§5.102.1δὲ καιρὸν εἶναι νῦν, ἐπταικότων Ῥωμαίων.
opportunity, as the Romans had failed, was now.
τοιούτοις δὲ χρησάμενος λόγοις ταχέως παρώρμησε τὸν Φίλιππον, ὡς ἄν, οἶμαι, καὶ νέον βασιλέα καὶ κατὰ τὰς πράξεις ἐπιτυχῆ καὶ καθόλου τολμηρὸν εἶναι δοκοῦντα, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ἐξ οἰκίας ὁρμώμενον τοιαύτης, ἣ μάλιστά πως ἀεὶ τῆς τῶν ὅλων ἐλπίδος ἐφίεται. πλὴν ὅ γε Φίλιππος,
And using such arguments, he quickly urged Philip on, as one might expect, I suppose, of a king who was both young and successful in his actions and generally reputed to be daring, and in addition to this, descending from such a house as always, somehow, aims at universal dominion.
§5.102.2ὡς εἶπον, τότε μὲν αὐτῷ τῷ Δημητρίῳ τὰ προσπεπτωκότα διὰ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ἐδήλωσε, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα συνῆγε τοὺς φίλους καὶ διαβούλιον ἀνεδίδου περὶ τῆς πρὸς Αἰτωλοὺς διαλύσεως.
However, Philip, as I said, at that time indeed made known what had arrived via the letter to Demetrius himself alone, but after this he assembled his friends and proposed a deliberation concerning the peace with the Aetolians.
§5.102.3ὄντων δὲ καὶ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἄρατον οὐκ ἀλλοτρίων διεξαγωγῆς τῷ δοκεῖν ὑπερδεξίους ὄντας τῷ πολέμῳ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν διάλυσιν, §5.102.4οὕτως ὁ βασιλεύς, οὐδὲ τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς ἔτι προσδεξάμενος τοὺς κοινῇ πράττοντας τὰ περὶ τὰς διαλύσεις, παραχρῆμα Κλεόνικον μὲν τὸν Ναυπάκτιον πρὸς τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς διεπέμψατο — §5.102.5κατέλαβε γὰρ ἔτι τοῦτον ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἐπιμένοντα τὴν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν σύνοδον — αὐτὸς δὲ παραλαβὼν ἐκ Κορίνθου τὰς ναῦς καὶ τὴν πεζὴν δύναμιν ἧκεν ἔχων εἰς Αἴγιον.
Since those around Aratus were also not averse to a settlement, because they thought that, by appearing to be superior in the war, they would make the peace on advantageous terms, thus the king, not even waiting any longer for the envoys who were jointly negotiating the peace, immediately sent Cleonicus of Naupactus to the Aetolians— for he found him, still since his captivity, waiting for the assembly of the Achaeans—and he himself, taking the ships and the land force from Corinth, came with them to Aegium.
§5.102.6καὶ προελθὼν ἐπὶ Λασιῶνα καὶ τὸν ἐν τοῖς Περιππίοις πύργον παραλαβών, καὶ συνυποκριθεὶς ὡς ἐμβαλῶν εἰς τὴν Ἠλείαν, τοῦ μὴ δοκεῖν λίαν ἕτοιμος εἶναι πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πολέμου κατάλυσιν, §5.102.7μετὰ ταῦτα δὶς ἢ τρὶς ἀνακάμψαντος τοῦ Κλεονίκου, δεομένων τῶν Αἰτωλῶν εἰς λόγους σφίσι συνελθεῖν ἐπήκουσε, §5.102.8καὶ πάντʼ ἀφεὶς τὰ τοῦ πολέμου πρὸς μὲν τὰς συμμαχίδας πόλεις γραμματοφόρους ἐξαπέστειλε, παρακαλῶν πέμπειν τοὺς συνεδρεύσοντας καὶ μεθέξοντας τῆς ὑπὲρ τῶν διαλύσεων κοινολογίας, §5.102.9αὐτὸς δὲ διαβὰς μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ καταστρατοπεδεύσας περὶ Πάνορμον, ὃς ἔστι μὲν τῆς Πελοποννήσου λιμήν, κεῖται δὲ καταντικρὺ τῆς τῶν Ναυπακτίων πόλεως, ἀνέμενε τοὺς τῶν συμμάχων συνέδρους.
And having advanced to Lasion and taken the tower in Perippia, and having feigned that he was about to invade Elis, in order not to seem too ready for the cessation of the war, after this, Cleonicus having returned twice or thrice, the Aetolians begging him to come to a conference with them, he gave ear to their request, and putting aside all military operations, he sent out letter-carriers to the allied cities, urging them to send delegates who would sit in council and take part in the consultation concerning the peace, while he himself crossed over with his army and, having encamped near Panormus, which is a harbor of the Peloponnese and lies directly opposite the city of the Naupactians, awaited the delegates of the allies.
§5.102.10κατὰ δὲ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον, καθʼ ὃν ἔδει συναθροίζεσθαι τοὺς προειρημένους, πλεύσας εἰς Ζάκυνθον διʼ αὑτοῦ κατεστήσατο τὰ κατὰ τὴν νῆσον, καὶ παρῆν
During this time, when those aforementioned were required to assemble, having sailed to Zacynthus, he personally settled the affairs of the island, and was present.