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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:4.82.1-4.82.8
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In order to ruin Aratus and his faction, Apelles won over their political opponents and introduced them to King Philip, and by interfering in the elections, succeeded in having his own candidate, Eperatus, elected as general.
ὁ δὲ Φίλιππος ἀναζεύξας ἐκ τῆς Μεγάλης πόλεως καὶ πορευθεὶς διὰ τῆς Τεγέας παρῆν εἰς Ἄργος, κἀκεῖ τὸ λοιπὸν μέρος τοῦ χειμῶνος διέτριβε, κατά τε τὴν λοιπὴν ἀναστροφὴν καὶ κατὰ τὰς πράξεις τεθαυμασμένος ὑπὲρ τὴν ἡλικίαν ἐν ταῖς προειρημέναις στρατείαις.
Philip, having set out from Megalopolis and marched through Tegea, arrived at Argos, and there spent the remainder of the winter, being admired both for his general conduct and for his actions in the aforementioned campaigns, in a manner far exceeding his age.
ὁ δʼ Ἀπελλῆς οὐδʼ ὣς ἔληγε τῆς ἐπιβολῆς, ἀλλʼ οἷός τʼ ἦν ἄγειν ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν τῷ κατὰ βραχὺ τοὺς Ἀχαιούς.
But Apelles did not even thus desist from his purpose, but was bent on bringing the Achaeans by degrees under the yoke.
ὁρῶν δὲ τῇ τοιαύτῃ προθέσει τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ἄρατον ἐμποδὼν ἱσταμένους, καὶ τὸν Φίλιππον αὐτοῖς προσέχοντα, καὶ μᾶλλον τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ διά τε τὴν πρὸς Ἀντίγονον σύστασιν καὶ διὰ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς ἰσχύειν, καὶ μάλιστα διὰ τὴν ἐπιδεξιότητα καὶ νουνέχειαν τἀνδρός, περὶ τούτους ἐπεβάλετο γίνεσθαι1 καὶ κακοπραγμονεῖν τοιῷδέ τινι τρόπῳ.
And seeing that Aratus and his party stood in the way of such an intention, and that Philip paid attention to them, and especially to the elder Aratus, both because of his recommendation to Antigonus and because of his possessing the greatest influence among the Achaeans, and most of all because of the man’s dexterity and wisdom, he set himself to work against them and to intrigue in the following manner.
ἐξετάζων τοὺς ἀντιπολιτευομένους τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἄρατον, τίνες εἰσίν, ἑκάστους ἐκ τῶν πόλεων ἐπεσπάσατο, καὶ λαμβάνων εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ἐψυχαγώγει καὶ παρεκάλει πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ φιλίαν.
Inquiring who were the political opponents of Aratus’s party, he invited them individually from their cities, and taking them into his hands, he won them over and exhorted them to his own friendship.
συνίστανε δὲ καὶ τῷ Φιλίππῳ, προσεπιδεικνύων αὐτῷ παρʼ ἕκαστον2 ὡς ἐὰν μὲν Ἀράτῳ προσέχῃ, χρήσεται τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς κατὰ τὴν ἔγγραπτον συμμαχίαν, ἐὰν δʼ αὐτῷ πείθηται καὶ τοιούτους προσλαμβάνῃ φίλους, χρήσεται πᾶσι Πελοποννησίοις κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ βούλησιν.
He also introduced them to Philip, pointing out to him on each occasion that if he paid attention to Aratus, he would have to deal with the Achaeans according to the written treaty of alliance, but if he listened to him and took such men as his friends, he would deal with all the Peloponnesians according to his own will.
περί τε τῶν ἀρχαιρεσίων εὐθὺς ἐσπούδαζε, βουλόμενος τούτων τινὶ περιποιῆσαι τὴν στρατηγίαν, τοὺς δὲ περὶ τὸν Ἄρατον ἐκβαλεῖν ἐκ τῆς ὑποθέσεως.
He immediately busied himself about the elections, wishing to secure the generalship for one of these men, and to exclude Aratus and his party from the administration of affairs.
διʼ ἃ δὴ καὶ πείθει Φίλιππον παραγενέσθαι πρὸς τὰς τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἀρχαιρεσίας εἰς Αἴγιον, ὡς εἰς τὴν Ἠλείαν ἅμα ποιούμενον τὴν πορείαν.
For this very reason, he persuaded Philip to be present at Aegium for the elections of the Achaeans, on the pretext of making his march to Elis at the same time.
πεισθέντος δʼ αὐτῷ τοῦ βασιλέως, παρὼν αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τοῦ καιροῦ, καὶ τοὺς μὲν παρακαλῶν, οἷς δʼ ἀνατεινόμενος, μόλις μὲν ἤνυσε, κατεκράτησε δʼ οὖν ὅμως τοῦ γενέσθαι3 στρατηγὸν Ἐπήρατον Φαραιέα, τὸν δὲ Τιμόξενον ἐκπεσεῖν, τὸν ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἄρατον εἰσαγόμενον.
When the king yielded to his advice, Apelles, being present on the spot at the opportune moment, by exhorting some and threatening others, with difficulty accomplished his purpose, and succeeded in having Eperatus of Pharae elected general, and in causing Timoxenus, the candidate supported by Aratus’s party, to be defeated.
- 4.82.3περὶ τούτους ἐπεβάλετο γίνεσθαι
The preposition περὶ followed by the accusative means "to be occupied with" or "to set oneself against/around someone." Here it expresses the intent to target Aratus and his faction to undermine them.
- 4.82.5παρʼ ἕκαστον
A distributive adverbial expression meaning "on each occasion" or "constantly." It indicates that Apelles repeated the same persuasion every time he introduced a new opponent of Aratus to the king.
- 4.82.8κατεκράτησε δʼ οὖν ὅμως τοῦ γενέσθαι
The verb κατεκράτησε ("prevailed" or "managed") governs the articular infinitive in the genitive case, τοῦ γενέσθαι... τὸν δὲ Τιμόξενον ἐκπεσεῖν, indicating the object achieved. Ἐπήρατον and Τιμόξενον serve as the subjects of the infinitives in the accusative (accusative with infinitive construction).