Envoys from Rhodes to Antiochus
In the course of these same days envoys sailed in from
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Rhodes to Alexandria, headed by Pration, to negotiate a pacification; and a few days afterwards
presented themselves at the camp of Antiochus.
Admitted to an interview, they argued at considerable length, mentioning their own country's
friendly feelings to both kingdoms, and the ties of blood
existing between the two kings themselves, and the advantage
which a peace would be to both. But the king interrupted
the envoy in the middle of his speech by saying that there
was no need of much talking, for the kingdom belonged to the
elder Ptolemy, and with him he had long ago made terms, and
they were friends, and if the people wished now to recall
him Antiochus would not prevent them. And he kept his word. . . .
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