§20.47.1ὁ δὲ Δημήτριος παραπλεύσας εἰς Κιλικίαν κἀκεῖθεν ναῦς καὶ στρατιώτας προσλαβόμενος διέπλευσεν εἰς τὴν Κύπρον ἔχων πεζοὺς μὲν μυρίους πεντακισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ τετρακοσίους, ναῦς δὲ ταχυναυτούσας μὲν τριήρεις πλείους τῶν ἑκατὸν δέκα, τῶν δὲ βαρυτέρων στρατιωτίδων πεντήκοντα καὶ τρεῖς καὶ πόρια τῶν παντοδαπῶν ἱκανὰ τῷ πλήθει τῶν ἱππέων τε καὶ πεζῶν.
Demetrius, having sailed along the coast to Cilicia and having taken on additional ships and soldiers from there, sailed across to Cyprus, having fifteen thousand infantry, four hundred cavalry, more than one hundred and ten fast-sailing triremes, fifty-three of the heavier troop-transports, and sufficient transport vessels of all kinds for the multitude of both cavalry and infantry.
§20.47.2καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον κατεστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ τῆς Καρπασίας καὶ νεωλκήσας τὰ σκάφη χάρακι καὶ τάφρῳ βαθείᾳ τὴν παρεμβολὴν ὠχύρωσεν· ἔπειτα τοῖς πλησιοχώροις προσβολὰς ποιησάμενος εἷλε κατὰ κράτος Οὐρανίαν καὶ Καρπασίαν, τῶν δὲ νεῶν τὴν ἱκανὴν φυλακὴν ἀπολιπὼν ἀνέζευξε μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως ἐπὶ τὴν Σαλαμῖνα.
And at first he encamped on the coast of Carpasia and, having hauled up his vessels, fortified his camp with a palisade and a deep ditch; then, having made attacks on the neighboring areas, he took Urania and Carpasia by force, and having left a sufficient guard for the ships, he set out with his force toward Salamis.
§20.47.3ὁ δὲ τεταγμένος ὑπὸ Πτολεμαίου τῆς νήσου στρατηγὸς Μενέλαος συναγαγὼν τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐκ τῶν φρουρίων διέτριβεν ἐν Σαλαμῖνι, ἀπεχόντων δὲ τεσσαράκοντα σταδίους τῶν πολεμίων ἐξῆλθεν ἔχων πεζοὺς μὲν μυρίους καὶ δισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ περὶ ὀκτακοσίους.
Meanwhile Menelaus, the general of the island appointed by Ptolemy, having gathered his soldiers from the garrisons, was staying in Salamis, but when the enemy were forty stades away, he went out with twelve thousand infantry and about eight hundred cavalry.
γενομένης δὲ μάχης ἐπʼ ὀλίγον χρόνον οἱ μὲν περὶ τὸν Μενέλαον ἐκβιασθέντες ἐτράπησαν, ὁ δὲ Δημήτριος συνδιώξας τοὺς πολεμίους εἰς τὴν πόλιν αἰχμαλώτους μὲν ἔλαβεν οὐ πολὺ ἐλάττους τρισχιλίων, ἀνεῖλε δὲ περὶ χιλίους.
When a battle had taken place for a short time, those around Menelaus, being overpowered, were routed, and Demetrius, having pursued the enemy to the city, took not many fewer than three thousand prisoners and killed about a thousand.
§20.47.4τοὺς δʼ ἁλόντας τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἀπολύσας τῶν ἐγκλημάτων καταδιεῖλεν εἰς τὰς τῶν ἰδίων στρατιωτῶν τάξεις· ἀποδιδρασκόντων δʼ αὐτῶν πρὸς τοὺς περὶ τὸν Μενέλαον διὰ τὸ τὰς ἀποσκευὰς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καταλελοιπέναι παρὰ Πτολεμαίῳ, γνοὺς ἀμεταθέτους ὄντας ἐνεβίβασεν εἰς τὰς ναῦς καὶ πρὸς Ἀντίγονον εἰς Συρίαν ἀπέστειλεν.
At first, having released the captives from charges, he distributed them into the ranks of his own soldiers; but since they kept running away to those around Menelaus because they had left their baggage behind in Egypt with Ptolemy, knowing that they were unalterable, he embarked them onto the ships and sent them to Antigonus in Syria.
§20.47.5οὗτος δὲ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον διέτριβε περὶ τὴν ἄνω Συρίαν, πόλιν κτίζων περὶ τὸν Ὀρόντην ποταμὸν τὴν ὠνομασμένην Ἀντιγονίαν ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ.
Antigonus at this time was staying around Upper Syria, founding a city near the Orontes river, which was named Antigonia after himself.
κατεσκεύαζε δὲ πολυτελῶς, τὴν περίμετρον ὑποστησάμενος σταδίων ἑβδομήκοντα· εὐφυὴς γὰρ ἦν ὁ τόπος ἐφεδρεῦσαι τῇ τε Βαβυλῶνι καὶ ταῖς ἄνω σατραπείαις καὶ πάλιν τῇ κάτω Συρίᾳ καὶ ταῖς ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου σατραπείαις.
He was building it sumptuously, having established its perimeter at seventy stades; for the place was well situated to watch over Babylon and the upper satrapies, and again Lower Syria and the satrapies from Egypt.
§20.47.6οὐ μὴν πολύν γε χρόνον συνέβη μεῖναι τὴν πόλιν, Σελεύκου καθελόντος αὐτὴν καὶ μεταγαγόντος ἐπὶ τὴν κτισθεῖσαν μὲν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ, ἀπʼ ἐκείνου δὲ κληθεῖσαν Σελεύκειαν.
However, it happened that the city did not remain for a long time, since Seleucus destroyed it and transferred it to the city founded by himself and named Seleucia after him.
ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἀκριβῶς ἕκαστα δηλώσομεν ἐπὶ τοὺς οἰκείους χρόνους παραγενηθέντες·
But concerning these matters we shall declare each detail accurately when we arrive at the proper times.
§20.47.7τῶν δὲ κατὰ τὴν Κύπρον οἱ περὶ τὸν Μενέλαον ἡττημένοι τῇ μάχῃ τὰ μὲν βέλη καὶ τὰς μηχανὰς παρεκόμισαν ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη καὶ τοῖς στρατιώταις διαλαβόντες τὰς ἐπάλξεις παρεσκευάζοντο πρὸς τὸν κίνδυνον, ὁρῶντες καὶ τὸν Δημήτριον πρὸς πολιορκίαν ἑτοιμαζόμενον,
As for the events in Cyprus, Menelaus and his men, having been defeated in the battle, carried their missiles and engines to the walls and, having distributed the battlements among the soldiers, prepared themselves for the danger, seeing that Demetrius also was preparing for a siege.
§20.47.8πρὸς δὲ Πτολεμαῖον ἀπέστειλαν εἰς Αἴγυπτον τοὺς δηλώσοντας περὶ τῶν ἐλαττωμάτων καὶ ἀξιώσοντας βοηθεῖν, ὡς κινδυνευόντων αὐτῷ τῶν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ πραγμάτων.
And they dispatched to Ptolemy in Egypt those who would report concerning their defeats and ask him to come to their aid, as his affairs in the island were in danger.