§24.8.1ὅτι κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἀναδόντος Ὑπερβάτου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ διαβούλιον ὑπὲρ τῶν γραφομένων παρὰ Ῥωμαίων ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος φυγάδων καθόδου τί δεῖ ποιεῖν, §24.8.2οἱ μὲν περὶ τὸν Λυκόρταν παρεκάλουν μένειν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑποκειμένων, διότι Ῥωμαῖοι ποιοῦσι μὲν τὸ καθῆκον αὐτοῖς, συνυπακούοντες τοῖς ἀκληρεῖν δοκοῦσιν εἰς τὰ μέτρια τῶν ἀξιουμένων· §24.8.3ὅταν μέντοι γε διδάξῃ τις αὐτοὺς ὅτι τῶν παρακαλουμένων τὰ μέν ἐστιν ἀδύνατα, τὰ δὲ μεγάλην αἰσχύνην ἐπιφέροντα καὶ βλάβην τοῖς φίλοις, οὔτε φιλονικεῖν εἰώθασιν οὔτε παραβιάζεσθαι περὶ τῶν τοιούτων.
[That,] at this time, when the general Hyperbatus brought forward a debate as to what should be done concerning the letter written by the Romans about the return of the exiles from Lacedaemon, those around Lycortas urged that they should abide by the existing terms, because the Romans, in lending an ear to the moderate demands of those who seemed to be unfortunate, were doing what was fitting for themselves; yet, when someone explains to them that of the things requested some are impossible, and others bring great dishonor and damage to their friends, they are accustomed neither to contend nor to use force in such matters.
§24.8.4διὸ καὶ νῦν, ἐάν τις αὐτοὺς διδάξῃ διότι συμβήσεται τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς, ἂν πειθαρχήσωσι τοῖς γραφομένοις, παραβῆναι τοὺς ὅρκους, τοὺς νόμους, τὰς στήλας, ἃ συνέχει τὴν κοινὴν συμπολιτείαν ἡμῶν, §24.8.5ἀναχωρήσουσιν καὶ συγκαταθήσονται διότι καλῶς ἐπέχομεν καὶ παραιτούμεθα περὶ τῶν γραφομένων.
Therefore now also, if someone explains to them that it will result for the Achaeans, if they obey the written instructions, in violating the oaths, the laws, and the tablets which hold our common league together, they will withdraw and agree that we are right in delaying and begging to be excused regarding the written instructions.
ταῦτα μὲν οὖν οἱ περὶ τὸν Λυκόρταν ἔλεγον· §24.8.6οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Ὑπέρβατον καὶ Καλλικράτην πειθαρχεῖν τοῖς γραφομένοις παρῄνουν καὶ μήτε νόμον μήτε στήλην μήτʼ ἄλλο μηθὲν τούτου νομίζειν ἀναγκαιότερον.
These, then, were the arguments of Lycortas and his party; but Hyperbatus and Callicrates and their followers advised obeying the written instructions, and holding neither law nor tablet nor anything else to be more necessary than this.
§24.8.7τοιαύτης δʼ οὔσης τῆς ἀντιλογίας ἔδοξε τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς πρεσβευτὰς ἐξαποστεῖλαι πρὸς τὴν σύγκλητον τοὺς διδάξοντας ἃ Λυκόρτας λέγει.
Such being the dispute, the Achaeans resolved to send envoys to the Senate to explain what Lycortas said.
§24.8.8καὶ παραυτίκα κατέστησαν πρεσβευτὰς Καλλικράτην Λεοντήσιον, Λυδιάδαν Μεγαλοπολίτην, Ἄρατον Σικυώνιον· καὶ δόντες ἐντολὰς ἀκολούθους τοῖς προειρημένοις ἐξαπέστειλαν.
And they immediately appointed Callicrates of Leontion, Lydiadas of Megalopolis, and Aratus of Sicyon as envoys; and giving them instructions in conformity with the aforementioned decisions, they dispatched them.
§24.8.9ὧν παραγενομένων εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην, εἰσελθὼν ὁ Καλλικράτης εἰς τὴν σύγκλητον τοσοῦτον ἀπέσχε τοῦ ταῖς ἐντολαῖς ἀκολούθως διδάσκειν τὸ συνέδριον ὥστε τοὐναντίον ἐκ καταβολῆς ἐπεχείρησεν οὐ μόνον τῶν ἀντιπολιτευομένων κατηγορεῖν θρασέως, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν σύγκλητον
When these had arrived in Rome, Callicrates, on entering the Senate, was so far from instructing the assembly in accordance with his instructions that, on the contrary, from the very beginning he attempted not only to accuse his political opponents boldly, but also the Senate