§6.88.1ὁ μὲν οὖν δῆμος ὡς τούτων ἤκουσε, μεγάλῃ βοῇ καὶ μέχρι πολλοῦ κατεχούσῃ τόν τε ἄνδρα ἐπῄνει, καὶ τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς παρεκάλει συγχωρῆσαι σφίσι καὶ τοῦτο.
When the people heard this, they praised the man with a great shout that resounded for a long time, and entreated the envoys to grant them this as well.
οἱ δὲ πρέσβεις μεταστάντες ἐκ τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ διαλεχθέντες ὀλίγα πρὸς ἀλλήλους παρῆσαν οὐ διὰ μακροῦ.
The envoys withdrew from the assembly, and having conversed briefly with one another, returned before long.
σιωπῆς δὲ γενομένης παρελθὼν ὁ Μενήνιος εἶπε· τὸ μὲν πρᾶγμα, ὦ δημόται, μέγα καὶ πολλῶν μεστὸν ὑποψιῶν ἀτόπων· δέος τε καὶ φροντὶς ἡμᾶς εἰσέρχεται, μή ποτε δύο πόλεις ποιήσωμεν ἐν μιᾷ·
Silence being obtained, Menenius came forward and said: "The matter, citizens, is great and full of many strange suspicions; fear and anxiety enter into us, lest we should ever make two cities in one.
πλὴν τό γʼ ἐφʼ ἡμῖν εἶναι μέρος οὐδὲ πρὸς ταύτην ἐναντιούμεθα τὴν δέησιν ὑμῶν.
Nevertheless, as far as lies in our power, we do not oppose even this request of yours.
§6.88.2τοῦτο μέντοι χαρίσασθε ἡμῖν, ὃ καὶ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐστιν· ἐπιτρέψατε τῶν πρεσβευτῶν τισιν εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀφικομένοις δηλῶσαι τῇ βουλῇ ταῦτα·
But grant us this, which is also for your own sake: permit some of the envoys to go to the city and report these things to the senate.
καὶ γὰρ εἰ τὴν ἐξουσίαν παρʼ αὐτῆς ἔχομεν, ὅπως ἂν βουλώμεθα, ποιήσασθαι τὰς διαλλαγὰς αὐτοκράτορες ὄντες τῶν ὑποσχέσεων, αὐτοί γέ τοι λαβεῖν τοῦτʼ οὐ δικαιοῦμεν, ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ παρὰ δόξαν ἡμῖν ἀπήντηται πρᾶγμα καινόν, ἀφελόμενοι τὴν ἰδίαν ἐξουσίαν τῷ συνεδρίῳ φέροντες ἀναθήσομεν·
For even if we have authority from them to make the reconciliation as we wish, being plenipotentiaries of the promises, we at least do not think it right to take this upon ourselves; but since a new matter has met us contrary to expectation, we shall lay aside our own authority and bring it to the senate to refer it to them.
πεπείσμεθα μέντοι κᾀκείνῳ ταὐτὰ δόξειν ἅπερ ἡμῖν.
We are persuaded, however, that they will be of the same opinion as ourselves.
ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἐνθάδε μενῶ καὶ σὺν ἐμοί τι μέρος τῆς πρεσβείας, Οὐαλέριος δὲ πορεύσεται καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ σὺν §6.88.3αὐτῷ. ἐδόκει ταῦτα· καὶ κατὰ σπουδὴν ἀναβάντες ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους ἤλαυνον εἰς τὴν πόλιν οἱ μέλλοντες δηλώσειν τῇ βουλῇ τὰ γενόμενα.
I therefore shall remain here, and some part of the embassy with me, while Valerius and the rest will set out with him." This was approved; and those who were to report the events to the senate, mounting their horses in haste, rode to the city.
προθέντων δὲ τῶν ὑπάτων λόγον τοῖς συνέδροις, Οὐαλερίου μὲν ἦν γνώμη διδόναι καὶ ταύτην τῷ δήμῳ τὴν χάριν· Ἄππιος δέ, ὅσπερ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἠναντιοῦτο ταῖς διαλλαγαῖς, καὶ τότε ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ ἀντέλεγε βοῶν καὶ θεοὺς ἐπιμαρτυρόμενος καί, ὅσων μέλλοι σπέρμα κακῶν βαλεῖν, τῇ πολιτείᾳ προλέγων.
When the consuls proposed the matter to the senators, Valerius' opinion was to grant this favor also to the people; but Appius, who from the beginning had opposed the reconciliation, even then openly spoke against it, crying out and calling the gods to witness, and foretelling to the commonwealth how many seeds of evil this was destined to sow.
ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἔπειθε τοὺς πολλοὺς ὡρμηκότας, ὥσπερ εἶπον, διαλύσασθαι τὴν στάσιν.
But he did not persuade the majority, who were eager, as I said, to end the sedition.
γίνεται δὴ ψήφισμα τῆς βουλῆς, τά τε ἄλλα, ὅσα οἱ πρέσβεις ὑπέσχοντο τῷ δήμῳ, πάντα εἶναι κύρια, καὶ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν, §6.88.4ἣν ᾐτεῖτο, ἐπιτρέπειν.
A decree of the senate was therefore passed, that all other things which the envoys had promised to the people should be valid, and that they should permit the safety which they requested.
ταῦθʼ οἱ πρέσβεις διοικησάμενοι τῇ κατόπιν ἡμέρᾳ παρῆσαν ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον καὶ τὰ δόξαντα τῇ βουλῇ διεσάφησαν.
The envoys, having arranged these things, arrived on the following day at the camp and made clear the decisions of the senate.
μετὰ τοῦτο Μενηνίου παραινέσαντος τοῖς δημόταις ἀποστεῖλαί τινας εἰς τὴν πόλιν, οἷς ἡ βουλὴ τὰ πιστὰ δώσει, πέμπεται Λεύκιος Ἰούνιος Βροῦτος, ὑπὲρ οὗ πρότερον εἴρηκα, καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρκος Δέκιος καὶ Σπόριος Ἰκίλιος.
After this, when Menenius advised the citizens to send some men to the city to whom the senate might give pledges, Lucius Junius Brutus, of whom I spoke before, was sent, and with him Marcus Decius and Spurius Icilius.
τῶν δὲ παρὰ τῆς βουλῆς ἀφιγμένων οἱ μὲν ἡμίσεις ἅμα τοῖς περὶ τὸν Βροῦτον εἰς τὴν πόλιν ὑπέστρεψαν, Ἀγρίππας δὲ μετὰ τῶν λοιπῶν κατέμεινεν ἐπὶ τοῦ στρατοπέδου διαγράψαι παρακληθεὶς τὸν νόμον τοῖς δημοτικοῖς καθʼ ὃν ἀποδείξουσι τὰς ἀρχάς.
Of those who had come from the senate, half returned to the city along with Brutus and his companions, but Agrippa, having been requested to draw up for the plebeians the law according to which they should appoint their magistrates, remained with the rest in the camp.