# Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17) 5.3-2

Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), Book XV, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diodorus-siculus/books-11-17/5.3-2

ὑποδεχόμενοι δὲ τούτους καὶ μετὰ δυνάμεως ἐκπέμποντες ἐπὶ τὰς καθόδους, κατεδουλοῦντο τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τὰς ἀσθενεστέρας πόλεις, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ τὰς ἀξιολογωτέρας καταπολεμοῦντες ὑπηκόους ἐποίουν, οὐδὲ δύο ἔτη φυλάξαντες τὰς κοινὰς σπονδάς. πλησιόχωρον δʼ ὁρῶντες οὖσαν τὴν τῶν Μαντινέων πόλιν καὶ πλήθουσαν ἀνδρῶν ἀλκίμων, ὑπώπτευσαν αὐτῆς τὴν αὔξησιν τὴν γινομένην ἐκ τῆς εἰρήνης, καὶ τὰ φρονήματα τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἔσπευδον ταπεινῶσαι.

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Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), ed. C. H. Oldfather, Charles L. Sherman, C. Bradford Welles. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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