§5.48.1λουθήσων πρωῒ τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις.
to pursue them close on their heels early in the morning.
οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ κατατεθαρρηκότες καὶ παντοδαπῆς ἐπειλημμένοι χορηγίας, ὥρμησαν πρὸς ἀπόλαυσιν καὶ μέθην καὶ τὴν ταῖς τοιαύταις ὁρμαῖς παρεπομένην ῥᾳθυμίαν.
But the multitude, filled with confidence and having obtained all kinds of supplies, turned to enjoyment, drinking, and the carelessness that accompanies such impulses.
§5.48.2ὁ δὲ Μόλων διανύσας ἱκανόν τινα τόπον καὶ δειπνοποιησάμενος παρῆν ἐξ ὑποστροφῆς, καὶ καταλαβὼν ἐρριμμένους καὶ μεθύοντας πάντας, προσέβαλε τῷ χάρακι τῶν πολεμίων ὑπὸ τὴν ἑωθινήν.
But Molo, having covered a considerable distance and given his men supper, returned by a counter-march; and finding them all flung down and drunk, he attacked the enemy's camp about dawn.
§5.48.3οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Ξενοίταν ἐκπλαγέντες ἐπὶ τοῖς συμβαίνουσι διὰ τὸ παράδοξον, ἀδυνατοῦντες δὲ τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐγείρειν διὰ τὴν κατέχουσαν αὐτοὺς μέθην, αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀλόγως ὁρμήσαντες εἰς τοὺς πολεμίους διεφθάρησαν,
Xenoetas and his staff, astonished by what was happening owing to its unexpectedness, and being unable to rouse the multitude because of the drunkenness that possessed them, rushed madly upon the enemy themselves and perished.
§5.48.4τῶν δὲ κοιμωμένων οἱ μὲν πλείους ἐν αὐταῖς ταῖς στιβάσι κατεκόπησαν, οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ ῥιπτοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν ἐπειρῶντο διαβαίνειν πρὸς τὴν ἀντίπερα στρατοπεδείαν· οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ οἱ πλείους καὶ τούτων ἀπώλλυντο.
Of those who were asleep, the greater part were cut to pieces in their very beds, while the rest, throwing themselves into the river, attempted to cross over to the camp opposite; nevertheless, most of these also perished.
§5.48.5καθόλου δὲ ποικίλη τις ἦν ἀκρισία περὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα καὶ κυδοιμός· πάντες γὰρ ἐκπλαγεῖς καὶ περιδεεῖς ἦσαν,
In general, there was a manifold confusion and tumult about the camps; for all were panic-stricken and terrified.
§5.48.6ἅμα δὲ καὶ τῆς ἀντίπερα παρεμβολῆς ὑπὸ τὴν ὄψιν οὔσης ἐν πάνυ βραχεῖ διαστήματι, τῆς μὲν τοῦ ποταμοῦ βίας καὶ δυσχρηστίας ἐξελανθάνοντο διὰ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τὴν πρὸς τὸ σῴζεσθαι,
At the same time, as the camp on the opposite side was in full view at a very short distance, they forgot the violence and difficulty of the river owing to their desire for safety.
§5.48.7κατὰ δὲ τὴν παράστασιν καὶ τὴν ὁρμὴν τὴν πρὸς τὴν σωτηρίαν ἐρρίπτουν ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὸν ποταμόν, ἐνίεσαν δὲ καὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια σὺν ταῖς ἀποσκευαῖς, §5.48.8ὡς τοῦ ποταμοῦ κατά τινα πρόνοιαν αὐτοῖς συνεργήσοντος καὶ διακομιοῦντος ἀσφαλῶς πρὸς τὴν ἀντίπερα κειμένην στρατοπεδείαν.
Under the influence of panic and the impulse towards safety, they threw themselves into the river, and also cast in the beasts of burden with their baggage, as if the river, by some providence, would assist them and carry them safely to the camp lying opposite.
