§19.69.1Ἀντίγονος δʼ ὁρῶν τὸν Κάσανδρον ἀντεχόμενον τῆς Ἀσίας Δημήτριον μὲν τὸν υἱὸν ἀπέλιπεν ἐν τῇ Συρίᾳ, προστάξας ἐνεδρεύειν τοὺς περὶ Πτολεμαῖον, οὓς ὑπώπτευεν ἐκ τῆς Αἰγύπτου προάξειν μετὰ δυνάμεως ἐπὶ Συρίας, συναπέλιπε δʼ αὐτῷ πεζοὺς μὲν ξένους μυρίους, Μακεδόνας δὲ δισχιλίους, Λυκίους δὲ καὶ Παμφυλίους πεντακοσίους, Πέρσας δὲ τοξότας καὶ σφενδονήτας τετρακοσίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ πεντακισχιλίους, ἐλέφαντας δὲ πλείους τῶν τεσσαράκοντα.
Antigonus, seeing that Cassander was contending for Asia, left his son Demetrius in Syria, ordering him to lie in wait for the party of Ptolemy, whom he suspected would advance from Egypt with an army against Syria. And he left with him ten thousand mercenary infantry, two thousand Macedonians, five hundred Lycians and Pamphylians, four hundred Persian archers and slingers, five thousand cavalry, and more than forty elephants.
παρακατέστησε δʼ αὐτῷ καὶ συμβούλους τέσσαρας, Νέαρχόν τε τὸν Κρῆτα καὶ Πίθωνα τὸν Ἀγήνορος, ὃς καταβεβήκει πρότερον ὀλίγαις ἡμέραις ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις Ἀνδρόνικόν τε τὸν Ὀλύνθιον καὶ Φίλιππον, ἄνδρας πρεσβυτέρους καὶ συνεστρατευκότας Ἀλεξάνδρῳ πᾶσαν τὴν στρατείαν·
He also appointed for him four advisers: Nearchus, namely the Cretan, and Pithon the son of Agenor, who had come down from Babylon a few days before, and in addition to these, Andronicus of Olynthus and Philip, men who were older and had campaigned with Alexander through his entire expedition.
ἦν γὰρ Δημήτριος ἔτι νέος τὴν ἡλικίαν, ὡς ἂν γεγονὼς ἔτη δύο πρὸς τοῖς εἴκοσιν.
For Demetrius was still young in years, being, as it were, twenty-two years of age.
§19.69.2αὐτὸς δὲ τὴν ἄλλην δύναμιν ἀνέλαβε καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὑπερβάλλων τὸν Ταῦρον καὶ περιπεσὼν χιόνι πολλῇ συχνοὺς ἀπέβαλε τῶν στρατιωτῶν.
He himself took the rest of the army, and at first, while crossing the Taurus and encountering heavy snow, lost many of his soldiers.
διὸ καὶ πάλιν ἀναστρέψας εἰς τὴν Κιλικίαν καὶ μεταλαβὼν ἕτερον καιρὸν διεξῆλθε μὲν ἀσφαλέστερον τὸ προειρημένον ὄρος, παραγενόμενος δʼ εἰς Κελαινὰς τῆς Φρυγίας διεῖλε τὸ στρατόπεδον εἰς χειμασίαν.
For this reason, turning back again to Cilicia and choosing another season, he traversed the aforementioned mountain more safely; and having arrived at Celaenae in Phrygia, he distributed the army into winter quarters.
§19.69.3μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τὸν στόλον ἐκ Φοινίκης μετεπέμψατο Μηδίου ναυαρχοῦντος, ὃς περιτυχὼν ταῖς Πυδναίων ναυσίν, οὔσαις τριάκοντα ἕξ, καὶ καταναυμαχήσας αὐτάνδρων τῶν σκαφῶν ἐκυρίευσεν.
After this, he summoned the fleet from Phoenicia under the command of Medius, who, having encountered the ships of the Pydnaeans, thirty-six in number, and having defeated them in a naval battle, captured the vessels with their crews.
καὶ τὰ μὲν περὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐν τούτοις ἦν.
And the affairs in Greece and Asia were in this state.