ἀεὶ δ' ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν → always try to please your masters, always be obsequious to the masters
διωκαθεῖν: [ᾰ], απαρ. αορ. βʹ του διώκω, πρβλ. ἀμυναθεῖν.