§18.58.1ἐπʼ ἄρχοντος δʼ Ἀθήνησιν Ἀρχίππου Ῥωμαῖοι κατέστησαν ὑπάτους Κόιντον Αἴλιον καὶ Λεύκιον Παπίριον.
When Archippus was archon in Athens, the Romans established Quintus Aelius and Lucius Papirius as consuls.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Εὐμενὴς μὲν ἄρτι τὴν ἐκ τοῦ φρουρίου πεποιημένος ἀποχώρησιν ἐκομίσατο τὰς ἐπιστολὰς τὰς ἀποσταλείσας ὑπὸ Πολυπέρχοντος, ἐν αἷς ἦν γεγραμμένον χωρὶς τῶν προειρημένων ὅτι πεντακόσια μὲν τάλαντα διδόασιν αὐτῷ δωρεὰν οἱ βασιλεῖς εἰς ἐπανόρθωσιν τῶν γεγενημένων περὶ αὐτὸν ἐλαττωμάτων καὶ διότι γράμματα ἀπέστειλαν οἱ βασιλεῖς πρὸς τοὺς ἐν τῇ Κιλικίᾳ στρατηγοὺς καὶ θησαυροφύλακας, ὅπως αὐτῷ τὰ πεντακόσια τάλαντα δῶσι καὶ τῶν ἄλλων χρημάτων ὅσα ἂν αἰτήσῃ πρός τε τὰς ξενολογίας καὶ τὰς ἄλλας τὰς κατεπειγούσας χρείας, τούς τε τῶν ἀργυρασπίδων Μακεδόνων τρισχιλίων ἀφηγουμένους, ἵνα παραδῶσιν αὑτοὺς Εὐμενεῖ καὶ τἄλλα συμπράττωσι προθύμως, ὡς ἂν ἀποδεδειγμένῳ στρατηγῷ τῆς ὅλης Ἀσίας αὐτοκράτορι.
During their term of office, Eumenes, who had just made his departure from the fortress, received the letters sent by Polyperchon, in which it was written, apart from what has been said before, that the kings were giving him five hundred talents as a gift for the restoration of the losses he had suffered, and that the kings had sent letters to the generals and treasurers in Cilicia, in order that they might give him the five hundred talents and whatever of the other funds he should ask for both the recruitment of mercenaries and other pressing needs, and [that they had sent letters] also to the commanders of the three thousand Macedonian Silver Shields, so that they might submit themselves to Eumenes and zealously cooperate in all other matters, as if to one who had been appointed commander-in-chief of all Asia.
§18.58.2ἧκεν δὲ καὶ παρʼ Ὀλυμπιάδος αὐτῷ γράμματα, δεομένης καὶ λιπαρούσης βοηθεῖν τοῖς βασιλεῦσι καὶ ἑαυτῇ· μόνον γὰρ ἐκεῖνον πιστότατον ἀπολελεῖφθαι τῶν φίλων καὶ δυνάμενον διορθώσασθαι τὴν ἐρημίαν τῆς βασιλικῆς οἰκίας.
There came to him also a letter from Olympias, begging and entreating him to help the kings and herself; for she wrote that he alone of their friends had been left most faithful and was able to remedy the desolation of the royal house.
§18.58.3ἠξίου δʼ αὐτὸν ἡ Ὀλυμπιὰς συμβουλεῦσαι πότερον αὐτῷ δοκεῖ συμφέρειν μένειν αὐτὴν ἐν Ἠπείρῳ καὶ μὴ πιστεύειν τοῖς αἰεὶ δοκοῦσι μὲν ἐπιμεληταῖς εἶναι, τῇ δὲ ἀληθείᾳ τὴν βασιλείαν εἰς ἑαυτοὺς μεθιστῶσιν, ἢ ἐπανέρχεσθαι.
And Olympias requested him to advise her whether he thought it was advantageous for her to remain in Epirus and not to trust those who always seemed indeed to be guardians, but in truth were transferring the kingdom to themselves, or to return.
§18.58.4ὁ δʼ Εὐμενὴς πρὸς μὲν τὴν Ὀλυμπιάδα παραχρῆμα ἀντέγραψε, συμβουλεύων κατὰ τὸ παρὸν μένειν ἐν Ἠπείρῳ, μέχρι ἂν ὁ πόλεμος λάβῃ τινὰ κρίσιν.
Eumenes immediately wrote back to Olympias, advising her for the present to remain in Epirus until the war should reach some decision.
αὐτὸς δʼ ἀεὶ τὴν εὔνοιαν βεβαιοτάτην πρὸς τοὺς βασιλεῖς τετηρηκὼς ἔκρινεν Ἀντιγόνῳ μὲν μὴ προσέχειν ἐξιδιαζομένῳ τὴν βασιλείαν, τοῦ δὲ Ἀλεξάνδρου παιδὸς προσδεομένου βοηθείας διά τε τὴν ὀρφανίαν καὶ διὰ τὴν τῶν ἡγεμόνων πλεονεξίαν διέλαβεν ἁρμόζειν ἑαυτῷ πάντα κίνδυνον ἀναδέχεσθαι τῆς τῶν βασιλέων σωτηρίας ἕνεκα.
But as for himself, since he had always maintained his goodwill most steadfast toward the kings, he decided not to pay attention to Antigonus, who was seeking to appropriate the kingdom for himself; and since Alexander's child stood in need of help both because of his orphanhood and because of the greed of the commanders, he concluded that it was fitting for him to undergo every danger for the sake of the safety of the kings.