§19.32.1ὁ δʼ Ἀντίγονος μετὰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς μάχης ἀποχώρησιν ὁρῶν τοὺς στρατιώτας ἀθυμοῦντας διέγνω τὴν ταχίστην ἀναζευγνύειν ὡς πορρωτάτω τῶν πολεμίων.
But Antigonus, after the withdrawal from the battle, seeing that his soldiers were discouraged, resolved to march away as far as possible from the enemy as quickly as possible.
βουλόμενος δʼ εὔζωνον ποιῆσαι τὴν δύναμιν πρὸς τὴν ἀποχώρησιν τοὺς μὲν τραυματίας καὶ τὰ βαρύτατα τῆς ἀποσκευῆς προαπέστειλεν εἴς τινα τῶν πλησίον πόλεων, τοὺς δὲ νεκροὺς ἅμʼ ἡμέρᾳ θάψας καὶ παρακατασχὼν τὸν παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων ἥκοντα κήρυκα περὶ τῆς τῶν νεκρῶν ἀναιρέσεως παρήγγειλε τῆς ὥρας δειπνοποιεῖσθαι.
Wishing to make his force unencumbered for the withdrawal, he sent the wounded and the heaviest part of the baggage ahead to one of the neighboring cities; and having buried the dead at daybreak and detained the herald who had come from the enemy concerning the collection of the dead, he ordered them to take their meal at that hour.
§19.32.2τῆς δʼ ἡμέρας διελθούσης τὸν μὲν κήρυκα ἀπ έπεμψε, δοὺς εἰς τὴν αὔριον τὴν ἀναίρεσιν, αὐτὸς δὲ πρώτης φυλακῆς ἀρχομένης ἀνέζευξε μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ συντόνους τὰς πορείας ποιούμενος ἀπέστη μὲν τῶν πολεμίων μακράν, ἔσχε δὲ χώραν ἀκεραίαν εἰς ἀνάληψιν τοῦ στρατοπέδου·
When the day had passed, he sent the herald away, granting the collection for the next day, and he himself, at the beginning of the first watch, marched away with his entire force; and making forced marches, he drew far away from the enemy and secured an untouched territory for the recovery of his army.
διήνυσε γὰρ ἕως Γαμάργων τῆς Μηδίας, οὔσης τῆς χώρας ὑπὸ Πίθωνα καὶ δυναμένης μεγάλαις δυνάμεσι πρὸς διατροφὴν δαψιλῶς ἅπαντα χορηγῆσαι.
For he made his way as far as Gamarga in Media, the territory being under Peithon and able to supply everything abundantly for the sustenance of great forces.
§19.32.3Εὐμενὴς δὲ διὰ τῶν κατασκόπων πυθόμενος τὴν ἀναχώρησιν τῶν περὶ Ἀντίγονον τοῦ μὲν διώκειν ἀπέστη διὰ τὸ καὶ τοὺς ἰδίους στρατιώτας ἐν ἀσιτίᾳ καὶ κακοπαθείαις μεγάλαις γεγονέναι, περὶ δὲ τὴν ἀναίρεσιν τῶν τετελευτηκότων γενόμενος ἐπεμελήθη τῆς ταφῆς μεγαλοπρεπῶς.
But Eumenes, learning through his scouts of the withdrawal of those around Antigonus, desisted from pursuing because his own soldiers also had come to be in lack of food and great hardships; but occupying himself with the collection of the deceased, he took care of their burial in a magnificent manner.
ἔνθα δὴ συνέβη γενέσθαι πρᾶγμα παράδοξον καὶ πολὺ τῶν παρʼ Ἕλλησι νομίμων ἐξηλλαγμένον.
There indeed it happened that an extraordinary event occurred, one very different from the customs among the Greeks.