§14.63.1κατελάβετο δὲ καὶ τὸ τῆς Ἀχραδινῆς προάστειον, καὶ τοὺς νεὼς τῆς τε Δήμητρος καὶ Κόρης ἐσύλησεν· ὑπὲρ ὧν ταχὺ τῆς εἰς τὸ θεῖον ἀσεβείας ἀξίαν ὑπέσχε τιμωρίαν.
He also seized the suburb of Achradina, and plundered the temples of both Demeter and Kore; for which things he soon paid a fitting penalty for his impiety towards the divine.
ταχὺ γὰρ αὐτῷ τὰ πράγματα καθʼ ἡμέραν ἐγίνετο χείρω, καὶ τοῦ Διονυσίου θαρροῦντος ἀκροβολισμοὺς συνίστασθαι συνέβαινε προτερεῖν τοὺς Συρακοσίους.
For his affairs quickly grew worse day by day, and, with Dionysius taking courage to engage in skirmishes, it happened that the Syracusans had the upper hand.
§14.63.2ἐγίνοντο δὲ καὶ τὰς νύκτας ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ παράλογοι ταραχαί, καὶ μετὰ τῶν ὅπλων συνέτρεχον, ὡς τῶν πολεμίων ἐπιθεμένων τῷ χάρακι.
And during the nights there also occurred unexpected panics in the camp, and they would rush to arms, as if the enemy had attacked the stockade.
ἐπεγενήθη δὲ καὶ νόσος, ἣ πάντων αὐτοῖς αἰτία κακῶν κατέστη· περὶ ἧς μικρὸν ὕστερον ἐροῦμεν, ἵνα μὴ προλαμβάνωμεν τῇ γραφῇ τοὺς καιρούς.
And there also broke out a plague, which became the cause of all their evils; concerning which we shall speak a little later, so that we may not anticipate the proper times in our narrative.
§14.63.3Ἰμίλκων μὲν οὖν τεῖχος περιβαλὼν τῇ παρεμβολῇ, τοὺς τάφους σχεδὸν πάντας τοὺς σύνεγγυς καθεῖλεν, ἐν οἷς τόν τε Γέλωνος καὶ τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ Δημαρέτης, πολυτελῶς κατεσκευασμένους.
Himilcon, therefore, having thrown a wall around his camp, demolished almost all the tombs nearby, among which were those of Gelon and his wife Demarete, which had been sumptuously constructed.
ᾠκοδόμησε δὲ καὶ τρία φρούρια παρὰ θάλατταν, τὸ μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ Πλημμυρίου, τὸ δʼ ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ λιμένος, τὸ δὲ κατὰ τὸν νεὼν τοῦ Διός· εἰς δὲ ταῦτα τόν τε οἶνον καὶ τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων κατεκόμιζε, νομίζων χρονιωτέραν ἔσεσθαι τὴν πολιορκίαν.
He also built three forts along the sea, one at Plemmyrium, another at the middle of the harbor, and the third by the temple of Zeus; and into these he brought down the wine, the grain, and the rest of the provisions, thinking that the siege would be of longer duration.
§14.63.4ἀπέστειλε δὲ καὶ τὰς ὁλκάδας ναῦς ἔς τε Σαρδῶνα καὶ Λιβύην, ὅπως σῖτον καὶ τὰς ἄλλας τροφὰς παρακομίζωσιν.
And he also dispatched the merchant ships to Sardinia and Libya, so that they might bring back grain and other provisions.
Πολύξενος δὲ ὁ Διονυσίου κηδεστὴς ἔκ τε Πελοποννήσου καὶ τῆς Ἰταλίας παρεγενήθη ναῦς μακρὰς ἄγων τριάκοντα παρὰ τῶν συμμάχων καὶ ναύαρχον Φαρακίδαν Λακεδαιμόνιον.
Meanwhile Polyxenus, the brother-in-law of Dionysius, arrived from the Peloponnese and Italy, bringing thirty warships from the allies, and the Lacedaemonian admiral Pharacidas.