§18.68.1Κάσανδρος δὲ παρʼ Ἀντιγόνου λαβὼν ναῦς μακρὰς τριάκοντα· καὶ πέντε, στρατιώτας δὲ τετρακισχιλίους κατέπλευσεν εἰς τὸν Πειραιᾶ.
Cassander, having received thirty-five warships and four thousand soldiers from Antigonus, sailed into the Piraeus.
προσδεχθεὶς δʼ ὑπὸ Νικάνορος τοῦ φρουράρχου παρέλαβε τὸν Πειραιᾶ καὶ τὰ κλεῖθρα τοῦ λιμένος· τὴν δὲ Μουνυχίαν αὐτὸς ὁ Νικάνωρ κατεῖχεν, ἔχων ἰδίους στρατιώτας ἱκανοὺς εἰς τὸ τηρεῖν τὸ φρούριον.
Having been welcomed by Nicanor, the commander of the garrison, he took over the Piraeus and the barriers of the harbor; but Nicanor himself held Munychia, having sufficient soldiers of his own to guard the fortress.
§18.68.2Πολυπέρχων δὲ μετὰ τῶν βασιλέων ἔτυχε μὲν διατρίβων περὶ τὴν Φωκίδα, πυθόμενος δὲ τὸν εἰς Πειραιᾶ κατάπλουν τοῦ Κασάνδρου παρῆλθεν εἰς τὴν Ἀττικὴν καὶ πλησίον τοῦ Πειραιῶς κατεστρατοπέδευσεν.
Now Polyperchon happened to be staying in Phocis with the kings, but when he learned of Cassander's arrival by sea at the Piraeus, he came into Attica and encamped near the Piraeus.
§18.68.3εἶχεν δὲ μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ στρατιώτας πεζοὺς μὲν Μακεδόνας δισμυρίους, τῶν δʼ ἄλλων συμμάχων περὶ τετρακισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ χιλίους, ἐλέφαντας δὲ ἑξήκοντα πέντε.
He had with him twenty thousand Macedonian infantry, about four thousand of the other allies, one thousand cavalry, and sixty-five elephants.
ἐπεβάλετο μὲν οὖν πολιορκεῖν τοὺς περὶ τὸν Κάσανδρον, σπανίζων δὲ τροφῆς καὶ τὴν πολιορκίαν ὑπολαμβάνων ἔσεσθαι πολυχρόνιον ἠναγκάσθη μέρος τῆς δυνάμεως ἀπολιπεῖν κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικὴν τὸ δυνάμενον ἔχειν τὴν τοῦ σίτου χορηγίαν, ἡγουμένου τοῦ υἱοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου, αὐτὸς δὲ τὸ πλεῖστον τῆς δυνάμεως ἀναλαβὼν παρῆλθεν εἰς Πελοπόννησον, συναναγκάσων τοὺς Μεγαλοπολίτας πειθαρχεῖν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν, οἳ ἐτύγχανον μὲν τὰ Κασάνδρου φρονοῦντες καὶ διὰ τῆς ὑπʼ Ἀντιπάτρου καθεσταμένης ὀλιγαρχίας διοικούμενοι.
He then undertook to besiege Cassander's forces, but because he was short of food and suspected that the siege would be long, he was forced to leave behind in Attica a part of his army that was capable of maintaining its supply of provisions, under the command of his son Alexander, while he himself, taking the greater part of the force, went into the Peloponnese to compel the Megalopolitans to obey the kings, who happened to favor Cassander's cause and were governed by the oligarchy established by Antipater.