- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
Swayed by Demetrius's advice, Philip begins preparations for peace negotiations with the Aetolians. Maintaining a posture of strength, he requests the allies to send delegates and awaits them at Panormus.
δὲ καιρὸν εἶναι νῦν,1 ἐπταικότων Ῥωμαίων. τοιούτοις δὲ χρησάμενος λόγοις ταχέως παρώρμησε τὸν Φίλιππον, ὡς ἄν, οἶμαι, καὶ νέον βασιλέα καὶ κατὰ τὰς πράξεις ἐπιτυχῆ καὶ καθόλου τολμηρὸν εἶναι δοκοῦντα,2 πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ἐξ οἰκίας ὁρμώμενον τοιαύτης, ἣ μάλιστά πως ἀεὶ τῆς τῶν ὅλων ἐλπίδος ἐφίεται. πλὴν ὅ γε Φίλιππος, ὡς εἶπον, τότε μὲν αὐτῷ τῷ Δημητρίῳ τὰ προσπεπτωκότα διὰ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ἐδήλωσε, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα συνῆγε τοὺς φίλους καὶ διαβούλιον ἀνεδίδου περὶ τῆς πρὸς Αἰτωλοὺς διαλύσεως.
opportunity, as the Romans had failed, was now. And using such arguments, he quickly urged Philip on, as one might expect, I suppose, of a king who was both young and successful in his actions and generally reputed to be daring, and in addition to this, descending from such a house as always, somehow, aims at universal dominion. However, Philip, as I said, at that time indeed made known what had arrived via the letter to Demetrius himself alone, but after this he assembled his friends and proposed a deliberation concerning the peace with the Aetolians.
ὄντων δὲ καὶ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἄρατον οὐκ ἀλλοτρίων διεξαγωγῆς τῷ δοκεῖν3 ὑπερδεξίους ὄντας τῷ πολέμῳ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν διάλυσιν, οὕτως ὁ βασιλεύς, οὐδὲ τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς ἔτι προσδεξάμενος τοὺς κοινῇ πράττοντας τὰ περὶ τὰς διαλύσεις, παραχρῆμα Κλεόνικον μὲν τὸν Ναυπάκτιον πρὸς τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς διεπέμψατο —
Since those around Aratus were also not averse to a settlement, because they thought that, by appearing to be superior in the war, they would make the peace on advantageous terms, thus the king, not even waiting any longer for the envoys who were jointly negotiating the peace, immediately sent Cleonicus of Naupactus to the Aetolians—
κατέλαβε γὰρ ἔτι τοῦτον ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἐπιμένοντα τὴν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν σύνοδον — αὐτὸς δὲ παραλαβὼν ἐκ Κορίνθου τὰς ναῦς καὶ τὴν πεζὴν δύναμιν ἧκεν ἔχων εἰς Αἴγιον.
for he found him, still since his captivity, waiting for the assembly of the Achaeans—and he himself, taking the ships and the land force from Corinth, came with them to Aegium.
καὶ προελθὼν ἐπὶ Λασιῶνα καὶ τὸν ἐν τοῖς Περιππίοις πύργον παραλαβών, καὶ συνυποκριθεὶς ὡς ἐμβαλῶν εἰς τὴν Ἠλείαν, τοῦ μὴ δοκεῖν4 λίαν ἕτοιμος εἶναι πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πολέμου κατάλυσιν, μετὰ ταῦτα δὶς ἢ τρὶς ἀνακάμψαντος τοῦ Κλεονίκου, δεομένων τῶν Αἰτωλῶν εἰς λόγους σφίσι συνελθεῖν ἐπήκουσε, καὶ πάντʼ ἀφεὶς τὰ τοῦ πολέμου πρὸς μὲν τὰς συμμαχίδας πόλεις γραμματοφόρους ἐξαπέστειλε, παρακαλῶν πέμπειν τοὺς συνεδρεύσοντας καὶ μεθέξοντας τῆς ὑπὲρ τῶν διαλύσεων κοινολογίας, αὐτὸς δὲ διαβὰς μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ καταστρατοπεδεύσας περὶ Πάνορμον, ὃς ἔστι μὲν τῆς Πελοποννήσου λιμήν, κεῖται δὲ καταντικρὺ τῆς τῶν Ναυπακτίων πόλεως, ἀνέμενε τοὺς τῶν συμμάχων συνέδρους.
And having advanced to Lasion and taken the tower in Perippia, and having feigned that he was about to invade Elis, in order not to seem too ready for the cessation of the war, after this, Cleonicus having returned twice or thrice, the Aetolians begging him to come to a conference with them, he gave ear to their request, and putting aside all military operations, he sent out letter-carriers to the allied cities, urging them to send delegates who would sit in council and take part in the consultation concerning the peace, while he himself crossed over with his army and, having encamped near Panormus, which is a harbor of the Peloponnese and lies directly opposite the city of the Naupactians, awaited the delegates of the allies.
κατὰ δὲ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον, καθʼ ὃν ἔδει συναθροίζεσθαι τοὺς προειρημένους, πλεύσας εἰς Ζάκυνθον διʼ αὑτοῦ κατεστήσατο τὰ κατὰ τὴν νῆσον, καὶ παρῆν
During this time, when those aforementioned were required to assemble, having sailed to Zacynthus, he personally settled the affairs of the island, and was present.
- 5.102.1δὲ καιρὸν εἶναι νῦν
This is a continuation of the indirect speech (accusative and infinitive) introduced by the verb ἔφη in the previous chunk. It forms a single syntactic unit with the article τὸν at the very end of the previous chunk, modifying καιρὸν and expressing Demetrius's argument that 'now is the opportunity'.
- 5.102.1ὡς ἄν... εἶναι δοκοῦντα
The conjunction ὡς and the particle ἄν modify the participle δοκοῦντα (as well as ὁρμώμενον). Here, the construction carries a potential or conditional nuance equivalent to ὡς ἂν δόξειε ('as one who would be thought...'), representing the author's subjective analysis of why Philip was so easily persuaded.
- 5.102.3τῷ δοκεῖν
An articular infinitive in the dative expressing cause ('by appearing' or 'because of their thinking'). The accusative participle ὄντας agrees with the omitted subject of the following infinitive ποιεῖσθαι (i.e., Aratus and his party), meaning 'because they thought that, by appearing to be superior in the war, they would make the peace [on advantageous terms]'.
- 5.102.6τοῦ μὴ δοκεῖν
The genitive of the articular infinitive with a negative (τοῦ μὴ with the infinitive) expressing purpose ('in order not to seem'). It explains Philip's strategic motive for feigning the invasion of Elis, which was to avoid appearing overly eager for peace.