Upon the king's consenting to this and engaging not to neglect the matter, but to make inquiries, they separated.
During the days that followed <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Amphidamus&groupId=319&placeId=621">Amphidamus</a> produced no proof of his assertions, and now a happy accident, most helpful to Aratus, occurred.
The Eleans, at the time when Philip was ravaging their country, conceived suspicions of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Amphidamus&groupId=319&placeId=621">Amphidamus</a> and formed the design of arresting him and sending him in chains to Aetolia. But, getting intelligence of their project, he first fled to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Olympia&groupId=809&placeId=1462">Olympia</a> and then, when he heard that Philip was in Dyme engaged in dealing with the booty, he hastened to escape to him there.
Aratus, in consequence, when he heard that <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Amphidamus&groupId=319&placeId=621">Amphidamus</a> had fled from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Elis&groupId=560&placeId=1048">Elis</a> and arrived, was exceedingly joyful, as he had nothing on his conscience, and coming to the king, demanded that <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Amphidamus&groupId=319&placeId=621">Amphidamus</a> should be summoned:
"For the man," he said, "who knew best about the accusation was he to whom he was said to have spoken the words, and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Amphidamus&groupId=319&placeId=621">Amphidamus</a> would be sure to tell the truth, as he had been exiled from his home for Philip\'s sake and depended on him now for his safety."
On the Greek\'s consenting and sending for <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Amphidamus&groupId=319&placeId=621">Amphidamus</a>, he found the charge to be false,
and henceforward he continued to like and esteem Aratus more and more, while becoming a little suspicious of Apelles. Prepossessed, however, as he was by his long prejudice in favour of this minister, he could not but overlook many of his errors.
Walbank Commentary