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Chapter 8.51

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8.51.1 1 historical high Φιλοποίμην δὲ ὑπὸ τὸν καιρὸν ἐσπεσὼν τοῦτον ἐς τὴν Σπάρτην ἠνάγκασεν ἐς τὸ Ἀχαϊκὸν Λακεδαιμονίους συντελέσαι. At that time Philopoemen made a sudden incursion into Sparta and compelled the Lacedaemonians to join the Achaean League. Philopoemen and the forced entry of Sparta into the Achaean League are Hellenistic historical events after 500 BC.
8.51.1 2 historical high μετὰ δὲ οὐ πολὺν χρόνον Τίτος μὲν Ῥωμαίων τῶν περὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἡγεμὼν καὶ Διοφάνης ὁ Διαίου Μεγαλοπολίτης, ἄρχειν ἐν τῷ τότε ᾑρημένος τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, ἤλαυνον ἐπὶ τὴν Λακεδαίμονα, ἐπενεγκόντες αἰτίαν Λακεδαιμονίοις βουλεύειν σφᾶς νεώτερα ἐς Ῥωμαίους· Not long afterwards, Titus, the commander of the Romans in Greece, and Diophanes son of Diaeus, of Megalopolis, who had been chosen at that time to lead the Achaeans, marched against Sparta, making the accusation that the Lacedaemonians were plotting fresh troubles against Rome. Describes a Roman and Achaean military-political action in the Hellenistic/Roman period, well after 500 BC.
8.51.1 3 historical high Φιλοποίμην δέ, καίπερ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἰδιώτης ὤν, ἀπέκλεισαν ὅμως ἐπιοῦσιν αὐτοῖς τὰς πύλας. But Philopoemen, although at that moment he was a private citizen, nonetheless shut the gates against their advancing forces. Refers to Philopoemen and a military action in the historical period, not myth.
8.51.2 1 historical high Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ τούτων τε ἕνεκα καὶ ὧν ἐς ἀμφοτέρους τοὺς τυράννους ἐτόλμησεν, ἐδίδοσαν οἶκον αὐτῷ τὸν Νάβιδος ἐς πλέον ἢ τάλαντα ἑκατόν· The Lacedaemonians, both on account of these deeds and because of the boldness he had shown against both tyrants, offered him the house of Nabis, valued at more than a hundred talents. Refers to the Lacedaemonians awarding a house after actions against tyrants, a post-mythic political/historical event.
8.51.2 2 historical high ὁ δὲ ὑπερεφρόνησέ τε τῶν χρημάτων καὶ ἐκέλευε τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους θεραπεύειν δόσεσιν ἀνθʼ αὑτοῦ τοὺς ἐν τῷ συλλόγῳ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν πιθανοὺς τῷ πλήθει, But he scorned the money and advised the Lacedaemonians instead of him to secure by gifts the men who possessed persuasive influence with the multitude within the council of the Achaeans. Refers to Achaean council politics and Lacedaemonian bribery, a post-mythic historical/political matter.
8.51.2 3 other high ταῦτα δὲ ἐς Τιμόλαον αὐτῷ λέγουσιν ὑποσημαίνεσθαι. It is said that by these words he implied especially Timolaus. A reported interpretation about what words imply; no mythic or historical event.
8.51.2 4 historical high ἀπεδείχθη δὲ καὶ αὖθις Ἀχαιῶν στρατηγῆσαι. Again afterwards he was appointed general of the Achaeans. Refers to a political/military office among the Achaeans, a post-mythic historical matter.
8.51.3 1 historical high Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ τηνικαῦτα ἐς ἔμφυλον προηγμένων στάσιν, τριακοσίους μὲν τῆς στάσεως μάλιστα αἰτίους ἐξέβαλεν ἐκ Πελοποννήσου καὶ τῶν εἱλώτων τε ἀπέδοτο ὅσον τρισχιλίους, At that time, as the Lacedaemonians had advanced towards civil strife amongst themselves, he expelled from the Peloponnese the three hundred men most responsible for the sedition and sold off about three thousand of the helots. Refers to a later Spartan civil strife and related actions, an event in historical time.
8.51.3 2 historical high τείχη δὲ περιεῖλε τῆς Σπάρτης καὶ τοῖς ἐφήβοις προεῖπε μὴ τὰ ἐκ τῶν νόμων τῶν Λυκούργου μελετᾶν, ἐφήβοις δὲ τοῖς Ἀχαιῶν κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἀσκεῖσθαι. He destroyed the walls of Sparta and commanded the Spartan youths to cease practicing the customs established by Lycurgus, prescribing instead that they adopt the training methods of the Achaean youths. Describes Lycurgan institutions being altered and Sparta's walls being destroyed, an event of the historical/Hellenistic period rather than myth.
