§18.50.1Πτολεμαίου.
of Ptolemy.
κατὰ δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν καιρὸν ἧκον καὶ τῶν δέκα Πόπλιος μὲν Λέντλος ἐκ Βαργυλίων, Λεύκιος δὲ Τερέντιος καὶ Πόπλιος Οὐίλλιος ἐκ Θάσου.
And at the same time, of the ten commissioners, Publius Lentulus arrived from Bargylia, and Lucius Terentius and Publius Villius from Thasos.
§18.50.2ταχὺ δὲ τῷ βασιλεῖ διασαφηθείσης τῆς τούτων παρουσίας, πάντες ἐν ὀλίγαις ἡμέραις ἡθροίσθησαν εἰς τὴν Λυσιμάχειαν.
And their arrival having been quickly reported to the king, they all assembled within a few days at Lysimacheia.
§18.50.3συνεκύρησαν δὲ καὶ οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἡγησιάνακτα καὶ Λυσίαν οἱ πρὸς τὸν Τίτον ἀποσταλέντες εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον.
At this very time also happened to arrive Hegesianax and Lysias and their company, who had been dispatched to Titus.
§18.50.4αἱ μὲν οὖν κατʼ ἰδίαν ἐντεύξεις τοῦ τε βασιλέως καὶ τῶν Ῥωμαίων τελέως ἦσαν ἀφελεῖς καὶ φιλάνθρωποι· μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα γενομένης συνεδρείας κοινῆς ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων ἀλλοιοτέραν ἔλαβε τὰ πράγματα διάθεσιν.
Now the private interviews between the king and the Romans were entirely frank and friendly; but after this, when a joint council was held to discuss the general situation, matters took on a different character.
§18.50.5ὁ γὰρ Λεύκιος ὁ Κορνήλιος ἠξίου μὲν καὶ τῶν ὑπὸ Πτολεμαῖον ταττομένων πόλεων, ὅσας νῦν εἴληφε κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν, παραχωρεῖν τὸν Ἀντίοχον, τῶν δʼ ὑπὸ Φίλιππον διεμαρτύρετο φιλοτίμως ἐξίστασθαι· §18.50.6γελοῖον γὰρ εἶναι τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἆθλα τοῦ γεγονότος αὐτοῖς πολέμου πρὸς Φίλιππον Ἀντίοχον ἐπελθόντα παραλαμβάνειν.
For Lucius Cornelius demanded that Antiochus should evacuate all those cities subject to Ptolemy which he had recently taken in Asia, and strongly protested that he must withdraw from those subject to Philip; for he said it was ridiculous that Antiochus should come and take over the prizes of the war which the Romans had waged against Philip.
§18.50.7παρῄνει δὲ καὶ τῶν αὐτονόμων ἀπέχεσθαι πόλεων.
He also advised him to keep his hands off the autonomous cities.
§18.50.8καθόλου δʼ ἔφη θαυμάζειν τίνι λόγῳ τοσαύταις μὲν πεζικαῖς, τοσαύταις δὲ ναυτικαῖς δυνάμεσι πεποίηται τὴν εἰς τὴν Εὐρώπην διάβασιν· §18.50.9πλὴν γὰρ τοῦ προτίθεσθαι Ῥωμαίοις ἐγχειρεῖν αὐτόν, οὐδʼ ἔννοιαν ἑτέραν καταλείπεσθαι παρὰ τοῖς ὀρθῶς λογιζομένοις.
In general, he said he wondered on what principle he had crossed over into Europe with such large forces both of land and sea; for except that he proposed to attack the Romans, no other idea was left to those who reasoned correctly.
οἱ μὲν οὖν Ῥωμαῖοι ταῦτʼ εἰπόντες ἀπε
The Romans, having said this, departed...