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56. Ἰμίλκων δὲ τῶν πραγμάτων προχωρούντων κατὰ γνώμην παρεσκευάζετο τὴν
στρατιὰν ἀνάγειν ἐπὶ Μεσσήνης, σπεύδων αὐτῆς κυριεῦσαι διὰ τὴν
εὐκαιρίαν τῶν τόπων: ὅ τε γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ λιμὴν εὔθετος ἦν,
δυνάμενος δέχεσθαι πάσας τὰς ναῦς, οὔσας πλείω τῶν ἑξακοσίων, τά τε
περὶ τὸν πορθμὸν οἰκεῖα ποιησάμενος Ἰμίλκων ἤλπιζε τὰς τῶν
Ἰταλιωτῶν βοηθείας ἐμφράξειν καὶ τοὺς ἐκ Πελοποννήσου στόλους
ἐπισχεῖν.
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ταῦτα δὲ διανοηθεὶς πράττειν,
πρὸς τοὺς μὲν Ἱμεραίους καὶ τοὺς τὸ Κεφαλοίδιον φρούριον
κατοικοῦντας φιλίαν ἐποιήσατο, Λιπάρας δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἐγκρατὴς
γενόμενος τριάκοντα τάλαντα παρὰ τῶν κατοικούντων τὴν νῆσον ἐπράξατο:
αὐτὸς δὲ μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως ὥρμησεν ἐπὶ Μεσσήνης,
συμπαραπλεουσῶν αὐτῷ τῶν νεῶν.
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καὶ ταχὺ
διανύσας τὴν ὁδὸν κατεστρατοπέδευσεν ἐπὶ τῆς Πελωρίδος, ἀπέχων τῆς
Μεσσήνης σταδίους ἑκατόν. οἱ δὲ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην κατοικοῦντες ὡς
ἐπύθοντο τὴν παρουσίαν τῶν πολεμίων, οὐ τὰς αὐτὰς ἀλλήλοις ἐννοίας
εἶχον περὶ τοῦ πολέμου.
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τινὲς μὲν γὰρ
αὐτῶν τὸ μέγεθος τῆς τῶν πολεμίων δυνάμεως ἀκούοντες, καὶ τὴν
ἐρημίαν τῶν συμμάχων ὁρῶντες, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τῶν ἰδίων ἱππέων ἐν
Συρακούσαις ὄντων, ἀπεγνώκεισαν τὴν ἐκ τῆς πολιορκίας σωτηρίαν.
μάλιστα δ᾽ αὐτοὺς εἰς ἀθυμίαν ἦγε τὰ τείχη καταπεπτωκότα καὶ ὁ
καιρὸς εἰς παρασκευὴν οὐ διδοὺς ἄνεσιν. διόπερ ἐξεκόμιζον ἐκ τῆς
πόλεως τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ πολυτελέστατα τῶν χρημάτων εἰς τὰς
ἀστυγείτονας πόλεις.
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τινὲς δὲ τῶν
Μεσσηνίων ἀκούοντές τι παλαιὸν αὐτοῖς εἶναι λόγιον, ὅτι δεῖ
Καρχηδονίους ὑδροφορῆσαι κατὰ τὴν πόλιν, ἐξεδέχοντο τὸ κατὰ τὴν
φήμην πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον ἑαυτοῖς, νομίζοντες δουλεύσειν ἐν Μεσσήνῃ
τοὺς Καρχηδονίους.
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διὸ καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς
εὐθαρσεῖς ὄντες πολλοὺς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων προθύμους ἐποιοῦντο εἰς τοὺς
ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας κινδύνους. εὐθέως δὲ τῶν νεωτέρων ἐπιλέξαντες
τοὺς ἀρίστους ἀπέστειλαν ἐπὶ τὴν Πελωρίδα, κωλύσοντας τοὺς
πολεμίους ἐπιβαίνειν τῆς χώρας.
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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