§20.103.1ὁ δὲ Δημήτριος διοικήσας τὰ περὶ τοὺς Σικυωνίους ἀνέζευξε μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως ἐπὶ τὴν Κόρινθον, ἣν ἐφρούρει Πρεπέλαος Κασάνδρου στρατηγός.
Demetrius, having settled the affairs of the Sicyonians, set out with all his force for Corinth, which Prepelaus, the general of Cassander, was guarding.
τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶτον νυκτὸς ὑπό τινων πολιτῶν εἰσαχθεὶς διά τινος πυλίδος ἐκράτησε τῆς πόλεως καὶ τῶν λιμένων.
First, then, being let in by night by certain citizens through a small gate, he made himself master of the city and of the harbors.
§20.103.2τῶν δὲ φρουρῶν καταφυγόντων τῶν μὲν εἰς τὸ καλούμενον Σισύφιον, τῶν δʼ εἰς τὸν Ἀκροκόρινθον προσαγαγὼν μηχανὰς τοῖς ὀχυρώμασι καὶ πολλὰ κακοπαθήσας εἷλε τὸ Σισύφιον κατὰ κράτος.
When some of the guards fled for refuge to the place called Sisyphium, and others to the Acrocorinth, he brought up siege engines against the fortifications and after suffering many hardships took the Sisyphium by storm.
εἶτα τῶν ἐνταῦθα συμφυγόντων πρὸς τοὺς κατειληφότας τὸν Ἀκροκόρινθον καὶ τούτους καταπληξάμενος ἠνάγκασε παραδοῦναι τὴν ἄκραν· §20.103.3σφόδρα γὰρ ἦν ἀνυπόστατος οὗτος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν ταῖς προσβολαῖς, εὐμήχανος ὑπάρχων περὶ τὴν κατασκευὴν τῶν πολιορκητικῶν ἔργων.
Then, when those there fled together to those who had occupied the Acrocorinth, having terrified these as well, he forced them to surrender the citadel; for this king was exceedingly irresistible in his assaults, being highly ingenious in the construction of siege-works.
οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τοὺς Κορινθίους ἐλευθερώσας παρεισήγαγε φυλακὴν εἰς τὸν Ἀκροκόρινθον, βουλομένων τῶν πολιτῶν διὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τηρεῖσθαι τὴν πόλιν μέχρι ἂν ὁ πρὸς Κάσανδρον καταλυθῇ πόλεμος.
Nevertheless, having liberated the Corinthians, he introduced a garrison into the Acrocorinth, as the citizens wished the city to be guarded by the king until the war against Cassander should be brought to an end.
§20.103.4καὶ Πρεπέλαος μὲν αἰσχρῶς ἐκπεσὼν ἐκ τῆς Κορίνθου πρὸς Κάσανδρον ἀπεχώρησεν, Δημήτριος δὲ παρελθὼν εἰς τὴν Ἀχαΐαν Βοῦραν μὲν κατὰ κράτος εἷλε καὶ τοῖς πολίταις ἀπέδωκε τὴν αὐτονομίαν, Σκύρον δʼ ἐν ὀλίγαις ἡμέραις παραλαβὼν ἐξέβαλε τὴν φρουράν.
And Prepelaus, having been shamefully driven out of Corinth, withdrew to Cassander, while Demetrius, advancing into Achaea, took Bura by storm and restored autonomy to its citizens, and having taken Scyrus within a few days, expelled the garrison.
§20.103.5μετὰ δὲ ταῦτʼ ἐπʼ Ὀρχομενὸν τῆς Ἀρκαδίας στρατεύσας ἐκέλευσε τῷ τῆς φρουρᾶς ἀφηγουμένῳ Στρομβίχῳ παραδοῦναι τὴν πόλιν.
After these things, marching against Orchomenus of Arcadia, he ordered Strombichus, the leader of the garrison, to surrender the city.
οὐ προσέχοντος δʼ αὐτοῦ τοῖς λόγοις, ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλὰ λοιδοροῦντος ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχους βλασφήμως προσαγαγὼν μηχανὰς ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ καταβαλὼν τὰ τείχη κατὰ κράτος εἷλε τὴν πόλιν.
When he paid no attention to the words, but even cast many abusive insults blasphemously from the wall, the king brought up his engines, threw down the walls, and took the city by storm.
§20.103.6τὸν μὲν οὖν Στρόμβιχον τὸν ὑπὸ Πολυπέρχοντος καθεσταμένον φρούραρχον καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν ἀλλοτρίως διατεθέντων πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς ὀγδοήκοντα πρὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀνεσταύρωσε, τῶν δʼ ἄλλων μισθοφόρων ἑλὼν εἰς δισχιλίους κατέμιξε τοῖς ἰδίοις στρατιώταις.
Strombichus, therefore, the garrison-commander appointed by Polyperchon, and about eighty of the others who were hostilely disposed toward him, he crucified in front of the city, and having captured about two thousand of the other mercenaries, he mixed them with his own soldiers.
§20.103.7μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἅλωσιν ταύτης τῆς πόλεως οἱ σύνεγγυς τὰ φρούρια κατέχοντες, ὑπολαμβάνοντες ἀδύνατον ὑπάρχειν τὸ διαφυγεῖν τὴν βίαν τοῦ βασιλέως, παρέδωκαν αὐτῷ τὰ χωρία.
After the capture of this city, those who held the nearby fortresses, conceiving that it was impossible to escape the violence of the king, surrendered the places to him.
ὁμοίως δὲ τούτοις καὶ οἱ τὰς πόλεις φρουροῦντες, τῶν μὲν περὶ Κάσανδρον καὶ Πρεπέλαον καὶ Πολυπέρχοντα μὴ βοηθούντων, τοῦ δὲ Δημητρίου μετὰ μεγάλης δυνάμεως καὶ μηχανῶν ὑπεραγουσῶν προσιόντος, ἑκουσίως ἐξεχώρουν.
In like manner to these, those also who guarded the cities, since those around Cassander, Prepelaus, and Polyperchon gave no help, and Demetrius was approaching with a great force and superior engines, voluntarily withdrew.
καὶ τὰ μὲν περὶ Δημήτριον ἐν τούτοις ἦν.
And the affairs of Demetrius were in this state.