§14.95.1Καρχηδόνιοι δὲ βραδέως ἑαυτοὺς ἐκ τῆς περὶ Συρακούσας συμφορᾶς ἀναλαβόντες, ἔγνωσαν ἀντέχεσθαι τῶν κατὰ Σικελίαν πραγμάτων.
The Carthaginians, having slowly recovered themselves from the disaster around Syracuse, resolved to cling to their affairs in Sicily.
κρίναντες δὲ διαγωνίζεσθαι, ναυσὶ μὲν μακραῖς ὀλίγαις διέβησαν, δύναμιν δὲ συνήγαγον ἀπό τε Λιβύης καὶ Σαρδοῦς, ἔτι δὲ τῶν ἐξ Ἰταλίας βαρβάρων.
Having decided to fight it out, they crossed over with a few warships, and gathered a force from Libya and Sardinia, and also from the barbarians of Italy.
πάντας δʼ ἐπιμελῶς καθοπλίσαντες μετὰ τῆς οἰκείας χορηγίας ἐπεραιώθησαν εἰς τὴν Σικελίαν, οὐκ ἐλάττους ὄντες τῶν ὀκτὼ μυριάδων, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Μάγων.
Having carefully armed them all along with their own supplies, they crossed over to Sicily, being no fewer than eighty thousand men, who were commanded by Magon.
§14.95.2οὗτος μὲν οὖν διὰ Σικελῶν πορευθείς, καὶ τὰς πλείστας πόλεις ἀποστήσας τοῦ Διονυσίου, κατεστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν τῇ τῶν Ἀγυριναίων χώρᾳ παρὰ τὸν Χρύσαν ποταμὸν ἐγγὺς τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς φερούσης εἰς Μοργαντίναν· τοὺς γὰρ Ἀγυριναίους οὐ δυνάμενος εἰς συμμαχίαν προσλαβέσθαι, τῆς εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν ἀπέστη πορείας, ἀκούων τοὺς πολεμίους ἐκ Συρακουσῶν ὡρμηκέναι.
So he, marching through the Sicels and having revolted most of the cities from Dionysius, encamped in the territory of the Agyrinaeans by the Chrysas river near the road leading to Morgantina; for, being unable to win over the Agyrinaeans into alliance, he desisted from his onward march, hearing that the enemy had set out from Syracuse.
§14.95.3Διονύσιος δὲ πυθόμενος τοὺς Καρχηδονίους διὰ τῆς μεσογείου τὴν πορείαν ποιουμένους, ταχὺ συλλέξας οὓς ἠδύνατο τῶν Συρακοσίων καὶ τῶν μισθοφόρων ὥρμησε, τοὺς πάντας ἔχων οὐκ ἐλάττους δισμυρίων.
Meanwhile, Dionysius, learning that the Carthaginians were making their march through the interior, quickly gathered such of the Syracusans and mercenaries as he could and set out, having in all no fewer than twenty thousand men.
§14.95.4παραγενόμενος δʼ ἐγγὺς τῶν πολεμίων διεπρεσβεύσατο πρὸς Ἄγυριν τὸν δυναστεύοντα τῶν Ἀγυριναίων.
Arriving near the enemy, he sent envoys to Agyris, the ruler of the Agyrinaeans.
οὗτος δὲ τῶν τότε τυράννων τῶν ἐν Σικελίᾳ μεγίστην εἶχε δύναμιν μετὰ Διονύσιον· τῶν τε γὰρ περικειμένων ἐρυμάτων σχεδὸν ἁπάντων ἐκυρίευε καὶ τῆς πόλεως τῶν Ἀγυριναίων ἦρχε πολυοχλουμένης κατʼ ἐκείνους τοὺς καιρούς· εἶχε γὰρ πολίτας οὐκ ἐλάττους δισμυρίων.
This man possessed the greatest power after Dionysius among the tyrants in Sicily at that time; for he held sway over almost all the surrounding strongholds and ruled the city of the Agyrinaeans, which was very populous in those times; for it had no fewer than twenty thousand citizens.
§14.95.5ἦν δὲ καὶ εἰς τοῦτο τὸ πλῆθος ἐν τῇ πόλει συνηθροισμένον χρημάτων πολλῶν κατὰ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν παράθεσις, ἣν Ἄγυρις ἠθροίκει πεφονευκὼς τοὺς εὐπορωτάτους τῶν πολιτῶν.
And besides this multitude gathered in the city, there was a store of much money in the acropolis, which Agyris had amassed after having put to death the wealthiest of the citizens.
§14.95.6ἀλλʼ ὁ Διονύσιος μετʼ ὀλίγων εἰσελθὼν ἐντὸς τοῦ τείχους ἔπεισε τὸν Ἄγυριν συμμαχῆσαι γνησίως, καὶ πολλὴν ἐπηγγείλατο χώραν τῆς ὁμόρου δωρήσεσθαι κατορθωθέντος τοῦ πολέμου.
But Dionysius, entering within the walls with a few men, persuaded Agyris to make a genuine alliance, and promised to gift him much of the neighboring territory if the war should be brought to a successful conclusion.
§14.95.7ὁ δʼ Ἄγυρις πρῶτον μὲν πάσῃ τῇ Διονυσίου δυνάμει σῖτον καὶ τἄλλα ὅσα ἦν χρεία προθύμως ἐδωρήσατο, καὶ πανδημεὶ τὴν δύναμιν ἐξαγαγὼν ἐστράτευσε μετὰ Διονυσίου καὶ κοινῇ πρὸς Καρχηδονίους διεπολέμει.
Thereupon Agyris, first of all, eagerly supplied Dionysius' entire force with grain and all other necessities, and then, leading out his forces in full strength, marched with Dionysius and waged war jointly against the Carthaginians.