§5.9.1καὶ ἕως μὲν τούτου πάντα κατὰ τοὺς τοῦ πολέμου· νόμους καλῶς καὶ δικαίως ἐπράττετο· τὰ δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα πῶς χρὴ λέγειν οὐκ οἶδα.
Up to this point, everything was done in a fine and just manner according to the laws of war; but as for what followed, I know not how I should speak of it.
§5.9.2λαβόντες γὰρ ἔννοιαν τῶν ἐν Δίῳ καὶ Δωδώνῃ πεπραγμένων τοῖς Αἰτωλοῖς, τάς τε στοὰς ἐνεπίμπρασαν καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν ἀναθημάτων διέφθειρον, ὄντα πολυτελῆ ταῖς κατασκευαῖς καὶ πολλῆς ἐπιμελείας ἔνια τετευχότα καὶ δαπάνης.
For having conceived the thought of what had been done by the Aetolians at Dium and Dodona, they set fire to the porticoes and destroyed the remaining dedications, which were costly in their workmanship and some of them had been executed with great care and expense.
§5.9.3οὐ μόνον δὲ τῷ πυρὶ κατελυμήναντο τὰς ὀροφάς, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατέσκαψαν εἰς ἔδαφος.
And they not only ruined the roofs with fire, but also razed them to the ground.
ἀνέτρεψαν δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἀνδριάντας, ὄντας οὐκ ἐλάττους δισχιλίων· πολλοὺς δὲ καὶ διέφθειραν, πλὴν ὅσοι θεῶν ἐπιγραφὰς ἢ τύπους εἶχον· τῶν δὲ τοιούτων ἀπέσχοντο.
They also threw down the statues, which were not fewer than two thousand; and many of them they destroyed, except for those that bore inscriptions or likenesses of the gods; from such they refrained.
§5.9.4κατέγραφον δʼ εἰς τοὺς τοίχους καὶ τὸν περιφερόμενον στίχον, ἤδη τότε τῆς ἐπιδεξιότητος τῆς Σάμου φυομένης, ὃς ἦν υἱὸς μὲν Χρυσογόνου, σύντροφος δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως.
And they wrote upon the walls the verse that was then being passed around, composed by Samos, whose talent was already then beginning to show itself, who was the son of Chrysogonus and the foster-brother of the king.
§5.9.5ὁ δὲ στίχος ἦν
ὁρᾷς τὸ δῖον οὗ βέλος διέπτατο; §5.9.6καὶ μεγίστη δὴ καὶ παράστασις ἐπὶ τούτοις εἶχε τόν τε βασιλέα καὶ τοὺς περὶ αὐτὸν φίλους, ὡς δικαίως ταῦτα πράττοντας καὶ καθηκόντως, ἀμυνομένους τοῖς ὁμοίοις τὴν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν περὶ τὸ Δῖον ἀσέβειαν.
The verse was: "Do you see the divine place where the bolt flew through?" And indeed, on these accounts, a very great conviction possessed both the king and his friends around him, that they were doing these things justly and as was fitting, avenging the impiety of the Aetolians at Dium with similar treatment.
ἐμοὶ δὲ τἀναντία δοκεῖ τούτων.
But to me the contrary of this seems to be the case.
§5.9.7εἰ δʼ ὀρθὸς ὁ λόγος, σκοπεῖν ἐν μέσῳ πάρεστι, χρωμένους οὐχ ἑτέροις τισίν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς οἰκίας ταύτης παραδείγμασιν.
And whether this view is correct, one may consider in an impartial manner, using no other examples than those from this very royal house.
§5.9.8Ἀντίγονος ἐκ παρατάξεως νικήσας μάχῃ Κλεομένην τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἐγκρατὴς ἐγένετο καὶ τῆς Σπάρτης, §5.9.9αὐτός τʼ ὢν κύριος ὃ βούλοιτο χρῆσθαι καὶ τῇ πόλει καὶ τοῖς ἐμπολιτευομένοις, τοσοῦτον ἀπεῖχε τοῦ κακῶς ποιεῖν τοὺς γεγονότας ὑποχειρίους ὡς ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων ἀποδοὺς τὸ πάτριον πολίτευμα καὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, καὶ τῶν μεγίστων ἀγαθῶν αἴτιος γενόμενος καὶ κοινῇ καὶ κατʼ ἰδίαν Λακεδαιμονίοις, οὕτως εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν ἀπηλλάγη.
Antigonus, having defeated Cleomenes, the king of the Lacedaemonians, in a pitched battle, became master of Sparta as well; and although he was himself master to treat both the city and the citizens as he pleased, he was so far from doing harm to those who had fallen into his power that, on the contrary, he restored to them their ancestral constitution and their liberty, and having become the author of the greatest benefits to the Lacedaemonians both publicly and privately, he thus departed for his own country.
§5.9.10τοιγαροῦν οὐ μόνον ἐκρίθη παρʼ αὐτὸν τὸν καιρὸν εὐεργέτης, ἀλλὰ καὶ μεταλλάξας σωτήρ, οὐδὲ παρὰ μόνοις Λακεδαιμονίοις, ἀλλὰ παρὰ πᾶσι τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἀθανάτου τέτευχε τιμῆς καὶ δόξης ἐπὶ
Therefore, he was judged to be a benefactor not only at that very time, but also after his death a savior, and not only among the Lacedaemonians, but among all the Greeks he obtained immortal honor and glory...