8.51.3 3 historical medium καὶ τοῖς μὲν ὕστερον ἀποδώσειν ἔμελλον Ῥωμαῖοι παιδείαν τὴν ἐπιχώριον· However, later the Romans were to restore the traditional education to them. Refers to the Romans restoring local education, a historical-cultural development rather than myth or geography.
8.51.4 1 historical high Ἀντίοχον δὲ ἀπόγονον Σελεύκου τοῦ ὀνομασθέντος Νικάτορος καὶ Σύρων τὴν σὺν αὐτῷ στρατιὰν Μανίου καὶ Ῥωμαίων ἐν Θερμοπύλαις νικησάντων καὶ Ἀρισταίνου τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς τοῦ Μεγαλοπολίτου παραινοῦντος ἐπαινεῖν τὰ Ῥωμαίοις ἀρέσκοντα ἐπὶ παντὶ μηδὲ ἀνθίστασθαί σφισιν ὑπὲρ μηδενός, ὁ Φιλοποίμην ἀπεῖδεν ἐς τὸν Ἀρίσταινον σὺν ὀργῇ καὶ αὐτὸν τῇ Ἑλλάδι ἔφη τὴν πεπρωμένην ἐπιταχύνειν· When Manius and the Romans defeated Antiochus, descendant of Seleucus surnamed Nicator, and the Syrian army with him at Thermopylae, and when Aristaenus of Megalopolis urged the Achaeans to approve whatever pleased the Romans, and never to oppose them on any matter, Philopoemen looked angrily at Aristaenus and declared him to be hastening the fate appointed for Greece. Refers to the Roman victory over Antiochus at Thermopylae and Philopoemen's reaction, a post-500 BC historical event.
8.51.4 2 historical high Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ τοὺς φεύγοντας Μανίου καταδέξασθαι θέλοντος τῷ μὲν ἀντέπραξεν ἐς τὸ βούλευμα, ἐκείνου δὲ ἀπελθόντος τότε ἤδη κατελθεῖν τοὺς φυγάδας ἐφίησιν ἐς Σπάρτην. Later, when Manius wished the Spartans to receive back their exiles, Philopoemen opposed his proposal; but after Manius departed, Philopoemen himself permitted the exiles to return to Sparta. Refers to Philopoemen, Manius, and the return of exiles to Sparta, a post-classical historical event.
8.51.5 1 historical medium ἔμελλε δʼ ἄρα ὑπεροψίας δίκη περιήξειν καὶ Φιλοποίμενα. Yet it seemed justice for his arrogance was destined also to overtake Philopoemen. Refers to Philopoemen, a historical figure, and frames a moral consequence in historical narrative.
8.51.5 2 historical high ὡς γὰρ δὴ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ὄγδοον ἀπεδείχθη τότε ἡγεμών, ἀνδρὶ οὐ τῶν ἀδόξων ὠνείδισεν ἁλῶναι ζῶντα ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων αὐτόν· When he was then appointed commander of the Achaeans for the eighth time, he openly reproached a certain distinguished man for having been captured alive by the enemy. Refers to Achaean leadership and a named person in a historical-era military context, not myth.
8.51.5 3 historical high καὶ---ἦν γὰρ τηνικαῦτα ἐς Μεσσηνίους Ἀχαιοῖς ἔγκλημα---Λυκόρταν σὺν τῇ στρατιᾷ ὁ Φιλοποίμην ἀποστέλλει δῃώσοντα τῶν Μεσσηνίων τὴν χώραν, And since at that time the Achaeans were at odds with the Messenians, Philopoemen sent Lycortas with an army to ravage the Messenian countryside. Describes Philopoemen and Lycortas in an interstate conflict, a post-classical historical event affecting the countryside.
8.51.5 4 historical high αὐτὸς δὲ τρίτῃ μάλιστα ὕστερον ἡμέρᾳ, πυρετῷ τε ἐχόμενος πολλῷ καὶ πρόσω βεβιωκὼς ἑβδομήκοντα ἐτῶν, ὅμως ἠπείγετο μετασχεῖν Λυκόρτᾳ τοῦ ἔργου· ἱππέας δὲ καὶ πελταστὰς ἦγεν ὅσον ἑξήκοντα. Although Philopoemen himself was suffering severely from fever and was already over seventy years old, he nonetheless hurried to join Lycortas in the expedition three days later, accompanied by about sixty horsemen and light infantry. Describes Philopoemen's military actions and age/illness in a historical campaign context after 500 BC.
