβόντες</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29gora%3Ds">ἀγορᾶς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="eu%29kairota%2Ftas">εὐκαιροτάτας</w> <w lemma="ei%29sbola%2Fs">εἰσβολάς</w>, <w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcwqen">ἔξωθεν</w> <w lemma="prospipto%2Fntwn">προσπιπτόντων</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="lanqa%2Fnh%7C">λανθάνῃ</w> <w lemma="mh%2Fte">μήτε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3D%7C">αὐτῇ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flei">πόλει</w> <w lemma="ginome%2Fnwn">γινομένων</w>.
<w lemma="e%29pe%2Fsthsan">ἐπέστησαν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fan">οἰκίαν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Agai+%2Fou">Γαΐου</w>, <w lemma="safw%3Ds">σαφῶς</w> <w lemma="ei%29do%2Ftes">εἰδότες</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnhtai%2F">γίνηταί</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="u%28po%2Fnoia">ὑπόνοια</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllontos">μέλλοντος</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fbion">Λίβιον</w> <w lemma="a%29noisqh%2Fsetai">ἀνοισθήσεται</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dn">πᾶν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pratto%2Fmenon">πραττόμενον</w> <w lemma="a%29p%27">ἀπ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnou">ἐκείνου</w> <w lemma="lh%2Fyetai">λήψεται</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%2Fn">ἀρχήν</w>.
<w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="dei%2Fpnwn">δείπνων</w> <w lemma="e%29pa%2Fnodoi">ἐπάνοδοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sullh%2Fbdhn">συλλήβδην</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dtos">τοιοῦτος</w> <w lemma="qo%2Frubos">θόρυβος</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="parw%7Cxh%2Fkei">παρῳχήκει</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dhmotw%3Dn">δημοτῶν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="plhqu%5Cs">πληθὺς</w> <w lemma="katakekoi%2Fmhto">κατακεκοίμητο</w>, <w lemma="prou%2Fbaine">προύβαινε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="nukto%5Cs">νυκτὸς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdos">ἐλπίδος</w> <w lemma="a%29ke%2Fraia">ἀκέραια</w> <w lemma="die%2Fmene">διέμενε</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="sunaqroisqe%2Fntes">συναθροισθέντες</w> <w lemma="proh%3Dgon">προῆγον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="prokeime%2Fnhn">προκειμένην</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fan">χρείαν</w>.
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<head>A Bargain Made with Hannibal</head>On their next expedition, which they conducted in the same way as the first, they interchanged pledges of fidelity with Hannibal on the following conditions: "He was to set the Tarentines free; and the Carthaginians were neither to exact tribute of any sort from them, nor impose any burden upon them; but the houses and lodgings occupied by Romans should, on their taking possession of the town, be given up to the Carthaginians to plunder." They also arranged on a watch-word at which the sentries were to admit them without delay into the camp whenever they came. After making these arrangements, they got the opportunity of often having interviews with Hannibal: sometimes pretending to be going out of the town on a foray, and sometimes on a hunting expedition. Everything having thus been put in train, the greater part of the conspirators waited for the proper occasions for acting, while they assigned<pb n="552" />to Philemenus the part of leader of their hunting excursions; for, owing to his excessive taste for that amusement, he had the reputation of thinking hunting the most important thing in life. Accordingly they left it to him, first to win the favour of Gaius Livius the commander of the town by presents of game, and then that of the guards of the gate-tower which protected what were called the Temenid gates. Philemenus undertook the task: and partly by what he caught himself, and partly with what Hannibal supplied, always managed to bring in some game; which he divided between Livius and the guards of the gate, to induce them to be always ready to open the wicket to him. For he generally went and returned from his expeditions after nightfall, under the pretext of being afraid of the enemy, but really with a view of preparing for the plot. When Philemenus then had managed to make it a regular arranged thing with the picket at the gate, that the guards should have no hesitation; but that, whenever he came under the wall and whistled, they should open the wicket to him; he waited for a day on which the Roman commander of the town was engaged to be present at a large party, meeting early in the Musaeum, which is near the agora, and agreed with Hannibal to carry out their plot on that day.
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