§33.4.1ὅτι Ἀριστοκράτης ὁ τῶν Ῥοδίων στρατηγὸς ἦν μὲν κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν ἀξιωματικὸς καὶ καταπληκτικός.
That Aristocrates, the general of the Rhodians, was in appearance dignified and imposing.
§33.4.2διόπερ ἐκ πάντων τοῦτον ὑπέλαβον οἱ Ῥόδιοι τελέως ἀξιόχρεων ἡγεμόνα καὶ προστάτην ἔχειν τοῦ πολέμου.
For which reason the Rhodians supposed that, out of all men, they possessed in him a fully capable commander and leader of the war.
§33.4.3διεψεύσθησαν μέντοι γε τῶν ἐλπίδων· ἐλθὼν γὰρ εἰς τὰς πράξεις ὥσπερ εἰς πῦρ, καθάπερ τὰ κίβδηλα τῶν νομισμάτων, ἀλλοῖος ἐφάνη.
However, they were disappointed in their hopes; for when he came to real actions as if to a fire, just like counterfeit coins, he appeared quite different.
§33.4.4τοῦτο δʼ ἐγένετο δῆλον ἐπʼ αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων.
And this became clear from his actual deeds.