Polybius, Histories

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Book 9 - Chapter 34

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<w lemma="%2Apa%2Flin">Πάλιν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aleca%2Fndrw%7C">Ἀλεξάνδρῳ</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29dikei%3Dsqai">ἀδικεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="do%2Fcas">δόξας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aqhbai%2Fwn">Θηβαίων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29ko%2Flase">ἐκόλασε</w>, <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="pikrw%3Ds">πικρῶς</w> <w lemma="w%29nei%2Fdisas">ὠνείδισας</w>,
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<w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="timwri%2Fan">τιμωρίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flabe">ἔλαβε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Apersw%3Dn">Περσῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpantas">ἅπαντας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fbrews">ὕβρεως</w>, <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29poih%2Fsw">ἐποιήσω</w> <w lemma="mnh%2Fmhn">μνήμην</w>,
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<w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flwn">μεγάλων</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Dn">κακῶν</w> <w lemma="koinh%3D%7C">κοινῇ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="h%28ma%3Ds">ἡμᾶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fluse">ἔλυσε</w>, <w lemma="katadoulwsa%2Fmenos">καταδουλωσάμενος</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="barba%2Frous">βαρβάρους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parelo%2Fmenos">παρελόμενος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w>, <w lemma="ai%28%3Ds">αἷς</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%3Dnoi">ἐκεῖνοι</w> <w lemma="xrw%2Fmenoi">χρώμενοι</w> <w lemma="kate%2Ffqeiran">κατέφθειραν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w>, <w lemma="pote%5C">ποτὲ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aqhnai%2Fous">Ἀθηναίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="progo%2Fnous">προγόνους</w> <w lemma="a%29gwnoqetou%3Dntes">ἀγωνοθετοῦντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumba%2Fllontes">συμβάλλοντες</w>, <w lemma="pote%5C">ποτὲ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqhbai%2Fous">Θηβαίους</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%2Fkoon">ὑπήκοον</w> <w lemma="e%29poi%2Fhse">ἐποίησε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhsi">Ἕλλησι</w>.
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<w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="diadecame%2Fnwn">διαδεξαμένων</w> <w lemma="pw%3Ds">πῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tolma%3Dte">τολμᾶτε</w> <w lemma="mnhmoneu%2Fein">μνημονεύειν</w>; <w lemma="e%29kei%3Dnoi">ἐκεῖνοι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kairw%3Dn">καιρῶν</w> <w lemma="perista%2Fseis">περιστάσεις</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29gaqw%3Dn">ἀγαθῶν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Dn">κακῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fnonto">ἐγίνοντο</w> <w lemma="parai%2Ftioi">παραίτιοι</w> <w lemma="polla%2Fkis:">πολλάκις·</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllois">ἄλλοις</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fsws">ἴσως</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="e%29cei%2Fh">ἐξείη</w> <w lemma="mnhsikakei%3Dn">μνησικακεῖν</w>,
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<w lemma="u%28mi%3Dn">ὑμῖν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29damw%3Ds">οὐδαμῶς</w> <w lemma="kaqh%2Fkei">καθήκει</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29gaqou%3D">ἀγαθοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="mhdeni%5C">μηδενὶ</w> <w lemma="mhdeno%5Cs">μηδενὸς</w> <w lemma="paraiti%2Fois">παραιτίοις</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Fsi">γεγονόσι</w>, <w lemma="kakw%3Dn">κακῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="polloi%3Ds">πολλοῖς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polla%2Fkis">πολλάκις</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="ti%2Fnes">τίνες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Fgonon">Ἀντίγονον</w> <w lemma="ei%29si%5C">εἰσὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmhtri%2Fou">Δημητρίου</w> <w lemma="parakale%2Fsantes">παρακαλέσαντες</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="diaire%2Fsei">διαιρέσει</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnous">ἔθνους</w>;
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<w lemma="ti%2Fnes">τίνες</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ale%2Fcandron">Ἀλέξανδρον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpeirw%2Fthn">Ἠπειρώτην</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Frkous">ὅρκους</w> <w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenoi">ποιησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkas">συνθήκας</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29candrapodismw%3D%7C">ἐξανδραποδισμῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="merismw%3D%7C">μερισμῷ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akarnani%2Fas">Ἀκαρνανίας</w>;
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<w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="u%28mei%3Ds">ὑμεῖς</w>; <w lemma="ti%2Fnes">τίνες</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="koino%5Cn">κοινὸν</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftous">τοιούτους</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fnas">ἡγεμόνας</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpemyan">ἐξέπεμψαν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%2Fous">οἵους</w> <w lemma="u%28mei%3Ds">ὑμεῖς</w>; <w lemma="oi%28%2F">οἵ</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29su%2Flois">ἀσύλοις</w> <w lemma="i%28eroi%3Ds">ἱεροῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29to%2Flmhsan">ἐτόλμησαν</w> <w lemma="prosa%2Fgein">προσάγειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w>.
