§22.7.1ὅτι κατὰ τὴν Πελοπόννησον ὡς μέν, ἔτι Φιλοποίμενος στρατηγοῦντος, εἴς τε τὴν Ῥώμην ἐξαπέστειλε πρεσβευτὰς τὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἔθνος ὑπὲρ τῆς Λακεδαιμονίων πόλεως πρός τε τὸν βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον τοὺς ἀνανεωσομένους τὴν προϋπάρχουσαν αὐτῷ συμμαχίαν, ἐδηλώσαμεν, φησὶν ὁ Πολύβιος.
Regarding affairs in the Peloponnese, how, while Philopoemen was still general, the Achaean League sent ambassadors to Rome on behalf of the city of the Lacedaemonians, and also to King Ptolemy those who were to renew the pre-existing alliance with him, we have already made clear, says Polybius.
§22.7.2κατὰ δὲ τὸν ἐνεστῶτα χρόνον, Ἀρισταίνου στρατηγοῦντος, οἵ τε παρὰ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ βασιλέως πρέσβεις ἧκον, ἐν Μεγάλῃ πόλει τῆς συνόδου τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ὑπαρχούσης· §22.7.3ἐξαπεστάλκει δὲ καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ὁ βασιλεὺς Εὐμένης πρεσβευτάς, ἐπαγγελλόμενος ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι τάλαντα δώσειν τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς, ἐφʼ ᾧ, δανειζομένων τούτων, ἐκ τῶν τόκων μισθοδοτεῖσθαι τὴν βουλὴν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς κοιναῖς συνόδοις.
But at the present time, while Aristaenus was general, the assembly of the Achaeans being held in Megalopolis, the ambassadors from King Ptolemy arrived; and in addition to these, King Eumenes had also dispatched ambassadors, promising to give one hundred and twenty talents to the Achaeans, on the condition that, this money being lent out, the Achaean senate should be paid salary from the interest at the time of the general assemblies.
§22.7.4ἧκον δὲ καὶ παρὰ Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως πρεσβευταί, τήν τε φιλίαν ἀνανεωσόμενοι καὶ δεκαναΐαν μακρῶν πλοίων ἐπαγγελλόμενοι δώσειν τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς.
Ambassadors also arrived from King Seleucus, to renew friendship and promising to give ten warships to the Achaeans.
§22.7.5ἐχούσης δὲ τῆς συνόδου πραγματικῶς, πρῶτοι παρῆλθον οἱ περὶ Νικόδημον τὸν Ἠλεῖον καὶ τούς τε ῥηθέντας ἐν τῇ συγκλήτῳ λόγους ὑφʼ αὑτῶν ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων πόλεως διῆλθον τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς καὶ τὰς ἀποκρίσεις ἀνέγνωσαν,
When the assembly proceeded to business, Nicodemus of Elis and his colleagues came forward first, and detailed to the Achaeans the speeches they had delivered in the Senate on behalf of the city of the Lacedaemonians, and read the replies.
§22.7.6ἐξ ὧν ἦν λαμβάνειν ἐκδοχὴν ὅτι δυσαρεστοῦνται μὲν καὶ τῇ τῶν τειχῶν συντελέσει καὶ τῇ καταλύσει τῶν ἐν τῷ Κομπασίῳ διαφθαρέντων, οὐ μὴν ἄκυρόν τι ποιεῖν.
From which it was possible to understand that they were indeed displeased both with the demolition of the walls and with the execution of those who had been put to death at Compasium, yet they did not invalidate anything.
οὐθενὸς δʼ οὔτʼ ἀντειπόντος οὔτε συνηγορήσαντος, §22.7.7οὕτω πως παρεπέμφθη.
Since no one either spoke against or in favor of this, it was thus somehow passed over.
§22.7.8μετὰ δὲ τούτους εἰσῆλθον οἱ παρʼ Εὐμένους πρέσβεις καὶ τήν τε συμμαχίαν τὴν πατρικὴν ἀνενεώσαντο καὶ τὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν χρημάτων ἐπαγγελίαν διεσάφησαν τοῖς πολλοῖς.
After them, the ambassadors from Eumenes entered, and they both renewed the ancestral alliance and explained in detail to the multitude the promise concerning the money.
§22.7.9καὶ πλείω δὲ πρὸς ταύτας τὰς ὑποθέσεις διαλεχθέντες καὶ μεγάλην εὔνοιαν καὶ φιλανθρωπίαν τοῦ βασιλέως ἐμφήναντες πρὸς τὸ ἔθνος,
And after they had spoken further on these proposals, and demonstrated the great goodwill and benevolence of the king towards the league,