§19.57.1προάγοντος δʼ εἰς τὴν ἄνω Συρίαν Ἀντιγόνου παρεγένοντο πρέσβεις παρά τε Πτολεμαίου καὶ Λυσιμάχου καὶ Κασάνδρου.
While Antigonus was advancing into Upper Syria, ambassadors arrived from Ptolemy, Lysimachus, and Cassander.
οὗτοι δʼ εἰσαχθέντες εἰς τὸ συνέδριον ἠξίουν Καππαδοκίαν μὲν καὶ Λυκίαν Κασάνδρῳ δοθῆναι, Φρυγίαν δὲ τὴν ἐφʼ Ἑλλησπόντῳ Λυσιμάχῳ, Συρίαν δὲ πᾶσαν Πτολεμαίῳ, Βαβυλωνίαν δὲ Σελεύκῳ, τῶν δὲ θησαυρῶν, οὓς παρέλαβεν μετὰ τὴν πρὸς Εὐμενῆ μάχην, ποιήσασθαι μερισμόν· καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὺς κεκοινωνηκέναι τοῦ πολέμου.
These, being introduced into the council, demanded that Cappadocia and Lycia be given to Cassander, Phrygia on the Hellespont to Lysimachus, all Syria to Ptolemy, and Babylonia to Seleucus, and that he make a division of the treasures which he had taken over after the battle against Eumenes; for they too had shared in the war.
εἰ δὲ μηδὲν τούτων ποιήσει, συστάντες ἅπαντες ἔφασαν πολεμήσειν αὐτῷ.
If he would do none of these things, they declared that they would all unite and make war against him.
§19.57.2τοῦ δʼ Ἀντιγόνου τραχύτερον ἀποκριναμένου καὶ τὰ πρὸς πόλεμον εἰπόντος παρασκευάζεσθαι συνέβη τοὺς πρέσβεις ἀπράκτους ἐπανελθεῖν.
But when Antigonus answered rather harshly and told them to prepare for war, it happened that the ambassadors returned without having accomplished anything.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦθʼ οἱ μὲν περὶ Πτολεμαῖον καὶ Λυσίμαχον, ἔτι δὲ Κάσανδρον συμμαχίαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ποιησάμενοι δυνάμεις τε συνῆγον καὶ παρασκευὰς ὅπλων τε καὶ βελῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν χρησίμων ἐποίουν·
After this, those around Ptolemy, Lysimachus, and also Cassander, having made an alliance with one another, began to gather forces and to make preparations of arms, missiles, and other useful things.
§19.57.3Ἀντίγονος δὲ ὁρῶν ἐφʼ ἑαυτὸν συνεστηκότας πολλοὺς καὶ μεγάλους τοῖς ἀξιώμασιν ἄνδρας καὶ συλλογιζόμενος τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ φυομένου πολέμου τά τʼ ἔθνη καὶ πόλεις καὶ δυνάστας προσεκαλεῖτο εἰς συμμαχίαν.
Antigonus, seeing that many men great in dignity were united against him, and calculating the magnitude of the growing war, began to call nations, cities, and dynasts into alliance.
§19.57.4Ἀγησίλαον μὲν οὖν πρὸς τοὺς ἐν Κύπρῳ βασιλεῖς, εἰς δὲ Ῥόδον Ἰδομενέα καὶ Μοσχίωνα, Πτολεμαῖον δὲ τὸν ἀδελφιδοῦν μετὰ δυνάμεως εἰς Καππαδοκίαν ἀπέστειλεν, ἵνα λύσῃ μὲν Ἀμισσοῦ τὴν πολιορκίαν καὶ τοὺς ὑπὸ Κασάνδρου πεμφθέντας εἰς Καππαδοκίαν ἐκβάλῃ πάντας, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ὅπως παραγενόμενος εἰς Ἑλλήσποντον ἐφεδρεύῃ τοῖς περὶ Κάσανδρον, ἂν ἐπιχειρῇ διαβαίνειν ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης.
Accordingly, he dispatched Agesilaus to the kings in Cyprus, Idomeneus and Moschion to Rhodes, and his nephew Ptolemy with a force into Cappadocia, in order that he might raise the siege of Amisus and expel all those who had been sent into Cappadocia by Cassander, and furthermore, that upon arriving at the Hellespont, he might watch those around Cassander if he should attempt to cross from Europe.
§19.57.5Ἀριστόδημον δὲ τὸν Μιλήσιον εἰς Πελοπόννησον ἐξέπεμψεν ἔχοντα χίλια τάλαντα· τούτῳ δὲ συνετέτακτο συνθέσθαι φιλίαν πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον καὶ Πολυπέρχοντα καὶ ξενολογήσαντα τοὺς ἱκανοὺς διαπολεμεῖν Κασάνδρῳ.
He also sent Aristodemus the Milesian to the Peloponnese with a thousand talents; and to this man it had been commanded to make a friendship with Alexander and Polysperchon, and having enlisted sufficient mercenaries, to wage war against Cassander.
αὐτὸς δὲ πᾶσαν τὴν Ἀσίαν, ἧς ἦν κύριος, διέλαβε πυρσοῖς καὶ βυβλιαφόροις, δι’ ὧν ὀξέως ἤμελλεν ὑπηρετεῖσθαι πάντα.
He himself divided the whole of Asia, of which he was master, with beacons and letter-carriers, through whom everything was to be quickly served.