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<w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="%2Ati%2Fmaios">Τίμαιος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="to%2F">τό</w> <w lemma="t%27">τ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ataina%2Frw%7C">Ταινάρῳ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aposeidw%3Dnos">Ποσειδῶνος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Alou%2Fsois">Λούσοις</w> <w lemma="i%28ero%5Cn">ἱερὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arte%2Fmidos">Ἀρτέμιδος</w> <w lemma="e%29su%2Flhse">ἐσύλησε</w>,
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<w lemma="%2Afa%2Frukos">Φάρυκος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fkritos">Πολύκριτος</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fhras">Ἥρας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fargei">Ἄργει</w> <w lemma="te%2Fmenos">τέμενος</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aposeidw%3Dnos">Ποσειδῶνος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Amantinei%2Fa%7C">Μαντινείᾳ</w> <w lemma="dih%2Frpase">διήρπασε</w>.
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<w lemma="ti%2F">τί</w> <w lemma="dai%5C">δαὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ala%2Fttabos">Λάτταβος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aniko%2Fstratos">Νικόστρατος</w>; <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Apamboiwti%2Fwn">Παμβοιωτίων</w> <w lemma="panh%2Fgurin">πανήγυριν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rh%2Fnhs">εἰρήνης</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fshs">οὔσης</w> <w lemma="parespo%2Fndhsan">παρεσπόνδησαν</w>, <w lemma="%2Askuqw%3Dn">Σκυθῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frga">ἔργα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Agalatw%3Dn">Γαλατῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pitelou%3Dntes">ἐπιτελοῦντες</w>; <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5Cn">οὐδὲν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fpraktai">πέπρακται</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="diadecame%2Fnois">διαδεξαμένοις</w>.
<head>Contrast Between Alexander and the Aetolians</head>"Again, you bitterly denounced Alexander, because,<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note66">Alexander's services to Greece.</note>when he believed himself to be wronged, he punished Thebes: but of his having exacted vengeance of the Persians for their outrages on all the Greeks you made no mention at all; nor of his having released us all in common from heavy miseries, by enslaving the barbarians, and depriving them of the supplies which they used for the ruin of the Greeks,—sometimes pitting the Athenians against the ancestors of these gentlemen here, at another the Thebans; nor finally of his having subjected Asia to the Greeks."As for Alexander's successors how had you the audacity<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note67">The Diadochi.</note>to mention them? They were indeed, according to the circumstances of the time, on many occasions the authors of good to some and of harm to others: for which perhaps others might be allowed to bear them a grudge.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note68">The Aetolian policy.</note>But to<emph>you</emph>Aetolians it is in no circumstance open to do so,— you who have never been the authors of anything good to any one, but of mischief to many and on many occasions! Who was it that called in Antigonus son of Demetrius to the partition of the Achaean league? Who was it that made a sworn treaty with Alexander of Epirus for the enslaving and dismembering<pb n="594" />of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Acarnania&groupId=270&placeId=527">Acarnania</a>? Was it not you? What nation ever sent out military commanders duly accredited of the sort that you have? Men that ventured to do violence to the sanctity of asylum itself! Timaeus violated the sanctuary of Poseidon on Taenarum, and of Artemis at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lusi&groupId=702&placeId=1284">Lusi</a>. Pharylus and Polycritus plundered, the former the sacred enclosure of Here in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Argos&groupId=361&placeId=689">Argos</a>, the latter that of Poseidon at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Mantinea&groupId=731&placeId=1339">Mantinea</a>. What again about Lattabus and Nicostratus? Did not they make a treacherous attack on the assembly of the Pan-Boeotians in time of peace, committing outrages worthy of Scythians and Gauls? You will find no such crimes as these committed by the Diadochi.