§28.7.1τούτων δὴ νεωστὶ γεγονότων καὶ προδιειληφότων τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἄρχωνα διότι δεῖ συμπράττειν Ῥωμαίοις καὶ τοῖς τούτων φίλοις, τυχικῶς πως συνέβη τὸν Ἄτταλον πρὸς ἑτοίμους ὄντας ποιήσασθαι τοὺς λόγους.
As these events had recently occurred, and since Archon and his party had already decided that they must cooperate with the Romans and their friends, it happened by some stroke of fortune that Attalus made his proposals to those who were already prepared.
§28.7.2διὸ καὶ προθύμως αὐτῷ κατανεύσαντες ὑπέσχοντο συμπράξειν ὑπὲρ τῶν παρακαλουμένων.
Therefore, eagerly assenting to him, they promised to cooperate on the matters requested.
§28.7.3τοῦ δʼ Ἀττάλου πέμψαντος πρεσβευτάς, καὶ παραγενομένων τούτων εἰς τὴν πρώτην ἀγορὰν καὶ διαλεγομένων τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς περὶ τοῦ τὰς τιμὰς ἀποκατασταθῆναι τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ παρακαλούντων ποιῆσαι τοῦτο διὰ τῆς Ἀττάλου χάριτος, §28.7.4ὁ μὲν ὄχλος ἄδηλος ἦν ἐπὶ τίνος ὑπάρχει γνώμης, πρὸς δὲ τὴν ἀντιλογίαν ἀνίσταντο πολλοὶ καὶ διὰ πολλὰς αἰτίας.
And when Attalus sent envoys, and these arrived at the first assembly and conversed with the Achaeans about the restoration of the king's honors, and entreated them to do this through the favor of Attalus, the multitude made it unclear what opinion they held, but many stood up to oppose the proposal for various reasons.
§28.7.5οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐξ ἀρχῆς αἴτιοι γενόμενοι τῆς ἀναιρέσεως τῶν τιμῶν βεβαιοῦν ἐβούλοντο τὴν αὑτῶν γνώμην· οἱ δʼ ἐκ τῶν κατʼ ἰδίαν ἐγκλημάτων ὑπέλαβον καιρὸν ἔχειν ἀμύνεσθαι τὸν βασιλέα· τινὲς δὲ διὰ τὸν πρὸς τοὺς συμπράττοντας φθόνον ἐφιλοτιμοῦντο μὴ κρατῆσαι τὸν Ἄτταλον τῆς ἐπιβολῆς.
For those who from the beginning had been the cause of the removal of the honors wished to confirm their own decision; others, because of private grievances, supposed they had a favorable opportunity to take revenge on the king; and some, out of jealousy toward those cooperating, strove to prevent Attalus from succeeding in his attempt.
ὁ δʼ Ἄρχων ἀνέστη μὲν βοηθήσων τοῖς πρεσβευταῖς· §28.7.6ἐκάλει γὰρ τὰ πράγματα τὴν τοῦ στρατηγοῦ γνώμην.
Archon, however, stood up to support the envoys; for the circumstances called for the opinion of the strategus.
βραχέα δʼ εἰπὼν ἀνεχώρησε, §28.7.7διευλαβηθεὶς μὴ δόξῃ κέρδους τινὸς ἕνεκεν συμβουλεύειν διὰ τὸ πλῆθος ἱκανὸν χρημάτων εἰς τὴν ἀρχὴν δεδαπανηκέναι.
But having spoken briefly, he withdrew, guarding against appearing to give advice for the sake of some gain, because he had spent a considerable amount of money on his office.
§28.7.8πολλῆς δʼ οὔσης ἀπορίας ὁ Πολύβιος ἀναστὰς ἐποιήσατο μὲν καὶ πλείονας λόγους, μάλιστα δὲ προσέδραμε πρὸς τὴν τῶν πολλῶν γνώμην, ὑποδείξας τὸ γεγονὸς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ψήφισμα τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ὑπὲρ τῶν τιμῶν, ἐν ᾧ γεγραμμένον ἦν ὅτι δεῖ τὰς ἀπρεπεῖς ἀρθῆναι τιμὰς καὶ τὰς παρανόμους, οὐ μὰ Δίʼ ἁπάσας.
