§11.72.1κατὰ δὲ τὴν Σικελίαν ἄρτι καταλελυμένης τῆς ἐν ταῖς Συρακούσαις τυραννίδος καὶ πασῶν τῶν κατὰ τὴν νῆσον πόλεων ἠλευθερωμένων, πολλὴν ἐπίδοσιν ἐλάμβανεν ἡ σύμπασα Σικελία πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν·
In Sicily, since the tyranny in Syracuse had just been overthrown and all the cities throughout the island had been liberated, the whole of Sicily was making great progress toward prosperity.
εἰρήνην γὰρ ἔχοντες οἱ Σικελιῶται καὶ χώραν ἀγαθὴν νεμόμενοι, διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν καρπῶν ταχὺ ταῖς οὐσίαις ἀνέτρεχον καὶ τὴν χώραν ἐπλήρωσαν οἰκετῶν καὶ κτηνῶν καὶ τῆς ἄλλης εὐδαιμονίας, μεγάλας μὲν λαμβάνοντες προσόδους, οὐδὲν δὲ εἰς τοὺς εἰωθότας πολέμους ἀναλίσκοντες.
For the Siceliots, enjoying peace and cultivating a fertile land, quickly recovered their fortunes because of the abundance of the crops and filled the land with slaves and cattle and other wealth, receiving great revenues and spending nothing on the customary wars.
§11.72.2μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πάλιν εἰς πολέμους καὶ στάσεις ἐνέπεσον διὰ τοιαύτας τινὰς αἰτίας.
After this, they fell again into wars and civil strife for some such reasons.
καταλύσαντες τὴν Θρασυβούλου τυραννίδα συνήγαγον ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἰδίας δημοκρατίας βουλευσάμενοι πάντες ὁμογνωμόνως ἐψηφίσαντο Διὸς μὲν ἐλευθερίου κολοττιαῖον ἀνδριάντα κατασκευάσαι, κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν δὲ θύειν ἐλευθέρια καὶ ἀγῶνας ἐπιφανεῖς ποιεῖν κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἡμέραν, ἐν ᾗ τὸν τύραννον καταλύσαντες ἠλευθέρωσαν τὴν πατρίδα· θύειν δʼ ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι τοῖς θεοῖς ταύρους τετρακοσίους καὶ πεντήκοντα, καὶ τούτους δαπανᾶν εἰς τὴν τῶν πολιτῶν εὐωχίαν.
Having overthrown the tyranny of Thrasybulus, they called an assembly, and having deliberated on their own democracy, they all with one mind voted to construct a colossal statue of Zeus the Liberator, and to celebrate every year the festival of liberation and to hold distinguished games on the very day on which, by overthrowing the tyrant, they had liberated their fatherland; and to sacrifice to the gods in the games four hundred and fifty bulls, and to expend these for the feasting of the citizens.
§11.72.3τὰς δὲ ἀρχὰς ἁπάσας τοῖς ἀρχαίοις πολίταις ἀπένεμον· τοὺς δὲ ξένους τοὺς ἐπὶ τοῦ Γέλωνος πολιτευθέντας οὐκ ἠξίουν μετέχειν ταύτης τῆς τιμῆς, εἴτε οὐκ ἀξίους κρίναντες, εἴτε καὶ ἀπιστοῦντες μήποτε συντεθραμμένοι τυραννίδι καὶ μονάρχῳ συνεστρατευμένοι νεωτερίζειν ἐπιχειρήσωσιν· ὅπερ καὶ συνέβη γενέσθαι.
And they distributed all the offices to the original citizens; but the foreigners who had received citizenship under Gelon they did not deem worthy to share in this honor, either because they judged them unworthy, or because they distrusted them, fearing lest, having been reared under a tyranny and having campaigned with a monarch, they might attempt to make a revolution—which very thing actually happened.
τοῦ γὰρ Γέλωνος πλείονας τῶν μυρίων πολιτογραφήσαντος ξένους μισθοφόρους, ἐκ τούτων περιελείποντο πλείους τῶν ἑπτακισχιλίων κατὰ τοὺς ὑποκειμένους καιρούς.
For Gelon having registered as citizens more than ten thousand foreign mercenaries, there remained of these more than seven thousand at the time under consideration.