§14.73.1οἱ δὲ Συρακόσιοι τῷ προτερήματι συμφιλοτιμούμενοι κατὰ πολλὴν σπουδὴν ἀλλήλους ἔφθανον ἐπιπηδῶντες ταῖς πολεμίαις ναυσί, καὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους καταπεπληγμένους τὸ μέγεθος τῆς περιστάσεως περιχυθέντες ἐφόνευον.
Meanwhile, the Syracusans, inspired by their success, with great eagerness anticipated one another in leaping onto the enemy's ships, and surrounding the barbarians, who were stunned by the magnitude of the crisis, they slaughtered them.
§14.73.2οὐ μὴν οὐδʼ οἱ πεζῇ τῷ ναυστάθμῳ προσβάλλοντες ἐλείποντο τῆς τούτων σπουδῆς· ἐν οἷς συνέβαινεν εἶναι καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Διονύσιον, παριππευκότα πρὸς τὸ κατὰ Δάσκωνα μέρος.
Nor indeed were those who attacked the naval station by land lagging behind the eagerness of these; among them was Dionysius himself, who had ridden along to the region near Dascon.
εὑρόντες γὰρ πεντηκοντόρους τετταράκοντα νενεωλκημένας, καὶ κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς ναῦς παρορμούσας ὁλκάδας καί τινας τῶν τριήρων, πῦρ εἰς αὐτὰς ἐνῆκαν.
For finding forty fifty-oared ships hauled up on land, and adjacent to them cargo ships and some triremes moored in a continuous line, they set fire to them.
§14.73.3ταχὺ δὲ τῆς φλογὸς εἰς ὕψος ἀρθείσης καὶ χεομένης ἐπὶ πολὺν τόπον ἐφλέγετο τὰ σκάφη, καὶ τῶν ἐμπόρων τε καὶ ναυκλήρων οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο παραβοηθῆσαι διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ πυρός.
Soon, as the flames rose to a great height and spread over a large area, the vessels were consumed by fire, and none of the merchants or shipowners was able to bring help because of the intensity of the fire.
ἐπιγενομένου δὲ μεγάλου πνεύματος ἐκ τῶν νενεωλκημένων σκαφῶν ἐφέρετο τὸ πῦρ ἐπὶ τὰς ὁρμούσας ὁλκάδας.
Moreover, since a strong wind arose, the fire was carried from the hauled-up vessels to the moored cargo ships.
§14.73.4τῶν δʼ ἀνδρῶν ἐκκολυμβώντων διὰ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς πνιγὸς φόβον, καὶ τῶν ἀγκυρίων ἀποκαιομένων, διὰ τὸν κλύδωνα συνέκρουον αἱ ναῦς, καὶ τινὲς μὲν ὑπʼ ἀλλήλων συντριβόμεναι διεφθείροντο, τινὲς δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος ὠθούμεναι, αἱ πλεῖσται δʼ ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς ἀπώλλυντο.
As the men swam away out of fear of suffocation, and the anchor cables were burned through, the ships collided with one another because of the rough water; some were destroyed by being shattered against each other, others were driven by the wind, and the majority were destroyed by the fire.
§14.73.5ἔνθα δὴ τῶν φορτηγῶν πλοίων ἀναφερομένης τῆς φλογὸς διὰ τῶν ἱστίων καὶ τὰς κεραίας καταφλεγούσης, τοῖς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως θεατρικὴν συνέβαινε γίνεσθαι τὴν θέαν καὶ τοῖς διʼ ἀσέβειαν κεραυνωθεῖσι φαίνεσθαι παραπλησίαν τὴν ἀπώλειαν τῶν βαρβάρων.
There indeed, as the flames rose through the sails of the merchant vessels and consumed the yards, the spectacle became like a theatrical show to the people from the city, and the destruction of the barbarians appeared very similar to those who had been struck by lightning for their impiety.