§IV"ὅτι μετʼ οὐ πολὺ Φίλιππος μὲν τῶν ὑπηκόων τοῖς ἐπὶ θαλάσσης στόλον ἐπαγγείλας, Σάμον καὶ Χίον εἷλε, καὶ μέρος τῆς Ἀττάλου γῆς ἐπόρθησε, καὶ αὐτῆς ἀπεπείρασε Περγάμου, μὴ φειδόυενος ἱερῶν ἢ τάφων, τήν τε Ῥοδίων περαίαν ἐδῄου διαλλακτήρων οἱ γεγονότων, καὶ ἑτέρῳ μέρει στρατοῦ τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἐλυμαίνετο καὶ τὰς Ἀθήνας ἐπολιόρκει, ὡς οὐδὲν τῶνδε Ῥωμαίοις προσηκόντων.
And not long afterward, Philip, having ordered his subjects on the coast to supply a fleet, captured Samos and Chios, ravaged part of the territory of Attalus, and made an attempt upon Pergamum itself, sparing neither temples nor tombs; he also devastated the Peraea of the Rhodians, although they had acted as mediators for him, and with another part of his army laid waste to Attica and besieged Athens, as if none of these things concerned the Romans.
λόγος τε ἦν ὅτι Φίλιππος καὶ Ἀντίοχος ὁ Σύρων βασιλεὺς ὑπόσχοιντο ἀλλήλοις, Ἀντιόχῳ μὲν ὁ Φίλιππος συστρατεύσειν ἐπί τε Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἐπὶ Κύπρον, ὧν τότε ἦρχεν ἔτι παῖς ὢν Πτολεμαῖος ὁ τέταρτος, ᾧ φιλοπάτωρ ἐπώνυμον ἦν, Φιλίππῳ δʼ Ἀντίοχος ἐπὶ Κυρήνην καὶ τὰς Κυκλάδας νήσους καὶ Ἰωνίαν.
And there was a rumor that Philip and Antiochus, the king of Syria, had made a mutual agreement: Philip was to join Antiochus in a campaign against Egypt and Cyprus, which were then ruled by Ptolemy IV, who was still a child and surnamed Philopator, while Antiochus was to help Philip against Cyrene, the Cyclades islands, and Ionia.
καὶ τήνδε τὴν δόξαν, ἐκταράσσουσαν ἅπαντας Ῥόδιοι μὲν Ῥωμαίοις ἐμήνυσαν, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς Ῥοδίων Ἀθηναίων πρέσβεις ᾐτιῶντο Φίλιππον τῆς πολιορκίας.
And the Rhodians reported this rumor, which threw everyone into consternation, to the Romans, and in addition to the Rhodians, the ambassadors of the Athenians accused Philip of the siege.
καὶ Αἰτωλοὶ μεταγιγνώσκοντες κατηγόρουν ὡς καὶ περὶ σφᾶς ἀπίστου γεγονότος, ἠξίουν τε αὖθις ἐς τοὺς Ῥωμαίων συμμάχους ἐγγραφῆναι.
The Aetolians, repenting, also accused him of having been unfaithful to them too, and asked to be enrolled again among the allies of the Romans.
Ῥωμαῖοι δʼ Αἰτωλοῖς ἐμέμψαντο τῆς οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ μεταβολῆς, πρέσβεις δʼ ἐς τοὺς βασιλέας ἔπεμπον, οἳ προηγόρευον αὐτοῖς Ἀντίοχον μὲν Αἰγύπτῳ μὴ ἐπιχειρεῖν, Φίλιππον δὲ μηδὲν ἐς Ῥοδίους ἢ Ἀθηναίους ἢ Ἄτταλον ἢ ἐς ἄλλον τινὰ Ῥωμαίων φίλον ἁμαρτάνειν.
The Romans blamed the Aetolians for their recent change of sides, but sent ambassadors to the kings, who proclaimed to them that Antiochus should not attack Egypt, and that Philip should do no wrong to the Rhodians, the Athenians, Attalus, or any other friend of the Romans.
τούτοις ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπεκρίνατο Ῥωμαίοις ἕξειν καλῶς, ἂν ἐμμένωσιν ᾗ συνέθεντο πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰρήνῃ.
To these things, Philip replied to the Romans that it would be well for them if they remained faithful to the peace they had concluded with him.
οὕτω μὲν αἱ γενόμεναι σπονδαὶ ἐλέλυντο, καὶ στρατιὰ Ῥωμαίων ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἠπείγετο, στρατηγοῦντος Ποπλίου καὶ ναυαρχοῦντος Λευκίου. "
Thus the treaty that had been made was broken, and a Roman army hastened to Greece, with Publius commanding the land forces and Lucius commanding the fleet.
§V"ὅτι ὁ Φίλιππος ὁ Μακεδόνων βασιλεὺς τῷ Φλαμινίνῳ σητει, συναγόντων αὐτοὺς Ἠπειρωτῶν πρέσβεων.
That Philip, the king of the Macedonians, met with Flamininus, the Epirot ambassadors bringing them together.
ὡς δὲ ὁ Φλαμινῖνος Φίλιππον ἐκέλευσεν ἐκστῆναι τῆς Ἑλλάδος οὐ Ῥωμαίοις ἀλλὰ ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐταῖς, καὶ τὰς βλάβας ταῖς προειρημέναις ἀποδοθῆναι, ὁ μὲν Φίλιππος τὰ μὲν
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When Flamininus ordered Philip to withdraw from Greece, not in favor of the Romans but of the cities themselves, and to make restitution for the damages to the aforementioned cities, Philip, on the one hand...
