§20.82.1ὃ δὴ συνορῶν ὁ Ἀντίγονος καὶ σπεύδων αὐτοὺς ἀποσπάσαι τῆς πρὸς ἐκεῖνον ἐπιπλοκῆς τὸ μὲν πρῶτον πρεσβευτὰς ἀπέστειλε καθʼ ὃν καιρὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς Κύπρου διεπολέμει πρὸς Πτολεμαῖον, ἀξιῶν αὐτῷ συμμαχεῖν καὶ ναῦς συναποστεῖλαι τῷ Δημητρίῳ·
Antigonus, perceiving this and hastening to detach them from their connection with Ptolemy, at first sent ambassadors at the time when he was warring against Ptolemy over Cyprus, demanding that they ally with him and send ships along with Demetrius.
§20.82.2οὐ προσεχόντων δʼ αὐτῶν ἀπέστειλέ τινα τῶν στρατηγῶν μετὰ νεῶν, συντάξας τοὺς πλέοντας εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐκ τῆς Ῥόδου κατάγειν καὶ περιαιρεῖσθαι τὰ φορτία.
But when they paid no attention to this, he sent one of his generals with ships, ordering him to bring into port those sailing from Rhodes to Egypt and to confiscate their cargoes.
τούτου δʼ ἐκβληθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Ῥοδίων φήσας αὐτοὺς ἀδίκου κατῆρχθαι πολέμου διηπειλήσατο πολιορκήσειν δυνάμεσιν ἁδραῖς τὴν πόλιν.
When this general was expelled by the Rhodians, Antigonus, asserting that they had initiated an unjust war, threatened to besiege their city with a heavy force.
οἱ δὲ Ῥόδιοι τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐψηφίσαντο μεγάλας αὐτῷ τιμὰς καὶ πέμψαντες πρέσβεις ἠξίουν μὴ βιάσασθαι τὴν πόλιν προπεσεῖν παρὰ τὰς συνθήκας εἰς τὸν πόλεμον πρὸς Πτολεμαῖον.
The Rhodians at first voted great honors to him, and, sending ambassadors, begged him not to force their city to plunge into war against Ptolemy contrary to their treaties.
§20.82.3τραχύτερον δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀπαντῶντος καὶ τὸν υἱὸν Δημήτριον ἐκπέμψαντος μετὰ δυνάμεως καὶ πολιορκητικῶν ὀργάνων φοβηθέντες τὴν ὑπεροχὴν τοῦ βασιλέως τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς τὸν Δημήτριον, φήσαντες συμπολεμήσειν Ἀντιγόνῳ πρὸς Πτολεμαῖον·
But when the king answered more harshly and dispatched his son Demetrius with a force and siege engines, they, fearing the king's overwhelming power, at first sent messengers to Demetrius, saying that they would fight along with Antigonus against Ptolemy.
ὡς δʼ ἐκεῖνος ὁμήρους ἑκατὸν ᾔτει τοὺς ἐπιφανεστάτους καὶ τοῖς λιμέσι δέχεσθαι τὸν στόλον προσέταττεν, ὑπολαβόντες ἐπιβουλεύειν αὐτὸν τῇ πόλει, τὰ πρὸς πόλεμον παρεσκευάζοντο.
However, when he demanded one hundred hostages from among the most illustrious citizens and ordered them to receive his fleet into their harbors, they suspected that he was plotting against the city, and began to make preparations for war.
§20.82.4Δημήτριος δὲ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν ἀθροίσας εἰς τὸν ἐν Λωρύμοις λιμένα στόλον ἐξήρτυε πρὸς τὸν ἐπίπλουν τὸν ἐπὶ τὴν Ῥόδον.
Demetrius, having assembled all his forces in the harbor at Loryma, prepared his fleet for the voyage against Rhodes.
εἶχε δὲ ναῦς μακρὰς μὲν παντοίας μεγέθει διακοσίας, ὑπηρετικὰ δὲ πλείω τῶν ἑκατὸν ἑβδομήκοντα· ἐν δὲ τούτοις ἐκομίζοντο στρατιῶται βραχὺ λειπόμενοι τῶν τετρακισμυρίων σὺν ἱππεῦσι καὶ τοῖς συμμαχοῦσι πειραταῖς.
He had two hundred warships of every size, and more than one hundred and seventy auxiliary vessels; and on these were carried soldiers lacking a little of forty thousand, along with cavalry and allied pirates.
ὑπῆρχε δὲ καὶ βελῶν παντοίων πλῆθος καὶ πάντων τῶν πρὸς πολιορκίαν χρησίμων μεγάλη παρασκευή.
There was also a great quantity of missiles of every kind, and an immense preparation of everything useful for a siege.
§20.82.5χωρὶς δὲ τούτων ἰδιωτικὰ πόρια συνηκολούθει τῶν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς χρωμένων βραχὺ λειπόμενα τῶν χιλίων·
Apart from these, private trading vessels belonging to those who made use of the markets followed along, lacking a little of a thousand.
πολλὰ γὰρ ἔτη τῆς χώρας τῆς Ῥοδίων ἀπορθήτου γεγενημένης συνέρρει πανταχόθεν πλῆθος τῶν εἰωθότων ὠφελείας ἰδίας ἡγεῖσθαι τὰ τῶν πολεμουμένων ἀτυχήματα.
For since the territory of the Rhodians had remained unravaged for many years, there flocked from all sides a multitude of those who were accustomed to regard the misfortunes of those at war as their own gain.