§16.49.1ὁ δὲ τῆς πρώτης μερίδος ἀφηγούμενος Λακράτης ὁ Θηβαῖος ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ Πηλουσίου πολιορκίαν ὥρμησεν· ἀποστρέψας δὲ τῆς διώρυγος τὸ ῥεῦμα πρὸς ἕτερα μέρη καὶ τὸν ἀναξηρανθέντα τόπον χώσας μηχανὰς προσήγαγε τῇ πόλει.
Lacrates the Theban, who was in command of the first division, set out to besiege Pelusium; and having diverted the flow of the canal to other parts and filled in the dry bed, he brought his siege engines against the city.
ἐπὶ πολὺ δὲ μέρος πεσόντων τῶν τειχῶν οἱ τὸ Πηλούσιον φρουροῦντες ὀξέως ἀντῳκοδόμησαν ἕτερα καὶ πύργους ξυλίνους ἀξιολόγους ἀνέστησαν.
When a large part of the walls had fallen, those guarding Pelusium quickly built other walls in their place and erected wooden towers of considerable size.
§16.49.2ἐπὶ δέ τινας ἡμέρας συνεχοῦς γινομένης τῆς τειχομαχίας τὸ μὲν πρῶτον οἱ κατὰ τὸ Πηλούσιον Ἕλληνες ἐρρωμένως ἠμύνοντο τοὺς πολιορκοῦντας· ὡς δʼ ἐπύθοντο τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως ἀναχώρησιν εἰς Μέμφινκαταπλαγέντες περὶ διαλύσεων ἐπρεσβεύοντο.
Although the assault on the walls continued for some days without interruption, at first the Greeks in Pelusium vigorously defended themselves against the besiegers; but when they learned of the king's retreat to Memphis, they were struck with terror and sent envoys to treat for peace.
§16.49.3τοῦ δὲ Λακράτους δόντος αὐτοῖς διὰ τῶν ὅρκων πίστεις ὅτι παραδόντων αὐτῶν τὸ Πηλούσιον ἀποκομισθήσονται πάντες εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα μεθʼ ὧν ἂν ἐξενέγκωσι, παρέδωκαν τὸ φρούριον.
Since Lacrates gave them pledges under oath that if they surrendered Pelusium they would all be conveyed back to Greece with whatever they could carry out, they surrendered the fortress.
§16.49.4μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ὁ μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης ἀπέστειλε Βαγώαν μετὰ στρατιωτῶν βαρβάρων παραληψόμενον τὸ Πηλούσιον· οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται παριόντες εἰς τὸ χωρίον τῶν ἐξιόντων Ἑλλήνων ἀφῃροῦντο πολλὰ τῶν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἐκκομιζομένων.
After this, Artaxerxes sent Bagoas with barbarian soldiers to take over Pelusium; but the soldiers, as they entered the place, began to rob the departing Greeks of many of the things they were carrying out.
§16.49.5ἀγανακτούντων δὲ τῶν ἀδικουμένων καὶ θεοὺς τοὺς ἐπόπτας τῶν ὅρκων ἐπιβοωμένων παροξυνθεὶς ὁ Λακράτης τροπὴν ἐποίησε τῶν βαρβάρων καί τινας καταβαλὼν ἐπεκούρησε τοῖς παρασπονδουμένοις.
While those who were being wronged were indignant and called upon the gods who oversee oaths, Lacrates was provoked to anger; he put the barbarians to flight, and having cut down some of them, came to the aid of those whose treaty was being violated.
§16.49.6τοῦ δὲ Βαγώου φυγόντος πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα καὶ κατηγοροῦντος τοῦ Λακράτους ὁ Ἀρταξέρξης ἔκρινε δίκαια πεπονθέναι τοὺς περὶ τὸν Βαγώαν καὶ τῶν Περσῶν τοὺς αἰτίους τῆς ἁρπαγῆς ἀπέκτεινεν.
When Bagoas fled to the king and accused Lacrates, Artaxerxes decided that Bagoas' men had suffered what they deserved, and he put to death those Persians who were responsible for the pillage.
τὸ μὲν οὖν Πηλούσιον τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον παρεδόθη τοῖς Πέρσαις.
In this manner, then, Pelusium was surrendered to the Persians.
§16.49.7Μέντωρ δὲ ὁ τοῦ τρίτου μέρους ἡγούμενος Βούβαστον καὶ πολλὰς ἄλλας πόλεις χειρωσάμενος ὑπηκόους ἐποίησε τῷ βασιλεῖ διʼ ἑνὸς στρατηγήματος.
Mentor, the commander of the third division, having subdued Bubastus and many other cities, made them subject to the king by means of a single stratagem.
πασῶν γὰρ τῶν πόλεων φρουρουμένων ὑπὸ δυεῖν ἐθνῶν, Ἑλλήνων τε καὶ Αἰγυπτίων, ὁ Μέντωρ διέδωκε λόγον εἰς τοὺς στρατιώτας ὅτι βασιλεὺς Ἀρταξέρξης τοῖς μὲν ἑκουσίως παραδιδοῦσι τὰς πόλεις φιλανθρώπως χρήσασθαι διέγνωκε, τοῖς δὲ βίᾳ κρατηθεῖσι τὴν αὐτὴν ἀπονέμειν τιμωρίαν ἥνπερ τοῖς Σιδωνίοις ἐπέστησε· καὶ τοῖς φυλάττουσι τὰς πύλας παρήγγειλεν ἐᾶν τοὺς βουλομένους παρʼ αὐτῶν αὐτομολεῖν.
For since all the cities were garrisoned by two nations, Greeks and Egyptians, Mentor spread a report among the soldiers that King Artaxerxes had determined to treat leniently those who voluntarily surrendered their cities, but to inflict the same punishment upon those who were taken by force as he had visited upon the Sidonians; and he instructed those guarding the gates to allow any who wished to desert from their own side to do so.
§16.49.8διόπερ ἀκωλύτως τῶν ἡλωκότων Αἰγυπτίων ἀπιόντων ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ταχέως εἰς ἁπάσας τὰς κατὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον πόλεις ὁ λόγος ὁ προειρημένος διεσπάρη.
Consequently, as the captured Egyptians departed from the camp without hindrance, the aforementioned report was quickly scattered to all the cities throughout Egypt.
εὐθὺς οὖν οἱ μισθοφόροι πρὸς τοὺς ἐγχωρίους πανταχῇ διεφέροντο καὶ στάσεως αἱ πόλεις ἐπληροῦντο.
Immediately, therefore, the mercenaries everywhere fell into dispute with the natives, and the cities were filled with strife.
ἑκάτεροι γὰρ ἰδίᾳ διεφιλοτιμοῦντο παραδιδόναι τὰ φρούρια καὶ τῆς χάριτος ταύτης ἰδίας ἀγαθῶν ἐλπίδας ἠλλάττοντο· ὅπερ καὶ περὶ πρώτην τὴν Βούβαστον συνέβη γενέσθαι.
For each party strove privately to surrender the fortresses and to exchange this favor for their own private hopes of good things; and this is what actually happened first in the case of Bubastus.