§9.1ταῦθʼ ὁ Σερτώριος ἀκούσας ἔρωτα θαυμαστὸν ἔσχεν οἰκῆσαι τὰς νήσους καὶ ζῆν ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ, τυραννίδος ἀπαλλαγεὶς καὶ πολέμων ἀπαύστων.
Sertorius, having heard this, conceived a wonderful desire to inhabit the islands and live in quiet, freed from tyranny and endless wars.
αἰσθόμενοι δὲ οἱ Κίλικες, οὐθὲν εἰρήνης δεόμενοι καὶ σχολῆς, ἀλλὰ πλούτου καὶ λαφύρων, εἰς Λιβύην ἀπέπλευσαν, Ἄσκαλιν τὸν Ἴφθα κατάξοντες ἐπὶ τὴν Μαυρουσίων βασιλείαν.
But the Cilicians, who had no need of peace or leisure, but of wealth and plunder, perceiving this, sailed away to Libya, intending to restore Ascalis, the son of Iphthas, to the throne of Maurusia.
§9.2οὐ μὴν ἀπέκαμεν ὁ Σερτώριος, ἀλλὰ τοῖς πρὸς τὸν Ἄσκαλιν διαπολεμοῦσιν ἔγνω βοηθεῖν, ὡς οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ καινήν τινα λαβόντες ἐλπίδων ἀρχὴν καὶ πράξεων ἑτέρων ὑπόθεσιν μὴ διαλυθεῖεν ὑπὸ τῆς ἀπορίας, ἀσμένοις δὲ τοῖς Μαυρουσίοις ἀφικόμενος εἴχετο ἔργου, καὶ καταμαχεσάμενος τὸν Ἄσκαλιν ἐπολιόρκει.
Nevertheless, Sertorius did not give up, but resolved to help those who were warring against Ascalis, so that his men, finding some new beginning of hope and an occasion for other actions, might not be disbanded due to poverty. Arriving to the joy of the Maurusians, he set to work, and having defeated Ascalis in battle, besieged him.
§9.3Σύλλα δὲ Πακκιανὸν ἐκπέμψαντος βοηθῆσαι τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἄσκαλιν μετὰ δυνάμεως, συμβαλὼν ὁ Σερτώριος τὸν μὲν Πακκιανὸν ἀπέκτεινε, τὴν δὲ στρατιὰν κρατήσας προσηγάγετο, καὶ τὴν Τίγγιν, εἰς ἣν ὁ Ἄσκαλις συνέφυγε μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν, ἐξεπολιόρκησεν.
When Sulla dispatched Paccianus with a force to help the party of Ascalis, Sertorius engaged him and killed Paccianus, and having defeated his army, won them over to his own side, and took by siege the city of Tingis, where Ascalis had fled with his brothers.
ἐνταῦθα τὸν Ἀνταῖον οἱ Λίβυες ἱστοροῦσι κεῖσθαι· καὶ τὸν τάφον αὐτοῦ Σερτώριος διέσκαψε τοῖς βαρβάροις ἀπιστῶν διὰ μέγεθος, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ σώματι πηχῶν ἑξήκοντα μῆκος, ὥς φασι, κατεπλάγη, καὶ σφάγιον ἐντεμὼν συνέχωσε τὸ μνῆμα, καὶ τὴν περὶ αὐτοῦ τιμήν τε καὶ φήμην συνηύξησε.
There the Libyans say that Antaeus lies buried; and Sertorius dug open his tomb, disbelieving the barbarians on account of his size, but when he came upon the body, which was sixty cubits in length, as they say, he was struck with amazement, and having offered a sacrifice, filled up the grave again, and thus increased the honor and fame of Antaeus.
§9.4Τιγγῖται δὲ μυθολογοῦσιν Ἀνταίου τελευτήσαντος τὴν γυναῖκα Τίγγην Ἡρακλεῖ συνελθεῖν, Σόφακα δʼ ἐξ αὐτῶν γενόμενον βασιλεῦσαι τῆς χώρας καὶ πόλιν ἐπώνυμον τῆς μητρὸς ἀποδεῖξαι, Σόφακος δὲ παῖδα γενέσθαι Διόδωρον, ᾧ πολλὰ τῶν Λιβυκῶν ἐθνῶν ὑπή· κουσεν Ἑλληνικὸν ἔχοντι στράτευμα τῶν αὐτόθι κατῳκισμένων ὑφʼ Ἡρακλέους Ὀλβιανῶν καὶ Μυκηναίων.
The people of Tingis tell a myth that after Antaeus died, his wife Tinge slept with Heracles, and Sophax, who was born from them, ruled over the country and founded a city named after his mother; and that a son, Diodorus, was born to Sophax, whom many of the Libyan nations obeyed, since he had a Greek army composed of the Olbians and Mycenaeans who had been settled there by Heracles.
§9.5ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἀνακείσθω τῇ Ἰόβα χάριτι, τοῦ πάντων ἱστορικωτάτου βασιλέων· ἐκείνου γὰρ ἱστοροῦσι τοὺς προγόνους Διοδώρου καὶ Σόφακος ἀπογόνους εἶναι.
But let these stories be credited to the favor of Juba, the most historical of all kings; for they record that his ancestors were descendants of Diodorus and Sophax.
Σερτώριος δὲ πάντων ἐγκρατὴς γενόμενος τοὺς δεηθέντας αὐτοῦ καὶ πιστεύσαντας οὐκ ἠδίκησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ χρήματα καὶ πόλεις καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀπέδωκεν αὐτοῖς, ὅσα καλῶς εἶχε δεξάμενος διδόντων.
As for Sertorius, having made himself master of everything, he did no wrong to those who petitioned and trusted him, but restored to them their money, cities, and sovereignty, accepting only what was reasonable for them to give.