§4.24.1φίλοις.
to his own friends.
ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, εἰ χρὴ τοῦ βασιλέως λέγειν τὰς τότε γνώμας· οὐ γὰρ εἰκὸς ἑπτακαιδεκαέτη παῖδα περὶ τηλικούτων δύνασθαι πραγμάτων διευκρινεῖν.
But the king, after all of them—if indeed one should call the opinions then expressed those of the king, for it is not probable that a seventeen-year-old boy could decide on such important affairs—spoke as follows.
§4.24.2ἀλλʼ ἡμῖν μὲν καθήκει τοῖς γράφουσι τὰς κυρούσας τὰ διαβούλια γνώμας ἀνατιθέναι τοῖς προεστῶσι τῶν ὅλων· τοὺς μέντοι γʼ ἀκούοντας αὐτοὺς χρὴ συνυπονοεῖν διότι τῶν συνόντων καὶ μάλιστα τῶν παρακειμένων εἰκός ἐστιν εἶναι τὰς τοιαύτας ὑποθέσεις καὶ διαλήψεις·
But while it is proper for us who write history to attribute the opinions that determine deliberations to the leaders of the whole, those who hear them ought themselves to understand that such proposals and judgments are likely to come from their associates, and especially those closest to them.
§4.24.3ὧν Ἀράτῳ τις ἐπιεικέστατʼ ἂν προσάπτοι τὴν τότε ῥηθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως γνώμην.
Among whom, one might most justly attribute to Aratus the opinion then spoken by the king.
§4.24.4ὁ γὰρ Φίλιππος τὰ μὲν κατʼ ἰδίαν τῶν συμμάχων εἰς αὑτοὺς ἀδικήματα καθήκειν ἔφησεν αὑτῷ μέχρι λόγου καὶ γραμμάτων διορθοῦν καὶ συνεπισημαίνεσθαι, §4.24.5τὰ δὲ πρὸς τὴν κοινὴν ἀνήκοντα συμμαχίαν, ταῦτʼ ἔφη μόνα δεῖν κοινῆς ἐπιστροφῆς καὶ διορθώσεως τυγχάνειν ὑπὸ πάντων.
For Philip said that, while it belonged to him to correct and call attention to the private offenses of the allies against each other as far as words and letters went, only those things which concerned the common alliance ought to receive common attention and correction by all.
§4.24.6Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ μηδὲν εἰς τὴν κοινὴν συμμαχίαν ἐκφανὲς ἡμαρτηκότων, ἐπαγγελλομένων δὲ πάντα καὶ ποιεῖν τὰ δίκαια πρὸς ἡμᾶς, οὐ καλῶς ἔχον εἶναι τὸ βουλεύεσθαί τι περὶ αὐτῶν ἀπαραίτητον· §4.24.7καὶ γὰρ ἄτοπον τὸν μὲν πατέρα πολεμίων ὄντων κρατήσαντα μηδὲν ποιῆσαι δεινόν, αὐτὸν δʼ ἐφʼ οὕτω μικρᾶς αἰτίας ἀνήκεστόν τι βουλεύεσθαι περὶ αὐτῶν.
And since the Lacedaemonians had committed no obvious offense against the common alliance, and promised to do everything that was just towards us, it was not proper to make any relentless decision concerning them; for it would be absurd that his father, who had conquered them when they were enemies, did them no harm, while he himself, on such a slight pretext, should make some fatal decision concerning them.
§4.24.8ἐπικυρωθείσης δὲ ταύτης τῆς γνώμης, ὅτι δεῖ παριδεῖν τὸ γεγονός, εὐθέως ὁ βασιλεὺς Πετραῖον τῶν αὑτοῦ φίλων ἅμα τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ὠμίαν ἐξαπέστελλε παρακαλέσοντα τοὺς πολλοὺς ἀντέχεσθαι τῆς πρὸς αὑτὸν καὶ Μακεδόνας εὐνοίας, ἅμα δὲ δώσοντα καὶ ληψόμενον τοὺς ὅρκους περὶ συμμαχίαν.
This opinion having been ratified, namely that they ought to overlook what had occurred, the king immediately sent Petraeus, one of his friends, together with Omias and his party, to urge the common people to hold fast to their goodwill towards himself and the Macedonians, and at the same time to exchange the oaths concerning the alliance.
§4.24.9αὐτὸς δὲ μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως ἀναζεύξας προῆγε πάλιν ὡς ἐπὶ Κορίνθου, καλὸν δεῖγμα τῆς ἑαυτοῦ προαιρέσεως τοῖς συμμάχοις ἐκτιθέμενος ἐν τῇ πρὸς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἀποφάσει.
He himself, having broken camp with his army, advanced again as if towards Corinth, displaying to the allies a fine example of his own policy in his decision towards the Lacedaemonians.