§28.14.1ὅτι οἱ Κυδωνιᾶται κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἐποίησαν πρᾶγμα δεινὸν καὶ παράσπονδον ὁμολογουμένως.
That the Cydoniatæ at this time committed an act that was admittedly dreadful and a breach of treaty.
§28.14.2καίπερ γὰρ πολλῶν τοιούτων γενομένων κατὰ τὴν Κρήτην, ὅμως ἔδοξεν ὑπεραίρειν τὴν συνήθειαν τὸ τότε γενόμενον.
For although many such things had occurred in Crete, nevertheless what happened then seemed to surpass all common experience.
§28.14.3ὑπαρχούσης γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐ μόνον φιλίας, ἀλλὰ συμπολιτείας πρὸς Ἀπολλωνιάτας καὶ καθόλου κοινωνίας πάντων τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις νομιζομένων δικαίων, καὶ περὶ τούτων κειμένης ἐνόρκου συνθήκης παρὰ τὸν Δία τὸν Ἰδαῖον, §28.14.4παρασπονδήσαντες τοὺς Ἀπολλωνιάτας κατελάβοντο τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἄνδρας κατέσφαξαν, τὰ δʼ ὑπάρχοντα διήρπασαν, τὰς δὲ γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν χώραν διανειμάμενοι κατεῖχον. —
For though there existed between them and the Apolloniatae not only friendship but also a joint citizenship, and indeed a complete sharing of all that is considered just among men, and a sworn treaty concerning these matters was deposited in the temple of Idaean Zeus, they broke the treaty with the Apolloniatae, seized their city, slaughtered the men, plundered their property, and dividing the women, children, city, and territory among themselves, kept possession of them.