§13.111.1μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τῶν φίλων συναγαγὼν συνέδριον ἐβουλεύετο περὶ τοῦ πολέμου.
After this, having gathered a council of his friends, he deliberated about the war.
πάντων δὲ λεγόντων ἀνεπιτήδειον εἶναι τὸν τόπον περὶ τῶν ὅλων διακρίνεσθαι τοῖς πολεμίοις, πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέραν ἀπέστειλε κήρυκα περὶ τῆς εἰς αὔριον ἀναιρέσεως τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ τὸν μὲν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὄχλον περὶ πρώτην φυλακὴν τῆς νυκτὸς ἐξαπέστειλεν, αὐτὸς δὲ περὶ μέσας νύκτας ἀφώρμησε, καταλιπὼν τῶν ψιλῶν περὶ δισχιλίους.
Since everyone said that the place was unsuitable for deciding the whole issue with the enemy, towards evening he sent a herald concerning the taking up of the dead on the morrow, and he sent out the crowd from the city about the first watch of the night, while he himself set out about midnight, leaving behind about two thousand of the light-armed troops.
§13.111.2τούτοις δʼ ἦν παρηγγελμένον πυρὰ καίειν διʼ ὅλης τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ θορυβοποιεῖν πρὸς τὸ δόξαν ἐμποιῆσαι τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις ὡς μένοντος ἐν τῇ πόλει.
To these men it had been commanded to burn fires throughout the whole night and to make noise, in order to create the impression among the Carthaginians that he was remaining in the city.
οὗτοι μὲν οὖν ἤδη τῆς ἡμέρας ὑποφωσκούσης ἀφώρμησαν πρὸς τοὺς περὶ τὸν Διονύσιον, οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι διαισθόμενοι τὸ γεγονὸς μετεστρατοπέδευσαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὰ περιλειφθέντα κατὰ τὰς οἰκίας διήρπασαν.
So these men, as day was already dawning, set out towards those with Dionysius, and the Carthaginians, perceiving what had happened, moved their camp into the city and plundered whatever had been left behind in the houses.
§13.111.3Διονύσιος δὲ παραγενόμενος εἰς τὴν Καμάριναν, ἠνάγκασε καὶ τοὺς ἐκεῖ μετὰ τέκνων καὶ γυναικῶν εἰς Συρακούσας ἀπιέναι.
Dionysius, having arrived at Camarina, forced also those there to depart with their children and wives to Syracuse.
τοῦ φόβου δʼ οὐδεμίαν ἀναβολὴν διδόντος τινὲς μὲν ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ ῥᾳδίως φέρεσθαι δυνάμενα συνεσκευάζοντο, τινὲς δὲ γονεῖς καὶ τέκνα τὰ νήπια λαβόντες ἔφευγον, οὐδεμίαν ἐπιστροφὴν χρημάτων ποιούμενοι· ἔνιοι δὲ γεγηρακότες ἢ νόσῳ βαρυνόμενοι διʼ ἐρημίαν συγγενῶν ἢ φίλων ὑπελείποντο, προσδοκωμένων ὅσον οὔπω παρέσεσθαι τῶν Καρχηδονίων·
Since fear allowed no delay, some packed up silver and gold and what could be easily carried, while others fled, taking along their parents and infant children, paying no attention to property; and some, being aged or weighed down by sickness, were left behind because of the absence of relatives or friends, with the Carthaginians being expected to arrive all but immediately.
§13.111.4ἡ γὰρ περὶ Σελινοῦντα καὶ Ἱμέραν, ἔτι δὲ Ἀκράγαντα, γενομένη συμφορὰ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐξέπληττε, πάντων καθάπερ ὑπὸ τὴν ὅρασιν λαμβανόντων τὴν τῶν Καρχηδονίων δεινότητα.
For the disaster that had occurred at Selinus and Himera, and also Acragas, terrified the people, with everyone bringing, as it were, before their eyes the cruelty of the Carthaginians.
οὐδεμία γὰρ ἦν παρʼ αὐτοῖς φειδὼ τῶν ἁλισκομένων, ἀλλʼ ἀσυμπαθῶς τῶν ἠτυχηκότων οὓς μὲν ἀνεσταύρουν, οἷς δʼ ἀφορήτους ἐπῆγον ὕβρεις.
For there was no sparing of those captured among them, but mercilessly they crucified some of those who had met with misfortune, and inflicted unbearable outrages upon others.
§13.111.5οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ δυεῖν πόλεων ἐξοριζομένων ἔγεμεν ἡ χώρα γυναικῶν καὶ παίδων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄχλων· ἃ θεωροῦντες οἱ στρατιῶται διʼ ὀργῆς μὲν εἶχον τὸν Διονύσιον, ἠλέουν δὲ τὰς τῶν ἀκληρούντων τύχας· §13.111.6ἑώρων γὰρ παῖδας ἐλευθέρους καὶ παρθένους ἐπιγάμους ἀναξίως τῆς ἡλικίας ὡς ἔτυχε κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ὡρμημένας, ἐπειδὴ τὴν σεμνότητα καὶ τὴν πρὸς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους ἐντροπὴν ὁ καιρὸς ἀφῃρεῖτο.
Nay, as two cities were being evacuated, the countryside was full of women and children and other crowds; beholding which, the soldiers held Dionysius in anger, but pitied the fortunes of the unfortunate; for they saw free children and marriageable maidens starting out along the road in any way that happened, unworthily of their age, since the crisis was stripping away their dignity and their modesty towards strangers.
παραπλησίως δὲ καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις συνήλγουν, βλέποντες παρὰ φύσιν ἀναγκαζομένους ἅμα τοῖς ἀκμάζουσιν ἐπισπεύδειν.
And likewise they grieved also for the older people, seeing them forced contrary to nature to hasten along with those in their prime.