§2.2.31Φιλόξενός τις Μακεδὼν Καρίας σατραπεύων δεηθεὶς χρημάτων Διονύσια ἔφασκε μέλλειν ἄγειν, καὶ χοραγοὺς προέγραψε τῶν Καρῶν τοὺς εὐπορωτάτους καὶ προσέταττεν αὐτοῖς ἃ δεῖ παρασκευάζειν.
A certain Macedonian, Philoxenus, serving as satrap of Caria, being in need of money, claimed that he was about to celebrate the Dionysia, and enrolled the wealthiest of the Carians as choragi, ordering them to prepare what was necessary.
ὁρῶν δʼ αὐτοὺς δυσχεραίνοντας, ὑποπέμπων τινὰς ἠρώτα, τί βούλονται δόντες ἀπαλλαγῆναι τῆς λειτουργίας.
Seeing that they were displeased, he secretly sent agents to ask how much they would be willing to pay to be released from the liturgy.
οἱ δὲ πολλῷ πλέον ἢ ὅσον ᾤοντο ἀναλώσειν ἔφασαν δώσειν τοῦ μὴ ὀχλεῖσθαι καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων ἀπεῖναι.
They said they would give much more than they expected to spend, in order not to be troubled and to remain with their private affairs.
ὁ δὲ παρὰ τούτων λαβὼν ὃ ἐδίδοσαν ἑτέρους κατέγραψεν, ἕως ἔλαβε παρὰ τούτων ἃ ἐβούλετο καὶ προσῆν παρʼ ἑκάστοις.
Having received from them what they offered, he enrolled others, until he had obtained from them what he wanted and there was a surplus from each.
§2.2.32Εὐαίσης Σύρος Αἰγύπτου σατραπεύων, ἀφίστασθαι μελλόντων τῶν νομαρχῶν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ αἰσθόμενος, καλέσας αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰ βασίλεια ἐκρέμα ἅπαντας·
Evaises the Syrian, serving as satrap of Egypt, perceiving that the nomarchs were about to revolt from him, called them to the palace and hanged them all; and he ordered to tell their relatives that they were in prison.
πρὸς δὲ τοὺς οἰκείους ἐκέλευσε λέγειν ὅτι ἐν φυλακῇ εἰσιν. ἕκαστος οὖν τῶν οἰκείων ἔπραττον ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου, καὶ χρημάτων ἐξεωνοῦντο τοὺς συνειλημμένους.
Each of the relatives, therefore, negotiated for each of them, and tried to ransom the arrested men with money.
ὁ δὲ διομολογησάμενος ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου καὶ λαβὼν τὰ ὁμολογηθέντα ἀπέδωκεν ἑκάστοις τὸν νεκρόν.
He, having settled the agreement for each and received the agreed sums, returned the corpse to each.
§2.2.33Κλεομένης Ἀλεξανδρεὺς Αἰγύπτου σατραπεύων, λιμοῦ γενομένου ἐν μὲν τοῖς ἄλλοις τόποις σφόδρα, ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δὲ μετρίως, ἀπέκλεισε τὴν ἐξαγωγὴν τοῦ σίτου.
Cleomenes the Alexandrian, serving as satrap of Egypt, when a famine occurred severely in other places but moderately in Egypt, shut off the export of grain.
τῶν δὲ νομαρχῶν φασκόντων οὐ δυνήσεσθαι τοὺς φόρους ἀποδοῦναι τῷ μὴ ἐξάγεσθαι τὸν σῖτον, ἐξαγωγὴν μὲν ἐποίησε, τέλος δὲ πολὺ τῷ σίτῳ ἐπέβαλεν, ὥστε συνέβαινεν αὐτῷ, εἰ μὴ, ἐξαγομένου ὀλίγου πολὺ τέλος λαμβάνειν, αὐτούς τε τοὺς νομάρχας πεπαῦσθαι τῆς προφάσεως.
When the nomarchs claimed that they would not be able to pay the taxes because the grain was not being exported, he permitted the export, but imposed a heavy tax on the grain, so that it happened to him, even if not much was exported, to receive a large tax on the small amount exported, and the nomarchs themselves were deprived of their excuse.
διαπλέοντος δʼ αὐτοῦ τὸν νομόν, οὗ ἐστι θεὸς ὁ κροκόδειλος, ἡρπάσθη τις τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ.
And as he was sailing through the nomos where the crocodile is god, one of his boys was snatched away.
καλέσας οὖν τοὺς ἱερεῖς ἔφη πρότερος ἀδικηθεὶς ἀμύνεσθαι τοὺς κροκοδείλους, καὶ προσέταξε θηρεύειν αὐτούς.
Having called the priests, therefore, he said that, having been wronged first, he would avenge himself on the crocodiles, and ordered them to hunt them.
οἱ δὲ ἱερεῖς, ἵνα μὴ ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν καταφρονηθῇ, συναγαγόντες ὅσον ἠδύναντο χρυσίον ἔδοσαν αὐτῷ καὶ οὕτως ἐπαύσατο.
But the priests, in order that their god might not be held in contempt, gathered as much gold as they could and gave it to him, and so he ceased.
Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ βασιλέως ἐντειλαμένου αὐτῷ οἰκίσαι πόλιν πρὸς τῇ Φάρῳ καὶ τὸ ἐμπόριον τὸ πρότερον ὂν ἐπὶ τοῦ Κανώβου ἐνταῦθα ποιῆσαι, καταπλεύσας εἰς τὸν Κάνωβον πρὸς τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ τοὺς κτήματα ἔχοντας ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἥκειν ἔφη ὥστε μετοικίσαι αὐτούς.
