§20.49.1Πτολεμαῖος δὲ πυθόμενος τὴν τῶν ἰδίων ἧτταν ἐξέπλευσεν ἐκ τῆς Αἰγύπτου δύναμιν ἔχων ἀξιόλογον πεζικήν τε καὶ ναυτικήν.
Ptolemy, having learned of the defeat of his own forces, sailed out from Egypt having a noteworthy force both of infantry and of navy.
κατενεχθεὶς δὲ τῆς Κύπρου πρὸς τὴν Πάφον ἔκ τε τῶν πόλεων παρεδέξατο τὰ σκάφη καὶ παρέπλευσεν εἰς Κίτιον, τῆς Σαλαμῖνος ἀπέχον σταδίους διακοσίους.
And having put in at Paphos in Cyprus, he received ships from the cities and sailed along the coast to Citium, which is two hundred stades distant from Salamis.
§20.49.2εἶχε δὲ τὰς πάσας ναῦς μακρὰς ἑκατὸν καὶ τεσσαράκοντα· τούτων δʼ ἦν ἡ μεγίστη πεντήρης, ἡ δʼ ἐλαχίστη τετρήρης· στρατιωτικὰ δὲ πόρια ταύταις ἐπηκολούθει πλείω τῶν διακοσίων, §20.49.3ἄγοντα πεζοὺς οὐκ ἐλάττους τῶν μυρίων.
And he had in all one hundred and forty warships; of these the largest was a quinquereme, and the smallest a quadrireme; and more than two hundred military transports followed these, carrying not fewer than ten thousand infantry.
οὗτος μὲν οὖν πρὸς τὸν Μενέλαον κατὰ γῆν ἔπεμψέ τινας, διακελευόμενος τὰς ναῦς, ἂν ᾖ δυνατόν, κατὰ τάχος ἐκ τῆς Σαλαμῖνος πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀποστεῖλαι, οὔσας ἑξήκοντα· ἤλπιζε γάρ, εἰ προσλάβοι ταύτας, ῥᾳδίως κρατήσειν τῇ ναυμαχίᾳ, διακοσίοις σκάφεσιν ἀγωνιζόμενος.
He, then, sent some men by land to Menelaus, urging him, if it should be possible, to dispatch the ships, which were sixty in number, with speed from Salamis to him; for he hoped that, if he should secure these in addition, he would easily win the sea-fight, contending with two hundred ships.
§20.49.4ὁ δὲ Δημήτριος νοήσας αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐπιβολὴν ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς πολιορκίας ἀπέλιπε μέρος τῆς δυνάμεως, τὰς δὲ ναῦς ἁπάσας πληρώσας καὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν τοὺς κρατίστους ἐμβιβάσας βέλη καὶ πετροβόλους ἐνέθετο καὶ τῶν τρισπιθάμων ὀξυβελῶν τοὺς ἱκανοὺς ταῖς πρῴραις ἐπέστησε.
But Demetrius, having perceived his plan, left a part of his force for the siege, and having manned all his ships and embarked the best of his soldiers, he put on board missiles and stone-throwers, and placed a sufficient number of the three-span arrow-shooting engines on the prows.
§20.49.5κοσμήσας δὲ πολυτελῶς πρὸς ναυμαχίαν τὸν στόλον περιέπλευσε τὴν πόλιν καὶ κατὰ τὸ στόμα τοῦ λιμένος μικρὸν ἔξω βέλους ἀφεὶς τὰς ἀγκύρας διενυκτέρευσεν, ἅμα μὲν τὰς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ναῦς κωλύων συμμῖξαι ταῖς ἄλλαις, ἅμα δὲ καραδοκῶν τὸν ἐπίπλουν τῶν πολεμίων καὶ πρὸς ναυμαχίαν ὢν ἕτοιμος.
And having equipped his fleet sumptuously for the sea-fight, he sailed around the city and having cast anchor near the mouth of the harbor a little outside of range of missiles, he passed the night, on the one hand preventing the ships from the city from mingling with the others, and on the other hand watching for the approach of the enemy and being ready for the sea-fight.
§20.49.6τοῦ δὲ Πτολεμαίου πλέοντος ἐπὶ τὴν Σαλαμῖνα καὶ τῶν ὑπηρετικῶν πλοίων συνεπομένων πόρρωθεν καταπληκτικὸν ὁρᾶσθαι συνέβαινε τὸν στόλον διὰ τὸ πλῆθος.
And as Ptolemy was sailing against Salamis and the auxiliary vessels were following from afar, it happened that the fleet was a terrifying sight to look upon because of its multitude.