§14.75.1οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι κατὰ γῆν ἅμα καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν ἡττημένοι διεπρεσβεύσαντο πρὸς Διονύσιον λάθρᾳ τῶν Συρακοσίων· ἠξίουν δὲ αὐτὸν ἀφιέναι τοὺς περιλειπομένους εἰς Λιβύην διακομισθῆναι, καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὴν παρεμβολὴν αὐτοῖς ὄντα τριακόσια τάλαντα δώσειν ἐπηγγέλλοντο.
The Carthaginians, having been defeated both by land and by sea, sent envoys to Dionysius secretly from the Syracusans; they requested him to allow those who remained to be conveyed to Libya, and promised to give the three hundred talents that were in their camp.
§14.75.2ὁ δὲ Διονύσιος ἅπαντας μὲν ἀδύνατον εἶναι φυγεῖν ἀπεφαίνετο, τοὺς δὲ πολιτικοὺς συνεχώρησε μόνους νυκτὸς ἀπελθεῖν λάθρᾳ κατὰ θάλατταν· ᾔδει γὰρ τοὺς Συρακοσίους καὶ τοὺς συμμάχους οὐκ ἐπιτρέψοντας αὐτῷ περὶ τούτων συγχωρεῖν τοῖς πολεμίοις.
Dionysius declared that it was impossible for everyone to escape, but agreed to allow the citizens alone to depart secretly by sea at night; for he knew that the Syracusans and the allies would not permit him to make this concession to the enemy.
§14.75.3ταῦτα δʼ ἔπραττεν ὁ Διονύσιος οὐ βουλόμενος τελείως ἀπολέσθαι τὴν τῶν Καρχηδονίων δύναμιν, ὅπως οἱ Συρακόσιοι διὰ τὸν ἀπὸ τούτων φόβον μηδέποτε σχολὴν λάβωσιν ἀντέχεσθαι τῆς ἐλευθερίας.
Dionysius did this because he did not wish the power of the Carthaginians to be completely destroyed, so that the Syracusans, because of their fear of them, would never have leisure to strive for freedom.
ὁ μὲν οὖν Διονύσιος συνθέμενος εἰς ἡμέραν τετάρτην ὑπὸ νύκτα τὴν φυγὴν τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις, τὸ στρατόπεδον ἀπήγαγεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν·
Therefore Dionysius, having agreed with the Carthaginians upon their escape under cover of night on the fourth day, led his army back into the city.
§14.75.4ὁ δʼ Ἰμίλκων νυκτὸς παρακομίσας εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τὰ τριακόσια τάλαντα παρέδωκε τοῖς ἐν τῇ Νήσῳ τεταγμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ τυράννου, αὐτὸς δʼ, ἐπεὶ παρῆν ὁ συγκείμενος χρόνος, νυκτὸς ἐπλήρωσε τετταράκοντα τριήρεις τῶν πολιτικῶν, καὶ καταλιπὼν τὸ λοιπὸν ἅπαν στρατόπεδον ὥρμησε φεύγειν.
Himilcon, having conveyed the three hundred talents to the acropolis by night, delivered them to those stationed on the Island by the tyrant; and he himself, when the appointed time arrived, filled forty triremes with the citizens by night, and leaving behind all the rest of the army, hastened to flee.
§14.75.5ἤδη δʼ αὐτοῦ τὸν λιμένα διεκπεπλευκότος ᾔσθοντό τινες τῶν Κορινθίων τὸν δρασμόν, καὶ ταχέως ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Διονυσίῳ.
When he had already sailed out of the harbor, some of the Corinthians noticed his flight and quickly reported it to Dionysius.
τοῦ δὲ τοὺς στρατιώτας τε καλοῦντος εἰς τὰ ὅπλα καὶ κατὰ σχολὴν τοὺς ἡγεμόνας ἀθροίζοντος, οὐκ ἀνέμειναν αὐτὸν οἱ Κορίνθιοι, ταχὺ δʼ ἀναχθέντες ἐπὶ τοὺς Καρχηδονίους καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐν ταῖς εἰρεσίαις φιλοτιμούμενοι τὰς ἐσχάτας Φοινίσσας ναῦς κατέλαβον, ἃς τοῖς ἐμβόλοις συντρίψαντες κατέδυσαν.
While he was calling the soldiers to arms and assembling the commanders leisurely, the Corinthians did not wait for him, but quickly putting to sea against the Carthaginians and competing with one another in rowing, they overtook the hindmost Phoenician ships, which they shattered with their rams and sank.
§14.75.6μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Διονύσιος μὲν ἐξήγαγε τὴν δύναμιν, οἱ δὲ συμμαχοῦντες τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις Σικελοὶ φθάσαντες τοὺς Συρακοσίους ἔφυγον διὰ τῆς μεσογείου, καὶ σχεδὸν πάντες διεσώθησαν εἰς τὰς πατρίδας.
After this, Dionysius led out his army; but the Sicels who were allied with the Carthaginians, anticipating the Syracusans, fled through the interior and almost all saved themselves to their native lands.
§14.75.7καὶ Διονύσιος μὲν τὰς ὁδοὺς διαλαβὼν φυλακαῖς ἀπήγαγε τὴν δύναμιν ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν πολεμίων στρατοπεδείαν ἔτι νυκτὸς οὔσης· οἱ δὲ βάρβαροι καταλειφθέντες ὑπό τε τοῦ στρατηγοῦ καὶ τῶν Καρχηδονίων, ἔτι δὲ τῶν Σικελῶν, ἠθύμησαν καὶ καταπλαγέντες ἔφευγον.
And Dionysius, having blocked the roads with guards, led his army to the camp of the enemy while it was still night; but the barbarians, having been abandoned by both their general and the Carthaginians, and also by the Sicels, lost heart and fled in consternation.
§14.75.8οἱ μὲν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς ταῖς προφυλακαῖς ἐμπίπτοντες συνελαμβάνοντο, οἱ δὲ πλεῖστοι τὰ ὅπλα ῥιπτοῦντες συνήντων, δεόμενοι φείσασθαι τοῦ βίου· μόνοι δὲ Ἴβηρες ἠθροισμένοι μετὰ τῶν ὅπλων ἐπεκηρυκεύοντο περὶ συμμαχίας.
Some, falling in with the outposts on the roads, were captured, while most of them threw down their weapons and met the enemy, begging to spare their lives; only the Iberians, having assembled with their weapons, sent heralds to treat for an alliance.
§14.75.9Διονύσιος δὲ πρὸς μὲν τούτους σπεισάμενος κατέταξε τοὺς Ἴβηρας εἰς τοὺς μισθοφόρους, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν πλῆθος ἐζώγρησε καὶ τὴν λοιπὴν ἀποσκευὴν ἐφῆκε τοῖς στρατιώταις διαρπάσαι.
Dionysius, having made a treaty with them, enrolled the Iberians among his mercenaries, but the rest of the multitude he took alive, and he abandoned the remaining baggage to the soldiers to plunder.