§8.17.1καὶ λαβὼν καιρὸν πρῶτον ὁ Καμβύλος προσφέρει τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸν λόγον.
And Cambylus, taking the first opportunity, broached the subject to the king.
§8.17.2ὁ δʼ Ἀντίοχος, πρὸς τρόπον αὐτῷ καὶ παραδόξου γενομένης τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, τὰ μὲν ὑπερχαρὴς ὢν πάνθʼ ὑπισχνεῖτο, τὰ δὲ διαπιστῶν ἐξήταζε τὰς κατὰ μέρος ἐπινοίας καὶ παρασκευὰς αὐτῶν.
Antiochus, as the proposal was both to his mind and unexpected, on the one hand, being overjoyed, promised everything, but on the other hand, being incredulous, questioned them on the details of their plans and preparations.
§8.17.3μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πιστεύσας, καὶ νομίζων ὡς ἂν εἰ σὺν θεῷ γίνεσθαι τὴν ἐπιβολήν, ἠξίου καὶ πολλάκις ἐδεῖτο τοῦ Καμβύλου συντελεῖν τὴν πρᾶξιν.
After this, having come to believe them, and thinking that the enterprise was as it were with God's help, he urged and repeatedly begged Cambylus to accomplish the deed.
§8.17.4τὸ δὲ παραπλήσιον ὁ Βῶλις ἐποίει πρὸς τὸν Νικόμαχον καὶ Μελαγκόμαν.
Bolis did the same towards Nicomachus and Melancomas.
οἱ δὲ πιστεύοντες ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου γίνεσθαι τὴν ἐπιβολήν, καὶ παραυτίκα τῷ Ἀριανῷ συνθέντες τὰς πρὸς τὸν Ἀχαιὸν ἐπιστολὰς γεγραμμένας συνθηματικῶς, καθάπερ ἔθος ἦν αὐτοῖς, §8.17.5οὕτως ὥστε τὸν κυριεύσαντα τῆς ἐπιστολῆς μὴ δύνασθαι γνῶναι μηδὲν τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμένων, ἐξαπέστειλαν παρακαλοῦντες πιστεύειν τοῖς περὶ τὸν Βῶλιν καὶ τὸν Καμβύλον.
They, believing that the undertaking was being conducted with the best intentions, and immediately having drawn up and entrusted to Arianus the letters to Achaeus, written in cipher as was their custom, so that anyone who got possession of the letter could understand nothing of what was written in it, sent him off, urging Achaeus to trust Bolis and Cambylus.
§8.17.6ὁ δʼ Ἀριανὸς διὰ τοῦ Καμβύλου παρελθὼν εἰς τὴν ἄκραν τὰ γεγραμμένα τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀχαιὸν ἀπέδωκε, καὶ συμπαρὼν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῖς γινομένοις ἀκριβῶς τὸν κατὰ μέρος ὑπὲρ ἑκάστων ἀπεδίδου λόγον, πολλάκις μὲν καὶ ποικίλως ὑπὲρ τῶν κατὰ τὸν Σωσίβιον καὶ Βῶλιν ἀνακρινόμενος, πολλάκις δὲ περὶ Νικομάχου καὶ Μελαγκόμα, μάλιστα δὲ περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸν Καμβύλον.
Arianus, having entered the citadel through Cambylus, delivered the letters to Achaeus and his party, and having been present from the beginning at everything that had occurred, he gave a precise and detailed account of each matter, being frequently and searchingly questioned on matters regarding Sosibius and Bolis, and frequently about Nicomachus and Melancomas, but most of all about those concerning Cambylus.
§8.17.7οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ αὐτοπαθῶς καὶ γενναίως ὑπέμενε τοὺς ἐλέγχους, καὶ μάλιστα διὰ τὸ μὴ γινώσκειν τὸ συνέχον τῶν τῷ Καμβύλῳ καὶ Βώλιδι δεδογμένων.
Nevertheless, he withstood the examinations naturally and courageously, and all the more because he did not know the main point of what had been decided between Cambylus and Bolis.
§8.17.8Ἀχαιὸς δὲ καὶ διὰ τῶν ἀνακρίσεων τῶν τοῦ Ἀριανοῦ καὶ μάλιστα διὰ τῶν παρὰ τοῦ Νικομάχου καὶ Μελαγκόμα συνθημάτων πιστεύσας ἀντεφώνησε, καὶ παραχρῆμα πάλιν ἐξέπεμψε τὸν Ἀριανόν.
Achaeus, both because of the interrogation of Arianus and especially because of the tokens from Nicomachus and Melancomas, came to believe them and wrote a reply, and immediately sent Arianus back again.
§8.17.9πλεονάκις δὲ τούτου γινομένου παρʼ ἑκατέρων, τέλος οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀχαιὸν ἐπέτρεψαν περὶ σφῶν τοῖς περὶ τὸν Νικόμαχον, ἅτε μηδεμιᾶς ἄλλης ἐλπίδος ἔτι καταλειπομένης πρὸς σωτηρίαν, καὶ πέμπειν ἐκέλευον ἅμα τῷ Ἀριανῷ τὸν Βῶλιν ἀσελήνου νυκτός, ὡς ἐγχειριοῦντες αὑτούς.
After this had occurred several times on both sides, at last Achaeus and his party entrusted themselves to Nicomachus and his party, as no other hope of safety was now left, and they bade them send Bolis along with Arianus on a moonless night, as they were ready to commit themselves to them.
§8.17.10ἦν γάρ τις ἐπίνοια περὶ τὸν Ἀχαιὸν τοιαύτη, πρῶτον μὲν διαφυγεῖν τοὺς ἐνεστῶτας κινδύνους, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ποιήσασθαι δίχα προόδου τὴν ὁρμὴν ἐπὶ τοὺς κατὰ Συρίαν τόπους·
For Achaeus had the following plan: first to escape the present dangers, and after that to make a rush, without any previous announcement, for the parts of Syria.
§8.17.11πάνυ γὰρ εἶχε μεγάλας ἐλπίδας ἐπιφανεὶς ἄφνω καὶ παραδόξως τοῖς κατὰ Συρίαν ἀνθρώποις, καὶ ἔτι διατρίβοντος Ἀντιόχου περὶ τὰς Σάρδεις, μέγα ποιήσειν κίνημα καὶ μεγάλης ἀποδοχῆς τεύξεσθαι παρά τε τοῖς Ἀντιοχεῦσι καὶ τοῖς κατὰ Κοίλην Συρίαν καὶ Φοινίκην.
For he had very great hopes that, by appearing suddenly and unexpectedly to the people in Syria, while Antiochus was still lingering around Sardis, he would cause a great movement and meet with a warm reception both among the people of Antioch and those of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia.