§17.46.1παρακαλέσας δὲ τοὺς Μακεδόνας ἑαυτοῦ μὴ λειφθῆναι κατʼ ἀνδρείαν ἁπάσας τὰς ναῦς πολεμικῶς κατασκευάσας προσέβαλλε τοῖς τείχεσιν ἐκθύμως κατὰ γῆν ἅμα καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν.
Alexander, having urged the Macedonians not to fall short of himself in courage and having equipped all the ships for war, attacked the walls eagerly at the same time by land and by sea.
κατανοήσας δὲ περὶ τὰ νεώρια τὸ τεῖχος ἀσθενέστερον ὑπάρχειν τούτῳ προσήγαγε τὰς τριήρεις ἐζευγμένας καὶ φερούσας τὰς ἀξιολογωτάτας μηχανάς.
Having observed that the wall was weaker near the shipyards, he brought up to this point the triremes, which were lashed together in pairs and carrying the most formidable engines.
§17.46.2ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἐτόλμησεν ἐπιτελέσασθαι πρᾶξιν οὐδʼ αὐτοῖς τοῖς ὁρῶσι πιστευομένην·
There he dared to perform an action not to be believed even by those who saw it.
ἐπιβάθραν γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ ξυλίνου πύργου τοῖς τῆς πόλεως τείχεσιν ἐπιβαλὼν διὰ ταύτης μόνος ἐπέβη τῷ τείχει, οὔτε τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς τύχης φθόνον εὐλαβηθεὶς οὔτε τὴν τῶν Τυρίων δεινότητα καταπλαγείς, ἀλλὰ τὴν καταγωνισαμένην τοὺς Πέρσας δύναμιν ἔχων θεωρὸν τῆς ἰδίας ἀνδραγαθίας τοῖς μὲν ἄλλοις Μακεδόσιν ἀκολουθεῖν προσέταξεν, αὐτὸς δὲ καθηγούμενος τῶν εἰς χεῖρας βιαζομένων τοὺς μὲν τῷ δόρατι, τοὺς δὲ τῇ μαχαίρᾳ τύπτων ἀπέκτεινεν, ἐνίους δʼ αὐτῇ τῇ περιφερείᾳ τῆς ἀσπίδος ἀνατρέπων ἐπισχεῖν τοῦ πολλοῦ θράσους ἐποίησε τοὺς πολεμίους.
For having thrown a boarding-bridge from the wooden tower onto the walls of the city, through this he climbed onto the wall alone, neither fearing the envy of Fortune nor being terrified by the dreadfulness of the Tyrians, but having the army that had conquered the Persians as a spectator of his own valor, he ordered the other Macedonians to follow, while he himself, leading those who were forcing their way into close quarters, struck and killed some with his spear and others with his sword, and upsetting some with the very rim of his shield, made the enemy check their great audacity.
§17.46.3ἅμα δὲ τούτοις πραττομένοις καθʼ ἕτερον μέρος ὁ κριὸς τύπτων κατέβαλε πολὺ μέρος τοῦ τείχους· διὰ δὲ τοῦ πτώματος εἰσπεσόντων τῶν Μακεδόνων καὶ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον διὰ τῆς ἐπιβάθρας διαβάντων ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχος ἡ μὲν πόλις κατείληπτο, οἱ δὲ Τύριοι πρὸς ἀλκὴν τραπέντες καὶ παρακαλέσαντες ἀλλήλους ἐνέφραξαν τοὺς στενωποὺς καὶ μαχόμενοι πλὴν ὀλίγων ἅπαντες κατεκόπησαν, ὄντες πλείους τῶν ἑπτακισχιλίων.
While these things were being done, in another sector the battering ram struck and cast down a large part of the wall; and when the Macedonians rushed in through the breach and Alexander and his companions crossed over onto the wall by the boarding-bridge, the city was taken. The Tyrians, turning to resistance and encouraging one another, blocked the narrow streets, and fighting, were all cut down except for a few, being more than seven thousand.
§17.46.4ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τέκνα μὲν καὶ γυναῖκας ἐξηνδραποδίσατο, τοὺς δὲ νέους πάντας, ὄντας οὐκ ἐλάττους τῶν δισχιλίων, ἐκρέμασε.
The king enslaved the children and women, and crucified all the young men, who were not fewer than two thousand.
σώματα δʼ αἰχμάλωτα τοσαῦτα τὸ πλῆθος εὑρέθη ὥστε τῶν πλείστων εἰς Καρχηδόνα κεκομισμένων τὰ ὑπολειφθέντα γενέσθαι πλείω τῶν μυρίων καὶ τρισχιλίων.
So great a multitude of captive persons was found that, although the majority had been carried off to Carthage, those left behind were more than thirteen thousand.
§17.46.5Τύριοι μὲν οὖν γενναιότερον μᾶλλον ἢ φρονιμώτερον ὑποστάντες τὴν πολιορκίαν τοσαύταις περιέπεσον συμφοραῖς, πολιορκηθέντες μῆνας ἑπτά.
Thus the Tyrians, having withstood the siege more courageously than wisely, fell into such great misfortunes, after being besieged for seven months.
§17.46.6ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τοῦ μὲν Ἀπόλλωνος τὰς χρυσᾶς σειρὰς καὶ τὰ δεσμὰ περιελόμενος παρήγγειλεν ὀνομάζειν τὸν θεὸν τοῦτον Ἀπολλὼ φιλαλέξανδρον, τῷ δὲ Ἡρακλεῖ μεγαλοπρεπεῖς θυσίας συντελέσας καὶ τοὺς ἀνδραγαθήσαντας τιμήσας, ἔτι δὲ τοὺς τετελευτηκότας μεγαλοπρεπῶς θάψας τῆς μὲν Τυρίων πόλεως κατέστησε βασιλέα τὸν ὀνομαζόμενον Βαλώνυμον, περὶ οὗ τὰ κατὰ μέρος οὐκ ἄξιον παραλιπεῖν διὰ τὸ τῆς περιπετείας παράδοξον.
The king, having stripped off the golden chains and fetters from Apollo, ordered this god to be named Apollo Philalexandros; and having performed magnificent sacrifices to Heracles and honored those who had acted bravely, and further, having magnificently buried those who had died, he established as king of the city of the Tyrians the man named Ballonymus, concerning whom it is not proper to pass over the details because of the paradox of his sudden change of fortune.