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81. πολλῶν δὲ καὶ χρημάτων καταληφθέντων
διὰ τὸ τοὺς Καρχηδονίους ἐσχηκέναι πλῆθος ἐκπωμάτων ἀργυρῶν τε καὶ
χρυσῶν, ἔτι δὲ τὸν ἄλλον κόσμον ὑπερβάλλοντα διὰ τὸ μέγεθος τῆς
παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς εὐπορίας ἅπαντα συνεχώρησε τοῖς στρατιώταις ἔχειν
ἔπαθλα τῆς ἀνδραγαθίας.
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τῶν δὲ
Καρχηδονίων οἱ διαφυγόντες τὸν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ κίνδυνον μόγις εἰς τὸ
Λιλύβαιον διεσώθησαν. τοσαύτη δ᾽ αὐτοὺς κατάπληξις καὶ δέος κατεῖχεν
ὥστε μὴ τολμᾶν εἰς τὰς ναῦς ἐμβαίνειν μηδ᾽ ἀποπλεῖν εἰς τὴν
Λιβύην, ὡς διὰ τὴν τῶν θεῶν ἀλλοτριότητα πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ
Λιβυκοῦ πελάγους καταποθησομένους.
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οἱ δ᾽
ἐν τῇ Καρχηδόνι τὸ μέγεθος πυθόμενοι τῆς συμφορᾶς συνετρίβησαν ταῖς
ψυχαῖς καὶ συντόμως ὑπελάμβανον ἥξειν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς τὸν Τιμολέοντα
μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως. εὐθὺ δὲ Γέσκωνα τὸν Ἄννωνος πεφυγαδευμένον
κατήγαγον καὶ στρατηγὸν ἀπέδειξαν διὰ τὸ δοκεῖν τόλμῃ τε καὶ
στρατηγίᾳ διαφέρειν.
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αὐτοὶ δ᾽ ἔκριναν
πολιτικοῖς μὲν σώμασι μὴ διακινδυνεύειν, μισθοφόρους δὲ ἀλλοεθνεῖς
ἀθροίζειν καὶ μάλιστα Ἕλληνας: ὑπακούσεσθαι δ᾽ αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὴν
στρατείαν πολλοὺς ὑπελάμβανον διὰ τὸ μέγεθος τῆς μισθοφορᾶς καὶ τὴν
εὐπορίαν τῆς Καρχηδόνος. εἰς δὲ τὴν Σικελίαν τοὺς εὐθέτους
πρέσβεις ἐξέπεμψαν, προστάξαντες ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἂν ᾖ δυνατὸν συνθέσθαι
τὴν εἰρήνην.
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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