§16.42.1ἐν δὲ τῇ Βαβυλῶνι συνηθροικὼς τὰς πεζικὰς καὶ ἱππικὰς δυνάμεις εὐθὺς ἀναλαβὼν προῆγεν ἐπὶ τοὺς Φοίνικας·
Meanwhile, having assembled his infantry and cavalry forces in Babylon, he immediately took them and advanced against the Phoenicians.
ἐν ὅσῳ δʼ οὗτος κατὰ τὴν ὁδοιπορίαν ἐβάδιζε, Βέλεσυς ὁ τῆς Συρίας σατράπης καὶ Μαζαῖος ὁ τῆς Κιλικίας ἄρχων συνελθόντες ἐπολέμουν τοὺς Φοίνικας.
While he was marching on his journey, Belesys, the satrap of Syria, and Mazaeus, the ruler of Cilicia, joined forces and made war on the Phoenicians.
§16.42.2Τέννης δʼ ὁ τῆς Σιδῶνος βασιλεὺς προσελάβετο παρʼ Αἰγυπτίων στρατιώτας μισθοφόρους Ἕλληνας τετρακισχιλίους, ὧν ἦν στρατηγὸς Μέντωρ ὁ Ῥόδιος.
Tennes, the king of Sidon, had acquired from the Egyptians four thousand Greek mercenary soldiers, whose general was Mentor the Rhodian.
μετὰ δὲ τούτων καὶ τῶν πολιτικῶν στρατιωτῶν τοῖς προειρημένοις σατράπαις συμβαλὼν ἐνίκησεν καὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἐξέβαλεν ἐκ τῆς Φοινίκης.
With these and the citizen soldiers, he engaged the aforementioned satraps, defeated them, and expelled the enemy from Phoenicia.
§16.42.3ἅμα δὲ τούτοις πραττομένοις καὶ κατὰ τὴν Κύπρον συνέστη πόλεμος, συμπεπλεγμένας ἔχων τὰς πράξεις τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ πολέμῳ.
At the same time that these things were taking place, a war also broke out in Cyprus, having its events closely intertwined with the war under discussion.
§16.42.4ἐν γὰρ τῇ νήσῳ ταύτῃ πόλεις ἦσαν ἀξιόλογοι μὲν ἐννέα, ὑπὸ δὲ ταύτας ὑπῆρχε τεταγμένα μικρὰ πολίσματα τὰ προσκυροῦντα ταῖς ἐννέα πόλεσιν.
For on this island there were nine important cities, and under them were arranged small towns which belonged to the nine cities.
ἑκάστη δὲ τούτων εἶχε βασιλέα τῆς μὲν πόλεως ἄρχοντα, τῷ δὲ βασιλεῖ τῶν Περσῶν ὑποτεταγμένον.
Each of these had a king who ruled the city but was subject to the king of the Persians.
§16.42.5οὗτοι πάντες συμφρονήσαντες καὶ μιμησάμενοι τοὺς Φοίνικας ἀπέστησαν καὶ παρασκευασάμενοι τὰ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον αὐτοκράτορας τὰς ἰδίας βασιλείας ἐποίησαν.
All of these, having come to a common agreement and having imitated the Phoenicians, revolted, and having made preparations for the war, rendered their own kingdoms independent.
§16.42.6ἐφʼ οἷς παροξυνθεὶς ὁ Ἀρταξέρξης ἔγραψε πρὸς τὸν Ἰδριέα τὸν τῆς Καρίας δυνάστην, ἄρτι μὲν παρειληφότα τὴν ἀρχήν, φίλον δʼ ὄντα καὶ σύμμαχον Περσῶν ἐκ προγόνων, ἀθροῖσαι δύναμιν πεζικήν τε καὶ ναυτικὴν τὴν διαπολεμήσουσαν τοῖς ἐν Κύπρῳ βασιλεῦσιν.
Angered by these developments, Artaxerxes wrote to Idrieus, the ruler of Caria, who had just recently taken over the government, but was an ancestral friend and ally of the Persians, to assemble an army and a navy to carry on the war against the kings in Cyprus.
§16.42.7ὁ δʼ ὀξέως παρασκευασάμενος τριήρεις μὲν τεσσαράκοντα, στρατιώτας δὲ μισθοφόρους ὀκτακισχιλίους ἐξέπεμψεν εἰς τὴν Κύπρον, ἐπιστήσας στρατηγοὺς Φωκίωνα τὸν Ἀθηναῖον καὶ Εὐαγόραν τὸν ἐν τοῖς ἐπάνω χρόνοις βεβασιλευκότα κατὰ τὴν νῆσον.
He quickly prepared forty triremes and eight thousand mercenary soldiers and dispatched them to Cyprus, appointing as generals Phocion the Athenian and Evagoras, who in former times had been king on the island.
§16.42.8οὗτοι μὲν οὖν καταπλεύσαντες εἰς τὴν Κύπρον εὐθὺς ἐπὶ τὴν μεγίστην τῶν πόλεων Σαλαμῖνα τὴν δύναμιν ἤγαγον.
So, having sailed to Cyprus, they immediately led their force against Salamis, the greatest of the cities.
βαλόμενοι δὲ χάρακα καὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν ὀχυρώσαντες ἐπολιόρκουν τοὺς Σαλαμινίους κατὰ γῆν ἅμα καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν.
Having thrown up a palisade and fortified their camp, they besieged the Salaminians by land and sea at the same time.
τῆς δὲ νήσου πάσης ἐν εἰρήνῃ πολὺν χρόνον γενομένης καὶ τῆς χώρας εὐδαιμονούσης οἱ στρατιῶται κρατοῦντες τῶν ὑπαίθρων πολλὰς ὠφελείας ἤθροισαν.
Since the entire island had been at peace for a long time and the land was prosperous, the soldiers, controlling the open country, gathered much booty.
§16.42.9τῆς δὲ τούτων εὐπορίας διαβοηθείσης πολλοὶ τῶν ἐκ τῆς περαίας Συρίας τε καὶ Κιλικίας συνέρρεον ἐθελοντὶ στρατιῶται πρὸς τὴν ἐλπίδα τοῦ κέρδους.
When their prosperity became widely rumored, many soldiers from the opposite coast of Syria and Cilicia flocked thither voluntarily in the hope of gain.
τέλος δὲ διπλασιασθείσης τῆς μετʼ Εὐαγόρου καὶ Φωκίωνος δυνάμεως οἱ βασιλεῖς οἱ κατὰ τὴν Κύπρον εἰς ἀγωνίαν καὶ μεγίστους φόβους ἐνέπιπτον.
Finally, when the force with Evagoras and Phocion had doubled, the kings in Cyprus fell into distress and the greatest fears.
καὶ τὰ μὲν κατὰ τὴν Κύπρον ἐν τούτοις ἦν.
And such was the state of affairs in Cyprus.