§5.93.1ταῦτα δʼ ἁρμοσάμενος διέλυε τοὺς Μεγαλοπολίτας πρὸς αὑτοὺς κατὰ τὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν δόγμα.
Having arranged these matters, he proceeded to reconcile the Megalopolitans among themselves in accordance with the decree of the Achaeans.
§5.93.2συνέβαινε γὰρ τούτους προσφάτως ὑπὸ Κλεομένους ἐπταικότας τῇ πατρίδι καὶ τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον ἐκ θεμελίων ἐσφαλμένους πολλῶν μὲν ἐπιδεῖσθαι, πάντων δὲ σπανίζειν·
For it happened that, having recently suffered a blow to their city by Cleomenes and, as the saying goes, having been utterly overthrown from its foundations, they were in need of many things, indeed lacked everything.
§5.93.3τοῖς μὲν γὰρ φρονήμασιν ἔμενον, ταῖς δὲ χορηγίαις καὶ κοινῇ καὶ κατʼ ἰδίαν πρὸς πᾶν ἀδυνάτως εἶχον.
For while they remained firm in their spirit, in their resources both public and private they were powerless for everything.
§5.93.4διόπερ ἦν ἀμφισβητήσεως, φιλοτιμίας, ὀργῆς τῆς ἐν ἀλλήλοις πάντα πλήρη· τοῦτο γὰρ δὴ φιλεῖ γίνεσθαι καὶ περὶ τὰ κοινὰ πράγματα καὶ περὶ τοὺς κατʼ ἰδίαν βίους, ὅταν ἐλλίπωσιν αἱ χορηγίαι τὰς ἑκάστων ἐπιβολάς.
Therefore everything was full of dispute, rivalry, and mutual anger; for this is wont to happen both in public affairs and in private lives, whenever resources fall short of each person's undertakings.
§5.93.5πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ἠμφισβήτουν ὑπὲρ τοῦ τειχισμοῦ τῆς πόλεως, φάσκοντες οἱ μὲν συνάγειν αὐτὴν δεῖν καὶ ποιεῖν τηλικαύτην ἡλίκην καὶ τειχίζειν ἐπιβαλλόμενοι καθίξονται καὶ φυλάττειν καιροῦ περιστάντος δυνήσονται· καὶ γὰρ νῦν παρὰ τὸ μέγεθος αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν ἐρημίαν ἐσφάλθαι.
First of all, they were disputing over the fortification of the city, some asserting that they ought to contract it and make it of such a size that they would succeed in both undertaking to fortify it and being able to guard it when a critical moment arose; for, they said, even recently they had met with disaster because of its vast size and lack of defenders.
§5.93.6πρὸς δὲ τούτοις εἰσφέρειν ᾤοντο δεῖν τοὺς κτηματικοὺς τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῆς γῆς εἰς τὴν τῶν προσλαμβανομένων οἰκητόρων ἀναπλήρωσιν.
In addition to this, they thought that the landowners ought to contribute a third part of their land for the replenishment of additional settlers.
§5.93.7οἱ δʼ οὔτε τὴν πόλιν ἐλάττω ποιεῖν ὑπέμενον οὔτε τὸ τρίτον τῶν κτήσεων εὐδόκουν εἰσφέρειν μέρος.
But the others would neither submit to making the city smaller, nor did they consent to contribute a third part of their possessions.
§5.93.8μάλιστά τε τῶν νόμων ὑπὸ Πρυτάνιδος γεγραμμένων πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐφιλονείκουν, ὃν ἔδωκε μὲν αὐτοῖς νομοθέτην Ἀντίγονος, ἦν δὲ τῶν ἐπιφανῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκ τοῦ Περιπάτου καὶ ταύτης τῆς αἱρέσεως.
And they were especially in bitter dispute with each other concerning the laws written by Prytanis, whom Antigonus had given to them as a legislator, and who was one of the distinguished men from the Peripatos and of that school.
§5.93.9τοιαύτης δʼ οὔσης τῆς ἀμφισβητήσεως ποιησάμενος Ἄρατος τὴν ἐνδεχομένην ἐπιστροφὴν κατέπαυσε τὴν φιλοτιμίαν αὐτῶν.
Such being the dispute, Aratus, by giving the matter appropriate attention, put an end to their rivalry.
§5.93.10ἐφʼ οἷς δʼ ἔληξαν τῆς πρὸς ἀλλήλους διαφορᾶς, γράψαντες εἰς στήλην παρὰ τὸν τῆς Ἑστίας ἀνέθεσαν βωμὸν ἐν Ὁμαρίῳ.
And the terms on which they ended their mutual dispute, they inscribed on a stele and set up beside the altar of Hestia in the Homarium.