§30.9.1πολὺ δὲ κατὰ τὴν ἀβουλίαν καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀγεννίαν ὁ Πολυάρατος ὑπερέθετο τὸν Δείνωνα.
But in foolishness and lack of nobility Polyaratus far surpassed Deinon.
§30.9.2τοῦ γὰρ Ποπιλίου προστάξαντος Πτολεμαίῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸν Πολυάρατον ἀναπέμπειν εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην, ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς μὲν τὴν Ῥώμην οὐκ ἔκρινε πέμπειν, ἐντρεπόμενος τὴν πατρίδα καὶ τὸν Πολυάρατον, εἰς δὲ τὴν Ῥόδον ἀποστέλλειν διέλαβε, κἀκείνου τοῦτο παρακαλοῦντος.
For when Popilius ordered King Ptolemy to send Polyaratus up to Rome, the king decided not to send him to Rome, out of respect for his native city and Polyaratus himself, but determined to dispatch him to Rhodes, especially as Polyaratus himself begged for this.
§30.9.3παραστήσας οὖν λέμβον καὶ παραδοὺς αὐτὸν Δημητρίῳ τινὶ τῶν φίλων ἐξαπέστειλεν. ἔγραφε δὲ καὶ τοῖς Ῥοδίοις ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐκπομπῆς.
Having therefore provided a boat and delivered him to a certain Demetrius, one of his friends, he sent him off; and he also wrote to the Rhodians concerning his dispatch.
§30.9.4ὁ δὲ Πολυάρατος προσσχὼν Φασηλίδι κατὰ πλοῦν καὶ διανοηθεὶς ἅττα δή ποτʼ οὖν, λαβὼν θαλλοὺς κατέφυγεν ἐπὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἑστίαν.
But Polyaratus, having touched at Phaselis during the voyage, and whatever his intention may have been, took suppliant branches and fled to the common hearth.
§30.9.5ὃν εἴ τις ἤρετο τί βούλεται, πέπεισμαι μηδʼ ἂν αὐτὸν ἔχειν εἰπεῖν.
If anyone had asked him what he wanted, I am convinced that not even he himself could have told.
εἰ μὲν γὰρ εἰς τὴν πατρίδα μολεῖν ἐπεθύμει, τί θαλλῶν ἔδει;
For if he desired to go to his native land, why did he need suppliant branches?
τοῦτο γὰρ προύκειτό που τοῖς ἄγουσιν αὐτόν.
For this was precisely the object of those who were conducting him.
§30.9.6εἰ δʼ εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην, καὶ μὴ βουλομένου ʼκείνου τοῦτʼ ἔδει γενέσθαι κατʼ ἀνάγκην.
And if to Rome, that must have happened of necessity, even against his will.
τί οὖν κατελείπεθʼ ἕτερον;
What other alternative then was left?
ἄλλος γὰρ τόπος ὁ δεξόμενος αὐτὸν μετʼ ἀσφαλείας οὐκ ἦν.
For there was no other place that would receive him with safety.
§30.9.7οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τῶν Φασηλιτῶν πεμψάντων εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον καὶ παρακαλούντων κομίζεσθαι καὶ παραλαμβάνειν τὸν Πολυάρατον, νουνεχῶς οἱ Ῥόδιοι διαλαβόντες ἄφρακτον μὲν ἐξαπέστειλαν τὸ παραπέμψον, §30.9.8ἀναλαβεῖν δʼ εἰς τὴν ναῦν ἐκώλυσαν τὸν ἄρχοντα διὰ τὸ προστετάχθαι τοῖς ἐκ τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας εἰς Ῥώμην ἀποκαταστῆσαι τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
Nevertheless, when the Phaselians sent to Rhodes and begged them to fetch and receive Polyaratus, the Rhodians, taking a prudent view, dispatched an open vessel to escort him, but they forbade the captain to take the man on board, because instructions had been given to the people from Alexandria to restore him to Rome.
§30.9.9παραγενομένης δὲ τῆς νεὼς εἰς τὴν Φασηλίδα, καὶ τοῦ μὲν Ἐπιχάρους, ὃς ἦν ἄρχων τῆς νεώς, οὐ βουλομένου δέχεσθαι τῷ πλοίῳ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, §30.9.10τοῦ δὲ Δημητρίου τοῦ προχειρισθέντος ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως διὰ τὴν ἀναπομπὴν κελεύοντος ἀνίστασθαι καὶ πλεῖν αὐτόν, καὶ τῶν Φασηλιτῶν συνεπισχυόντων αὐτῷ διὰ τὸ δεδιέναι μή τις ἐκ Ῥωμαίων σφίσι διὰ ταῦτα μέμψις ἐπακολουθήσῃ,
When the ship arrived at Phaselis, Epichares, who was the captain of the ship, was unwilling to receive the man into the vessel, while Demetrius, who had been appointed by the king for his return, ordered him to rise and sail, and the Phaselians supported him because they feared lest some censure from the Romans should follow upon them on this account.
§30.9.11καταπλαγεὶς τὴν περίστασιν ἐνέβη πάλιν τὸν λέμβον πρὸς τὸν Δημήτριον.
