§8.29.1γενομένης δὲ τῆς εἰσόδου κατὰ τὴν πρόθεσιν ἀσφαλοῦς καὶ τελέως ἀθορύβου, δόξαντες ἠνύσθαι σφίσι τὸ πλεῖστον τῆς ἐπιβολῆς, λοιπὸν αὐτοὶ μὲν εὐθαρσῶς ἤδη προῆγον ἐπὶ τὴν ἀγορὰν κατὰ τὴν πλατεῖαν τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς Βαθείας ἀναφέρουσαν·
The entry having been effected safely and in complete silence according to their plan, they thought that the greatest part of their enterprise was accomplished, and henceforth they themselves advanced with high courage along the broad street leading up from Batheia towards the agora.
§8.29.2τούς γε μὴν ἱππεῖς ἀπέλειπον ἐκτὸς τοῦ τείχους, ὄντας οὐκ ἐλάττους δισχιλίων, θέλοντες ἐφεδρείαν αὑτοῖς ὑπάρχειν ταύτην πρός τε τὰς ἔξωθεν ἐπιφανείας καὶ πρὸς τὰ παράλογα τῶν ἐν ταῖς τοιαύταις ἐπιβολαῖς συμβαινόντων.
They left the cavalry, however, outside the wall, being not fewer than two thousand, wishing to have them as a reserve against any appearance of enemy from without and against any unforeseen events that occur in such enterprises.
§8.29.3ἐγγίσαντες δὲ τοῖς περὶ τὴν ἀγορὰν τόποις τὴν μὲν δύναμιν ἐπέστησαν κατὰ πορείαν, αὐτοὶ δὲ καὶ τὸν Φιλήμενον ἐκαραδόκουν, δεδιότες πῶς σφίσι προχωρήσει καὶ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος τῆς ἐπιβολῆς.
On approaching the area of the agora, they halted the main force on its march, while they themselves anxiously awaited Philemenus, fearing how this part of their enterprise also would succeed for them.
§8.29.4ὅτε γὰρ ἀνάψαντες τὸ πῦρ ἔμελλον πρὸς τὰς πύλας ὁρμᾶν, τότε καὶ τὸν Φιλήμενον, ἔχοντα τὸν ὗν ἐν φερέτρῳ καὶ Λίβυας ὡς εἰ χιλίους ἐξαπέστειλαν ἐπὶ τὴν παρακειμένην πύλην, βουλόμενοι κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς πρόθεσιν μὴ ψιλῶς ἐκ μιᾶς ἐλπίδος ἐξηρτῆσθαι τὴν ἐπιβολὴν αὐτῶν, ἀλλʼ ἐκ πλειόνων.
For at the very moment when they had lit the fire and were about to rush to the gates, they had also sent Philemenus with the wild boar on a litter and about a thousand Libyans to the adjacent gate, wishing, in accordance with their original plan, that their enterprise should not depend simply upon a single hope, but upon several.
§8.29.5ὁ δὲ προειρημένος ἐγγίσας τῷ τείχει κατὰ τὸν ἐθισμὸν ἐπεὶ προσεσύριξε, παρῆν ὁ φύλαξ εὐθέως καταβαίνων πρὸς τὴν ῥινοπύλην.
The aforementioned man, on approaching the wall, whistled as was his custom, and the guard immediately came down and was present at the Rhinopyle.
§8.29.6τοῦ δʼ εἰπόντος ἔξωθεν ἀνοίγειν ταχέως, ὅτι βαρύνονται· φέρουσι γὰρ ὗν ἄγριον· ἀσμένως ἀκούσας ὁ φύλαξ ἀνέῳξε μετὰ σπουδῆς, ἐλπίζων καὶ πρὸς αὑτόν τι διατείνειν τὴν εὐαγρίαν τῶν περὶ τὸν Φιλήμενον διὰ τὸ μερίτην ἀεὶ γίνεσθαι τῶν εἰσφερομένων.
When he called from outside to open quickly because they were heavily laden, as they were carrying a wild boar, the guard gladly heard this and opened the gate with haste, hoping that some portion of the successful hunt of Philemenus and his men would fall to himself, since he always received a share of what was brought in.
§8.29.7αὐτὸς μὲν οὖν ὁ προειρημένος τὴν πρώτην ἔχων χώραν τοῦ φορήματος εἰσῆλθε, καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ νομαδικὴν ἔχων διασκευὴν ἕτερος, ὡς εἷς τις ὢν τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χώρας, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ἄλλοι δύο πάλιν οἱ φέροντες ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν τὸ θηρίον.
Thus the aforementioned man himself entered, holding the front place of the litter, and with him another dressed in nomadic attire, as though he were one of the country folk, and after them two others again who carried the beast from behind.
§8.29.8ἐπεὶ δὲ τέτταρες ὄντες ἐντὸς ἐγένοντο τῆς ῥινοπύλης, τὸν μὲν ἀνοίξαντα θεώμενον ἀκάκως καὶ ψηλαφῶντα τὸν ὗν αὐτοῦ πατάξαντες ἀπέκτειναν, τοὺς δʼ ἑπομένους μὲν αὑτοῖς, προηγουμένους δὲ τῶν ἄλλων, Λίβυας, ὄντας εἰς τριάκοντα, σχολῇ καὶ μεθʼ ἡσυχίας παρῆκαν διὰ τῆς πυλίδος.
And when these four had got inside the Rhinopyle, they struck and killed the guard who had opened it, as he was innocently inspecting and feeling the boar, and they let the Libyans who followed them and preceded the others, being about thirty in number, pass slowly and quietly through the postern.
§8.29.9γενομένου δὲ τούτου κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς οἱ μὲν τοὺς μοχλοὺς διέκοπτον, οἱ δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τοῦ πυλῶνος ἐφόνευον, οἱ δὲ τοὺς ἔξω Λίβυας ἐκάλουν διὰ συνθημάτων.
This having been done, immediately some of them began to cut through the bars, others to slay the guards at the gateway, and others to call in the Libyans outside by means of signals.
§8.29.10εἰσελθόντων δὲ καὶ τούτων ἀσφαλῶς, προῆγον ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν ἀγορὰν κατὰ τὸ συντεταγμένον.
These also having entered safely, they advanced towards the agora according to their instructions.
§8.29.11ἅμα δὲ τῷ συμμῖξαι καὶ τούτους, περιχαρὴς γενόμενος Ἀννίβας ἐπὶ τῷ κατὰ νοῦν αὐτῷ
At the moment of their joining also, Hannibal, being filled with joy at the success of his plan...