§XII"ὅτι μετὰ τὴν νίκην ὁ Περσεύς, εἴτʼ ἐπιγελῶν Κράσσῳ καὶ τωθάζων αὐτόν, εἴτʼ ἀποπειρώμενος ὅπως ἔτι φρονήματος ἔχοι, εἴτε τὴν Ῥωμαίων δύναμίν τε καὶ παρασκευὴν ὑφορώμενος, εἴθʼ ἑτέρῳ τῳ λογισμῷ, προσέπεμπεν αὐτῷ περὶ διαλλαγῶν, καὶ πολλὰ δώσειν ὑπισχνεῖτο ὧν ὁ πατὴρ Φίλιππος οὐ συνεχώρει· ᾧ καὶ μᾶλλον ὕποπτος ἦν ἐπιγελῶν καὶ πειρώμενος.
After the victory, Perseus—whether mocking Crassus and jeering at him, or testing how much pride he still had, or suspecting the power and preparation of the Romans, or by some other reasoning—sent to him concerning a reconciliation, and promised to give many things that his father Philip had not agreed to; which made him all the more suspected of mocking and testing.
ὁ δὲ Περσεῖ μὲν ἀπεκρίνατο Ῥωμαίων ἀξίας οὐκ εἶναι διαλύσεις αὐτῷ, εἰ μὴ καὶ Μακεδόνας καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἐπιτρέψειε Ῥωμαίοις·
But Crassus replied to Perseus that there would be no settlement worthy of the Romans for him unless he surrendered both the Macedonians and himself to the Romans.
αἰδούμενος δʼ ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοι τῆς ἥττης κατῆρξαν, ἐκκλησίαν συναγαγὼν Θεσσαλοῖς μὲν ἐμαρτύρησεν ὡς ἀνδράσιν ἀγαθοῖς περὶ τὴν συμφορὰν γενομένοις, Αἰτωλῶν δὲ καὶ ἑτέρων Ἑλλήνων κατεψεύσατο ὡς πρώτων τραπέντων.
Feeling ashamed because the Romans had begun the defeat, Crassus, having gathered an assembly, testified to the Thessalians as having behaved like brave men in the disaster, but falsely accused the Aetolians and other Greeks of being the first to turn and flee.
καὶ τούτους ἐς Ῥώμην ἔπεμψεν. "
And he sent these latter to Rome.
§XIII"τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν τοῦ θέρους ἀμφότεροι περὶ σιτολογίαν ἐγίγνοντο, Περσεὺς μὲν ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις ἁλωνευόμενος, Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ. "
For the remainder of the summer, both were occupied with grain-gathering, Perseus threshing in the plains, and the Romans doing so in their camp.
§XIV"ὃς δὲ πρῶτος ἐξῆρχε τοῦ πόνου, ἑξηκοντούτης ὢν καὶ βαρὺς τὸ σῶμα καὶ πιμελής. "
And he who first led the labor was sixty years old, heavy in body, and fat.
§XV"τότε δὲ ἔθει τις δρόμῳ δηλώσων τῷ Περσεῖ λουομένῳ καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀναλαμβάνοντι.
Then someone came running to report to Perseus while he was bathing and refreshing his body.
ὁ δὲ ἐξήλατο τοῦ ὕδατος βοῶν ὅτι ἑαλώκοι πρὸ τῆς μάχης. "
And he leaped out of the water, crying out that he had been captured before the battle.
§XVI"ὅτι Περσεὺς ἀναθαρρῶν ἤδη κατʼ ὀλίγον μετὰ τὴν φυγήν, Νικίαν καὶ Ἀνδρόνικον, οὓς ἐπὶ τὸν καταποντισμὸν τῶν χρημάτων καὶ τὸν ἐμπρησμὸν τῶν νεῶν ἐπεπόμφει, περιποιήσας αὑτῷ καὶ τὰς ναῦς καὶ τὰ χρήματα, συνίστορας ἡγούμενος αἰσχροῦ φόβου καὶ ἑτέροις ἐξαγγελεῖν, ἀπέκτεινεν ἀθεμίστως, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦδε εὐθὺς ἐκ μεταβολῆς ὠμὸς καὶ εὐχερὴς ἐς ἅπαντας ἐγένετο, καὶ οὐδὲν ὑγιὲς οὐδʼ εὔβουλόν οἱ ἔτι ἦν, ἀλλʼ ὁ πιθανώτατος ἐς εὐβουλίαν καὶ λογίσασθαι δεξιὸς καὶ εὐτολμότατος ἐς μάχας, ὅσα γε μὴ σφάλλοιτο διʼ ἀπειρίαν, ἀθρόως τότε καὶ παραλόγως ἐς δειλίαν καὶ ἀλογιστίαν ἐτράπετο, καὶ ταχὺς καὶ εὐμετάθετος ἄφνω καὶ σκαιὸς ἐς πάντα ἐγένετο, ἀρχομένης αὐτὸν ἐπιλείπειν τῆς τύχης.
Perseus, recovering his courage little by little after his flight, having secured both the ships and the money for himself, put to death lawlessly Nicias and Andronicus, whom he had sent for the throwing of the money into the sea and the burning of the ships, because he regarded them as conscious witnesses of his shameful fear who would report it to others. And from then on, by a sudden change, he became cruel and unscrupulous toward all, and there was no longer anything sound or well-advised in him. Instead, he who had been most persuasive in good counsel, clever in reasoning, and most daring in battles—as far as he did not fail through inexperience—was then suddenly and contrary to reason turned to cowardice and folly, and suddenly became hasty, unstable, and clumsy in everything, as fortune began to desert him.
ὅπερ ἔστι πολλοὺς ἰδεῖν, μεταβολῆς προσιούσης ἀλογωτέρους γιγνομένους ἑαυτῶν. "
Which is what one can see in many people, who, when a change of fortune approaches, become less rational than themselves.
§XVII"ὅτι Ῥόδιοι πρέσβεις ἐς Μάρκιον ἔπεμψαν, συνηδόμενοι τῶν γεγονότων [Περσεῖ].
Rhodesian ambassadors sent to Marcius to congratulate him on the events [concerning Perseus].
ὁ δὲ Μάρκιος τοὺς πρέσβεις ἐδίδασκε Ῥοδίους πεῖσαι πέμψαντας ἐς Ῥώμην διαλῦσαι τὸν πόλεμον Ῥωμαίοις τε καὶ Περσεῖ.
But Marcius instructed the ambassadors to persuade the Rhodians to send to Rome to settle the war for both the Romans and Perseus.
καὶ Ῥόδιοι πυθόμενοι μετέπιπτον ὡς οὐ φαύλως ἔχοντος τοῦ Περσέως· οὐ γὰρ εἴκαζον ἄνευ Ῥωμαίων ταῦτα Μάρκιον ἐπισκήπτειν.
And the Rhodians, when they heard of this, changed their minds, believing that Perseus' situation was not bad; for they did not suppose that Marcius would urge this without the Romans' consent.
ὁ δʼ ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τάδε καὶ ἕτερα πολλὰ διʼ ἀτολμίαν ἔπραττεν.
But he was doing this and many other things of his own accord out of lack of courage.
Ῥόδιοι μὲν οὖν καὶ ὣς πρέσβεις ἔπεμπον ἐς Ῥώμην, καὶ ἑτέρους πρὸς Μάρκιον. "
The Rhodians, therefore, sent ambassadors to Rome anyway, and others to Marcius.