§2.2.25Χαβρίας Ἀθηναῖος Ταῲ τῷ Αἰγυπτίων βασιλεῖ ἐκστρατεύοντι καὶ δεομένῳ χρημάτων συνεβούλευε τῶν τε ἱερῶν τινα καὶ τῶν ἱερέων τὸ πλῆθος φάναι πρὸς τοὺς ἱερεῖς δεῖν παραλυθῆναι διὰ τὴν δαπάνην.
Chabrias the Athenian, when Tachos the king of the Egyptians was about to make an expedition and was in need of money, advised him to tell the priests that some of the temples and the majority of the priests must be suspended because of the expense.
ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν παρʼ αὑτοῖς ἕκαστοι βουλόμενοι εἶναι, καὶ ἴδια αὐτοῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐδίδοσαν χρήματα.
When the priests heard this, and since each of them wished that their own temple should remain, the priests themselves gave him their private funds.
ἐπεὶ δὲ παρὰ πάντων εἰλήφει, προστάξαι αὐτοῖς ἐκέλευσεν εἰς μὲν τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ εἰς αὑτὸν τῆς δαπάνης ἧς πρότερον ἐποιοῦντο τὸ δέκατον μέρος ποιεῖσθαι, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ αὑτῷ δανεῖσαι, ἕως ὁ πόλεμος ὁ πρὸς βασιλέα διαλυθῇ.
When he had received money from all of them, Chabrias advised him to order them to spend on the temple and on themselves only a tenth part of the expense they previously used to make, and to lend the rest to him until the war against the King should be dissolved.
ἀπʼ οἰκίας δὲ ἑκάστης κελεῦσαι ἅπαντας εἰσενέγκαι τάξαντα ὃ δεῖ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος ὡσαύτως· τοῦ σίτου τε πωλουμένου χωρὶς τῆς τιμῆς διδόναι τὸν πωλοῦντα καὶ ὠνούμενον ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρτάβης τὸν ὀβολόν· ἀπό τῶν πλοίων τε καὶ ἐργαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλην τινὰ ἐργασίαν εχόντων τῆς ἐργασίας μέρος τὸ δέκατον κελεῦσαι ἀποτελεῖν.
And he advised him to order everyone to contribute from each house, assessing what was appropriate, and from each person likewise; and when grain was sold, that the seller and the buyer should pay, apart from the price, an obol per artaba; and from the ships, workshops, and those who had any other business, to order them to pay a tenth part of their income.
ἐκστρατεύειν δʼ αὐτῷ μέλλοντι ἐκ τῆς χώρας, εἴ τίς τι ἔχει ἄσημον ἀργύριον ἢ χρυσίον, κελεῦσαι ἐνέγκαι πρὸς αὑτόν· ἐνεγκάντων δὲ τῶν πλείστων, ἐκέλευσε τούτῳ μὲν ἐκεῖνον χρῆσθαι, τοὺς δὲ δανείσαντας συστῆσαι τοῖς νομάρχαις, ὥστʼ ἐκ τῶν φόρων αὐτοῖς ἀποδοῦναι.
And when he was about to make an expedition out of the country, if anyone had any unstamped silver or gold, to order them to bring it to him; and when most of them had brought it, he advised him to use this, and to introduce those who had lent it to the nomarchs, so that they might repay them from the taxes.
§2.2.26Ἰφικράτης Ἀθηναῖος, Κότυος συναγαγόντος στρατιώτας, ἐπόρισεν αὐτῷ χρήματα τρόπον τοιοῦτον.
Iphicrates the Athenian, when Cotys was gathering soldiers, procured money for him in the following manner.
ἐκέλευσε τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὧν ἦρχε προστάξαι κατασπεῖραι αὐτῷ γῆν τριῶν μεδίμνων· τούτου δὲ πραχθέντος συνελέγη σίτου πολὺ πλῆθος.
He advised him to order the men whom he ruled to sow for him a piece of land of three medimni; and when this was done, a great quantity of grain was gathered.
καταγαγὼν οὖν ἐπὶ τὰ ἐμπόρια ἀπέδοτο, καὶ εὐπόρησε χρημάτων.
