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107. τοῦ δ᾽ ἔτους τούτου διεληλυθότος Ἀθήνησι μὲν ἦρχε
Πυργίων, ἐν δὲ τῇ Ῥώμῃ τὴν ὕπατον ἀρχὴν μετέλαβον χιλίαρχοι
τέσσαρες, Λεύκιος Λουκρήτιος, Σερούιος Σουλπίκιος, Γάιος Αἰμίλιος
καὶ Γάιος Ῥοῦφος, Ὀλυμπιὰς δ᾽ ἤχθη ὀγδόη πρὸς
ταῖς ἐνενήκοντα, καθ᾽ ἣν ἐνίκα Σώσιππος Ἀθηναῖος.
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τούτων δὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν παρειληφότων Διονύσιος ὁ τῶν
Συρακοσίων δυνάστης πορευθεὶς εἰς Ἱππώνιον μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως, τοὺς
μὲν κατοικοῦντας ἐν αὐτῇ μετῴκισεν εἰς τὰς Συρακούσας, τὴν δὲ
πόλιν κατασκάψας τοῖς Λοκροῖς προσεμέρισε τὴν χώραν.
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κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς γὰρ ἐφιλοτιμεῖτο τοὺς Λοκροὺς εὖ
ποιεῖν διὰ τὴν συγχωρηθεῖσαν ἐπιγαμίαν: τοὺς δὲ Ῥηγίνους ἐπεθύμει
τιμωρήσασθαι διὰ τὴν περὶ τῆς οἰκειότητος ἀδικίαν. καθ᾽ ὃν γὰρ
καιρὸν ἀπέστειλε πρὸς αὐτοὺς πρέσβεις ἀξιῶν αὑτῷ συγχωρηθῆναι τῶν
πολιτικῶν παρθένων γαμῆσαι, φασὶ τοὺς Ῥηγίνους ἀποκριθῆναι δημοσίᾳ
τοῖς πρέσβεσιν, ὡς μόνην αὐτῷ συγχωρῆσαι γαμεῖν τὴν τοῦ δημίου
θυγατέρα.
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διὰ τοῦτο βαρέως φέρων καὶ
δοκῶν ὑπερβαλλόντως ὑβρίσθαι, πολὺς ἦν ἐπὶ τῇ κατ᾽ αὐτῶν
τιμωρίᾳ. καὶ γὰρ ἐν τῷ πρότερον ἐνιαυτῷ τὴν εἰρήνην συνέθετο
πρὸς αὐτοὺς οὐ τῆς φιλίας ὀρεγόμενος, ἀλλὰ τὴν ναυτικὴν δύναμιν
παρελέσθαι βουλόμενος, οὖσαν τριήρων ἑβδομήκοντα: διελάμβανε γὰρ τῆς
κατὰ θάλατταν βοηθείας ἀποκλεισθείσης ῥᾳδίως ἐκπολιορκήσειν τὴν
πόλιν.
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διόπερ κατὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν
ἐνδιατρίβων ἐζήτει πρόφασιν εὔλογον, δι᾽ ἧς οὐ παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν τὴν
ἰδίαν δόξει λελυκέναι τὰς συνθήκας.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, HIPPONION later VIBO VALENTIA (until 1928 called Monteleone di Calabria) Italy.
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CROTON or CROTONA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), LOCRI
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), MAGNA GRAE´CIA
- Smith's Bio, Cameri'nus
- Smith's Bio, Mamerci'nus
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- LSJ, πολύς
- LSJ, προσμερίζω
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