Passage 7.12.3
ἐνταῦθα ὡς ἀφικνεῖτο ἐς πᾶν ὁ Μεναλκίδας κινδύνου, μεταδίδωσι τάλαντα τρία τῶν ἐξ Ὠρωποῦ Μεγαλοπολίτῃ Διαίῳ. ἐγεγόνει δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ἀρχῆς διάδοχος τῆς Ἀχαιῶν ὁ Δίαιος· τότε δὲ ὑπὲρ τοῦ λήμματος προθυμούμενος ἔμελλε Μεναλκίδᾳ καὶ ἀκόντων Ἀχαιῶν σωτηρίαν παρέξειν. Ἀχαιοὶ δὲ ἐπὶ μὲν τῇ ἀφέσει τοῦ Μεναλκίδα ἰδίᾳ τε ἕκαστος καὶ ἐν κοινῷ Δίαιον ἐποιοῦντο ἐν αἰτίᾳ· Δίαιος δὲ σφᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἐς αὐτὸν ἐγκλημάτων μετῆγεν ἐς πραγμάτων ἐλπίδα μειζόνων, προφάσει χρώμενος τοιᾷδε ἐς τὴν ἀπάτην.
When Menalcidas found himself thus brought into complete peril, he handed over three talents from the funds he had taken from Oropus to Diaeus of Megalopolis. Now Diaeus had become his successor to leadership among the Achaeans, and being then eager for monetary gain, he intended to secure Menalcidas' safety even against the will of the Achaeans. Accordingly, the Achaeans, individually as well as collectively, blamed Diaeus for permitting Menalcidas' acquittal; but Diaeus diverted their accusations against himself by enticing them towards the hope of greater matters, employing for their deceit a pretext such as follows.