§2.44.1διαιρέσεως τοῦ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἔθνους.
concerning the partition of the Achaean nation.
Ἀντιγόνου δὲ μεταλλάξαντος, καὶ συνθεμένων τῶν Ἀχαιῶν καὶ συμμαχίαν πρὸς Αἰτωλοὺς καὶ μετασχόντων εὐγενῶς σφίσι τοῦ πρὸς Δημήτριον πολέμου, τὰ μὲν τῆς ἀλλοτριότητος καὶ δυσμενείας ἤρθη κατὰ τὸ παρόν, ὑπεγένετο δὲ κοινωνικὴ καὶ φιλική τις αὐτοῖς διάθεσις.
But when Antigonus died, and the Achaeans had concluded an alliance with the Aetolians and had generously shared with them the burden of the war against Demetrius, their mutual estrangement and hostility were for the time being removed, and a spirit of cooperation and friendship arose between them.
§2.44.2Δημητρίου δὲ βασιλεύσαντος δέκα μόνον ἔτη καὶ μεταλλάξαντος τὸν βίον περὶ τὴν πρώτην διάβασιν εἰς τὴν Ἰλλυρίδα Ῥωμαίων, ἐγένετό τις εὔροια πραγμάτων πρὸς τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐπιβολὴν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν.
When Demetrius, after reigning for only ten years, died about the time of the first Roman crossing into Illyria, a favorable current of affairs arose for the original enterprise of the Achaeans.
§2.44.3οἱ γὰρ ἐν τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ μόναρχοι δυσελπιστήσαντες ἐπὶ τῷ μετηλλαχέναι μὲν τὸν Δημήτριον, ὃς ἦν αὐτοῖς οἱονεὶ χορηγὸς καὶ μισθοδότης, ἐπικεῖσθαι δὲ τὸν Ἄρατον, οἰόμενον δεῖν σφᾶς ἀποτίθεσθαι τὰς τυραννίδας καὶ τοῖς μὲν πεισθεῖσι μεγάλας δωρεὰς καὶ τιμὰς προτείνοντα, τοῖς δὲ μὴ προσέχουσιν ἔτι μείζους ἐπανατεινόμενον φόβους καὶ κινδύνους διὰ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, §2.44.4ὥρμησαν ἐπὶ τὸ πεισθέντες ἀποθέσθαι μὲν τὰς τυραννίδας, ἐλευθερῶσαι δὲ τὰς ἑαυτῶν πατρίδας, μετασχεῖν δὲ τῆς τῶν Ἀχαιῶν πολιτείας.
For the tyrants in the Peloponnese, losing all hope because of the death of Demetrius, who had been as it were their patron and paymaster, and because of the pressure of Aratus, who thought they ought to lay down their tyrannies, offering great rewards and honors to those who complied, and threatening those who refused with still greater fears and dangers through the power of the Achaeans, were induced to lay down their tyrannies, free their respective homelands, and join the Achaean league.
§2.44.5Λυδιάδας μὲν οὖν ὁ Μεγαλοπολίτης ἔτι ζῶντος Δημητρίου, κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ προαίρεσιν, πάνυ πραγματικῶς καὶ φρονίμως προϊδόμενος τὸ μέλλον ἀπετέθειτο τὴν τυραννίδα καὶ μετεσχήκει τῆς ἐθνικῆς συμπολιτείας.
Lydiadas of Megalopolis, indeed, while Demetrius was still alive, of his own free will, having very practically and prudently foreseen the future, had already laid down his tyranny and joined the national league.
§2.44.6Ἀριστόμαχος δʼ ὁ τῶν Ἀργείων τύραννος καὶ Ξένων ὁ τῶν Ἑρμιονέων καὶ Κλεώνυμος ὁ τῶν Φλιασίων τότʼ ἀποθέμενοι τὰς μοναρχίας ἐκοινώνησαν τῆς τῶν Ἀχαιῶν δημοκρατίας.
Aristomachus, the tyrant of Argos, Xenon of Hermione, and Cleonymus of Phlius, then laid down their tyrannies and joined the Achaean democracy.