§13.113.1Διονύσιος δὲ διανύσας σταδίους περὶ τετρακοσίους παρῆν περὶ μέσας νύκτας πρὸς τὴν πύλην τῆς Ἀχραδινῆς μεθʼ ἱππέων ἑκατὸν καὶ πεζῶν ἑξακοσίων·
But Dionysius, having covered about four hundred stades, arrived about midnight at the gate of Achradina with one hundred cavalry and six hundred infantry.
ἣν καταλαβὼν κεκλεισμένην, προσέθηκεν αὐτῇ τὸν κατακεκομισμένον ἐκ τῶν ἑλῶν κάλαμον, ᾧ χρῆσθαι νομίζουσιν οἱ Συρακόσιοι πρὸς τὴν τῆς κονίας σύνδεσιν.
Finding it closed, he piled up against it the reed which had been brought from the marshes, which the Syracusans are accustomed to use to bind their mortar.
ἐν ὅσῳ δὲ συνέβαινε τὰς πύλας κατακαίεσθαι, προσανελάμβανε τοὺς ἀφυστεροῦντας.
And while the gates were burning down, he gathered in those who had fallen behind.
§13.113.2ἐπειδὴ δὲ τὸ πῦρ κατέφθειρε τὰς πύλας, οὗτος μὲν μετὰ τῶν ἠκολουθηκότων εἰσήλαυνε διὰ τῆς Ἀχραδινῆς, τῶν δʼ ἱππέων οἱ δυνατώτατοι τὸ γεγονὸς ἀκούσαντες, τὸ μὲν πλῆθος οὐκ ἀνέμενον, εὐθὺς δʼ ἐξεβοήθουν ὄντες ὀλίγοι παντελῶς—ἦσαν δὲ περὶ τὴν ἀγοράν—καὶ κυκλωθέντες ὑπὸ τῶν μισθοφόρων ἅπαντες κατηκοντίσθησαν.
And when the fire had destroyed the gates, he entered through Achradina with those who had followed him, while the most influential of the cavalry, hearing of what had happened, did not wait for the multitude, but at once rushed out to give aid, though they were very few in number—they were in the area of the agora—and being surrounded by the mercenaries, they were all cut down with javelins.
§13.113.3ὁ δὲ Διονύσιος ἐπελθὼν τὴν πόλιν τούς τε σποράδην ἐκβοηθοῦντας ἀνεῖλε, καὶ τῶν ἀλλοτρίως διακειμένων ἐπῄει τὰς οἰκίας, ὧν τοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτεινε, τοὺς δʼ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξέβαλε.
And Dionysius, advancing through the city, put to death those who rushed out to oppose him in scattered groups, and attacked the houses of those who were hostilely disposed, of whom he killed some and banished others from the city.
τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν πλῆθος τῶν ἱππέων ἐκπεσὸν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως κατελάβετο τὴν νῦν καλουμένην Αἴτνην.
The rest of the multitude of the cavalry, fleeing from the city, occupied the place now called Aetna.
§13.113.4ἅμα δʼ ἡμέρᾳ τὸ μὲν πλῆθος τῶν μισθοφόρων καὶ τὸ στράτευμα τῶν Σικελιωτῶν κατήντησεν εἰς τὰς Συρακούσας, Γελῷοι δὲ καὶ Καμαριναῖοι τῷ Διονυσίῳ διαφόρως ἔχοντες εἰς Λεοντίνους ἀπηλλάγησαν.
And at daybreak, the multitude of the mercenaries and the army of the Siceliotes arrived at Syracuse, but the Geloans and Camarinaeans, being at variance with Dionysius, departed for Leontini.