§21.14.1ὁ δʼ Ἡρακλείδης, μετά τινας ἡμέρας παραγενομένου τοῦ Ποπλίου, κληθεὶς πρὸς τὸ συνέδριον εἰς ἔντευξιν διελέγετο περὶ ὧν εἶχε τὰς ἐντολάς, §21.14.2φάσκων τῆς τε τῶν Λαμψακηνῶν καὶ Σμυρναίων, ἔτι δὲ τῆς τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων πόλεως ἐκχωρεῖν τὸν Ἀντίοχον, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Αἰολίδα καὶ τὴν Ἰωνίαν, ὅσαι τυγχάνουσιν ᾑρημέναι τὰ Ῥωμαίων· §21.14.3πρὸς δὲ τούτοις τὴν ἡμίσειαν ἀναδέχεσθαι τῆς γεγενημένης αὐτοῖς δαπάνης εἰς τὸν ἐνεστῶτα πόλεμον.
Heracleides, upon the arrival of Publius a few days later, was summoned to the council for an interview and began to discuss the matters concerning which he had instructions, stating that Antiochus would evacuate the cities of Lampsacus and Smyrna, and furthermore that of Alexandria, and likewise also those in Aeolis and Ionia, as many as happened to have chosen the side of the Romans; and in addition to these, that he would undertake to pay half of the expense incurred by them in the present war.
§21.14.4πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἕτερα πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ὑπόθεσιν διελέχθη, παρακαλῶν τοὺς Ῥωμαίους μήτε τὴν τύχην λίαν ἐξελέγχειν ἀνθρώπους ὑπάρχοντας, μήτε τὸ μέγεθος τῆς αὑτῶν ἐξουσίας ἀόριστον ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ περιγράφειν, μάλιστα μὲν τοῖς τῆς Εὐρώπης ὅροις· §21.14.5καὶ γὰρ ταύτην μεγάλην ὑπάρχειν καὶ παράδοξον διὰ τὸ μηδένα καθῖχθαι τῶν προγεγονότων αὐτῆς· §21.14.6εἰ δὲ πάντως καὶ τῆς Ἀσίας βούλονταί τινα προσεπιδράττεσθαι, διορίσαι ταῦτα· πρὸς πᾶν γὰρ τὸ δυνατὸν προσελεύσεσθαι τὸν βασιλέα.
He also spoke at length on many other points relating to this proposal, urging the Romans, as they were but human, not to test fortune too far, nor to make the magnitude of their own power boundless, but to limit it, preferably by the boundaries of Europe; for even this alone was large and marvelous, since none of those who had gone before had ever reached its limits; but if they absolutely wished to grasp some part of Asia as well, they should define it; for the king would yield to everything that was possible.
§21.14.7ῥηθέντων δὲ τούτων, ἔδοξε τῷ συνεδρίῳ τὸν στρατηγὸν ἀποκριθῆναι διότι τῆς μὲν δαπάνης οὐ τὴν ἡμίσειαν, ἀλλὰ πᾶσαν δίκαιόν ἐστιν Ἀντίοχον ἀποδοῦναι· φῦναι γὰρ τὸν πόλεμον ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὐ διʼ αὑτούς, ἀλλὰ διʼ ἐκεῖνον· §21.14.8τῶν δὲ πόλεων μὴ τὰς κατὰ τὴν Αἰολίδα καὶ τὴν Ἰωνίαν μόνον ἐλευθεροῦν, ἀλλὰ πάσης τῆς ἐπὶ τάδε τοῦ Ταύρου δυναστείας ἐκχωρεῖν.
When these things had been said, the council resolved that the praetor should reply that it was just for Antiochus to pay not half, but the whole of the expense; for the war had arisen from the beginning not through their fault, but through his; and as for the cities, he must not only liberate those in Aeolis and Ionia, but must evacuate the entire dominion on this side of Taurus.
§21.14.9ὁ μὲν οὖν πρεσβευτὴς ταῦτʼ ἀκούσας παρὰ τοῦ συνεδρίου, διὰ τὸ πολὺ τῶν ἀξιουμένων τὰς ἐπιταγὰς ὑπεραίρειν οὐδένα λόγον ποιησάμενος, τῆς μὲν κοινῆς ἐντεύξεως ἀπέστη, τὸν δὲ Πόπλιον ἐθεράπευσε φιλοτίμως.
The envoy, having heard this from the council, made no account of it because the demands far exceeded his instructions, and withdrew from the public negotiation, but paid assiduous court to Publius in private.