§3.1ἐν αὐταῖς τοίνυν ταῖς πολεμικαῖς πράξεσιν ὁ μὲν Δίων ἄμεμπτος γέγονε στρατηγός, ὡς μὲν αὐτὸς ἐβουλεύετο τοῖς πράγμασιν ἄριστα χρώμενος, ἃ δʼ ἐπταίσθη διʼ ἑτέρους ἀναλαβὼν καὶ μεταστήσας ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον· §3.2ὁ δὲ Βροῦτος τὸν ἔσχατον ἀγῶνα ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων οὔθʼ ὑποστῆναι δοκεῖ φρονίμως οὔτε σφαλεὶς ἐπανόρθωσιν εὑρεῖν, ἀλλʼ ἀπεῖπε καὶ προεῖτο τὰς ἐλπίδας, οὐδʼ ὅσον Πομπήϊος ἐπιτολμήσας τῇ τύχῃ· §3.3καὶ ταῦτα πολλῆς μὲν αὐτόθι λειπομένης ἐλπίδος ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις, ταῖς δὲ ναυσὶ κρατῶν πάσης βεβαίως τῆς θαλάσσης.
in the military operations themselves, Dion was a blameless general, making the best use of circumstances in what he himself had planned, and in what had been failed through others, recovering it and changing it for the better; Brutus seems neither to have sustained wisely the final struggle for the whole cause, nor, having failed, to have found a remedy; instead, he gave up and cast away his hopes, not even daring to face fortune as much as Pompey did; that too, though much hope was still left there in his land forces, and with his ships he firmly mastered the entire sea.
§3.4ὃ δὲ μέγιστόν ἐστιν ὧν ἐγκαλοῦσι Βρούτῳ, τὸ σωθέντα τῇ Καίσαρος χάριτι καὶ σώσαντα τῶν συνεαλωκότων ὅσους ἐβούλετο καὶ φίλον νομιζόμενον καὶ προτιμηθέντα πολλῶν αὐτόχειρα τοῦ σώσαντος γενέσθαι, τοῦτʼ οὐκ ἄν τις εἴποι κατὰ Δίωνος.
what is the greatest of the charges against Brutus, namely, that having been saved by the favor of Caesar and having saved whichever of his fellow captives he wished, and being regarded as a friend and preferred above many, he became with his own hand the slayer of his savior—this, no one could say against Dion.
§3.5ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον, οἰκεῖος μὲν ὢν Διονυσίῳ καὶ φίλος ὤρθου τὰ πράγματα καὶ συνδιεφύλαττεν, ἐκπεσὼν δὲ τῆς πατρίδος καὶ ἀδικηθεὶς περὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὴν οὐσίαν ἀπολέσας ἐκ προφανοῦς εἰς πόλεμον κατέστη νόμιμον καὶ δίκαιον.
on the contrary, while Dion was a relative and friend of Dionysius, he corrected and helped preserve the state, but when he was banished from his country, wronged regarding his wife, and lost his property, he openly entered into a lawful and just war.
ἢ τοῦτʼ ἀντιστρέφει πρῶτον;
Or does this point first reverse?
§3.6ὃ γὰρ εἰς ἔπαινον ὑπάρχει τοῖς ἀνδράσι μέγιστον, ἡ πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους ἀπέχθεια καὶ μισοπονηρία, τοῦτʼ εἰλικρινές ἐστι τῷ Βρούτῳ καὶ καθαρόν, ἰδίᾳ γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐγκαλῶν Καίσαρι τῆς κοινῆς προεκινδύνευεν ἐλευθερίας·
that which is the greatest praise for these men, namely, hatred of tyrants and hatred of evil, this is pure and unmixed in Brutus; for, having no private grievance against Caesar, he risked his life for the common liberty.
§3.7ὁ δʼ εἰ μὴ κακῶς ἔπαθεν αὐτός, οὐκ ἂν ἐπολέμησε, καὶ τοῦτο δηλοῦται ταῖς Πλάτωνος ἐπιστολαῖς, ἐξ ὧν δῆλός ἐστιν ὡς ἀποβληθεὶς τῆς τυραννίδος, οὐκ ἀποστάς, κατέλυσε Διονύσιον.
the other, if he had not suffered ill himself, would not have made war; and this is shown by Plato's letters, from which it is clear that he overthrew Dionysius because he was cast out from the tyranny, not because he withdrew from it.
§3.8ἔτι Βροῦτον μὲν καὶ Πομπηΐῳ φίλον ἐποίησεν, ἐχθρὸν ὄντα, καὶ πολέμιον Καίσαρι, τὸ κοινῇ συμφέρον, ὡς ἔχθρας ὅρῳ καὶ φιλίας ἑνὶ χρώμενον τῷ δικαίῳ· §3.9Δίων δὲ πρὸς χάριν ὤρθου πολλὰ Διονύσιον, ὅτʼ ἦν βέβαιος αὑτῷ, καὶ πρὸς ὀργὴν ἀπιστηθεὶς ἐπολέμησε.
, what made Brutus a friend even to Pompey, who had been his enemy, and an enemy to Caesar, was the common interest, since he used justice as the single measure of enmity and friendship; Dion, to curry favor, supported Dionysius in many things when he was secure for him, and made war out of anger when he was distrusted.
§3.10διὸ τούτῳ μὲν οὐδʼ οἱ φίλοι πάντες ἐπίστευσαν, ὡς μεταστήσας Διονύσιον οὐκ ἂν βεβαιώσαιτο τὴν ἀρχὴν αὑτῷ, πρᾳοτέρῳ τυραννίδος ὀνόματι παραγαγὼν τοὺς πολίτας, §3.11περὶ δὲ τοῦ Βρούτου τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἦν ἀκούειν ὅτι μόνος τῶν ἐπὶ Καίσαρα συναραμένων ἕνα προὔθετο σκοπὸν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἄχρι τέλους τὴν πάτριον ἀποδοῦναι Ῥωμαίοις πολιτείαν.
, not even all his friends trusted him, fearing that after removing Dionysius he would secure the rule for himself, misleading the citizens with a gentler name than tyranny; concerning Brutus, one could hear from his enemies that he alone of those who rose against Caesar set before himself one single aim from beginning to end, to restore to the Romans their ancestral constitution.