§20.97.1ἔπειτα γενομένης ἡμέρας προσέταξε τοῖς ὑπηρέταις ἀθροῖσαι τὰ βέλη τὰ πεσόντα παρὰ τῶν Ῥοδίων, ἐκ τούτων βουλόμενος συλλογίσασθαι τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει τὴν παρασκευήν.
Then, when day came, he ordered his servants to collect the missiles that had fallen from the Rhodians, wishing from these to estimate the preparedness of those in the city.
§20.97.2ὧν ταχὺ τὸ προσταχθὲν ποιησάντων ἠριθμήθησαν πυρφόροι μὲν τοῖς μεγέθεσι παντοῖοι πλείους τῶν ὀκτακοσίων, ὀξυβελεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐλάττους τῶν χιλίων πεντακοσίων.
When they quickly did what had been ordered, there were counted more than eight hundred fire-carriers of all kinds in size, and not fewer than fifteen hundred bolt-projectors.
τοσούτων δὲ βελῶν ἐνεχθέντων ἐν βραχεῖ χρόνῳ νυκτὸς ἐθαύμαζε τὴν χορηγίαν τῆς πόλεως καὶ τὴν ἐν τούτοις δαψίλειαν.
Since so many missiles had been discharged in a short time of the night, he marveled at the resources of the city and their abundance in these things.
§20.97.3τότε μὲν οὖν ὁ Δημήτριος κατεσκεύασε τὰ πεπονηκότα τῶν ἔργων καὶ περί τε τὴν ταφὴν τῶν τελευτησάντων καὶ τὴν θεραπείαν τῶν τραυματιῶν ἐγίνετο.
At that time, therefore, Demetrius repaired the damaged parts of the works and occupied himself with both the burial of the dead and the care of the wounded.
§20.97.4καθʼ ὃν δὴ χρόνον οἱ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ἄνεσιν λαβόντες τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν μηχανῶν βίας ᾠκοδόμησαν τρίτον τεῖχος μηνοειδές, περιλαμβάνοντες τῇ μὲν περιφερείᾳ πάντα τὸν κινδυνεύοντα τόπον τοῦ τείχους· οὐδὲν δʼ ἧττον καὶ τάφρῳ βαθείᾳ περιέλαβον τὸ πεπτωκὸς τοῦ τείχους, ὅπως μὴ δύνηται ῥᾳδίως ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐξ ἐφόδου μετὰ βάρους εἰσπεσεῖν εἰς τὴν πόλιν.
During this very time, those in the city, having obtained a respite from the violence of the engines, built a third crescent-shaped wall, enclosing with its circumference the entire threatened part of the wall; nonetheless, they also enclosed the fallen part of the wall with a deep ditch, so that the king might not easily break into the city by a sudden assault with heavy force.
§20.97.5ἐξέπεμψαν δὲ καὶ ναῦς τῶν ἄριστα πλεουσῶν, Ἀμύνταν ἐπιστήσαντες ἡγεμόνα, ὃς ἐκπλεύσας πρὸς τὴν Περαίαν τῆς Ἀσίας ἐπεφάνη παραδόξως πειραταῖς τισιν ἀπεσταλμένοις ὑπὸ Δημητρίου.
They also sent out some of the best sailing ships, appointing Amyntas as commander, who, sailing out to the Peraea of Asia, appeared unexpectedly to certain pirates dispatched by Demetrius.
οὗτοι δʼ εἶχον ἄφρακτα τρία, κράτιστοι δοκοῦντες εἶναι τῶν τῷ βασιλεῖ συστρατευόντων.
These men had three open vessels, being thought to be the strongest of those campaigning with the king.
γενομένης δʼ ἐπʼ ὀλίγον χρόνον ναυμαχίας οἱ Ῥόδιοι βιασάμενοι τῶν νεῶν αὐτάνδρων ἐκυρίευσαν, ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ Τιμοκλῆς ὁ ἀρχιπειρατής.
When a naval battle took place for a short time, the Rhodians, forcing their way, captured the ships with all hands, among whom was also Timocles, the chief pirate.
§20.97.6ἐπέπλευσαν δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐμπόρων τισὶ καὶ παρελόμενοι κέλητας οὐκ ὀλίγους γέμοντας σίτου τούτους τε καὶ τὰ τῶν πειρατῶν ἄφρακτα κατήγαγον εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον νυκτός, λαθόντες τοὺς πολεμίους.
They also sailed against some of the merchants, and taking not a few light vessels laden with corn, they brought these and the open vessels of the pirates down into Rhodes by night, eluding the enemy.
§20.97.7ὁ δὲ Δημήτριος ἐπισκευάσας τὰ πεπονηκότα τῶν ἔργων προσέβαλλε τῷ τείχει τὰς μηχανὰς καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς βέλεσιν ἀφειδῶς χρώμενος τοὺς μὲν ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐπάλξεσιν ἐφεστῶτας ἀνεῖρξε, τοῖς δὲ κριοῖς τύπτων τὸ συνεχὲς τοῦ τόπου δύο μὲν μεσοπύργια κατέβαλε, περὶ δὲ τὸν πύργον τὸν ἀνὰ μέσον τούτων φιλοτιμουμένοις τοῖς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἰσχυροὶ καὶ συνεχεῖς ἐκ διαδοχῆς ἀγῶνες ἐγίνοντο, ὥστε καὶ τὸν στρατηγὸν αὐτῶν Ἀνανίαν ἐκθύμως ἀγωνισάμενον ἀναιρεθῆναι καὶ συχνοὺς τῶν ἄλλων στρατιωτῶν ἀποθανεῖν.
But Demetrius, having repaired the damaged parts of the works, brought the engines against the wall, and using all his missiles unsparingly, he drove back those standing upon the battlements, and striking a continuous section of the place with his battering rams, he threw down two curtains; and around the tower between these, as those from the city fought with emulation, severe and continuous struggles took place in succession, so that even their general Ananias, fighting spiritedly, was slain, and many of the other soldiers died.