§17.82.1τοῦ δʼ ἐνιαυσίου χρόνου διεληλυθότος Ἀθήνησι μὲν ἦρχεν Εὐθύκριτος, ἐν Ῥώμῃ δὲ τὴν ὑπατικὴν ἀρχὴν διεδέξαντο Λεύκιος Πλάτιος καὶ Λεύκιος Παπίριος, Ὀλυμπιὰς δʼ ἤχθη τρίτη πρὸς ταῖς ἑκατὸν δέκα, καθʼ ἣν ἐνίκα στάδιον Κλείτων Μακεδών.
When the period of a year had elapsed, Euthycritus was archon in Athens, and in Rome Lucius Platius and Lucius Papirius succeeded to the consular office, and the hundred and thirteenth Olympiad was celebrated, in which Cleiton the Macedonian won the stadion race.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Ἀλέξανδρος ἐστράτευσεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀνομαζομένους Παροπανισάδας.
Under these officials, Alexander marched against the people called Paropanisadae.
§17.82.2ἡ δὲ τούτων χώρα κεῖται μὲν ὑπʼ αὐτὰς τὰς ἄρκτους, χιονοβολεῖται δὲ πᾶσα καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔθνεσι δυσεπίβατός ἐστι διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τοῦ ψύχους.
Their country lies right under the North, and is entirely covered with snow, being difficult for other nations to access because of the extreme cold.
ἡ πλείστη δὲ πεδιὰς οὖσα καὶ ἄξυλος πολλαῖς κώμαις διείληπται.
Most of it is a treeless plain, but it is divided by many villages.
§17.82.3αὗται δὲ τὰς τῶν οἰκιῶν στέγας ἔχουσιν ἐκ πλίνθων εἰς ὀξὺ συνηγμένων ἐχούσας καμάραν· κατὰ δὲ μέσην τὴν ὀροφὴν ἀπολελειμμένης διαυγείας διὰ ταύτης ὁ καπνὸς ἐκφέρεται καὶ πανταχόθεν τῆς οἰκοδομίας περιεχούσης οἱ κατοικοῦντες πολλῆς σκέπης τυγχάνουσιν.
These villages have the roofs of their houses made of bricks gathered into a sharp point to form a vault; in the middle of the ceiling an opening is left for light, through which the smoke is carried out, and as the building encloses them on all sides, the inhabitants obtain ample shelter.
§17.82.4οἱ δʼ ἐγχώριοι διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς χιόνος τὸ πλέον μέρος τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ταῖς οἰκίαις ἐνδιατρίβουσι, παρεσκευασμένας ἔχοντες τὰς ἰδίας τροφάς· τὰς δʼ ἀμπέλους καὶ τὰ καρποφόρα τῶν δένδρων περιχώσαντες καὶ τὴν τοῦ χειμῶνος ὥραν ἐάσαντες πάλιν ἀναστέλλουσι τὴν γῆν κατὰ τὸν τοῦ βλαστοῦ καιρόν.
Because of the abundance of snow, the inhabitants spend the greater part of the year in their houses, having their own provisions prepared beforehand; and having covered their vines and fruit-bearing trees with earth and let the winter season pass, they clear the earth away again at the time of budding.
§17.82.5ἅπασα δʼ ἡ τῆς χώρας φύσις οὔτε χλωρὰν οὔθʼ ἥμερον ἔχει πρόσοψιν, ἀλλὰ λευκὴν καὶ ἀνταυγῆ διὰ τὴν χιόνα καὶ τὸν ἐν αὐτῇ πηγνύμενον κρύσταλλον.
The whole appearance of the country is neither green nor cultivated, but white and dazzling because of the snow and the ice frozen upon it.
διόπερ οὔτʼ ὀρνέου προσκαθίζοντος οὔτε θηρίου διοδεύοντος ἄξενα καὶ ἀνεπίβατα πάντα τὰ μέρη τῆς χώρας ὑπῆρχεν.
Therefore, since no bird settled on it and no wild beast passed through it, all parts of the country were inhospitable and inaccessible.
§17.82.6ἀλλʼ ὅμως ὁ βασιλεὺς τούτων ἁπάντων ἀντιπραττόντων τῇ στρατιᾷ τῇ συνήθει τόλμῃ καὶ καρτερίᾳ τῶν Μακεδόνων περιεγίνετο τῆς τοπικῆς δυστραπελείας.
But nevertheless, though all these things opposed his army, the king, by the accustomed courage and endurance of the Macedonians, overcame the difficulty of the region.
§17.82.7διὸ δὴ πολλοὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν καὶ τῶν ἐκτὸς τῆς τάξεως συνακολουθούντων ἐξαδυνατοῦντες ἀπελείποντο· ἔνιοι δὲ διὰ τὴν τῆς χιόνος ἀνταύγειαν καὶ σκληρότητα τῆς ἀναβαλλομένης ἀνακλάσεως ἐφθείροντο τὴν ὅρασιν.
For this reason, many of the soldiers and of those following outside the ranks fell behind from exhaustion; and some lost their sight because of the glare of the snow and the severity of the reflected light.
§17.82.8σαφὲς δʼ οὐδὲν ἐκ διαστήματος ἦν ἰδεῖν, ἀλλὰ μόνῳ τῷ καπνῷ δηλουμένων τῶν κωμῶν ἐλάμβανον οἱ Μακεδόνες οὗ κατοικοῦσιν ἐφιστάμενοι.
Nothing could be seen clearly from a distance, but the villages being revealed by the smoke alone, the Macedonians, coming upon them, took the places where they dwelt.
τούτῳ δὲ τῷ τρόπῳ τῶν κωμῶν ἁλισκομένων, καὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν τῷ πλήθει τῆς ὠφελείας διορθουμένων τὴν κακοπάθειαν ταχὺ πάντων τῶν ἐγχωρίων ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκυρίευσεν.
In this manner, the villages being captured and the soldiers repairing their hardships with the abundance of booty, the king quickly made himself master of all the inhabitants.