When King Alexander commanded him to build a city near Pharos and to establish there the market which was formerly at Canopus, having sailed down to Canopus to the priests and those who held property there, he said that he had come for this purpose, namely to relocate them.
οἱ δὲ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ κάτοικοι εἰσενέγκαντες χρήματα ἔδωκαν, ἵνʼ ἐᾷ κατὰ χώραν αὐτοῖς τὸ ἐμπόριον.
The priests and the inhabitants contributed and gave him money so that he might leave their market in its place.
ὁ δὲ λαβὼν τότε μὲν ἀπηλλάγη, εἶτα δὲ καταπλεύσας, ἐπεὶ ἦν εὐτρεπῆ αὐτῷ τὰ πρὸς τὴν οἰκοδομίαν, ᾔτει αὐτοὺς χρήματα ὑπερβαλὼν τῷ πλήθει· τοῦτο γὰρ αὑτῷ τὸ διάφορον εἶναι, τὸ αὐτοῦ εἶναι τὸ ἐμπόριον καὶ μὴ ἐκεῖ.
He took it and departed for that time, but later having sailed down, when his preparations for the building were ready, he demanded money from them, exceeding in amount; for he claimed that this difference was what mattered to him, whether the market was here or there.
ἐπεὶ δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἔφασαν δύνασθαι δοῦναι, μετῴκισεν αὐτούς.
When they said they could not give it, he relocated them.
ἀποστείλας τέ τινα ἐπʼ ἀγοράσμά τε καὶ αἰσθόμενος ὅτι εὐώνων ἐπιτετύχηκεν, αὐτῷ δὲ μέλλει ἐκτετιμημένα λογίζεσθαι, πρὸς τοὺς συνήθεις τοῦ ἀγοραστοῦ ἔλεγεν ὅτι ἀκηκοὼς εἴη τὰ ἀγοράσματα αὐτὸν ὑπερτίμια ἠγορακέναι· αὐτὸς οὖν οὐ προσέξειν· καὶ ἅμα τὴν ἀβελτερίαν αὐτοῦ ἐλοιδόρει μετʼ ὀργῆς προσποιητοῦ.
And having sent someone to make purchases, and perceiving that he had met with cheap prices and was about to charge him at high valuations, he said to the acquaintances of the buyer that he had heard that the buyer had purchased the goods at an excessive price; therefore he would not accept them; and at the same time, with feigned anger, he abused his folly.
οἱ δὲ ταῦτα ἀκούοντες οὐκ ἔφασαν δεῖν πιστεύειν αὐτὸν τοῖς λέγουσί τι κατʼ ἐκείνου, ἕως αὐτὸς παραγενόμενος τὸν λόγον αὐτῷ δῷ.
Hearing this, they said he should not believe those who spoke against him until the buyer himself returned and gave him the account.
ἀφικομένου δὲ τοῦ ἀγοραστοῦ ἀπήγγειλαν αὐτῷ τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Κλεομένους· ὁ δʼ ἐκείνοις τε βουλόμενος ἐνδείξασθαι καὶ τῷ Κλεομένει, ἀνήνεγκε τὰς τιμὰς ὧνπερ ἦν ἠγορακώς.
When the buyer arrived, they reported to him what Cleomenes had said; and he, wishing to show both them and Cleomenes, reported the actual prices at which he had bought.
τοῦ τε σίτου πωλουμένου ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ δεκαδράχμου, καλέσας τοὺς ἐργαζομένους ἠρώτα, πόσου βούλονται αὑτῷ ἐργάζεσθαι· οἱ δʼ ἔφασαν ἐλάσσονος ἢ ὅσου ἂν τοῖς ἐμπόροις ἐπώλουν.
And when grain was selling in the country at ten drachmas, having called the dealers, he asked them at what price they were willing to work for him; and they said they would sell at a lower price than they sold to the merchants.
ὁ δʼ ἐκείνους μὲν ἐκέλευσεν αὑτῷ παραδιδόναι ὅσουπερ ἐπώλουν τοῖς ἄλλοις· αὐτὸς δὲ τάξας τριάκοντα καὶ δύο δραχμὰς τοῦ σίτου τιμὴν οὕτως ἐπώλει.
But he ordered them to deliver it to him at the same price they sold to the others; and he himself, setting the price of the grain at thirty- two drachmas, sold it in this manner.
τούς τε ἱερεῖς καλέσας ἔφησε πολὺ τὸ ἀνώμαλον ἀνάλωμα ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ γίνεσθαι εἰς τὰ ἱερά· δεῖν οὖν καὶ τῶν ἱερῶν τινα καὶ τῶν ἱερέων τὸ πλῆθος καταλυθῆναι.
And having called the priests, he said that there was a very irregular expenditure on the temples in the country; therefore some of the temples and the majority of the priests must be abolished.
οἱ δὲ ἱερεῖς καὶ ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστος καὶ κοινῇ τὰ ἱερὰ χρήματα ἐδίδοσαν, οἰόμενοί τε αὐτὸν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μέλλειν τοῦτο ποιεῖν, καὶ ἕκαστος βουλόμενος τό τε ἱερὸν τὸ αὑτοῦ μείναι κατὰ χώραν καὐτὸς ἱερεύς.
The priests, both individually and collectively, gave him the sacred funds, thinking that he was really going to do this, and each wishing that his own temple should remain in its place and himself remain a priest.