8.51.6 1 historical high Λυκόρτας μὲν δὴ καὶ ὁ σὺν αὐτῷ στρατὸς ἀνέστρεφον ἤδη τηνικαῦτα ἐς τὴν οἰκείαν, οὔτε ἐργασάμενοι μέγα Μεσσηνίους οὐδὲν οὔτε αὐτοὶ παθόντες· At this moment, Lycortas and the troops with him had already returned to their homeland, neither having inflicted any great harm upon the Messenians nor suffering any themselves. Refers to Lycortas and military activity in the historical period, after 500 BC.
8.51.6 2 historical high Φιλοποίμενα δὲ---ἐβλήθη γὰρ ἐν τῇ μάχῃ τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ ἀπέπεσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου---ζῶντα ἐς Μεσσήνην ἄγουσιν αὐτόν. Philopoemen, however—since he had been struck upon the head during the battle and had fallen from his horse—was led still living into Messene. Philopoemen is a historical figure and the sentence describes a battle wound and capture in a historical episode.
8.51.6 3 other high συνελθόντων δὲ αὐτίκα ἐς ἐκκλησίαν, διάφοροι παρὰ πολὺ καὶ οὐ πάντων κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἐγίνοντο αἱ γνῶμαι· When the assembly immediately came together, opinions differed widely, and not all were of the same mind regarding him. Describes an assembly and differing opinions, a political/historical narrative detail rather than mythic event or landscape impact.
8.51.7 1 historical high Δεινοκράτης μὲν καὶ ὅσοι τῶν Μεσσηνίων ἦσαν δυνατοὶ χρήμασι, παρεκελεύοντο ἀποκτεῖναι Φιλοποίμενα· οἱ δὲ τοῦ δήμου περιποιῆσαι τὰ μάλιστα εἶχον σπουδήν, πλέον τι ἢ παντὸς τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ πατέρα ὀνομάζοντες. Deinocrates and those Messenians who were influential through wealth urged the killing of Philopoemen, but the common people made every effort to save him, calling him a father to them even more than to all the Greeks. Refers to Philopoemen and a historical conflict among Messenians, which is post-500 BC narrative history.
8.51.7 2 historical high Δεινοκράτης δὲ καὶ ἀκόντων Μεσσηνίων ἔμελλεν τε ἄρα Φιλοποίμενα ἀναιρήσειν ἐσπέμψας φάρμακον. However, Deinocrates intended to eliminate Philopoemen, even against the will of the Messenians, by sending him poison. Refers to Deinocrates' attempt to kill Philopoemen with poison, an ঘটনা in the Hellenistic historical period.
8.51.8 1 historical high Λυκόρτας δὲ μετʼ οὐ πολὺ ἀθροίσας ἔκ τε Ἀρκαδίας καὶ παρʼ Ἀχαιῶν δύναμιν ἐστράτευσεν ἐπὶ Μεσσήνην· Not long after, Lycortas gathered a force from Arcadia as well as from among the Achaeans and marched against Messene. Describes Lycortas' military campaign, a post-classical historical event.
8.51.8 2 historical high καὶ ὁ δῆμος αὐτίκα ὁ τῶν Μεσσηνίων προσεχώρησε τοῖς Ἀρκάσι, καὶ οἱ Φιλοποίμενι αἰτίαν θανάτου παρασχόντες ἁλόντες πλὴν Δεινοκράτους ὑπέσχον τιμωρίαν οἱ ἄλλοι, Immediately, the people of Messene sided with the Arcadians; and those responsible for bringing about the death of Philopoemen were captured, and with the exception of Deinocrates, the rest suffered punishment. Describes the political aftermath of Philopoemen’s death and punishment of those responsible, an ঘটনা in the Hellenistic historical period.
8.51.8 3 historical high Δεινοκράτης δὲ ἀφίησιν αὐτοχειρίᾳ τὴν ψυχήν. Deinocrates, however, took his own life. A named individual’s suicide is a historical biographical event, not mythic or merely descriptive.
8.51.8 4 historical high κατάγουσι δὲ καὶ ἐς Μεγάλην πόλιν τοῦ Φιλοποίμενος τὰ ὀστᾶ οἱ Ἀρκάδες. Moreover, the Arcadians brought back the bones of Philopoemen to Megalopolis. Philopoemen was a historical figure of the Hellenistic period, and the return of his bones is a post-500 BC historical event affecting Megalopolis.