§20.24.1ὃς ταφὴν συντελέσας μεγαλοπρεπῆ καὶ καταθέμενος εἰς τὰς βασιλικὰς θήκας τὸ σῶμα ταχέως ἧκεν εἰς Γάργαζαν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν ἅμα καὶ τὴν δυναστείαν παρέλαβεν.
He, having performed a magnificent funeral and deposited the body in the royal tombs, quickly came to Gargaza and took over both the army and the sovereignty.
Εὐμήλου δὲ διαπρεσβευομένου περὶ μέρους τῆς βασιλείας τούτῳ μὲν οὐ προσεῖχεν, ἐν δὲ Γαργάζῃ φρουρὰν ἀπολιπὼν ἐπανῆλθεν εἰς Παντικάπαιον, ἀσφαλισόμενος τὰ κατὰ τὴν βασιλείαν.
Although Eumelus sent envoys to treat for a share of the kingdom, he paid no attention to him, but leaving a garrison in Gargaza, he returned to Panticapaeum to secure the affairs of the kingdom.
καθʼ ὃν δὴ χρόνον Εὔμηλος, συναγωνισαμένων αὐτῷ τῶν βαρβάρων, τήν τε Γάργαζαν κατελάβετο καὶ τῶν ἄλλων πολισμάτων καὶ χωρίων οὐκ ὀλίγα.
It was at this very time that Eumelus, the barbarians fighting along with him, seized Gargaza and not a few of the other towns and places.
§20.24.2ἐπιστρατεύσαντος δὲ τοῦ Πρυτάνιδος μάχῃ τε ἐνίκησε τὸν ἀδελφὸν καὶ συγκλείσας εἰς τὸν ἰσθμὸν τὸν πλησίον τῆς Μαιώτιδος λίμνης συνηνάγκασεν ὁμολογίας θέσθαι, καθʼ ἃς τούς τε στρατιώτας παρέδωκε καὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἐκχωρεῖν ὡμολόγησεν.
And when Prytanis marched against him, he defeated his brother in battle, and having shut him up in the isthmus near the Maeotis Lake, he compelled him to make an agreement, according to which he surrendered his soldiers and agreed to abdicate the kingdom.
ὡς δὲ παρεγένετο εἰς Παντικάπαιον, ἐν ᾧ τὸ βασίλειον ἦν ἀεὶ τῶν ἐν Βοσπόρῳ βασιλευσάντων, ἐπεχείρησε μὲν πάλιν ἀνακτᾶσθαι τὴν βασιλείαν, κατισχυθεὶς δὲ καὶ φυγὼν εἰς τοὺς καλουμένους Κήπους ἀνῃρέθη.
But when he arrived at Panticapaeum, where the palace of those who ruled in Bosporus had always been, he attempted again to recover the kingdom, but being overpowered and fleeing to the place called Kepoi, he was slain.
§20.24.3Εὔμηλος δὲ μετὰ τὸν τῶν ἀδελφῶν θάνατον βουλόμενος ἀσφαλῶς θέσθαι τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀνεῖλε τούς τε φίλους τῶν περὶ τὸν Σάτυρον καὶ Πρύτανιν, ἔτι δὲ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ τέκνα.
But Eumelus, wishing after the death of his brothers to establish his own power securely, put to death the friends of Satyrus and Prytanis, and furthermore their wives and children.
μόνος δὲ διέφυγεν αὐτὸν ὁ παῖς ὁ Σατύρου Παρυσάδης, νέος ὢν παντελῶς τὴν ἡλικίαν· ἐξιππεύσας γὰρ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως κατέφυγε πρὸς Ἄγαρον τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Σκυδῶν.
Only the son of Satyrus, Parysades, escaped him, being very young in age; for having ridden on horseback out of the city, he fled for refuge to Agaros, the king of the Scydians.
§20.24.4ἀγανακτούντων δὲ τῶν πολιτῶν ἐπὶ τῷ φόνῳ τῶν οἰκείων συναγαγὼν εἰς ἐκκλησίαν τὰ πλήθη περί τε τούτων ἀπελογήσατο καὶ τὴν πάτριον πολιτείαν ἀποκατέστησεν.
Since the citizens were indignant at the murder of their relatives, he gathered the multitudes into an assembly, made his defense concerning these matters, and restored the ancestral constitution.
συνεχώρησε δὲ καὶ τὴν ἀτέλειαν ἔχειν τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν προγόνων οὖσαν τοῖς Παντικάπαιον οἰκοῦσι.
He also granted to those who inhabited Panticapaeum the right to have the exemption from taxes that had existed in the time of their ancestors.
προσεπηγγείλατο δὲ καὶ τῶν εἰσφορῶν ἅπαντας ἀφήσειν καὶ πολλὰ διελέχθη δημαγωγῶν τὰ πλήθη.
Furthermore, he promised to release everyone from all direct taxes and spoke at length, winning the favor of the multitudes.
§20.24.5ταχὺ δὲ πάντων εἰς τὴν προϋπάρχουσαν εὔνοιαν ἀποκαταστάντων διὰ τὰς εὐεργεσίας τὸ λοιπὸν ἐβασίλευεν ἄρχων νομίμως τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων καὶ διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν οὐ μετρίως θαυμαζόμενος.
And when all had quickly returned to their former goodwill because of his benefactions, he reigned for the future, ruling his subjects lawfully and being admired in no small measure for his virtue.