§15καὶ τὰ μὲν παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐξανηλωμένα ἤδη ὁρῶντες, τὰ δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἀμελῆ, τὰ δὲ τῶν συμμάχων ἄπορα, τὰ δὲ τῶν στρατηγῶν ἄπιστα, καὶ τὸν χρόνον ἐξήκοντα τῆς τριηραρχίας καὶ τὸν πλοῦν οὐκέτʼ ὄντα οἴκαδε, οὐδὲ διάδοχον ἥκοντα ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν, παρʼ οὗ ἄν τις ἠξίωσεν ὠφεληθῆναι.
And they, seeing that the expenses on my part were already exhausted, and the affairs of the city neglected, and those of the allies without resources, and those of the generals untrustworthy, and that the time of my trierarchy had expired and there was no longer a voyage home, nor had any successor arrived for the ship—from whom one might have expected to receive assistance.
ὅσῳ γὰρ φιλοτιμούμενος ἄμεινον ἐπληρωσάμην τὴν ναῦν ἐρετῶν ἀγαθῶν, τοσούτῳ μοι πλείστη ἀπόλειψις ἐγένετο τῶν ἄλλων τριηράρχων.
For the more, out of ambition, I equipped my ship better with good rowers, the greater was the desertion that befell me compared to the other trierarchs.
§16τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοις, εἰ μή τι ἄλλο, οἵ γε ἐκ καταλόγου ἐλθόντες ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν παρέμενον τηροῦντες τὴν οἴκαδε σωτηρίαν, ὁπότε αὐτοὺς ἀφήσει ὁ στρατηγός· οἱ δʼ ἐμοὶ ναῦται πιστεύοντες αὑτοῖς ἐπὶ τῷ δύνασθαι ἐλαύνειν, ὅπου ἔμελλον ἀργύριον πάλιν πλεῖστον λήψεσθαι, ἐνταῦθʼ ἀπῇσαν, ἡγούμενοι τὴν ἐν τῷ παρόντι εὐπορίαν κρείττω εἶναι αὑτοῖς τοῦ μέλλοντος φόβου, εἴ ποτε ληφθείησαν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ.
For as for the others, if nothing else, those at least who came to the ship from the enlistment-list remained, safeguarding their safe return home whenever the general should release them; but my sailors, trusting in themselves on account of their ability to row, went away to wherever they were likely to receive the most money again, believing that their present prosperity was better for them than any future fear, if ever they should be caught by me.
§17τοιούτων τοίνυν μοι τῶν πραγμάτων συμβεβηκότων, καὶ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ἅμα Τιμομάχου προστάξαντος πλεῖν ἐφʼ Ἱερὸν ἐπὶ τὴν παραπομπὴν τοῦ σίτου καὶ μισθὸν οὐ διδόντος, εἰσαγγελθέντων δὲ ὅτι Βυζάντιοι καὶ Καλχηδόνιοι πάλιν κατάγουσι τὰ πλοῖα καὶ ἀναγκάζουσι τὸν σῖτον ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, δανεισάμενος ἐγὼ ἀργύριον παρʼ Ἀρχεδήμου μὲν τοῦ Ἀναφλυστίου πεντεκαίδεκα μνᾶς ἐπίτοκον, ὀκτακοσίας δὲ δραχμὰς παρὰ Νικίππου τοῦ ναυκλήρου ναυτικὸν ἀνειλόμην, ὃς ἔτυχεν ὢν ἐν Σηστῷ, ἐπόγδοον, σωθέντος δὲ τοῦ πλοίου Ἀθήναζε ἀποδοῦναι αὐτὸ καὶ τοὺς τόκους, §18καὶ πέμψας Εὐκτήμονα τὸν πεντηκόνταρχον εἰς Λάμψακον, δοὺς αὐτῷ ἀργύριον καὶ γράμματα πρὸς τοὺς ξένους τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ἐμοῦ, ἐκέλευσά μοι αὐτὸν ναύτας μισθώσασθαι ὡς ἂν δύνηται ἀρίστους· αὐτὸς δʼ ὑπομείνας ἐν Σηστῷ τοῖς τε παραμείνασι τῶν ἀρχαίων ναυτῶν ἔδωκά τι, ὅσον εἶχον, ἐπειδή μοι ὁ χρόνος ἐξῆκεν τῆς τριηραρχίας, καὶ ἑτέρους ναύτας ἐντελομίσθους προσέλαβον, ἐν ὅσῳ ὁ στρατηγὸς τὸν ἀνάπλουν τὸν ἐφʼ Ἱερὸν παρεσκευάζετο.
