§27.10.1τούτῳ δὲ παραπλήσιον ἦν καὶ τὸ κατὰ τὸν Περσέα συμβαῖνον περὶ τοὺς ὄχλους·
Very similar to this was also what happened among the multitudes regarding Perseus.
§27.10.2εἰ γάρ τις ἐπιστήσας αὐτοὺς ἤρετο μετὰ παρρησίας εἰ βούλοιντʼ ἂν εἰς ἕνα πεσεῖν τὴν τηλικαύτην ὑπεροχὴν καὶ λαβεῖν μοναρχικῆς πεῖραν ἐξουσίας, ἀνυπευθύνου κατὰ πάντα τρόπον, ταχέως ἂν αὐτοὺς ὑπολαμβάνω συννοήσαντας παλινῳδίαν ποιῆσαι καὶ μεταπεσεῖν εἰς τοὐναντίον·
For if someone had brought them to their senses and asked them frankly whether they would wish such great supremacy to fall to a single individual and to experience a monarchical power that is unaccountable in every way, I think they would have quickly realized the situation, recanted, and changed to the very opposite view.
§27.10.3εἰ δὲ καὶ βραχέα τις ὑπέμνησε τῶν γεγονότων ἐκ μὲν τῆς Μακεδόνων οἰκίας δυσκόλων τοῖς Ἕλλησιν, ἐκ δὲ τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς συμφερόντων, καὶ λίαν ἂν παρὰ πόδας αὐτοὺς ὑπολαμβάνω μεταμεληθῆναι.
And if someone had reminded them, even briefly, of the historical facts—of the hardships brought upon the Greeks by the Macedonian house, and of the benefits derived from the Roman rule—I think they would have repented very exceedingly on the spot.
§27.10.4πλὴν τότε γε κατὰ τὴν ἀνεπίστατον καὶ πρώτην ὁρμὴν ἐκφανὴς ἦν ἡ τῶν πολλῶν εὐδόκησις τοῖς προσαγγελλομένοις, ἀσμενιζόντων διὰ τὸ παράδοξον, εἰ καθόλου πέφηνέ τις ἱκανὸς ἀνταγωνιστὴς Ῥωμαίοις.
However, at least at that time, under their unreflecting and first impulse, the satisfaction of the multitude with the news brought to them was manifest, as they rejoiced at the unexpectedness of the fact that an adequate antagonist to the Romans had appeared at all.
§27.10.5περὶ μὲν οὖν τούτων ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον προήχθην εἰπεῖν, ἵνα μή τις ἀκρίτως εἰς ἀχαριστίαν ὀνειδίζῃ τοῖς Ἕλλησι τὴν τότε διάθεσιν, ἀγνοῶν τὰ φύσει παρεπόμενα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. —
It is for this reason, therefore, that I have been led to speak at such length on these matters, so that no one, through ignorance of what naturally accompanies human nature, may inconsiderately reproach the Greeks for their disposition at that time as a sign of ingratitude.