At the close of. the president's speech a hum of voic-es ran through the assembly, some approving, others fiercely attacking those who，approved.Soon not only individual members but the collective representatives of each State were engaged in mutual altercations, and at last the chief magistrates 。‘+koT。。，，。+‘。分，~.，，， .?。。奋k。。。，。。。n。月奋。”;””，，~‘。， oftne儿eazue.theaamz祥 rezu‘astnev are calle.ten in numder. were aisputmg witn quite as much neat as the rest of the assembly. Five of them declared t血t they would submit a proposal for alliance with Rome and take the votes on it;the other five protested that it was forbidden by law for the magistrates to propose or for the council to adopt any resolution adverse to the existing alliance vtirith Philip. So the second day was wasted in wrangling. Onlv one day now remained for the lezal session of the council. for the law required its decree to be made on the third day. As the time approached, party feeling ran so high that fathers could hardly keep their hands off their children. Risias, a delegate from Pallene, had a son called Memnon who was one of the damiurgi who were opposed to the resolution bein&moved and voted upon. For a long time he appealed to his son to permit the Achaeans to take measures for their common safety and not by his obstinacy bring ruin on the whole nation.When he found that his appeal had no effect he swore that he would count him not as a son but as an enemy and would put him to death with his own hand. The threat proved effectual and the next day Memnon joined those who were in favour of the resolution. As·they were now in a majority they put the resolution amidst the unmistakable approval of almost all the States, a clear indication of what the final decision would be. Befoi it was actually carried, the representatives of Megalopolis and some of those from Argos rose and iei气ine cou平ll.，，1 ni s Gla not oc哭slo拜，surprise叮ai芝approval considering， the position in wnicn tney were paced.r"1 Is r s 7". r. 7 71 , Is .12T i Re lvnegalopolltans aiter Deincy expelled by the Laceaaemonians in the days of their grandfathers had been reinstated by Antigonus. Dymae had been taken and sacked 妙the Romans and the inhabitants sold into slavery, and Ph ilip had issued orders for them to be ransomed wherever they soul d be found, and had restored them to liberty and to their city. The Argives, who believed that the kings of Macedonia had sprung from IV 749 N them, had, most of them, been long attached to Philip by ties of per sonal friendship. For these reasons they withdrew from the council when it showed itself in favour of making an alliance with Rome, and their secession was considered excusable in