§15.10.1Ἀρταξέρξης δὲ καταλύσας τὸν πρὸς Καδουσίους πόλεμον προέθηκε κρίσιν Τιριβάζῳ, καὶ δικαστὰς τρεῖς ἀπέδωκε τῶν μάλιστα εὐδοκιμούντων παρὰ τοῖς Πέρσαις.
Artaxerxes, having brought the war against the Cadusians to an end, set a trial for Tiribazus and appointed three judges from among those of the highest repute among the Persians.
κατὰ τούτους δὲ τοὺς χρόνους ἕτεροι δικασταὶ δόξαντες κακῶς κρίνειν ζῶντες ἐξεδάρησαν, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαστικῶν δίφρων περιταθέντων τῶν δερμάτων ἐπὶ τούτων ἐδίκαζον οἱ δικασταί, παρʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες παράδειγμα τῆς ἐν τῷ κακῶς κρίνειν τιμωρίας.
During this time, other judges who were deemed to have judged unjustly were flayed alive, and their skins were stretched over the judicial benches, upon which the judges sat to administer justice, having before their eyes this example of the punishment for unjust judgment.
§15.10.2οἱ μὲν οὖν κατηγοροῦντες τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἀναγνόντες τὴν πεμφθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὀρόντου, ταύτην ἱκανῶς ἔφασαν ἔχειν πρὸς κατηγορίαν·
The accusers, then, reading the letter sent by Orontes, declared that this was sufficient for the accusation.
ὁ δὲ Τιρίβαζος πρὸς μὲν τὴν κατὰ τὸν Εὐαγόραν διαβολὴν τὴν ὑπʼ Ὀρόντου γεγενημένην συνθήκην τὸν Εὐαγόραν ὑπακούσειν ὡς βασιλέα βασιλεῖ προήνεγκεν· ἑαυτὸν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην συντεθεῖσθαι, ὥστε ὑπακούειν Εὐαγόραν τῷ βασιλεῖ ὡς δοῦλον δεσπότῃ·
But Tiribazus, in reply to the slander concerning Evagoras made by Orontes, brought forward the treaty in which Evagoras was to obey as a king a king; and he asserted that he himself had negotiated the peace on the terms that Evagoras should obey the king as a slave a master.
περὶ δὲ τῶν χρησμῶν ἔφησε μὴ χρηματίζειν τὸν θεὸν καθόλου περὶ θανάτου, καὶ τούτου μάρτυρας παρείχετο πάντας τοὺς παρόντας Ἕλληνας.
Regarding the oracles, he said that the god does not give responses at all concerning death, and for this he presented all the Greeks present as witnesses.
περὶ δὲ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους ἀπελογεῖτο, λέγων οὐκ ἐπὶ τῷ ἰδίῳ συμφέροντι, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως λυσιτελεῖ πεποιῆσθαι τὴν φιλίαν· καὶ διὰ ταύτης παρεδείκνυε τῶν μὲν Λακεδαιμονίων παρῃρῆσθαι τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν Ἕλληνας, τῷ δὲ βασιλεῖ παραδεδόσθαι ἐκδότους.
Concerning his friendship with the Lacedaemonians, he defended himself by saying that the friendship had been made not for his personal advantage, but for the benefit of the king; and through this he demonstrated that the Greeks of Asia had been taken away from the Lacedaemonians and surrendered to the king.
ἐπὶ τελευτῆς δὲ τῆς ἀπολογίας ὑπέμνησε τοὺς δικαστὰς ὧν τὸν βασιλέα πρότερον ἦν εὐεργετηκώς.
At the end of his defense, he reminded the judges of the benefits he had previously conferred upon the king.
§15.10.3λέγεται δὲ πολλὰς μὲν καὶ ἄλλας χρείας ἐνδεδεῖχθαι τῷ βασιλεῖ, μίαν δὲ μεγίστην, ἐξ ἧς αὐτὸν θαυμασθῆναι συνέβη καὶ μέγιστον γενέσθαι φίλον·
Indeed, he is said to have demonstrated many other services to the king, but one was the greatest of all, because of which he came to be admired by him and became his greatest friend.
κατὰ γάρ τινα κυνηγίαν ἐφʼ ἅρματος ὀχουμένου τοῦ βασιλέως δύο λέοντας ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὁρμῆσαι, καὶ τῶν μὲν ἵππων τῶν ἐν τῷ τεθρίππῳ δύο διασπάσαι, τὴν δʼ ὁρμὴν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ποιεῖσθαι τὸν βασιλέα· καθʼ ὃν δὴ καιρὸν ἐπιφανέντα τὸν Τιρίβαζον τοὺς μὲν λέοντας ἀποκτεῖναι, τὸν δὲ βασιλέα ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων ἐξελέσθαι.
For during a certain hunt, while the king was riding in a chariot, two lions rushed upon him, tore to pieces two of the horses of the four-horse chariot, and made their charge upon the king himself; at which very moment, Tiribazus appeared, killed the lions, and rescued the king from the dangers.
§15.10.4ἔν τε τοῖς πολέμοις ἀνδρείᾳ διενεγκεῖν φασὶν αὐτὸν καὶ κατὰ τὰς συμβουλὰς οὕτως εὐστοχεῖν, ὥστε τὸν βασιλέα χρώμενον ταῖς ἐκείνου παραγγελίαις μηδέποτε διαμαρτεῖν.
And in wars, they say that he excelled in courage, and in his counsels he was so successful that the king, by following his instructions, never failed.
τοιαύτῃ δʼ ἀπολογίᾳ χρησάμενος ὁ Τιρίβαζος ἀπελύθη τῶν ἐγκλημάτων ὡμολογημένως ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν δικαστῶν.
Having made such a defense, Tiribazus was acquitted of the charges by the unanimous agreement of all the judges.