§8.1ταύτην τὴν μάχην Εὐμενὴς ἡμέραις δέκα σχεδόν τι μετὰ τὴν προτέραν ἐνίκησε· καί δόξῃ μὲν ἤρθη μέγας ἀπʼ αὐτῆς, ὡς τὰ μὲν σοφίᾳ, τὰ δὲ ἀνδρείᾳ κατειργασμένος, φθόνον δὲ πολὺν ἔσχε καί μῖσος ὁμαλῶς παρά τε τοῖς συμμάχοις καί τοῖς πολεμίοις, ὡς ἔπηλυς ἀνὴρ καί ξένος ὅπλοις καί χερσὶ τῶν Μακεδόνων τὸν πρῶτον αὐτῶν καί δοκιμώτατον ἀνῃρηκώς.
Eumenes won this battle almost ten days after the former one; and although his reputation was greatly raised by it, as one who had accomplished his ends partly by wisdom and partly by courage, he nevertheless incurred great envy and hatred equally among both his allies and his enemies, on the ground that an immigrant and foreigner, using the very weapons and hands of Macedonians, had slain the first and most illustrious of them.
§8.2ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν ἔφθη Περδίκκας πυθόμενος τὴν Κρατεροῦ τελευτήν, οὐκ ἂν ἄλλος ἐπρώτευσε Μακεδόνων νυνὶ δὲ ἀνῃρημένου Περδίκκου κατὰ στάσιν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δυσὶν ἡμέραις πρότερον ἧκεν οὗτος ὁ περὶ τῆς μάχης λόγος εἰς τὸ στρατόπεδον, καί πρὸς ὀργὴν εὐθὺς οἱ Μακεδόνες θάνατον τοῦ Εὐμενοῦς κατέγνωσαν.
Indeed, if Perdiccas had only learned of Craterus' death in time, no other man would have held the first place among Macedonians; but as it was, Perdiccas having been slain in a mutiny in Egypt two days before, this report of the battle reached the camp, and the Macedonians immediately in their anger condemned Eumenes to death.
ἀπεδείχθη δὲ τοῦ πολέμου τοῦ πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἀντίγονος μετὰ Ἀντιπάτρου στρατηγός.
Antigonus and Antipater were appointed generals for the war against him.
§8.3ἐπεὶ δὲ Εὐμένης τοῖς βασιλικοῖς ἱπποφορβίοις περὶ τὴν Ἴδην νεμομένοις ἐπιτυχὼν καί λαβὼν ἵππους ὅσων ἔχρῃζε τοῖς ἐπιμεληταῖς τὴν γραφὴν ἔπεμψε, λέγεται γελάσαι τὸν Ἀντίπατρον καί εἰπεῖν ὅτι θαυμάζει τὸν Εὐμενῆ τῆς προνοίας, ἐλπίζοντα λόγον αὐτοῖς ἀποδώσειν τῶν βασιλικῶν ἢ λήψεσθαι παρʼ αὐτῶν.
And when Eumenes, falling in with the royal herds of horses that were pasturing about Mount Ida, took as many horses as he needed and sent a receipt to the overseers, Antipater is said to have laughed and said that he admired Eumenes for his foresight, in expecting either to render an account of the royal property to them or to receive one from them.
§8.4περὶ δὲ τὰς Σάρδεις ἐβούλετο μὲν ἱπποκρατῶν ὁ Εὐμένης τοῖς Λυδοῖς ἐναγωνίσασθαι πεδίοις, ἅμα καί τῇ Κλεοπάτρᾳ τὴν δύναμιν ἐπιδεῖξαι φιλοτιμούμενος· αὐτῆς δὲ ἐκείνης δεηθείσης ἐφοβεῖτο γὰρ αἰτίαν τινὰ λαβεῖν ὑπὸ τῶν Περὶ τὸν Ἀντίπατρον ἐξήλασεν εἰς τὴν ἄνω Φρυγίαν καί διεχείμαζεν ἐν Κελαιναῖς·
Near Sardis, Eumenes wished, as he was superior in cavalry, to offer battle to the enemy in the plains of Lydia, and at the same time he was eager to display his forces to Cleopatra; but since she herself begged him not to do so, fearing that she might incur some blame from those around Antipater, he marched into Upper Phrygia and wintered at Celaenae.
ὅπου τῶν μὲν περὶ τὸν Ἀλκέταν καί Πολέμωνα καί Δόκιμον ὑπὲρ ἡγεμονίας διαφιλοτιμουμένων πρὸς αὐτόν,
τοῦτο ἦν,
ἔφη,
τὸ λεγόμενον,
ὀλέθρου δὲ οὐθεὶς λόγος. §8.5τοῖς δὲ στρατιώταις ὑποσχόμενος ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις τὸν μισθὸν ἀποδώσειν ἐπίπρασκεν ἐν αὐτοῖς τὰς κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἐπαύλεις καί τετραπυργίας σωμάτων καί βοσκημάτων γεμούσας.
There, while Alcetas, Polemon, and Docimus were contending with him for the leadership, "This was," he said, "the common saying: 'but of ruin no account is made.'" Having promised to pay his soldiers their wages within three days, he sold them the villas and fortified estates in the country, which were full of slaves and cattle.
ὁ δὲ πριάμενος ἡγεμὼν τάγματος ἢ ξεναγός ὄργανα καί μηχανὰς τοῦ Εὐμένους παρέχοντος ἐξεπολιόρκει· καί πρὸς τὸν ὀφειλόμενον μισθὸν οἱ στρατιῶται διενέμοντο τῶν ἁλισκομένων ἕκαστον.
The officer or mercenary captain who bought one of them would besiege and take it by storm, Eumenes supplying the engines and machines; and the soldiers would divide the spoils among themselves to make up the pay due to them.
§8.6ἐκ δὴ τούτου πάλιν ὁ Εὐμένης ἠγαπᾶτο καί ποτε γραμμάτων ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ φανέντων ἃ διέρριψαν οἱ τῶν πολεμίων ἡγεμόνες, ἑκατὸν τάλαντα καί τιμὰς διδόντες τῷ κτείναντι τὸν Εὐμενῆ, σφόδρα παρωξύνθησαν οἱ Μακεδόνες, καί δόγμα ποιοῦνται χιλίους τῶν ἡγεμονικῶν Περὶ αὐτὸν ἀεὶ δορυφοροῦντας εἶναι καί φυλάττειν ἐν περιόδῳ καί παρανυκτερεύειν.
In consequence of this, Eumenes was beloved again; and once, when letters appeared in the camp which the enemy's generals had scattered, offering a hundred talents and honors to anyone who should kill Eumenes, the Macedonians were highly incensed and made a decree that a thousand of the officers should always serve as his bodyguards, keeping watch around him in turns and passing the night near him.
§8.7οἱ δὲ ἐπείθοντο, καὶ τιμὰς ἠγάπων παρʼ αὐτοῦ λαμβάνοντες ἃς οἱ φίλοι παρά τῶν βασιλέων, ἐξῆν γὰρ Εὐμενεῖ καί καυσίας ἁλουργεῖς καί χλαμύδας διανέμειν, ἥτις ἦν δωρεὰ βασιλικωτάτη παρά Μακεδόσι.
These men obeyed him, and were glad to receive honors from him such as friends receive from kings; for Eumenes was permitted to distribute purple hats and cloaks, which was the most royal gift among the Macedonians.