§18.1ταῦτα τοῦ Εὐμενοῦς λέγοντος τὸ μὲν ἄλλο πλῆθος ἄχθει κατείχετο καὶ κλαυθμὸς ἦν, οἱ δὲ ἀργυράσπιδες ἄγειν ἐβόων καὶ μὴ φλυαροῦντι προσέχειν οὐ γὰρ εἶναι δεινόν εἰ Χερρονησίτης ὄλεθρος οἰμώξεται μυρίοις γυμνάσας πολέμοις Μακεδόνας, ἀλλʼ εἰ τῶν Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Φιλίππου στρατιωτῶν οἱ κράτιστοι τοσαῦτα καμόντες ἐν γήρᾳ στέρονται τῶν ἐπάθλων καὶ τροφὴν παρʼ ἑτέρων λαμβάνουσιν, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν ἤδη τρίτην νύκτα τοῖς πολεμίοις συγκαθεύδουσιν.
While Eumenes was saying these things, the rest of the multitude was seized with grief and there was weeping, but the Silver Shields shouted to lead him away and not to pay attention to a babbler; for they said it was not a terrible thing if a pest from the Chersonese should wail after having worn out the Macedonians in countless wars, but rather if the best of the soldiers of Philip and Alexander, having suffered so much, should in their old age be deprived of their rewards and receive food from others, and if their wives should already be sleeping with the enemy for the third night.
ἅμα δὲ ἦγον αὐτὸν ἐπιταχύνοντες.
And at the same time they led him away, hurrying him on.
§18.2Ἀντίγονος δὲ δείσας τὸν ὄχλον ἀπελείφθη γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ δέκα τοὺς κρατιστεύοντας ἐλέφαντας ἐξέπεμψε καὶ λογχοφόρους συχνοὺς Μήδους καὶ Παρθυαίους διακρουσομένους τὸ πλῆθος, εἶτʼ αὐτὸς μὲν ἰδεῖν οὐχ ὑπέμεινε τὸν Εὐμενῆ διὰ τὴν προγεγενημένην φιλίαν καὶ συνήθειαν, πυνθανομένων δὲ τῶν παρειληφότων τὸ σῶμα πῶς φυλάξουσιν,
οὕτως,
εἶπεν,
ὡς ἐλέφαντα ἣ ὡς λέοντα. §18.3μετὰ μικρὸν δὲ συμπαθὴς γενόμενος τῶν τε δεσμῶν τοὺς βαρεῖς ἐκέλευσεν ἀφελεῖν καὶ παῖδα παραδέξασθαι τῶν συνήθων, ὅπως ἀλείψαιτο, καὶ τῶν φίλων ἐφῆκε τῷ βουλομένῳ συνδιημερεύειν καὶ κομίζειν τὰ ἐπιτήδεια, βουλευόμενος δὲ περὶ αὐτοῦ πλείονας ἡμέρας προσίετο καὶ λόγους καὶ ὑποσχέσεις, Νεάρχου τε τοῦ Κρητὸς καὶ Δημητρίου τοῦ υἱοῦ φιλοτιμουμένων τὸν Εὐμενῆ σῶσαι, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ὁμοῦ τι πάντων ἐνισταμένων καὶ κελευόντων ἀναιρεῖν.
But Antigonus, fearing the crowd—for no one was left behind in the camp—sent out ten of his strongest elephants, and many lance-bearing Medes and Parthians to disperse the multitude. Then he himself could not bear to see Eumenes because of their past friendship and intimacy; and when those who had taken charge of his body asked how they should guard him, he said, 'Thus, as an elephant or as a lion.' But after a short time, feeling compassion, he ordered them to remove the heavy ones of his bonds, and to admit one of his close servants so that he might anoint himself, and he permitted those of his friends who wished to spend the day with him and bring him necessaries. And while deliberating about him for several days, he admitted both proposals and promises, since Nearchus the Cretan and his son Demetrius were eager to save Eumenes, while almost all the others opposed and urged him to put him to death.
§18.4λέγεται δὲ τὸν Εὐμενῆ τοῦ φυλάσσοντος αὐτὸν Ὀνομάρχου πυθέσθαι τί δήποτε Ἀντίγονος ἐχθρὸν ἄνδρα καὶ πολέμιον λαβὼν ὑποχείριον οὔτε ἀποκτίννυσι ταχέως οὔτε εὐγενῶς ἀφίησι·
And it is said that Eumenes asked Onomarchus, who was guarding him, why indeed Antigonus, having taken an enemy and foe into his hands, neither killed him quickly nor released him nobly.
τοῦ δὲ Ὀνομάρχου πρὸς ὕβριν εἰπόντος ὡς οὐ νῦν, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τῆς μάχης ἔδει πρὸς θάνατον ἔχειν εὐθαρσῶς,
ναὶ μὰ τὸν Δία,
φάναι τὸν Εὐμενῆ,
καὶ τότε εἶχον ἐροῦ δὲ τοὺς εἰς χεῖρας ἐλθόντας· ἀλλʼ οὐδενὶ κρείττονι προστυχὼν οἶδα. καὶ τὸν Ὀνόμαρχον,
οὐκοῦν ἐπεὶ νῦν,
φάναι,
τὸν κρείττονα εὕρηκας, τί οὐκ ἀναμένεις τὸν ἐκείνου καιρόν;
And when Onomarchus said insultingly that he ought to have been courageous in the face of death not now, but during the battle, Eumenes said, 'Yes, by Zeus, I was so even then; ask those who came to hands with me; but I do not know of having met any superior.' And Onomarchus said, 'Well then, since you have now found your superior, why do you not await his time?'