§16.45.1ὁ δὲ Τέννης κοινωσάμενος τὴν προδοσίαν Μέντορι τῷ στρατηγῷ τῶν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου μισθοφόρων τοῦτον μὲν ἀπέλιπε τηροῦντα μέρος τῆς πόλεως καὶ συνεργοῦντα τοῖς περὶ τὴν προδοσίαν ἐγχειρουμένοις, αὐτὸς δὲ μετὰ στρατιωτῶν πεντακοσίων προῆγεν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, προσποιούμενος ἐπὶ κοινὴν τῶν Φοινίκων σύνοδον ἀπαντᾶν· ἦγε δὲ μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ τοὺς ἐπιφανεστάτους τῶν πολιτῶν ἑκατὸν ὡς συμβούλους.
Tennes, having communicated the plan of treachery to Mentor, the general of the mercenaries from Egypt, left him keeping guard over a part of the city and cooperating in the attempts regarding the betrayal, while he himself advanced from the city with five hundred soldiers, pretending to go to a general assembly of the Phoenicians; and he took with him one hundred of the most distinguished citizens as counselors.\n And when they were near the king, he seized the one hundred and delivered them to Artaxerxes.
§16.45.2ἐπεὶ δὲ πλησίον ἦσαν τοῦ βασιλέως, συναρπάσας τοὺς ἑκατὸν παρέδωκε τῷ Ἀρταξέρξῃ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἀποδεξάμενος αὐτὸν ὡς φίλον τοὺς μὲν ἑκατὸν ὡς αἰτίους ὄντας τῆς ἀποστάσεως κατηκόντισε, πεντακοσίων δὲ τῶν πρώτων Σιδωνίων μεθʼ ἱκετηριῶν ἀπαντησάντων ἀνεκαλέσατο τὸν Τέννην καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν εἰ δύναται τὴν πόλιν αὐτῷ παραδοῦναι· σφόδρα γὰρ ἔσπευδε μὴ διʼ ὁμολογίας τὴν Σιδῶνα παραλαβεῖν, ὅπως ἀπαραιτήτοις συμφοραῖς περιβαλὼν τοὺς Σιδωνίους τῇ τούτων τιμωρίᾳ καταπλήξηται τὰς ἄλλας πόλεις. §16.45.3τοῦ δὲ Τέννου διαβεβαιωσαμένου παραδώσειν τὴν πόλιν ὁ βασιλεύς, φυλάττων τὴν ὀργὴν ἀπαραίτητον, ἅπαντας τοὺς πεντακοσίους ἔχοντας τὰς ἱκετηρίας κατηκόντισεν.
The king, receiving him as a friend, had the one hundred shot down with javelins as being responsible for the revolt; and when five hundred of the chief Sidonians met him with suppliant branches, he called Tennes back and asked if he was able to deliver the city to him; for he was extremely eager not to receive Sidon by agreement, in order that, by involving the Sidonians in unavoidable calamities, he might terrify the other cities by their punishment.\n When Tennes assured him that he would deliver the city, the king, keeping his anger relentless, had all the five hundred who held the suppliant branches shot down with javelins.
εἶθʼ ὁ μὲν Τέννης προσελθὼν τοῖς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου μισθοφόροις ἔπεισεν αὐτοὺς ἐντὸς τῶν τειχῶν εἰσαγαγεῖν αὐτόν τε καὶ τὸν βασιλέα. §16.45.4ἡ μὲν οὖν Σιδὼν διὰ τοιαύτης προδοσίας ὑποχείριος ἐγένετο τοῖς Πέρσαις.
Then Tennes, going to the mercenaries from Egypt, persuaded them to introduce both himself and the king inside the walls.\n Thus Sidon came under the power of the Persians through such treachery.
ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὑπολαβὼν τὸν Τέννην μηκέτι χρήσιμον ὑπάρχειν ἀνεῖλεν.
And the king, considering Tennes to be no longer useful, put him to death.