So, bringing it down to the markets, Cotys sold it and was well supplied with money.
§2.2.27Κότυς Θρᾷξ παρὰ Περινθίων ἐδανείζετο χρήματα εἰς τοὺς στρατιώτας συναγαγεῖν· οἱ δὲ Περίνθιοι οὐκ ἐδίδοσαν αὐτῷ.
Cotys the Thracian tried to borrow money from the Perinthians in order to gather soldiers, but the Perinthians would not give it to him.
ἠξίωσεν οὖν αὐτοὺς ἄνδρας γε τῶν πολιτῶν φρουροὺς δοῦναι εἰς χωρία τινά, ἵνα τοῖς ἐκεῖ στρατιώταις νῦν φρουροῦσι σχῇ ἀποχρήσασθαι.
He requested them, therefore, to give him some of their citizens as guards for certain places, so that he might be able to make use of the soldiers currently guarding there.
οἱ δὲ τοῦτο ταχέως ἐποίησαν, οἰόμενοι τῶν χωρίων κύριοι ἔσεσθαι.
They did this quickly, thinking that they would become masters of the places.
ὁ δὲ Κότυς τοὺς ἀποσταλέντας εἰς φυλακὴν ποιήσας τὰ χρήματα αὐτοὺς ἐκέλευσεν ἀποστείλαντας, ἃ ἐδανείζετο παρʼ αὐτῶν, κομίσασθαι.
But Cotys, having put those who were sent into prison, ordered them to send the money he was trying to borrow from them in order to recover them.
§2.2.28Μέντωρ Ῥόδιος Ἑρμείαν συλλαβὼν καὶ τὰ χωρία αὐτοῦ κατασχὼν τοὺς ἐπιμελητὰς εἴασε κατὰ χώραν τοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἑρμείου καθεστηκότας.
Mentor the Rhodian, after capturing Hermeias and seizing his places, let the administrators who had been appointed by Hermeias remain in their positions.
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐθάρρησάν τε ἅπαντες καί, εἴ τί ποτʼ ἦν αὐτοῖς ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἢ ὑπεκκείμενον, μεθʼ αὑτῶν εἶχον, συλλαβὼν αὐτοὺς πάντα παρείλετο ἃ εἶχον.
When they had all taken courage and had with them whatever they had hidden or put away, Mentor arrested them and took away everything they had.
§2.2.29Μέμνων Ῥόδιος κυριεύσας Λαμψάκου δεηθεὶς χρημάτων ἐπέγραψε τοῖς πλουσιωτάτοις αὐτῶν πλῆθός τι ἀργυρίου, τούτοις δὲ τὴν κομιδὴν ἔσεσθαι παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων πολιτῶν ἔφησεν· ἐπεὶ δὲ οἱ ἄλλοι πολῖται εἰσήνεγκαν, ἐκέλευσε καὶ ταῦτα αὑτῷ δανεῖσαι ἐν χρόνῳ διειπάμενος ἐν ᾧ πάλιν αὐτοῖς ἀποδώσει.
Memnon the Rhodian, having made himself master of Lampsacus, when in need of money, assessed a certain sum of silver upon the wealthiest of them, and said that they would have their recovery from the other citizens; but when the other citizens had contributed, he ordered them to lend this also to him, specifying a time in which he would repay them again.
πάλιν τε δεηθεὶς χρημάτων ἠξίωσεν αὐτοὺς εἰσενέγκαι, κομίσασθαι δὲ ἐκ τῶν προσόδων· οἳ δʼ εἰσήνεγκαν ὡς διὰ ταχέων αὐτοῖς ἐσομένης τῆς κομιδῆς· ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ αἱ καταβολαὶ τῶν προσόδων παρῆσαν, ἔφησεν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ χρείαν εἶναι καὶ τούτων, ἐκείνοις δὲ ὕστερον ἀποδώσειν σὺν τόκῳ.
And again, being in need of money, he requested them to contribute, and to recover it from the revenues; and they contributed, thinking that their recovery would be quick; but when the payments of the revenues were at hand, he said that he also had need of these, and that he would repay them later with interest.
