Philip, moved by the speech of Alexander, brought his ship closer to the land so that he might be heard.
orsum eum dicere, in Aetolos maxime, violenter Phaeneas interfatus non in verbis rem verti ait: aut bello vincendum aut melioribus parendum esse.
As he began to speak, directed especially against the Aetolians, Phaeneas interrupted him violently and said that the matter did not turn on words: they must either conquer in war or submit to their betters.
§32.34.3“apparet id quidem” inquit Philippus “etiam caeco,” iocatus in valetudinem oculorum Phaeneae; et erat dicacior natura, quam regem decet, et ne inter seria quidem risu satis temperans.
"That indeed is clear," said Philip, "even to a blind man," jesting at the weakness of Phaeneas's eyes; for he was by nature more sarcastic than becomes a king, and not even in serious matters could he sufficiently restrain his laughter.
§32.34.4indignari inde coepit, Aetolos tamquam Romanos decedi Graecia iubere, qui, quibus finibus Graecia sit, dicere non possent; ipsius enim Aetoliae Agraeos Apodotosque et Amphilochos, quae permagna eorum pars sit, Graeciam non esse.
Then he began to be indignant that the Aetolians, as if they were Romans, should order him to evacuate Greece, when they could not even say within what boundaries Greece lay; for the Agraei, Apodoti, and Amphilochi of Aetolia itself, which were a very large part of them, were not Greece.
§32.34.5“an, quod a sociis eorum non abstinuerim, iustam querellam habent, cum ipsi pro lege hunc antiquitus morem servent, ut adversus socios ipsi suos publica tantum auctoritate dempta iuventutem suam militare sinant, et contrariae persaepe acies in utraque parte Aetolica auxilia habeant?
"Or do they have a just complaint because I did not keep my hands off their allies, when they themselves observe this custom from ancient times as a law, that, with only official public sanction being removed, they allow their youth to serve as soldiers even against their own allies, and very often opposing battle-lines on both sides have Aetolian auxiliaries?
§32.34.6neque ego Cium expugnavi, sed Prusiam socium et amicum oppugnantem adiuvi; et Lysimachiam ab Thracibus vindicavi, sed, quia me necessitas ad hoc bellum a custodia eius avertit, Thraces habent.
Neither did I capture Cius by force, but I assisted Prusias, our ally and friend, who was besieging it; and I rescued Lysimachia from the Thracians, but because necessity withdrew me from its guard to this war, the Thracians hold it.
§32.34.7et Aetolis haec; Attalo autem Rhodiisque nihil iure debeo; non enim a me, sed ab illis principium belli ortum est; §32.34.8Romanorum autem honoris causa Peraean Rhodiis et naves Attalo cum captivis, qui comparebunt, restituam.
And so much for the Aetolians; but to Attalus and the Rhodians I owe nothing by right, for the origin of the war arose not from me, but from them; yet for the sake of the honor of the Romans, I will restore the Peraea to the Rhodians, and the ships to Attalus along with the captives who shall appear.
§32.34.9nam quod ad Nicephorium Venerisque templi restitutionem attinet, §32.34.10quid restitui ea postulantibus respondeam,, nisi, quo uno modo silvae lucique caesi restitui possunt, curam impensamque sationis me praestaturum, — quoniam haec inter se reges postulare et respondere placet. ” §32.34.11extrema eius oratio adversus Achaeos fuit, in qua orsus ab Antigoni primum, suis deinde erga gentem eam meritis, recitari decreta eorum iussit omnis divinos humanosque honores complexa atque eis obiecit recens decretum, §32.34.12quo ab se descivissent; invectusque graviter in perfidiam eorum, Argos tamen se iis redditurum dixit; §32.34.13de Corintho cum imperatore Romano deliberaturum esse quaesiturumque ab eo simul, utrum iisne urbibus decedere se aecum censeat, quas ab se ipso captas iure belli habeat, an iis etiam, quas a maioribus suis accepisset.
For as far as concerns the restoration of the Nicephorium and the temple of Venus, what should I answer to those who demand that they be restored, except that I will provide the care and expense of planting, which is the only way in which felled woods and groves can be restored—since it is pleasing that kings should demand and answer such things among themselves?" His last speech was directed against the Achaeans, in which, beginning first with the merits of Antigonus and then with his own towards that nation, he ordered their decrees to be read aloud, which comprised all divine and human honors, and reproached them with their recent decree, by which they had revolted from him; and having inveighed heavily against their treachery, he nevertheless said that he would restore Argos to them; but concerning Corinth, he would deliberate with the Roman commander and ask him at the same time whether he thought it fair that he should evacuate those cities which, having been captured by himself, he held by the law of war, or also those which he had received from his ancestors.