§38.17.1ὅτι ἄρτι τοῦ Διαίου παρόντος εἰς τὴν Κόρινθον, καθεσταμένου στρατηγοῦ διὰ τῶν πολλῶν, ἧκον οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀνδρωνίδαν παρὰ τοῦ Καικιλίου·
For when Diaeus had just arrived in Corinth, having been appointed general by the multitude, Andronidas and his companions arrived from Caecilius.
§38.17.2καθʼ ὧν προδιαδοὺς φήμην ὡς συμφρονούντων τοῖς ἐχθροῖς, παρέβαλε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοῖς ὄχλοις, ὥστε μετὰ πάσης ὕβρεως συλληφθέντας ἀπαχθῆναι δεδεμένους.
Diaeus, having beforehand spread a report against them that they were conspiring with the enemy, abandoned these men to the mobs, so that they were seized with every kind of insult and led away in bonds.
§38.17.3ἧκε δὲ καὶ Φίλων ὁ Θετταλὸς πολλὰ φιλάνθρωπα τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς προτείνων·
Philo the Thessalian also arrived, offering many generous proposals to the Achaeans.
§38.17.4ὧν ἀκούοντες συνέπραξάν τινες τῶν ἐκ τῆς χώρας, ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ Στρατίος ἤδη γηραιὸς ὤν, ὃς ἐμπλεκόμενος καὶ λιπαρῶν ἐδεῖτο τοῦ Διαίου πεισθῆναι τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ Καικιλίου προτεινομένοις.
Hearing these, some of the people from the countryside co-operated, among whom was Stratius, already an old man, who, clinging to and earnestly entreating Diaeus, begged him to yield to the proposals offered by Caecilius.
§38.17.5οἱ δὲ συνεδρεύσαντες τοῖς μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Φίλωνος λεγομένοις οὐ προσεῖχον· §38.17.6οὐκ ἐνόμισαν γὰρ κοινὴν εἶναι τὴν σωτηρίαν, ἀλλʼ αὐτοὺς κατʼ ἰδίαν τὸ σφέτερον συμφέρον καὶ τὴν αὑτῶν ἀσφάλειαν ἐν πλείστῳ τιθεμένους ταῦτα λέγειν.
But those in the council paid no attention to what was said by Philo; for they did not believe that the safety offered was common, but that they (the proposers) said these things because they placed their own private interest and safety above all else.
διὸ πρὸς τοῦτον τὸν σκοπὸν ἐβουλεύσαντο περὶ τῶν ἐνεστώτων, εἰ καὶ πάντων ἅμα διήμαρτον.
Therefore, they deliberated about the present situation with this view, though they failed in all points at once.
§38.17.7σαφῶς γὰρ σφίσι τὰ πεπραγμένα συνειδότες οὐδαμῶς ἐδύναντο πιστεῦσαι διότι τύχοιεν ἄν τινος ἐλέου παρὰ Ῥωμαίων.
For, being clearly conscious of what they had done, they could by no means believe that they would obtain any mercy from the Romans.
§38.17.8τὸ δʼ ὑπὲρ τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ τῆς τῶν πολλῶν σωτηρίας παθεῖν ὅ,τι δέοι γενναίως οὐδʼ ἐν νῷ καθάπαξ ἐλάμβανον· ὅπερ ἦν ἀνδρῶν φιλοδόξων καὶ προστατεῖν φασκόντων τῆς Ἑλλάδος.
But to suffer nobly whatever was necessary for the state and the safety of the multitude never entered their minds at all; which would have been the part of men who loved glory and claimed to be the leaders of Greece.
§38.17.9ἀλλὰ γὰρ πῶς ἔμελλε καὶ πόθεν παραστήσεσθαι τοῦτο τὸ φρόνημα τοῖς προειρημένοις;
Indeed, how and from where could such a spirit present itself to the aforementioned men?
ἦσαν γὰρ οἱ βουλευόμενοι Δίαιος καὶ Δαμόκριτος, ἄρτι τῆς καθόδου τετευχὼς διὰ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἀκρισίαν, σὺν δὲ τούτοις Ἀλκαμένης, Θεοδέκτης, Ἀρχικράτης.
For those who deliberated were Diaeus and Damocritus, who had just obtained his return because of the present confusion, and with them Alcamenes, Theodectes, and Archicrates.
§38.17.10ὑπὲρ ὧν, τίνες ἦσαν καὶ τίνα φύσιν ἕκαστος εἶχε καὶ τίνα προαίρεσιν καὶ βίον, εἴρηται διὰ πλειόνων.
Concerning whom, who they were and what character, purpose, and life each of them had, has been spoken of at greater length.