Πύρρος

Sections

1.1 – 1.4 2.1 – 2.3 2.4 – 2.6 3.1 – 3.3 3.4 – 4.1 4.2 – 4.3 4.4 – 5.1 5.2 – 5.3 5.4 – 5.6 5.7 – 6.2 6.3 – 6.5 7.1 – 7.3 7.4 – 7.5 8.1 – 8.2 8.3 – 8.4 8.5 – 9.1 9.2 – 10.1 10.2 – 10.3 10.4 – 10.5 11.1 – 11.3 11.4 – 11.5 11.6 – 12.2 12.3 – 12.4 12.5 – 12.6 12.7 – 13.1 13.2 – 13.3 13.4 – 13.6 14.1 – 14.3 14.4 – 14.6 14.7 – 15.1 15.2 – 15.4 15.5 – 16.2 16.3 – 16.5 16.6 – 16.7 16.8 – 16.10 17.1 – 17.2 17.3 – 17.5 18.1 – 18.3 18.4 – 18.6 19.1 – 19.2 19.3 – 19.5 20.1 – 20.2 20.3 – 20.3 20.4 – 20.5 21.1 – 21.2 21.3 – 21.5 21.6 – 21.7 21.8 – 21.10 22.1 – 22.2 22.3 – 22.4 22.5 – 23.1 23.2 – 23.3 23.4 – 23.5 23.6 – 24.1 24.2 – 24.4 25.1 – 25.2 25.3 – 25.5 26.1 – 26.2 26.3 – 26.4 26.5 – 26.6 26.7 – 26.8 26.9 – 26.11 27.1 – 27.2 27.3 – 27.5 28.1 – 28.2 28.3 – 29.1 29.2 – 29.3 29.4 – 29.5 29.6 – 30.1 30.2 – 30.4 30.5 – 30.6 31.1 – 31.3 32.1 – 32.2 32.3 – 32.4 32.5 – 33.2 33.3 – 33.5 33.6 – 34.2 34.3 – 34.4 34.5 – 34.6

İngilizce Yunanca

18.4 and in return for these favours asked only friendship for himself, immunity for the Tarentines, and nothing else. Nevertheless, most of the senators were plainly inclined towards peace, since they had been defeated in one great battle, and expected another with a larger army, now that the Italian Greeks had joined Pyrrhus.

18.5 At this point Appius Claudius, a man of distinction, but one whom old age and blindness had forced to give up all public activities, now that the message from the king had come and a report was rife that the senate was going to vote for the proposed cessation of hostilities, could not restrain himself, but ordered his attendants to take him up and had himself carried on a litter through the forum to the senate-house.

18.6 When he had reached the door, his sons and sons-in-law took him up in their arms and brought him inside, and the senators, out of regard for the man, kept respectful silence.