In the midst of great difficulty, Polybius stood up and made a rather long speech, and especially appealed to the opinion of the multitude, pointing out the original decree of the Achaeans concerning the honors, in which it was written that unbecoming and unlawful honors ought to be removed, but certainly not all of them.
§28.7.9τοὺς δὲ περὶ Σωσιγένη καὶ Διοπείθη, δικαστὰς [Ῥοδίους] ὑπάρχοντας κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν καὶ διαφερομένους ἔκ τινων ἰδίων πρὸς τὸν Εὐμένη, λαβομένους ἔφη τῆς ἀφορμῆς ταύτης πάσας ἀνατετροφέναι τὰς τιμὰς τοῦ βασιλέως· §28.7.10καὶ τοῦτο πεποιηκέναι παρὰ τὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν δόγμα καὶ παρὰ τὴν δοθεῖσαν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν, καὶ τὸ μέγιστον, παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ καλῶς ἔχον.
He said that Sosigenes and Diophites, who were judges at that time and were at variance with Eumenes over certain private matters, had seized upon this pretext to subvert all the honors of the king; and that they had done this contrary to the decree of the Achaeans, contrary to the authority given to them, and, what was most important, contrary to justice and what was proper.
§28.7.11οὐ γὰρ ὡς ἠδικημένους τι τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς βουλεύσασθαι τὰς τιμὰς αἴρειν τὰς Εὐμένους, ἀλλὰ μείζους αὐτοῦ ζητοῦντος τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν, τούτῳ προσκόψαντας ψηφίσασθαι τὸ πλεονάζον παρελεῖν.
For the Achaeans had not resolved to remove the honors of Eumenes as if they had been wronged in any way, but because they were offended by his seeking honors greater than his benefactions, they voted to take away what was excessive.
§28.7.12διόπερ ἔφη δεῖν, καθάπερ οἱ δικασταὶ τὴν ἰδίαν ἔχθραν ἐπίπροσθεν ποιήσαντες τοῦ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν εὐσχήμονος ἀνέτρεψαν πάσας τὰς τιμάς, οὕτω τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς κυριώτατον ἡγησαμένους τὸ σφίσι καθῆκον καὶ πρέπον διορθώσασθαι τὴν τῶν δικαστῶν ἁμαρτίαν καὶ καθόλου τὴν πρὸς τὸν Εὐμένη γεγενημένην ἀλογίαν, §28.7.13ἄλλως τε καὶ μέλλοντας μὴ μόνον ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὸν βασιλέα τὴν χάριν ἀπερείδεσθαι ταύτην, ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον εἰς τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἄτταλον.
Therefore, he said, just as those judges had put their private enmity before the decency of the Achaeans and subverted all his honors, so the Achaeans, considering what was duty and fitting for themselves to be of sovereign importance, should correct the error of the judges and in general the unreasonable treatment that Eumenes had received, especially since they were going to bestow this favor not only upon the king himself, but even more upon his brother Attalus.
§28.7.14τοῦ δὲ πλήθους εὐδοκήσαντος τοῖς λεγομένοις, ἐγράφη δόγμα προστάττον τοῖς ἄρχουσι πάσας ἀποκαταστῆσαι τὰς Εὐμένους τοῦ βασιλέως τιμάς, πλὴν εἴ τινες ἀπρεπές τι περιέχουσι τῷ κοινῷ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἢ παράνομον.
Since the multitude approved of what was said, a decree was drafted ordering the magistrates to restore all the honors of King Eumenes, except if any of them contained something unbecoming to the common state of the Achaeans or unlawful.
§28.7.15τοῦτον μὲν δὴ τὸν τρόπον καὶ κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν καιρὸν Ἄτταλος διωρθώσατο τὴν γενομένην ἀλογίαν περὶ τὰς ὑπαρχούσας Εὐμένει τἀδελφῷ τιμὰς κατὰ τὴν Πελοπόννησον. —
In this manner, then, and at this time, Attalus corrected the unreasonable treatment that had occurred concerning the honors previously belonging to his brother Eumenes in the Peloponnese.