§5.70.1Ἀντίοχος δὲ τὴν δύναμιν ἀναλαβὼν ἧκε καὶ κατεστρατοπέδευσε πρὸς τῇ Σιδῶνι.
Antiochus, having taken up his army, arrived and encamped near Sidon.
§5.70.2τὸ μὲν οὖν καταπειράζειν τῆς πόλεως ἀπέγνω διὰ τὴν προϋπάρχουσαν αὐτόθι δαψίλειαν τῆς χορηγίας καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἐνοικούντων καὶ συμπεφευγότων ἀνδρῶν· §5.70.3ἀναλαβὼν δὲ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτὸς μὲν ἐποιεῖτο τὴν πορείαν ὡς ἐπὶ Φιλοτερίας, Διογνήτῳ δὲ συνέταξε τῷ ναυάρχῳ πάλιν ἔχοντι τὰς ναῦς ἀποπλεῖν εἰς Τύρον.
Now, he gave up trying to assault the city, because of the abundance of provisions already existing there and the multitude of inhabitants and those who had fled there for refuge; but having taken up his army, he himself made his march as if towards Philoteria, and ordered Diognetus the admiral to sail back to Tyre with his ships.
§5.70.4ἡ δὲ Φιλοτερία κεῖται παρʼ αὐτὴν τὴν λίμνην, εἰς ἣν ὁ καλούμενος Ἰορδάνης ποταμὸς εἰσβάλλων ἐξίησι πάλιν εἰς τὰ πεδία τὰ περὶ τὴν Σκυθῶν πόλιν προσαγορευομένην.
Now Philoteria lies close by the lake, into which the river called Jordan flows and issues out again into the plains around the city called Scythopolis.
§5.70.5γενόμενος δὲ καθʼ ὁμολογίαν ἐγκρατὴς ἀμφοτέρων τῶν προειρημένων πόλεων, εὐθαρσῶς ἔσχε πρὸς τὰς μελλούσας ἐπιβολὰς διὰ τὸ τὴν ὑποτεταγμένην χώραν ταῖς πόλεσι ταύταις ῥᾳδίως δύνασθαι παντὶ τῷ στρατοπέδῳ χορηγεῖν καὶ δαψιλῆ παρασκευάζειν τὰ κατεπείγοντα πρὸς τὴν χρείαν.
Having become master of both the aforementioned cities by agreement, he felt of good courage regarding his future enterprises, because the territory subject to these cities was easily able to supply the whole army and to provide in abundance what was urgently needed for their requirements.
§5.70.6ἀσφαλισάμενος δὲ φρουραῖς ταύτας ὑπερέβαλε τὴν ὀρεινὴν καὶ παρῆν ἐπʼ Ἀταβύριον, ὃ κεῖται μὲν ἐπὶ λόφου μαστοειδοῦς, τὴν δὲ πρόσβασιν ἔχει πλεῖον ἢ πεντεκαίδεκα σταδίων.
And having secured these with garrisons, he crossed the mountainous country and arrived at Atabyrium, which lies upon a breast-shaped hill, having an ascent of more than fifteen stades.
§5.70.7χρησάμενος δὲ κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἐνέδρᾳ καὶ στρατηγήματι κατέσχε τὴν πόλιν· §5.70.8προκαλεσάμενος γὰρ εἰς ἀκροβολισμὸν τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως καὶ συγκαταβιβάσας ἐπὶ πολὺ τοὺς προκινδυνεύοντας, κἄπειτα πάλιν ἐκ μεταβολῆς τῶν φευγόντων καὶ διαναστάσεως τῶν ἐγκαθημένων συμβαλών, πολλοὺς μὲν αὐτῶν ἀπέκτεινε, §5.70.9τέλος δʼ ἐπακολουθήσας καὶ προκαταπληξάμενος ἐξ ἐφόδου παρέλαβε καὶ ταύτην τὴν πόλιν.
And having employed at this time an ambush and a stratagem, he took the city; for having provoked those from the city to a skirmish, and having drawn down those who fought in the vanguard to a great distance, and then again having engaged them by a turnabout of his fleeing men and the rising up of those in ambush, he killed many of them, and finally, pursuing them and having struck terror into them by a sudden assault, he took this city also.
§5.70.10κατὰ δὲ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον Κεραίας, εἷς τῶν· ὑπὸ Πτολεμαῖον ταττομένων ὑπάρχων, ἀπέστη πρὸς αὐτόν· ᾧ χρησάμενος μεγαλοπρεπῶς πολλοὺς ἐμετεώρισε τῶν παρὰ τοῖς ἐναντίοις ἡγεμόνων· §5.70.11Ἱππόλοχος γοῦν ὁ Θετταλὸς οὐ μετὰ πολὺ τετρακοσίους ἱππεῖς ἧκεν ἔχων πρὸς αὐτὸν τῶν ὑπὸ Πτολεμαῖον ταττομένων.
At this time Ceraeas, who was one of those stationed under Ptolemy, deserted to him; whom having treated with great magnificence, he excited the hopes of many of the commanders among the enemy; at any rate Hippolochus the Thessalian, not long after, came to him with four hundred cavalry of those stationed under Ptolemy.
§5.70.12ἀσφαλισάμενος δὲ καὶ τὸ Ἀταβύριον ἀνέζευξε, καὶ προάγων παρέλαβε Πέλλαν καὶ
Having secured Atabyrium also, he broke camp, and advancing took Pella and...