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oi( gou=n *turrhnoi\ tou/s t' a)/ndras diafqei/rantes kai\ to\ e)n th=| *kreme/ra| frou/rion paralabo/ntes e)pi\ th\n a)/llhn stratia\n tw=n *(rwmai/wn h)=gon ta\s duna/meis. e)/tuxe d' ou) makra\n katestratopedeukw\s o( e(/teros tw=n u(pa/twn *menh/nios ou)k e)n a)sfalei= xwri/w|: kai\ o(/te h( *fabi/wn sugge/neia kai\ to\ pelatiko\n au)tw=n a)pw/llunto, tria/konta/ pou stadi/ous a)pei=xen a)f' ou(= to\ pa/qos e)ge/neto to/pou, do/can t' ou)k o)li/gois pare/sxe, gnou\s e)n oi(/ois kakoi=s h)=san oi( *fa/bioi, mhdemi/an [p. 314] au)tw=n poih/sasqai fronti/da th=s t' a)reth=s kai\ [2] do/chs toi=s a)ndra/si fqonw=n. toigarou=n meta\ tau=q' u(paxqei\s u(po\ tw=n dhma/rxwn ei)s di/khn e)pi\ tau/th| ma/lista th=| ai)ti/a| e(a/lw. sfo/dra ga\r e)pe/nqhsen h( *(rwmai/wn po/lis a)ndrw=n tosou/twn kai\ toiou/twn a)reta\s a)pokeirame/nh, kai\ pro\s a(/pan to\ do/can au)toi=s ai)/tion gegone/nai th=s toiau/ths sumfora=s pikrw=s kai\ a)paraith/tws ei)=xen: th\n d' h(me/ran e)kei/nhn, e)n h(=| to\ pa/qos e)ge/neto, me/laina/n te kai\ a)pofra/da ti/qetai, kai\ ou)deno\s a)\n e)/rgou e)n tau/th| xrhstou= a)/rcaito, th\n to/te sumba=san au)th=| tu/xhn o)tteuome/nh. [3] w(s de\ plhsi/on e)ge/nonto tw=n *(rwmai/wn oi( *turrhnoi/, sunido/ntes au)tw=n to\ strato/pedon — h)=n d' u(po\ lago/ni kei/menon o)/rous — th=s t' a)peiri/as tou= strathgou= katefro/nhsan, kai\ to\ doqe\n u(po\ th=s tu/xhs pleone/kthma a)gaphtw=s e)/labon. kai\ au)ti/ka tou\s i(ppei=s a)nalabo/ntes kata\ th\n e(te/ran pleura\n tou= lo/fou ou)deno\s kwlu/ontos a)ne/bhsan e)pi\ th\n korufh/n. katalabo/menoi de\ to\n u(pe\r kefalh=s tw=n *(rwmai/wn ko/rumbon e)/qento e)n tou/tw| ta\ o(/pla, kai\ th\n a)/llhn du/namin a)sfalw=s a)nabiba/santes u(yhlw=| xa/raki kai\ baqei/a| ta/frw| th\n parembolh\n w)xurw/santo. [4] ei) me\n ou)=n sunidw\n o( *menh/nios, oi(=on e)/dwke pleone/kthma toi=s polemi/ois, mete/gnw te th\n a(marta/da kai\ ei)s a)sfale/steron a)ph/gage xwri/on th\n stratia/n, sofo\s a)\n h)=n, nu=n de\ di' ai)sxu/nhs lamba/nwn to\ dokei=n h(marthke/nai [p. 315] kai\ to\ au)/qades pro\s tou\s metadida/skontas fula/ttwn, meta\ ai)sxu/nhs a)/cion ptw=ma e)/pesen. [5] oi(=a ga\r e)c u(perdeci/wn au)tou= to/pwn oi( pole/mioi ta\s e)co/dous e(ka/stote poiou/menoi polla\ e)pleone/ktoun, a)gora/s t' au)tw=n a)gome/nas u(po\ tw=n e)mpo/rwn a(rpa/zontes, kai\ toi=s e)pi\ xilo\n h)\ u(/dwr e)kporeuome/nois e)pitiqe/menoi: kai\ perieisth/kei tw=| me\n u(pa/tw| mh/te kairou= ei)=nai kuri/w|, e)n w(=| to\n a)gw=na e)/melle poiei=sqai, mh/te to/pou, a(\ dokei= mega/la ei)=nai kathgorh/mata h(gemo/nwn strathgi/as a)pei/rwn: toi=s de\ *turrhnoi=s a)mfo/tera, w(s e)bou/lonto, [6] ei)=xe tau=ta. kai\ ou)de\ to/t' a)panasth=sai th\n stratia\n o( *menh/nios u(pe/meinen, a)ll' e)cagagw\n pare/tacen w(s ei)s ma/xhn, katafronh/sas tw=n ta\ sumfe/ronta u(potiqeme/nwn. kai\ oi( *turrhnoi\ th\n a)/noian tou= strathgou= me/ga eu)tu/xhma h(ghsa/menoi kate/bainon e)k tou= xa/rakos ou)k e)la/ttous h)\ dipla/sioi tw=n polemi/wn o)/ntes. [7] w(s de\ sune/peson a)llh/lois, fo/nos e)gi/gneto tw=n *(rwmai/wn polu\s ou) duname/nwn e)n th=| ta/cei me/nein. e)cew/qoun ga\r au)tou\s oi( *turrhnoi\ tou= te xwri/ou th\n fu/sin e)/xontes su/mmaxon kai\ tw=n e)festhko/twn kato/pin — e)ta/canto ga\r e)pi\ ba/qos — e)mptw/sei pollh=| sunergou/menoi. peso/ntwn de\ tw=n e)pifanesta/twn loxagw=n, h( loiph\ tw=n *(rwmai/wn du/namis e)gkli/nasa e)/feugen e)pi\ to\n xa/raka: oi( d' h)kolou/qoun, kai\ ta/s te shmai/as au)tw=n a)fairou=ntai kai\ tou\s traumati/as sullamba/nousi [p. 316] kai\ tw=n nekrw=n gi/nontai ku/rioi. kai\ [8] kataklei/santes au)tou\s ei)s poliorki/an kai\ di' o(/lhs th=s loiph=s h(me/ras prosbola\s poihsa/menoi polla\s kai\ ou)de\ th\n nu/kta a)fe/ntes ai(rou=si to\n xa/raka e)klipo/ntwn au)to\n tw=n e)/ndon, kai\ gi/nontai pollw=n swma/twn te kai\ xrhma/twn e)gkratei=s: ou)de\ ga\r a)poskeua/sasqai du/namin e)/sxon oi( feu/gontes, a)ll' a)gaphtw=s au)ta\ ta\ sw/mata die/swsan, ou)de\ ta\ o(/pla polloi\ fula/ttontes.

Dionysii Halicarnasei Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.

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