§29.4.1οὗτοι μὲν οὖν πάντες προῆγον εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν·
Thus they all proceeded to Macedonia.
ὁ δὲ Πάνταυχος μένων παρὰ πλευρὰν ὑπεμίμνησκεν καὶ παρώξυνε τὸν νεανίσκον πρὸς τὸ μὴ καθυστερεῖν ταῖς παρασκευαῖς, ἀλλʼ ἕτοιμον ὄντα προκαταλαμβάνειν καὶ τόπους καὶ πόλεις καὶ συμμάχους·
While Pantauchus, remaining by Genthius's side, kept reminding and urging the young man not to be behindhand with his preparations, but to be ready and forestall the enemy in securing territory, cities, and allies.
μάλιστα δʼ αὐτὸν ἠξίου παρασκευάζεσθαι πρὸς τὴν κατὰ θάλατταν μάχην· §29.4.2τῶν γὰρ Ῥωμαίων εἰς τέλος ἀπαρασκεύων ὄντων πρὸς τοῦτο τὸ μέρος κατά τε τοὺς περὶ τὴν Ἤπειρον καὶ τοὺς περὶ τὴν Ἰλλυρίδα τόπους, ἀκονιτὶ πᾶν τὸ προτεθὲν ἐπιτελεσθήσεσθαι διʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ πεμπομένων.
He especially urged him to make preparations for naval warfare; for as the Romans were completely unprepared in this quarter around the regions of Epirus and Illyria, he asserted that everything proposed would be accomplished without a struggle by Genthius himself and the forces sent by him.
§29.4.3ὁ μὲν οὖν Γένθιος τούτοις τοῖς λόγοις ἀναπειθόμενος ἐγίνετο περί τε τὰς κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν παρασκευάς.
Genthius, then, persuaded by these words, occupied himself with preparations both by land and by sea.
§29.4.4ὁ δὲ Περσεύς, παραγενομένων εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν τῶν πρεσβευτῶν παρὰ τοῦ Γενθίου καὶ τῶν ὁμηρευόντων, ὁρμήσας ἀπὸ τῆς περὶ τὸν Ἐλπειὸν ποταμὸν παρεμβολῆς μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἱππέων ἀπήντα τοῖς προειρημένοις εἰς τὸ Δῖον,
Perseus, when the ambassadors and the hostages from Genthius arrived in Macedonia, set out from his camp near the river Elpeus with all his cavalry and met the aforementioned persons at Dium.
§29.4.5καὶ συμμίξας πρῶτον μὲν ἀπέδωκε τοὺς ὅρκους ὑπὲρ τῆς συμμαχίας ἐναντίον πάντων τῶν ἱππέων· πάνυ γὰρ ἐβούλετο σαφῶς εἰδέναι τοὺς Μακεδόνας τὴν τοῦ Γενθίου κοινοπραγίαν, ἐλπίζων εὐθαρσεστέρους αὐτοὺς ὑπάρξειν, προσγενομένης ταύτης τῆς ῥοπῆς.
Meeting them, he first of all exchanged the oaths for the alliance in the presence of all his cavalry; for he was very anxious that the Macedonians should clearly know of the joint action of Genthius, hoping that they would be more encouraged by the addition of this weight.
§29.4.6ἔπειτα δὲ τοὺς ὁμήρους παρελάμβανε καὶ παρεδίδου τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ τοῖς περὶ Ὀλυμπίωνα. ὧν ἦσαν ἐπιφανέστατοι Λιμναῖος ὁ Πολεμοκράτους καὶ Βάλακρος ὁ Πανταύχου.
Next he received the hostages and delivered his own to Olympion and his associates, the most distinguished of whom were Limnaeus the son of Polemocrates and Balacrus the son of Pantauchus.
§29.4.7μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τοὺς μὲν ἐπὶ τὰ χρήματα παρόντας εἰς Πέλλαν ἐξέπεμπεν, ὡς ἐκεῖ παραληψομένους, τοὺς δὲ πρεσβευτὰς τοὺς εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον εἰς Θετταλονίκην πρὸς Μητρόδωρον, συντάξας ἑτοίμους εἶναι πρὸς τὸν πλοῦν.
After this, he dispatched those who had come for the money to Pella, on the understanding that they would receive it there, and the ambassadors destined for Rhodes to Metrodorus at Thessalonica, instructing them to be ready for the voyage.
ἔπεισε δὲ καὶ τοὺς Ῥοδίους συνεμβαίνειν εἰς τὸν πόλεμον.
He also persuaded the Rhodians to join in the war.
§29.4.8ταῦτα δὲ διοικήσας Ἡροφῶντα μὲν ἐξέπεμψε πρεσβευτὴν πρὸς τὸν Εὐμένη, καὶ πρότερον ἤδη διαπεσταλμένον, Τηλέμναστον δὲ τὸν Κρῆτα πρὸς τὸν Ἀντίοχον, §29.4.9μὴ παρορᾶν τὸν καιρὸν μηδʼ ὑπολαμβάνειν πρὸς αὐτὸν μόνον ἀνήκειν τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν καὶ τὴν βαρύτητα τῶν Ῥωμαίων, §29.4.10σαφῶς δὲ γινώσκειν ὡς ἐὰν μὴ καὶ νῦν αὐτὸς συνεπιλαμβάνηται, μάλιστα μὲν διαλύων τὸν πόλεμον, εἰ δὲ μή, βοηθῶν, ταχέως πεῖραν λήψεται τῆς αὐτῆς ἑαυτῷ τύχης. —
Having arranged these matters, he dispatched Herophon as ambassador to Eumenes, who had indeed been sent on missions before, and Telemnastus the Cretan to Antiochus, urging him not to overlook the opportunity, nor to suppose that the arrogance and severity of the Romans concerned Perseus alone, but clearly to understand that if he did not join in taking action now, preferably by putting an end to the war, or failing that, by rendering aid, he would soon experience the very same fate as Perseus.