§19.52.1Κάσανδρος δέ, κατὰ νοῦν αὐτῷ τῶν πραγμάτων προχωρούντων, περιελάμβανε ταῖς ἐλπίσι τὴν Μακεδόνων βασιλείαν.
Now Cassander, as his affairs were progressing according to his desire, began to embrace the Macedonian kingdom in his hopes.
διὸ καὶ Θεσσαλονίκην ἔγημε, τὴν Φιλίππου μὲν θυγατέρα, Ἀλεξάνδρου δὲ ἀδελφὴν ὁμοπάτριον, σπεύδων οἰκεῖον αὑτὸν ἀποδεῖξαι τῆς βασιλικῆς συγγενείας.
For this reason, he married Thessalonice, who was the daughter of Philip and the half-sister of Alexander on their father's side, being eager to connect himself with the royal family.
§19.52.2ἔκτισε δὲ καὶ πόλιν ἐπὶ τῆς Παλλήνης ὁμώνυμον αὐτοῦ Κασάνδρειαν, εἰς ἣν τάς τε ἐκ τῆς Χερρονήσου πόλεις συνῴκισε καὶ τὴν Ποτίδαιαν, ἔτι δὲ τῶν σύνεγγυς χωρίων οὐκ ὀλίγα· κατῴκισε δʼ εἰς αὐτὴν καὶ τῶν Ὀλυνθίων τοὺς διασωζομένους, ὄντας οὐκ ὀλίγους.
He also founded a city on Pallene named after himself, Cassandreia, into which he gathered the inhabitants of the cities of the Chersonese and Potidaea, as well as no small number of the neighboring territories; and he also settled there the survivors of the Olynthians, who were not few in number.
§19.52.3πολλῆς δὲ χώρας προσορισθείσης τοῖς Κασανδρεῦσι καὶ ταύτης ἀγαθῆς, ἔτι δὲ τοῦ Κασάνδρου πολλὰ συμφιλοτιμηθέντος εἰς τὴν αὔξησιν ταχὺ μεγάλην ἐπίδοσιν ἔλαβεν ἡ πόλις καὶ πλεῖστον ἴσχυσε τῶν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ.
Since much territory, and that of good quality, had been assigned to the citizens of Cassandreia, and since Cassander, moreover, had put much ambition into its growth, the city quickly made great progress and became the most powerful of those in Macedonia.
§19.52.4ὁ δὲ Κάσανδρος διεγνώκει μὲν ἀνελεῖν Ἀλεξάνδρου τὸν παῖδα καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ Ῥωξάνην, ἵνα μηδεὶς ᾖ διάδοχος τῆς βασιλείας· κατὰ δὲ τὸ παρὸν θεωρῆσαι βουλόμενος τοὺς τῶν πολλῶν λόγους, τίνες ἔσονται περὶ τῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος ἀναιρέσεως, ἅμα δʼ οὐδὲν πεπυσμένος τῶν περὶ Ἀντίγονον τὴν μὲν Ῥωξάνην μετὰ τοῦ παιδὸς εἰς φυλακὴν παρέδωκε, μεταγαγὼν εἰς τὴν ἄκραν τὴν ἐν Ἀμφιπόλει, τάξας τε ἐπʼ αὐτῆς Γλαυκίαν τινὰ τῶν πιστευομένων· ἀπέσπασε δὲ καὶ τοὺς εἰωθότας παῖδας συντρέφεσθαι καὶ τὴν ἀγωγὴν οὐκέτι βασιλικήν, ἀλλʼ ἰδιώτου τοῦ τυχόντος οἰκείαν ἐκέλευε γίνεσθαι.
But Cassander had decided to do away with the son of Alexander and his mother Roxane, so that there might be no successor to the kingdom; however, for the present, wishing to observe the talk of the multitude, what it would be concerning the murder of Olympias, and at the same time having heard nothing of the affairs of Antigonus, he delivered Roxane with the child into custody, transferring them to the citadel in Amphipolis, and placed over it a certain Glaucias, one of his trusted men; and he also removed the boys who were accustomed to be brought up with him, and ordered that his education should no longer be royal, but suitable to an ordinary private citizen.
§19.52.5μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα βασιλικῶς ἤδη διεξάγων τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν Εὐρυδίκην μὲν καὶ Φίλιππον τοὺς βασιλεῖς, ἔτι δὲ Κύνναν, ἣν ἀνεῖλεν Ἀλκέτας, ἔθαψεν ἐν Αἰγαιαῖς, καθάπερ ἔθος ἦν τοῖς βασιλεῦσι.
After this, already conducting the affairs of the government like a king, he buried the monarchs Eurydice and Philip, and also Cynna, whom Alcetas had killed, in Aegae, as was the custom for the kings.
τιμήσας δὲ τοὺς τετελευτηκότας ἐπιταφίοις ἀγῶσι κατέγραφε τῶν Μακεδόνων τοὺς εὐθέτους, διεγνωκὼς εἰς Πελοπόννησον στρατεύειν.
And having honored the deceased with funeral games, he enrolled those of the Macedonians who were fit, having resolved to make an expedition into the Peloponnese.
§19.52.6τούτου δὲ περὶ ταῦτʼ ὄντος Πολυπέρχων ἐτύγχανε μὲν πολιορκούμενος ἐν Ἀζωρίῳ τῆς Περραιβίας, ἀκούσας δὲ τὴν Ὀλυμπιάδος τελευτὴν καὶ τελέως ἀπελπίσας τὰ κατὰ Μακεδονίαν ἐξεπήδησεν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως μετʼ ὀλίγων, πορευθεὶς δὲ ἐκ τῆς Θεσσαλίας καὶ παραλαβὼν τοὺς περὶ τὸν Αἰακίδην ἀπεχώρησεν εἰς τὴν Αἰτωλίαν, ὑπολαβὼν ἀσφαλέστατα καραδοκήσειν ἐνταῦθα τὰς τῶν πραγμάτων μεταβολάς· καὶ γὰρ ἐτύγχανεν οἰκείως ἔχων πρὸς τοῦτο τὸ ἔθνος.
While he was occupied with these matters, Polyperchon happened to be besieged in Azorium in Perrhaebia, but hearing of the death of Olympias and completely despairing of the affairs in Macedonia, he slipped out of the city with a few men; and having made his way from Thessaly and taken along the followers of Aeacides, he withdrew to Aetolia, conceiving that he would await the turn of affairs there in greatest safety; for he happened to have friendly relations with this nation.