§5.60.1Ἀντίοχος δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον διεπέμπετο πρὸς τοὺς ἐπιστάτας τῆς πόλεως, προτείνων χρήματα καὶ πλῆθος ἐλπίδων, ἐφʼ ᾧ παραλαβεῖν ἄνευ κινδύνου τὴν Σελεύκειαν·
Antiochus, at first, sent messages to the governors of the city, offering money and many promises, on condition of receiving Seleucia without danger.
§5.60.2ἀδυνατῶν δὲ πείθειν τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν ὅλων ἐφεστῶτας ἔφθειρέ τινας τῶν κατὰ μέρος ἡγεμόνων, οἷς πιστεύσας ἡτοίμαζε τὴν δύναμιν, ὡς κατὰ μὲν τὸν ἀπὸ θαλάττης τόπον τοῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ ναυτικοῦ ποιησόμενος τὰς προσβολάς, κατὰ δὲ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς ἠπείρου τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ στρατοπέδου.
But being unable to persuade those in supreme command, he bribed some of the subordinate officers; and relying on them, he prepared his forces, intending to make the attacks with the naval forces on the sea side, and with the army from the camp on the land side.
§5.60.3διελὼν οὖν εἰς τρία μέρη τὴν δύναμιν, καὶ παρακαλέσας τὰ πρέποντα τῷ καιρῷ, καὶ δωρεὰς μεγάλας καὶ στεφάνους ἐπʼ ἀνδραγαθίᾳ καὶ τοῖς ἰδιώταις καὶ τοῖς ἡγεμόσι προκηρύξας, §5.60.4Ζεύξιδι μὲν καὶ τοῖς μετʼ αὐτοῦ παρέδωκε τοὺς κατὰ τὴν ἐπʼ Ἀντιόχειαν φέρουσαν πύλην τόπους, Ἑρμογένει δὲ τοὺς κατὰ τὸ Διοσκούριον, Ἄρδυϊ δὲ καὶ Διογνήτῳ τὰς κατὰ τὸ νεώριον καὶ τὸ προάστειον ἐπέτρεψε προσβολάς, §5.60.5διὰ τὸ πρὸς τοὺς ἔνδοθεν αὐτῷ τοιαύτας τινὰς γεγονέναι συνθήκας ὡς ἐὰν κρατήσῃ τοῦ προαστείου μετὰ βίας, οὕτως ἐγχειρισθησομένης αὐτῷ καὶ τῆς πόλεως.
Having therefore divided his forces into three parts, and having addressed them in terms suitable to the occasion, and having proclaimed great gifts and crowns for bravery both to the common soldiers and to the officers, he assigned to Zeuxis and his men the positions near the gate leading to Antioch; to Hermogenes the parts near the Dioscurium; and to Ardys and Diognetus he entrusted the attacks on the docks and the suburb, because an agreement had been made between him and those inside the city to the effect that, if he should capture the suburb by force, the city itself would likewise be surrendered to him.
§5.60.6ἀποδοθέντος δὲ τοῦ συνθήματος πάντες ἅμα καὶ πανταχόθεν ἐνεργὸν ἐποιοῦντο καὶ βίαιον τὴν προσβολήν· τολμηρότατα μέντοι προσέβαλον οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἄρδυν καὶ Διόγνητον, §5.60.7διὰ τὸ τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους τόπους, εἰ μὴ τετραποδητὶ τρόπον τινὰ προσπλεκόμενοι βιάζοιντο, τήν γε διὰ τῶν κλιμάκων προσβολὴν μὴ προσίεσθαι παράπαν, τὰ δὲ νεώρια καὶ τὸ προάστειον ἐπιδέχεσθαι τὴν προσφορὰν καὶ στάσιν καὶ πρόσθεσιν τῶν κλιμάκων ἀσφαλῶς.
When the signal was given, they all at once and from all sides made a vigorous and violent assault; however, those under Ardys and Diognetus assaulted with the greatest daring, because while the other places, unless they forced their way clinging on all fours, did not admit of an assault by ladders at all, the docks and the suburb allowed the bringing up, erecting, and placing of ladders with safety.
§5.60.8διὸ τῶν μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ ναυτικοῦ τοῖς νεωρίοις, τῶν δὲ περὶ τὸν Ἄρδυν τοῖς προαστείοις προσηρεικότων τὰς κλίμακας καὶ βιαζομένων εὐρώστως, τῶν δʼ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως οὐ δυναμένων τούτοις βοηθεῖν, διὰ τὸ κατὰ πάντα τόπον περιεστάναι τὸ δεινόν, ταχέως συνέβη τὸ προάστειον ὑποχείριον γενέσθαι τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἄρδυν.
Consequently, while the naval forces applied their ladders to the docks and those under Ardys to the suburb and pressed the attack vigorously, and those in the city were unable to bring aid to them because danger surrounded them on every side, it quickly came about that the suburb fell into the hands of Ardys and his men.
§5.60.9οὗ κρατηθέντος εὐθέως οἱ διεφθαρμένοι τῶν κατὰ μέρος ἡγεμόνων, προστρέχοντες πρὸς τὸν Λεόντιον τὸν ἐπὶ τῶν ὅλων, ἐκπέμπειν ᾤοντο δεῖν καὶ τίθεσθαι τὰ πρὸς Ἀντίοχον πρὶν ἢ κατὰ κράτος ἁλῶναι τὴν πόλιν.
Once this was captured, immediately those of the subordinate officers who had been bribed, running to Leontius, the commander-in-chief, insisted that they ought to send envoys and make terms with Antiochus before the city should be taken by storm.
§5.60.10ὁ δὲ Λεόντιος, ἀγνοῶν μὲν τὴν διαφθορὰν τῶν ἡγεμόνων, καταπεπληγμένος δὲ τὴν διατροπὴν αὐτῶν, ἐξέπεμψε τοὺς θησομένους τὰς πίστεις ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει πάντων ἀσφα
Leontius, being ignorant of the corruption of the officers, but terrified by their panic, sent out men to make terms for the safety of all those in the city, for the saf...