§27.18.1ὅτι Ἄτταλος χειμάζων ἐν Ἐλατείᾳ καὶ σαφῶς εἰδὼς τὸν ἀδελφὸν Εὐμένη λυπούμενον ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα καὶ βαρυνόμενον ἐπὶ τῷ τὰς ἐπιφανεστάτας αὐτοῦ τιμὰς ἠθετῆσθαι παρὰ τῶν ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ διὰ κοινοῦ δόγματος, ἐπικρυπτόμενον δὲ πρὸς πάντας τὴν περὶ αὐτὸν ὑπάρχουσαν διάθεσιν, §27.18.2ἐπεβάλετο διαπέμπεσθαι πρός τινας τῶν ἐν Ἀχαΐᾳ, σπουδάζων ἀποκατασταθῆναι τἀδελφῷ διʼ αὑτοῦ μὴ μόνον τὰς ἀναθηματικάς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς ἐγγράπτους τιμάς.
That Attalus, while wintering in Elateia and knowing well that his brother Eumenes was grieved as much as possible and weighed down by the fact that his most conspicuous honors had been annulled by the Peloponnesians through a common decree, though he concealed from everyone his existing disposition, undertook to send messages to certain of those in Achaea, being anxious to restore to his brother through his own efforts not only the dedicatory honors but also those recorded in writing.
§27.18.3τοῦτο δʼ ἐποίει πεπεισμένος μεγίστην μὲν ἂν ἐκείνῳ ταύτην τὴν χάριν προσενέγκασθαι, μάλιστα δʼ ἂν τὸ φιλάδελφον καὶ γενναῖον τῆς αὑτοῦ προαιρέσεως ἐναποδείξασθαι τοῖς Ἕλλησι διὰ ταύτης τῆς πράξεως. —
And he did this convinced that he would thereby render him this greatest possible favor, and above all would demonstrate to the Greeks his brotherly love and the noble character of his own purpose through this action. —