§4.60.1οἱ δὲ Δυμαῖοι καὶ Φαραιεῖς καὶ Τριταιεῖς, ἠλαττωμένοι μὲν περὶ τὴν βοήθειαν, δεδιότες δὲ τὸ μέλλον ἐκ τῆς τοῦ φρουρίου καταλήψεως, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἔπεμπον ἀγγέλους πρὸς τὸν στρατηγὸν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, δηλοῦντες τὰ γεγονότα καὶ δεόμενοι σφίσι βοηθεῖν· μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πρεσβευτὰς ἐξαπέστελλον τοὺς περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀξιώσοντας.
The Dymaeans, Pharaeans, and Tritaeans, having suffered a reverse in the attempt to bring relief, and fearing what the future might hold after the capture of the fortress, first sent messengers to the general of the Achaeans, reporting what had happened and begging him to help them; after this, they dispatched envoys to make the same demands.
§4.60.2ὁ δʼ Ἄρατος οὔτε τὸ ξενικὸν ἐδύνατο συστήσασθαι διὰ τὸ κατὰ τὸν Κλεομενικὸν πόλεμον ἐλλελοιπέναι τινὰ τῶν ὀψωνίων τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς τοῖς μισθοφόροις, καθόλου τε ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς καὶ συλλήβδην πᾶσι τοῖς τοῦ πολέμου πράγμασιν ἀτόλμως ἐχρῆτο καὶ νωθρῶς.
But Aratus was unable to organize the mercenary force, because during the Cleomenic War the Achaeans had left some of the pay due to the mercenaries unpaid; and in general, in his undertakings and in short in all the business of war, he acted without spirit and with sluggishness.
§4.60.3διόπερ ὅ τε Λυκοῦργος εἷλε τὸ τῶν Μεγαλοπολιτῶν Ἀθήναιον, ὅ τʼ Εὐριπίδας ἑξῆς τοῖς εἰρημένοις Γόρτυναν τῆς Τελφουσίας.
Consequently, Lycurgus captured Athenaion, which belonged to the Megalopolitans, and Euripidas next, following upon the events described, took Gortyna in the territory of Thelpusa.
§4.60.4οἵ τε Δυμαῖοι καὶ Φαραιεῖς καὶ Τριταιεῖς, δυσελπιστήσαντες ἐπὶ ταῖς τοῦ στρατηγοῦ βοηθείαις, συνεφρόνησαν ἀλλήλοις εἰς τὸ τὰς μὲν κοινὰς εἰσφορὰς τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς μὴ τελεῖν, §4.60.5ἰδίᾳ δὲ συστήσασθαι μισθοφόρους, πεζοὺς μὲν τριακοσίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ πεντήκοντα, καὶ διὰ τούτων ἀσφαλίζεσθαι τὴν χώραν.
The Dymaeans, Pharaeans, and Tritaeans, despairing of assistance from the general, agreed among themselves not to pay their joint contributions to the Achaeans, but to raise a private force of mercenaries, consisting of three hundred infantry and fifty cavalry, and by means of these to secure their own territory.
§4.60.6τοῦτο δὲ πράξαντες ὑπὲρ μὲν τῶν καθʼ αὑτοὺς πραγμάτων ἐνδεχομένως ἔδοξαν βεβουλεῦσθαι, περὶ δὲ τῶν κοινῶν τἀναντία· πονηρᾶς γὰρ ἐφόδου καὶ προφάσεως τοῖς βουλομένοις διαλύειν τὸ ἔθνος ἐδόκουν ἀρχηγοὶ καὶ καθηγεμόνες γεγονέναι.
In doing this, they were considered to have acted with due regard to their own interests, but with the opposite regard to their common interests; for they seemed to have become the initiators and leaders of an evil precedent and pretext for those who wished to dissolve the league.
§4.60.7ταύτης δὲ τῆς πράξεως τὸ μὲν πλεῖστον τῆς αἰτίας ἐπὶ τὸν στρατηγὸν ἄν τις ἀναφέροι δικαίως τὸν ὀλιγωροῦντα καὶ καταμέλλοντα καὶ προϊέμενον ἀεὶ τοὺς δεομένους.
But for this action one might justly lay the greatest part of the blame upon the general, who was neglectful and dilatory, and always abandoned those who needed aid.
§4.60.8πᾶς γὰρ ὁ κινδυνεύων, ἕως μὲν ἄν τινος ἐλπίδος ἀντέχηται παρὰ τῶν οἰκείων καὶ συμμάχων, προσανέχειν φιλεῖ ταύταις· ὅταν δὲ δυσχρηστῶν ἀπογνῷ, τότʼ ἤδη βοηθεῖν ἀναγκάζεθʼ αὑτῷ κατὰ δύναμιν.
For every man in danger, as long as he clings to any hope from his friends and allies, is accustomed to rely on them; but when in his difficulties he despairs of this, he is then at last forced to help himself to the best of his power.
§4.60.9διὸ καὶ Τριταιεῦσι καὶ Φαραιεῦσι καὶ Δυμαίοις, ὅτι μὲν ἰδίᾳ συνεστήσαντο μισθοφόρους, καταμέλλοντος τοῦ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἡγεμόνος, οὐκ ἐγκλητέον· ὅτι δὲ τὰς εἰς τὸ κοινὸν εἰσφορὰς ἀπεῖπαν, μεμψιμοιρητέον.
Therefore, we should not blame the Tritaeans, Pharaeans, and Dymaeans for having raised mercenaries on their own account while the leader of the Achaeans was dilatory; but we must find fault with them for refusing their contributions to the common fund.
§4.60.10ἐχρῆν γὰρ τὴν μὲν ἰδίαν χρείαν μὴ παραλιπεῖν, εὐκαιροῦντάς γε δὴ καὶ δυναμένους, τὰ δὲ πρὸς τὴν κοινὴν πολιτείαν δίκαια συντηρεῖν, ἄλλως τε δὴ καὶ κομιδῆς ὑπαρχούσης ἀδιαπτώτου κατὰ τοὺς κοινοὺς νόμους, τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, γεγονότας ἀρχηγοὺς τοῦ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν συστήματος.
For they ought not to have neglected their private needs, since they had the opportunity and the power, and they should have preserved their obligations to the common state, especially since there was an infallible recovery according to the common laws, and, most important of all, since they had been the initiators of the Achaean league.