τῶν τε στρατευομένων παρʼ αὐτῷ παρῃρεῖτο τὰς σιταρχίας καὶ τοὺς μισθοὺς ἓξ ἡμερῶν τὸν ἐνιαυτόν, φάσκων ταύταις ταῖς ἡμέραις οὔτε φυλακὴν αὐτοῖς οὐδεμίαν οὔτε πορείαν οὔτε δαπάνην ποιεῖσθαι, τὰς ἐξαιρεσίμους λέγων.
And from those who were serving under him, he took away their food allowance and pay for six days in the year, claiming that on these days they performed no guard duty, nor any march, nor made any expense, calling these the omitted days.
τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ χρόνον διδοὺς τοῖς στρατιώταις τῇ δευτέρᾳ τῆς νουμηνίας τὴν σιταρχίαν, τῷ μὲν πρώτῳ μηνὶ παρέβη τρεῖς ἡμέρας, τῷ δʼ ἐχομένῳ πέντε.
And whereas in the previous time he used to give the soldiers their food allowance on the second day of the new moon, in the first month he delayed by three days, and in the following by five.
τοῦτον δὲ τὸν τρόπον προῆγεν, ἕως εἰς τὴν τριακάδα ἦλθεν.
And in this manner he went on, until he arrived at the thirtieth day.
§2.2.30Χαρίδημος Ὠρείτης ἔχων τῆς Αἰολίδος τινὰ χωρία, ἐπιστρατεύοντος ἐπʼ αὐτὸν Ἀρταβάζου χρημάτων ἐδεῖτο εἰς τοὺς στρατιώτας.
Charidemus of Oreus, holding some places in Aeolis, when Artabazus was marching against him, was in need of money for his soldiers.
τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶτον εἰσέφερον αὐτῷ, εἶτα οὐκέτι ἔφασαν ἔχειν· ὁ δὲ Χαρίδημος, ὃ ᾤετο χωρίον εὐπορώτατον εἶναι, ἐκέλευσεν εἴ τι νόμισμα ἔχουσιν ἤ τι ἄλλο σκεῦος ἀξιόλογον, εἰς ἕτερον χωρίον ἀποστέλλειν, παραπομπὴν δὲ δώσειν· ἅμα δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς τοῦτο ποιῶν φανερὸς ἦν.
At first, indeed, they contributed to him, but then they said they no longer had any; so Charidemus ordered the inhabitants of the place which he thought was the wealthiest, if they had any coin or any other valuable utensil, to send it to another place, and said he would provide an escort; and at the same time he himself was seen doing this.
πεισθέντων δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, προαγαγὼν αὐτοὺς τῆς πόλεως μικρὸν καὶ ἐρευνήσας ἃ εἶχον, ἔλαβεν ὅσων ἐδεῖτο, ἐκείνους δὲ πάλιν εἰς τὸ χωρίον ἀπῆγεν.
When the people were persuaded, having led them a little way out of the city and having searched what they had, he took as much as he needed, and led them back again to the place.
κήρυγμά τε ποιησάμενος ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν, ὧν ἦρχε, μηδένα μηδὲν ὅπλον κεκτῆσθαι ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, εἰ δὲ μή, ἀποτείσειν ἀργύριον ὃ ἐπεκήρυξεν, ἠμέλει καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἐπιστροφὴν ἐποιεῖτο.
And having made a proclamation in the cities which he ruled, that no one should possess any weapon in their house, and if they did, that they should pay the silver which he had proclaimed, he neglected it and made no search.
τῶν δὲ ἀνθρώπων οἰομένων τὸ κήρυγμα μάτην αὐτὸν πεποιῆσθαι, εἶχον ἃ ἔτυχον ἕκαστοι κεκτημένοι κατὰ χώραν.
When the people thought that he had made the proclamation in vain, they kept what each happened to possess in their places.
ὁ δʼ ἔρευναν ἐξαίφνης ποιησάμενος τῶν οἰκιῶν, παρʼ οἷς εὗρεν ὅπλον τι, ἐπράττετο τὸ ἐπιτίμιον.
But he, having suddenly made a search of the houses, exacted the penalty from those in whose possession he found any weapon.