§5.48.9ἐξ ὧν συνέβαινε τραγικὴν καὶ παρηλλαγμένην φαίνεσθαι τοῦ ῥεύματος τὴν φαντασίαν, ὡς ἂν ὁμοῦ τοῖς νηχομένοις φερομένων ἵππων, ὑποζυγίων, ὅπλων, νεκρῶν, ἀποσκευῆς παντοδαπῆς.
Consequently, the appearance of the stream became tragic and extraordinary, as horses, beasts of burden, weapons, dead bodies, and all kinds of baggage were carried down together with those who were swimming.
§5.48.10Μόλων δὲ κυριεύσας τῆς τοῦ Ξενοίτου παρεμβολῆς, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα διαβὰς τὸν ποταμὸν ἀσφαλῶς, ἅτε μηδενὸς κωλύοντος διὰ τὸ φυγεῖν τὴν ἔφοδον αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ζεῦξιν, ἐγκρατὴς γίνεται καὶ τῆς τούτου στρατοπεδείας.
But Molo, having made himself master of Xenoetas's camp, and after this having crossed the river safely—as no one opposed him because Zeuxis and his men had fled from his attack—became master also of the latter's camp.
§5.48.11συντελεσάμενος δὲ τὰ προειρημένα παρῆν μετὰ τοῦ στρατοπέδου πρὸς τὴν Σελεύκειαν.
Having accomplished these things, he arrived with his army at Seleucia.
§5.48.12παραλαβὼν δὲ καὶ ταύτην ἐξ ἐφόδου διὰ τὸ πεφευγέναι τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ζεῦξιν, ἅμα δὲ τούτοις τὸν Διομέδοντα τὸν ἐπιστάτην τῆς Σελευκείας, λοιπὸν ἤδη προάγων ἀκονιτὶ κατεστρέφετο τὰς ἄνω σατραπείας.
And having taken this also at the first assault, because Zeuxis and his men had fled, and along with them Diomedon, the governor of Seleucia, he thenceforth advanced without opposition and subdued the upper satrapies.
§5.48.13γενόμενος δὲ κύριος τῆς τε Βαβυλωνίας καὶ τῆς περὶ τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλατταν ἧκε πρὸς Σοῦσα.
Having become master of Babylonia and the region around the Erythraean Sea, he came to Susa.
§5.48.14τὴν μὲν οὖν πόλιν ἐξ ἐφόδου καὶ ταύτην κατέσχε, τῇ δʼ ἄκρᾳ προσβολὰς ποιούμενος οὐδὲν ἤνυε τῷ φθάσαι Διογένην τὸν στρατηγὸν εἰς αὐτὴν παρεισπεσόντα.
The city indeed he took at the first assault, but though he made attacks on the citadel, he accomplished nothing, because Diogenes the general had anticipated him by throwing himself into it.
§5.48.15διὸ καὶ ταύτης μὲν τῆς ἐπιβολῆς ἀπέστη, καταλιπὼν δὲ τοὺς πολιορκήσοντας κατὰ τάχος ἀνέζευξε, καὶ κατῆρε μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως πάλιν εἰς Σελεύκειαν τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ Τίγριδι.
Therefore he desisted from this attempt, and leaving a force to besiege it, he quickly decamped and returned with his army to Seleucia on the Tigris.
§5.48.16πολλὴν δὲ ποιησάμενος ἐπιμέλειαν ἐνταῦθα τοῦ στρατοπέδου καὶ παρακαλέσας τὸ πλῆθος ὥρμησε πρὸς τὰς ἑξῆς πράξεις, καὶ τὴν μὲν Παραποταμίαν μέχρι πόλεως Εὐρώπου κατέσχε, τὴν δὲ Μεσοποταμίαν ἕως Δούρων.
Having there paid great attention to his army and encouraged the multitude, he set out on his next enterprises, and occupied Parapotamia as far as the city of Europus, and Mesopotamia as far as Dura.
Ἀντίοχος δέ, §5.48.17τούτων αὐτῷ προσπεσόντων, ὡς ἐπάνω προεῖπον, ἀπογνοὺς τὰς κατὰ Κοίλην Συρίαν
But Antiochus, when these tidings reached him, as I said above, despairing of the enterprises in Coele-Syria