οἱ δὲ Σιδώνιοι πρὸ μὲν τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ βασιλέως ἐνέπρησαν ἁπάσας τὰς ναῦς, ὅπως μηδεὶς δύνηται τῶν κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ἐκπλεύσας ἰδίᾳ σωτηρίαν πορίζεσθαι· ἐπειδὴ δὲ τὴν πόλιν ἑώρων καὶ τὰ τείχη κατειλημμένα καὶ πολλαῖς μυριάσι στρατιωτῶν περιεχόμενα, συγκλείσαντες ἑαυτοὺς καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκας εἰς τὰς οἰκίας ἐνέπρησαν. §16.45.5φασὶ δὲ τοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς τότε διαφθαρέντας σὺν τοῖς οἰκετικοῖς σώμασι γεγονέναι πλείους τῶν τετρακισμυρίων.
But the Sidonians, before the arrival of the king, had burned all their ships, so that no one in the city could secure safety by sailing away privately; and when they saw the city and the walls captured and surrounded by many tens of thousands of soldiers, they shut themselves, their children, and their wives up in their houses and set them on fire.\n And they say that those who were then destroyed by the fire, including the domestic slaves, were more than forty thousand.
τούτου δὲ τοῦ πάθους περὶ τοὺς Σιδωνίους γενομένου καὶ τῆς πόλεως ὅλης μετὰ τῶν ἐνοικούντων ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς ἀφανισθείσης τὴν πυρκαϊὰν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀπέδοτο πολλῶν ταλάντων· §16.45.6διὰ γὰρ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν τῶν ἐνῳκηκότων εὑρέθη πολὺς ἄργυρός τε καὶ χρυσὸς ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς κεχωνευμένος.
When this disaster befell the Sidonians and the whole city was wiped out by the fire together with its inhabitants, the king sold the ruins for many talents;\n for because of the prosperity of those who had inhabited it, much silver and gold was found melted by the fire.
τὰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ Σιδῶνα συμβάντα δυστυχήματα τοιαύτην ἔσχε τὴν καταστροφήν, αἱ δʼ ἄλλαι πόλεις καταπλαγεῖσαι προσεχώρησαν τοῖς Πέρσαις. §16.45.7βραχὺ δὲ πρὸ τούτων τῶν χρόνων Ἀρτεμισία μὲν ἡ Καρίας δυναστεύουσα μετήλλαξεν ἄρξασα ἔτη δύο, τὴν δὲ δυναστείαν Ἰδριεὺς ὁ ἀδελφὸς διεδέξατο καὶ ἦρξεν ἔτη ἑπτά. §16.45.8κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἰταλίαν Ῥωμαῖοι πρὸς μὲν Πραινεστίνους ἀνοχάς, πρὸς δὲ Σαυνίτας συνθήκας ἐποιήσαντο, Ταρκυνίους δὲ ἄνδρας διακοσίους καὶ ἑξήκοντα δημοσίᾳ ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ. §16.45.9κατὰ δὲ τὴν Σικελίαν Λεπτίνης καὶ Κάλλιππος οἱ Συρακόσιοι δύναμιν ἔχοντες ἐξεπολιόρκησαν Ῥήγιον φρουρούμενον ὑπὸ Διονυσίου τοῦ τυράννου τοῦ νεωτέρου καὶ τὴν μὲν φρουρὰν ἐξέβαλον, τοῖς δὲ Ῥηγίνοις τὴν αὐτονομίαν ἀπεκατέστησαν.
So the misfortunes that befell Sidon had such an end, and the other cities, being terrified, went over to the Persians.\n Slightly before these times, Artemisia, who ruled Caria, passed away after having ruled for two years, and her brother Idrieus succeeded to the rule and governed for seven years.\n In Italy, the Romans made a truce with the Praenestines and a treaty with the Samnites, and publicly executed two hundred and sixty Tarquinians in the forum.\n In Sicily, Leptines and Callippus of Syracuse, having a force, took Rhegium by siege, which was garrisoned by Dionysius the younger, the tyrant, and they expelled the garrison and restored autonomy to the people of Rhegium.