§11.6.1λων ἅπασι τοῖς Ἕλλησιν;
...t of evils to all the Greeks?
ὅτι γάρ, ἂν Ῥωμαῖοι τὸν ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ πόλεμον ἀποτρίψωνται — τοῦτο δʼ ἐστὶν ἐν ὀλίγῳ, συγκεκλειμένου τῆς Βρεττίας εἰς πάνυ βραχεῖς τόπους Ἀννίβου — §11.6.2λοιπὸν ὅτι πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τὴν ὁρμὴν ἐπὶ τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα τόπους ποιήσονται, λόγῳ μὲν Αἰτωλοῖς βοηθήσοντες κατὰ Φιλίππου, τῇ δʼ ἀληθείᾳ πᾶσαν ὑφʼ ἑαυτοὺς ποιησόμενοι, καὶ λίαν ὑπολαμβάνω τοῦτʼ εἶναι καταφανές.
For, if the Romans should shake off the war in Italy — and this will be in a short time, Hannibal being shut up in very narrow quarters in Bruttium — that they will subsequently make an expedition with all their forces against the regions of Greece, ostensibly indeed to assist the Etolians against Philip, but in truth to bring all under their own subjection, is a thing which I deem to be exceedingly manifest.
§11.6.3ἐάν τε καλῶς προθῶνται ποιεῖν Ῥωμαῖοι κυριεύσαντες, ἐκείνων ἔσεσθαι καὶ τὴν χάριν καὶ τὴν ἐπιγραφήν, ἐάν τε κακῶς, τῶν αὐτῶν ὑπάρξειν καὶ τὰς ὠφελείας ἐκ τῶν ἀπολλυμένων καὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν §11.6.4τῶν σῳζομένων.
And whether the Romans, having become masters, purpose to act kindly, the gratitude and the credit will be theirs, or whether they purpose to act cruelly, the advantage from those who are destroyed and the power over those who are saved will belong to the same people.
ὑμεῖς δὲ τότε τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπικαλέσεσθε μάρτυρας, ὅταν μήτε τῶν θεῶν βούληται μήτε τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἔτι δύνηται βοηθεῖν ὑμῖν μηδείς.
And you will then call upon the gods as witnesses, when no one of the gods will wish, nor any of men will any longer be able, to help you.
ἴσως μὲν οὖν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἔδει πάντα προορᾶσθαι· §11.6.5τοῦτο γὰρ ἦν ὑμῖν πρέπον· §11.6.6ἐπειδὴ δὲ πολλὰ διαφεύγει τῶν μελλόντων τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην πρόνοιαν, νῦν γε δέον ἂν εἴη, διὰ τούτων τῶν πραγμάτων συνεωρακότας τὸ συμβαῖνον, βέλτιον βουλεύεσθαι περὶ τοῦ μέλλοντος.
Perhaps indeed you ought to have foreseen everything from the beginning; for this would have been worthy of you; but since many future things escape human foresight, now at least it would be necessary, having seen what is happening through these events, to deliberate better concerning the future.
§11.6.7οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ ἡμεῖς γε κατὰ τὸ παρὸν οὐδὲν ἀπολελοίπαμεν τῶν ἁρμοζόντων ἢ λέγειν ἢ πράττειν τοῖς ἀληθινοῖς φίλοις, καὶ περὶ τοῦ μέλλοντος τὸ δοκοῦν μετὰ παρρησίας εἰρήκαμεν· §11.6.8ὑμᾶς δʼ ἀξιοῦμεν καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν μήθʼ αὑτοῖς φθονῆσαι μήτε τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἕλλησι τῆς ἐλευθερίας καὶ τῆς σωτηρίας. " §11.6.9τούτου δὲ ποιήσαντος διατροπήν τινα τοῖς πολλοῖς, ὡς ἐδόκει, μετὰ τοῦτον εἰσῆλθον οἱ παρὰ τοῦ Φιλίππου πρέσβεις, οἳ τοὺς μὲν κατὰ μέρος λόγους ὑπερέθεντο, δύο δʼ ἔφασαν ἥκειν ἔχοντες ἐντολάς, §11.6.10αἱρουμένων μὲν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν τὴν εἰρήνην ἑτοίμως δέχεσθαι τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς τοὺς παρόντας ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἐπιμαρτυραμένους χωρίζεσθαι διότι τῶν μετὰ ταῦτα συμβησομένων τοῖς Ἕλλησιν Αἰτωλούς, ἀλλʼ οὐ Φίλιππον αἴτιον δεήσει νομίζειν. —
Nevertheless, we at least for the present have left undone nothing of what is fitting for true friends either to say or to do, and have spoken with frankness what seems best concerning the future; and we request and exhort you neither to begrudge yourselves nor the other Greeks their freedom and safety." When he had caused some embarrassment among the multitude, as it seemed, after him entered the ambassadors from Philip, who postponed detailed discussions, but said they had come bringing two instructions: that if the Etolians chose peace, they would readily accept it, but if not, they would depart after calling the gods and the ambassadors present from Greece to witness that it would be necessary to consider the Etolians, and not Philip, responsible for what would happen to the Greeks thereafter.