Terrified by the situation, he went on board the boat again with Demetrius.
κατὰ δὲ τὸν ἀπόπλουν ἐπιλαβόμενος ἀφορμῆς εὐκαίρου, §30.9.12προσδραμὼν κατέφυγε πάλιν εἰς Καῦνον κἀκεῖ παραπλησίως ἐδεῖτο τῶν Καυνίων βοηθεῖν.
But during the voyage, having found a favorable opportunity, he ran away and fled again to Caunus, and there similarly begged the Caunians to help him.
§30.9.13τούτων δὲ πάλιν ἀποτριβομένων αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ τάττεσθαι μετὰ Ῥοδίων, διεπέμπετο πρὸς Κιβυράτας, δεόμενος αὐτὸν δέξασθαι τῇ πόλει καὶ πέμψαι παραπομπήν.
When these in turn rejected him because they were subject to the Rhodians, he sent messages to the Cibyrates, begging them to receive him into their city and send an escort.
§30.9.14ἔσχε γὰρ ἀφορμὴν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν διὰ τὸ τεθράφθαι παρʼ αὐτῷ τοὺς παῖδας Παγκράτους τοῦ τυράννου.
For he had a connection with that city, because the children of the tyrant Pancrates had been brought up at his house.
§30.9.15τῶν δὲ πεισθέντων καὶ ποιησάντων τὰ παρακαλούμενα, παραγενόμενος εἰς τὴν Κιβύραν εἰς ἀπορίαν ἐνέβαλεν αὑτόν τε καὶ τοὺς Κιβυράτας μείζω τῆς πρότερον, ὅτε παρὰ τοῖς Φασηλίταις ἦν.
When they consented and did what was requested, he arrived at Cibyra, but thereby threw himself and the Cibyrates into a greater difficulty than before, when he was among the Phaselians.
§30.9.16οὔτε γὰρ ἔχειν παρʼ αὑτοῖς ἐθάρρουν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ δεδιέναι τὸν ἀπὸ Ῥωμαίων κίνδυνον, οὔτʼ ἀναπέμπειν εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἐδύναντο διὰ τὴν ἀπειρίαν τῶν κατὰ θάλατταν ἔργων, ἅτε μεσόγαιοι τελέως ὑπάρχοντες.
For they neither dared to keep him with them, fearing danger from the Romans, nor were they able to send him up to Rome because of their lack of maritime experience, being entirely inlanders.
§30.9.17λοιπὸν ἠναγκάζοντο πρεσβεύειν εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον καὶ πρὸς τὸν στρατηγὸν εἰς Μακεδονίαν, ἀξιοῦντες παραλαβεῖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
Consequently, they were forced to send embassies to Rhodes and to the general in Macedonia, requesting them to take over the man.
§30.9.18τοῦ δὲ Λευκίου γράψαντος τοῖς μὲν Κιβυράταις τηρεῖν ἐπιμελῶς τὸν Πολυάρατον καὶ κομίζειν εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον, τοῖς δὲ Ῥοδίοις φροντίζειν τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν παραπομπῆς, ἵνα μετʼ ἀσφαλείας εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἀνακομισθῇ, πειθαρχησάντων δʼ ἀμφοτέρων τοῖς γραφομένοις, §30.9.19τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ συνέβη τὸν Πολυάρατον ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην, ἐκθεατρίσαντα μὲν τὴν ἀβουλίαν τὴν αὑτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀγεννίαν ἐφʼ ὅσον οἷός τʼ ἦν, ἔκδοτον δὲ γενόμενον οὐ μόνον παρὰ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ βασιλέως, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρὰ Φασηλιτῶν καὶ παρὰ Κιβυρατῶν καὶ παρὰ Ῥοδίων διὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ἄνοιαν.
And when Lucius wrote to the Cibyrates to guard Polyaratus carefully and bring him to Rhodes, and to the Rhodians to take care of the maritime escort, so that he might be safely conveyed back to Rome, both parties obeying what was written, in this manner it came about that Polyaratus arrived in Rome, having made a public exhibition of his own foolishness and lack of nobility as far as he could, and being surrendered not only by King Ptolemy, but also by the Phaselians, the Cibyrates, and the Rhodians, because of his own folly.
§30.9.20τίνος οὖν χάριν τὸν πλείω λόγον πεποίημαι περὶ Πολυαράτου καὶ Δείνωνος;
For what purpose, then, have I made this longer account concerning Polyaratus and Deinon?
§30.9.21οὐχ ἵνα συνεπεμβαίνειν δόξω ταῖς ἐκείνων ἀτυχίαις. καὶ γὰρ ἄτοπόν γε τοῦτο τελέως· ἀλλʼ ἵνα φανερὰν ποιήσας τὴν ἐκείνων ἀβουλίαν βέλτιον παρασκευάσω καὶ βουλεύεσθαι καὶ φρονεῖν τοὺς κατὰ τὰς περιστάσεις εἰς παραπλησίους ἐμπίπτοντας καιρούς. —
Not that I might seem to trample upon their misfortunes—for that indeed would be utterly unseemly—but that by making their foolishness manifest, I might better prepare those who in critical situations fall into similar circumstances both to deliberate and to be wise. —