<w lemma="%2A%28%2Fapantas">Ἅπαντας</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="proi+de%2Fsqai">προϊδέσθαι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pifero%2Fmenon">ἐπιφερόμενον</w> <w lemma="kairo%2Fn">καιρόν</w>, <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fous">Λακεδαιμονίους</w>.
<w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="ti%2Fnos">τίνος</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="u%28polamba%2Fnete">ὑπολαμβάνετε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28mete%2Frous">ὑμετέρους</w> <w lemma="progo%2Fnous">προγόνους</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fndres">ἄνδρες</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimo%2Fnioi">Λακεδαιμόνιοι</w>, <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Ace%2Frchs">Ξέρξης</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsteile">ἀπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="presbeuth%5Cn">πρεσβευτὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="u%28ma%3Ds">ὑμᾶς</w>, <w lemma="u%28%2Fdwr">ὕδωρ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w> <w lemma="ai%29tou%2Fmenos">αἰτούμενος</w>, <w lemma="a%29pw%2Fsantas">ἀπώσαντας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="fre%2Far">φρέαρ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="paragegono%2Fta">παραγεγονότα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosepibalo%2Fntas">προσεπιβαλόντας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="gh%3Ds">γῆς</w> <w lemma="keleu%2Fein">κελεύειν</w> <w lemma="a%29paggei%3Dlai">ἀπαγγεῖλαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Ace%2Frch%7C">Ξέρξῃ</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fwn">Λακεδαιμονίων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxei">ἔχει</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29paggeli%2Fan">ἐπαγγελίαν</w>, <w lemma="u%28%2Fdwr">ὕδωρ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w>;
<w lemma="ti%2Fnos">τίνος</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29qelonth%5Cn">ἐθελοντὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prodh%2Flws">προδήλως</w> <w lemma="e%29corma%3Dn">ἐξορμᾶν</w> <w lemma="a%29poqanoume%2Fnous">ἀποθανουμένους</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Alewni%2Fdhn">Λεωνίδην</w>;
<w lemma="a%29%3Dr%27">ἆρ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="do%2Fcwsi">δόξωσι</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellh%2Fnwn">Ἑλλήνων</w> <w lemma="e%29leuqeri%2Fas">ἐλευθερίας</w> <w lemma="prokinduneu%2Fein">προκινδυνεύειν</w>;
<w lemma="a%29%2Fcio%2Fn">ἄξιόν</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29pogo%2Fnous">ἀπογόνους</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxontas">ὑπάρχοντας</w>, <w lemma="ka%29%2Fpeita">κἄπειτα</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fan">συμμαχίαν</w> <w lemma="poihsame%2Fnous">ποιησαμένους</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="barba%2Frois">βαρβάροις</w>, <w lemma="strateu%2Fein">στρατεύειν</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnwn">ἐκείνων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpeirw%2Ftais">Ἠπειρώταις</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29akarna%3Dsi">Ἀκαρνᾶσι</w>, <w lemma="%2Aboiwtoi%3Ds">Βοιωτοῖς</w>, <w lemma="%2Aqettaloi%3Ds">Θετταλοῖς</w> <w lemma="sxedo%5Cn">σχεδὸν</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsi">πᾶσι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhsi">Ἕλλησι</w> <w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlw%3Dn">Αἰτωλῶν</w>.
<w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqos">ἔθος</w> <w lemma="e%29sti%5C">ἐστὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fttein">πράττειν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="ai%29sxro%5Cn">αἰσχρὸν</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fzein">νομίζειν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fsesti">πρόσεστι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pleonektei%3Dn">πλεονεκτεῖν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28mi%3Dn">ὑμῖν</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ti%2F">τί</w> <w lemma="dh%2Fpote">δήποτε</w> <w lemma="prosdoka%3Dn">προσδοκᾶν</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="a%29pergasome%2Fnous">ἀπεργασομένους</w>, <w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="proseilh%2Ffasi">προσειλήφασι</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fan">συμμαχίαν</w>;
<w lemma="oi%28%2F">οἵ</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29illuriw%3Dn">Ἰλλυριῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pilabo%2Fmenoi">ἐπιλαβόμενοι</w> <w lemma="r%28oph%3Ds">ῥοπῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="bohqei%2Fas">βοηθείας</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="qa%2Flattan">θάλατταν</w> <w lemma="bia%2Fzesqai">βιάζεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paraspondei%3Dn">παρασπονδεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29peba%2Flonto">ἐπεβάλοντο</w> <w lemma="%2Apu%2Flon">Πύλον</w>, <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w> <w lemma="e%29polio%2Frkhsan">ἐπολιόρκησαν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akleitori%2Fwn">Κλειτορίων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w>, <w lemma="e%29chndrapodi%2Fsanto">ἐξηνδραποδίσαντο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akunaiqe%2Fwn">Κυναιθέων</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antigo%2Fnw%7C">Ἀντιγόνῳ</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29pa%2Fnw">ἐπάνω</w> <w lemma="proei%3Dpon">προεῖπον</w>, <w lemma="e%29poih%2Fsanto">ἐποιήσαντο</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkas">συνθήκας</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="peri%2F">περί</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akarna%2Fnwn">Ἀκαρνάνων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnous">ἔθνους</w>, <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pepoi%2Fhntai">πεποίηνται</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fshs">πάσης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fdos">Ἑλλάδος</w>.
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<head>Contrast of the Aetolian Policy</head>"All Greeks indeed have need to be on the alert<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note71">B.C. 492.<bibl n="Hdt. 6.48" default="NO" valid="yes">Herod 6, 48</bibl>;<bibl n="Hdt. 7.133" default="NO" valid="yes">7, 133</bibl>.</note>for the crisis which is coming on: but Lacedaemonians above all. For why was it, do you suppose, men of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a>, that your ancestors, when Xerxes sent an ambassador to your town demanding earth and water, thrust the man into a well, and, throwing earth upon him, bade him take back word to Xerxes<pb n="597" />that he had got from the Lacedaemonians what he had demanded from them,—earth and water? Why was it again, do you suppose, that Leonidas and his men started forth to a voluntary and certain death? Was it not that they might have the glory of being the forlorn hope, not only of their own freedom, but of that of all Greece also? And it would indeed be a worthy action for descendants of such heroes as these to make a league with the barbarians now, and to serve with them; and to war against Epirotes, Achaeans, Acarnanians, Boeotians, Thessalians, and in fact against nearly every Greek state except Aetolians! To these last it is habitual to act thus: and to regard nothing as disgraceful, so long only as it is accompanied by an opportunity of plunder.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note72">B.C. 480.</note>It is not so, however, with you. And what must we expect these people to do, now that they have obtained the support of the Roman alliance? For when they obtained an accession of strength and support from the Illyrians, they at once set about acts of piracy at sea, and treacherously seized <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pylus&groupId=920&placeId=1648">Pylus</a>; while by land they stormed the city of Cleitor, and sold the Cynethans into slavery. Once before they made a treaty with Antigonus, as I said just now, for the destruction of the Achaean and Acarnanian races; and now they have done the same with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> for the destruction of all Greece.
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