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- Diodorus Siculus. Diodori Bibliotheca Historica. Vols. 4-5 (partial). Bekker, Immanuel; Dindorf, Ludwig; Fischer, Curt Theodor; editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903-1906.
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While Antigonus prepares to march against Eumenes, Eumenes suppresses a rebellion within his own ranks but is subsequently defeated by Antigonus in battle due to the betrayal of Apollonides, losing many men and his baggage.
Ἀντίγονος δὲ τῆς Ἀσίας ἀποδεδειγμένος στρατηγὸς διαπολεμήσων1 πρὸς Εὐμενῆ ἤθροισεν ἐκ τῆς χειμασίας τὰς δυνάμεις. παρασκευασάμενος δὲ τὰ πρὸς τὴν μάχην προῆγεν ἐπὶ τὸν Εὐμενῆ, διατρίβοντα περὶ Καππαδοκίαν.
Antigonus, having been appointed general of Asia to carry on the war against Eumenes, assembled his forces from their winter quarters. Having made preparations for the battle, he advanced against Eumenes, who was tarrying about Cappadocia.
ὁ δʼ Εὐμενὴς, ἀποστάντος ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τινος τῶν ἐπιφανῶν ἡγεμόνων ὀνόματι Περδίκκου, στρατοπεδεύοντος2 ἀπὸ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ὁδοῦ μετὰ τῶν συναποστάντων στρατιωτῶν πεζῶν μὲν τρισχιλίων, ἱππέων δὲ πεντακοσίων, ἐξέπεμψεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν Φοίνικα τὸν Τενέδιον, ἔχοντα πεζοὺς μὲν ἐπιλέκτους τετρακισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ χιλίους.
But Eumenes, since one of his illustrious commanders named Perdiccas had revolted from him and was encamped at a distance of three days’ journey with the soldiers who had revolted with him, numbering three thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry, sent against him Phoenix of Tenedos, who had four thousand select infantry and a thousand cavalry.
οὗτος δὲ νυκτοπορίᾳ συντόνῳ χρησάμενος προσέπεσε τοῖς ἀποστάταις ἀπροσδοκήτως περὶ δευτέραν φυλακὴν νυκτερινήν· καταλαβὼν δʼ αὐτοὺς κοιμωμένους τόν τε Περδίκκαν ἐζώγρησε καὶ τῆς δυνάμεως ἐγκρατὴς ἐγένετο.
He, having made a vigorous night march, fell upon the rebels unexpectedly about the second watch of the night; and finding them asleep, he took Perdiccas alive and got possession of his force.
Εὐμενὴς δὲ τοὺς αἰτιωτάτους τῆς ἀποστάσεως ἡγεμόνας ἐθανάτωσε· τοὺς δὲ στρατιώτας τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀναμίξας καὶ φιλανθρώπως προσενεχθεὶς ἰδίους ταῖς εὐνοίαις ἐποιήσατο.
Eumenes put to death the commanders who were chiefly responsible for the revolt; but the soldiers he mixed with the others, and by treating them kindly, made them his own through goodwill.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦθʼ ὁ μὲν Ἀντίγονος διαπεμψάμενος πρὸς Ἀπολλωνίδην τινά, τῶν ἱππέων ἀφηγούμενον παρʼ Εὐμενεῖ, μεγάλαις ἐπαγγελίαις διʼ ἀπορρήτων ἔπεισε προδότην γενέσθαι καὶ κατὰ τὴν μάχην αὐτομολῆσαι.
After this, Antigonus sent a message to a certain Apollonides, who commanded the cavalry under Eumenes, and by great promises in secret persuaded him to become a traitor and desert during the battle.
τοῦ δʼ Εὐμενοῦς στρατοπεδεύοντος τῆς Καππαδοκίας3 ἔν τισιν εὐθέτοις πεδίοις πρὸς ἱππομαχίαν ἐπιβαλὼν ὁ Ἀντίγονος μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως κατελάβετο τὴν ὑπερκειμένην τῶν πεδίων ὑπωρίαν.
When Eumenes was encamped in certain plains of Cappadocia well suited for cavalry combat, Antigonus came upon him with his entire force and seized the foothills overlooking the plains.
εἶχε δʼ ὁ μὲν Ἀντίγονος κατʼ ἐκείνους τοὺς καιροὺς πεζοὺς μὲν πλείω τῶν μυρίων, ὧν ἦσαν οἱ ἡμίσεις Μακεδόνες, θαυμαστοὶ κατὰ τὰς ἀνδραγαθίας, ἱππεῖς δὲ δισχιλίους, ἐλέφαντας δὲ τριάκοντα, ὁ δʼ Εὐμενὴς πεζοὺς μὲν οὐκ ἐλάττους τῶν δισμυρίων, ἱππεῖς δὲ πεντακισχιλίους.
Antigonus had at that time more than ten thousand infantry, of whom half were Macedonians, admirable for their valor, and two thousand cavalry and thirty elephants; Eumenes had not fewer than twenty thousand infantry and five thousand cavalry.
γενομένης δὲ μάχης ἰσχυρᾶς καὶ τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίδου μετὰ τῶν περὶ αὐτὸν ἱππέων ποιήσαντος ἀλόγως ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων διάστασιν ἐνίκησεν ὁ Ἀντίγονος καὶ ἀνεῖλεν τῶν ἐναντίων εἰς ὀκτακισχιλίους. ἐκυρίευσε δὲ καὶ τῆς ἀποσκευῆς ἁπάσης, ὥστε τοὺς περὶ τὸν Εὐμενῆ στρατιώτας διὰ μὲν τὴν ἧτταν καταπλαγῆναι, διὰ δὲ τὴν ἀπώλειαν τῆς ἀποσκευῆς ἀθυμῆσαι.4
When a fierce battle took place and Apollonides with the cavalry under him unreasonably made a separation from his own men, Antigonus won the victory and slew about eight thousand of his opponents. He also became master of all the baggage, so that the soldiers with Eumenes were struck with terror because of the defeat, and disheartened because of the loss of their baggage.
- 18.40.1διαπολεμήσων
The future active participle expresses purpose ('in order to wage war to the end') and modifies either the main verb ἤθροισεν or the perfect passive participle ἀποδεδειγμένος.
- 18.40.2ἀποστάντος ... στρατοπεδεύοντος
Both are genitive absolute participles sharing the common logical subject τινος ... Περδίκκου. The aorist ἀποστάντος and the present στρατοπεδεύοντος describe different temporal states of the same person.
- 18.40.6τῆς Καππαδοκίας
A geographical genitive (partitive genitive of place) restricting the following adverbial phrase of place, ἔν τισιν εὐθέτοις πεδίοις.
- 18.40.8ὥστε ... καταπλαγῆναι ... ἀθυμῆσαι
The infinitives καταπλαγῆναι and ἀθυμῆσαι introduced by ὥστε form a consecutive (result) clause, with the accusative τοὺς περὶ τὸν Εὐμενῆ στρατιώτας acting as their logical subject. The antithetical structure (διά μέν ... διά δέ ...) balances two distinct emotional reactions.