Such, then, being the state of my affairs, and at the same time the general Timomachus having ordered us to sail to Hieron for the convoy of the grain, while giving no pay, and word having been brought that the Byzantines and Chalcedonians were again detaining the vessels and forcing them to unload their grain, I borrowed money—fifteen minae from Archedemus of Anaphlystus at interest, and eight hundred drachmae as a maritime loan at one-eighth interest from Nicippus the shipowner, who happened to be in Sestos, on condition of paying it and the interest back when the vessel was saved at Athens— and having sent Euctemon the pentecostarch to Lampsacus, giving him money and letters to my father's guest-friends, I ordered him to hire for me the best sailors he could; while I myself, remaining in Sestos, gave to those of the old sailors who remained whatever I had, since the time of my trierarchy had expired, and hired other sailors under promise of full pay, while the general was preparing for the voyage up to Hieron.
§19ἐπειδὴ δʼ ὅ τε Εὐκτήμων ἧκεν ἐκ τῆς Λαμψάκου ἄγων τοὺς ναύτας οὓς ἐμισθώσατο, καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς παρήγγειλεν ἀνάγεσθαι, τῷ μὲν Εὐκτήμονι ἀσθενῆσαι ἐξαίφνης συνέβη, καὶ πάνυ πονηρῶς διετέθη· τούτῳ μὲν οὖν ἀποδοὺς τὸν μισθὸν καὶ ἐφόδια προσθεὶς ἀπέπεμψα οἴκαδε·
But when Euctemon returned from Lampsacus bringing the sailors whom he had hired, and the general gave the order to put to sea, it happened that Euctemon suddenly fell ill and was in a very bad condition; so, having paid him his wage and added travel money, I sent him home.
αὐτὸς δὲ πεντηκόνταρχον ἕτερον λαβὼν ἀνηγόμην ἐπὶ τὴν παραπομπὴν τοῦ σίτου, καὶ ἐκεῖ περιέμεινα πέντε καὶ τετταράκοντα ἡμέρας, ἕως ὁ ἔκπλους τῶν πλοίων τῶν μετʼ ἀρκτοῦρον ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου ἐγένετο.
I myself, having taken another pentecostarch, put to sea for the convoy of the grain, and remained there forty-five days, until the sailing out of the vessels from the Pontus after Arcturus occurred.
§20ἀφικόμενος δὲ εἰς Σηστὸν ἐγὼ μὲν ᾤμην οἴκαδε καταπλεύσεσθαι, τοῦ τε χρόνου μοι ἐξήκοντος καὶ ἐπιτετριηραρχημένων ἤδη μοι δυοῖν μηνοῖν καὶ διαδόχου οὐχ ἥκοντος ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν· ὁ δὲ στρατηγὸς Τιμόμαχος, ἀφικομένων ὡς αὐτὸν πρέσβεων Μαρωνιτῶν καὶ δεομένων αὑτοῖς τὰ πλοῖα παραπέμψαι τὰ σιτηγά, προσέταξεν ἡμῖν τοῖς τριηράρχοις ἀναδησαμένοις τὰ πλοῖα ἕλκειν εἰς Μαρώνειαν, πλοῦν καὶ πολὺν καὶ πελάγιον.
And arriving at Sestos, I indeed expected to sail back home, as my time had expired, and I had already served as trierarch for an extra two months, and no successor had come to the ship; but the general Timomachus, when ambassadors of the Maronites came to him and begged him to convoy their grain vessels for them, ordered us trierarchs to lash the vessels and tow them to Maroneia, a long and open-sea voyage.
§21καὶ ταῦθʼ ὑμῖν διὰ τοῦτο ἅπαντα διηγησάμην ἐξ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα εἰδῆτε ὅσα ἀνηλωκὼς αὐτὸς καὶ ἡλίκης μοι γεγενημένης τῆς λῃτουργίας ὕστερον ὅσα ἀναλώματα ὑπὲρ τούτου ἀνήλωσα ἐπιτριηραρχῶν, οὐχ ἥκοντος τούτου ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν, καὶ κινδύνους ὅσους ἐκινδύνευσα αὐτὸς πρός τε χειμῶνα καὶ πρὸς πολεμίους.
And I have related all these things to you from the beginning for this reason, so that you may know how much I myself spent, and how costly the liturgy became for me, and later, how many expenses I spent on this man's behalf while serving as a supernumerary trierarch because he did not come to the ship, and what great dangers I myself ran against both the storm and the enemies.
μετὰ γὰρ τὴν παραπομπὴν τῶν πλοίων τὴν εἰς Μαρώνειαν καὶ τὴν ἄφιξιν τὴν εἰς Θάσον, ἀφικόμενος παρέπεμπε πάλιν ὁ Τιμόμαχος μετὰ τῶν Θασίων εἰς Στρύμην σῖτον καὶ πελταστάς, ὡς παραληψόμενος αὐτὸς τὸ χωρίον.
For after the convoy of the ships to Maroneia and the arrival at Thasos, Timomachus having arrived convoyed again, along with the Thasians, grain and peltasts to Stryme, as he himself was going to take over the place.