§20.7.1ὅτι Κλεινίας ὁ Κροτωνιάτης τύραννος ὢν ἀφείλετο τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ταῖς πόλεσι, φυγάδας ἀθροίσας ἐκ παντὸς τόπου καὶ δούλους ἐλευθερώσας· οἷς τὴν τυραννίδα κρατυνάμενος τοὺς ἐπιφανεστάτους Κροτωνιατῶν οὓς μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν, οὓς δὲ ἐξέβαλεν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως·
[It is recorded] that Cleinias of Croton, being a tyrant, deprived the cities of their freedom, having gathered exiles from every place and set free the slaves; having strengthened his tyranny by means of these, he killed some of the most illustrious of the Crotoniates, and expelled others from the city.
Ἀναξίλας δὲ Ῥηγίνων τὴν ἀκρόπολιν κατελάβετο καὶ πάντα τὸν τοῦ βίου χρόνον κατασχὼν Λεόφρονι τῷ παιδὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν κατέλιπε.
Anaxilas of Rhegium seized the acropolis and, having held it for his entire lifetime, left the rule to his son Leophron.
καὶ ἄλλοι ἀπὸ τούτων δυναστείας ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι κατασκευάσαν- §20.7.2τες πάντα τὰ πράγματα διέφθειραν.
And others after them, having establish- -ed oligarchies in the cities, ruined all affairs.
ἡ δὲ τελευταία τε καὶ πασῶν μεγίστη κάκωσις ἁπάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν ἡ Διονυσίου τυραννὶς ἐγένετο τοῦ κρατήσαντος Σικελίας.
The last and greatest calamity of all for all the cities was the tyranny of Dionysius, who had conquered Sicily.
διέβη γὰρ εἰς Ἰταλίαν ἐπὶ Ῥηγίνους Λοκρῶν ἐπικαλεσαμένων, οἷς ἦσαν οἱ Ῥηγῖνοι διάφοροι· καὶ συνελθόντων ἐπʼ αὐτὸν Ἰταλιωτῶν δυνάμεσι μεγάλαις συνάψας μάχην ἀπέκτεινε συχνοὺς καὶ πόλεις αὐτῶν δύο κατὰ κράτος ἐξεῖλεν.
For he crossed over to Italy against the Rhegians at the summons of the Locrians, with whom the Rhegians were at variance; and when the Italiotes had gathered against him with great forces, he joined battle, killed many of them, and took two of their cities by storm.
§20.7.3εἶτʼ αὖθις ἑτέραν ποιησάμενος διάβασιν Ἱππωνιεῖς ἀνέστησεν ἐκ τῆς ἑαυτῶν, οὓς ἀπήγαγεν εἰς Σικελίαν, καὶ Κροτωνιάτας ἐξεῖλε καὶ Ῥηγίνους καὶ διετέλεσεν ἔτη δώδεκα τούτων τυραννῶν τῶν πόλεων.
Then, having made another crossing later, he expelled the Hipponiates from their own land, whom he carried off to Sicily, and took Croton and Rhegium, and continued to rule these cities as tyrant for twelve years.
ἔπειθʼ οἱ μὲν τὸν τύραννον δεδιότες τοῖς βαρβάροις αὑτοὺς ἐνεχείριζον, οἱ δʼ ὑπʼ ἐκείνων πολεμούμενοι τῷ τυράννῳ τὰς πόλεις παρεδίδοσαν· ὑφʼ ὅτου δὲ πάσχοιεν, ἀεὶ κακῶς δυσχεραίνοντες εὐρίπου δίκην τῇδε καὶ τῇδε πρὸς τὸ συντυχὸν ἐτράποντο.
Then, some, fearing the tyrant, delivered themselves to the barbarians, while others, being attacked by them, surrendered their cities to the tyrant; and whichever side they suffered from, always being distressed by the ill-treatment, they turned this way and that according to chance, like the Euripus.