§VI"ποιμὴν ὑπέσχετο στρατὸν εὔζωνον ἄξειν ὁδὸν ἀτριβῆ τρισὶν ἡμέραις. "
A shepherd promised to lead a light-armed army along an untrodden path in three days.
§VII"ὅτι Λεύκιος Κοΐντιος ἐς τὸν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν σύλλογον ἀπέστειλε πρέσβεις, οἳ μετὰ Ἀθηναίων καὶ Ῥοδίων ἔπειθον αὐτοὺς μεταθέσθαι πρὸς σφᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ Φιλίππου, διεπρεσβεύετο δὲ καὶ Φίλιππος αἰτῶν βοήθειαν ὡς συμμάχους.
That Lucius Quinctius sent ambassadors to the assembly of the Achaeans, who, together with the Athenians and Rhodians, persuaded them to change sides to them from Philip; Philip also sent ambassadors, asking for their aid as allies.
οἱ δὲ ἐνοχλούμενοι μὲν οἰκείῳ καὶ γείτονι πολέμῳ Νάβιδος τοῦ Λακεδαιμονίων τυράννου, διεστῶτες δὲ ταῖς γνώμαις ἠπόρουν, καὶ οἱ πλείονες ᾑροῦντο τὰ Φιλίππου καὶ ἀπεστρέφοντο Ῥωμαίους διά τινα ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα Σουλπικίου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ παρανομήματα.
But they, troubled by a domestic and neighboring war with Nabis, the tyrant of the Lacedaeans, and divided in their opinions, were at a loss; and the majority preferred the cause of Philip and turned away from the Romans on account of certain outrages committed in Greece by the general Sulpicius.
ἐγκειμένων δὲ βιαίως τῶν ῥωμαϊζόντων, οἱ πολλοὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀπεχώρουν δυσχεραίνοντες, καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ διὰ τὴν ὀλιγότητα ἐκβιασθέντες συνέθεντο τῷ Λευκίῳ, καὶ εὐθὺς ἠκολούθουν ἐπὶ Κόρινθον μηχανήματα φέροντες. "
But since those who favored the Romans pressed violently, the majority of the assembly withdrew in disgust, and the rest, forced by their small numbers, came to terms with Lucius, and immediately followed him toward Corinth, carrying siege engines.
§VIII"ὅτι Φλαμινῖνος αὖθις συνῆλθεν ἐς λόγους Φιλίππῳ κατὰ τὸν Μηλιέα κόλπον, ἔνθα κατηγορούντων τοῦ Φιλίππου Ῥοδίων καὶ Αἰτωλῶν καὶ Ἀμυνάνδρου τοῦ Ἀθαμᾶνος ἐκέλευσε Φίλιππον ἐξάγειν τὰς φρουρὰς ἐκ Φωκίδος, καὶ πρέσβεις ἐς Ῥώμην ἀμφοτέρους ἀποστεῖλαι.
That Flamininus met again for conference with Philip near the Malian Gulf, where, with the Rhodians, Aetolians, and Amynander the Athamanian accusing Philip, he ordered Philip to withdraw his garrisons from Phocis and for both parties to send ambassadors to Rome.
γενομένων δὲ τούτων, οἱ μὲν Ἕλληνες ἐν τῇ βουλῇ τῇ Ῥωμαίων ἠξίουν τὸν Φίλιππον ἐξαγαγεῖν ἐκ τῆς Ἑλλάδος τὰς τρεῖς φρουρὰς ἃς αὐτὸς πέδας ἐκάλει τῆς Ἑλλάδος, τὴν μὲν ἐν Χαλκίδι· Βοιωτοῖς καὶ Εὐβοεῦσι καὶ Λοκροῖς ἐπικειμένην, τὴν δὲ ἐν Κορίνθῳ καθάπερ πύλαις τὴν Πελοπόννησον ἀποκλείουσαν, καὶ τρίτην ἐν Δημητριάδι τὴν Αἰτωλοῖς καὶ Μάγνησιν ἐφεδρεύουσαν·
When this was done, the Greeks in the Roman Senate demanded that Philip should withdraw from Greece the three garrisons which he himself used to call the fetters of Greece: the one in Chalcis, threatening the Boeotians, Euboeans, and Locrians; the one in Corinth, locking up the Peloponnese like a gate; and the third in Demetrias, keeping watch over the Aetolians and Magnesians.
ἡ δὲ βουλὴ τοὺς Φιλίππου πρέσβεις ἤρετο τί φρονοίη περὶ τῶνδε τῶν φρουρῶν ὁ βασιλεύς, ἀποκριναμένων δὲ ἀγνοεῖν, Φλαμινῖνον ἔφη κρινεῖν, καὶ πράξειν ὅ τι ἂν δίκαιον ἡγῆται.
The Senate asked Philip's ambassadors what the king intended concerning these garrisons, and when they replied that they did not know, they said that Flamininus would decide and do whatever he thought just.
οὕτω μὲν οἱ πρέσβεις ἐκ Ῥώμης ἐπανῄεσαν, Φλαμινῖνος δὲ καὶ Φίλιππος ἐς οὐδὲν συμβαίνοντες ἀλλήλοις αὖθις ἐς πόλεμον καθίσταντο. "
In this way, then, the ambassadors returned from Rome, and Flamininus and Philip, coming to no agreement with each other, again engaged in war.