<GetPassage xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns="http://chs.harvard.edu/xmlns/cts">
            <request>
                <requestName>GetPassage</requestName>
                <requestUrn>urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1:L.lagius_1</requestUrn>
            </request>
            <reply>
                <urn>urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1:L.lagius_1</urn>
                <passage>
                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text xml:base="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><body xml:lang="eng" n="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><div type="textpart" subtype="alphabetic_letter" n="L"><div type="textpart" subtype="entry" xml:id="lagius-bio-1" n="lagius_1"><head><persName xml:lang="la"><surname full="yes">La'gius</surname></persName></head><p>(<persName xml:lang="grc"><surname full="yes">Λάγιος</surname></persName>), belonged to the Roman
      party among the Achaeans, and was one of those whom Metellus sent to Diaeus to offer peace, in
       <date when-custom="-146">B. C. 146</date>. For this, Diaeus threw him and his colleagues into
      prison; but he afterwards released them for a sum of money, especially as the people of
      Corinth were sufficiently exasperated already by the cruel execution of Sosicrates, the
      lieutenant-general. (Pol. 40.4, 5.) </p><byline>[<ref target="author.E.E">E.E</ref>]</byline></div></div></body></text></TEI>
                </passage>
            </reply>
            </GetPassage>