§8.6.1καὶ τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ κινδυνεύειν ὁλοσχερῶς.
and those inside her were placed in extreme danger.
τινά τε τῶν μηχανημάτων πάλιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφορμῶντας καὶ προβεβλημένους γέρρα καὶ διὰ τούτων ἠσφαλισμένους πρὸς τὸ μηδὲν πάσχειν ὑπὸ τῶν διὰ τοῦ τείχους φερομένων βελῶν, ἠφίει μὲν καὶ λίθους συμμέτρους πρὸς τὸ φεύγειν ἐκ τῆς πρώρρας τοὺς ἀγωνιζομένους, §8.6.2ἅμα δὲ καὶ καθίει χεῖρα σιδηρᾶν ἐξ ἁλύσεως δεδεμένην, ᾗ δραξάμενος ὁ τὴν κεραίαν οἰακίζων ὅθεν ἐπιλάβοιτο τῆς πρώρρας, κατῆγε τὴν πτέρναν τῆς μηχανῆς ἐντὸς τοῦ τείχους. §8.6.3ὅτε δὲ κουφίζων τὴν πρῶρραν ὀρθὸν ποιήσειε τὸ σκάφος ἐπὶ πρύμναν, τὰς μὲν πτέρνας τῶν ὀργάνων εἰς ἀκίνητον καθῆπτε, τὴν δὲ χεῖρα καὶ τὴν ἅλυσιν ἐκ τῆς μηχανῆς ἐξέρραινε διά τινος σχαστηρίας. §8.6.4οὗ γινομένου τινὰ μὲν τῶν πλοίων πλάγια κατέπιπτε, τινὰ δὲ καὶ κατεστρέφετο, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα τῆς πρώρρας ἀφʼ ὕψους ῥιφθείσης βαπτιζόμενα πλήρη θαλάττης ἐγίνετο καὶ ταραχῆς. §8.6.5Μάρκος δὲ δυσχρηστούμενος ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀπαντωμένοις ὑπʼ Ἀρχιμήδους, καὶ θεωρῶν μετὰ βλάβης καὶ χλευασμοῦ τοὺς ἔνδον ἀποτριβομένους αὑτοῦ τὰς ἐπιβολάς, §8.6.6δυσχερῶς μὲν ἔφερε τὸ συμβαῖνον, ὅμως δʼ ἐπισκώπτων τὰς αὑτοῦ πράξεις ἔφη ταῖς μὲν ναυσὶν αὐτοῦ κυαθίζειν ἐκ θαλάττης Ἀρχιμήδη, τὰς δὲ σαμβύκας ῥαπιζομένας ὥσπερ ἐκσπόνδους μετʼ αἰσχύνης ἐκπεπτωκέναι. §8.6.7καὶ τῆς μὲν κατὰ θάλατταν πολιορκίας τοιοῦτον ἀπέβη τὸ τέλος.
Furthermore, some of the engines, conversely, against those who were charging and had advanced with wicker-shields, securing themselves by means of them so as to suffer nothing from the missiles discharged through the wall, let fly stones of sufficient size to force the combatants to flee from the prow; at the same time, he also let down an iron hand bound to a chain, with which the operator of the yard-arm, having gripped the prow wherever he could take hold of it, pulled down the heel of the engine inside the wall. Then, when by lifting the prow he had made the vessel stand upright on its stern, he fastened the heels of the engines so as to remain immovable, and released the hand and the chain from the engine by means of a trigger. When this took place, some of the ships fell on their sides, some were even capsized, and the majority, when the prow was plunged down from a height, were submerged and filled with seawater and confusion. Marcus, being greatly distressed by these obstacles encountered from Archimedes, and seeing with damage and mockery those inside the city baffling his attempts, took what was happening hard, yet joking at his own actions, he said that Archimedes was using his ships to ladle seawater, and that his sambucae, being beaten like uninvited guests at a banquet, had been driven off in disgrace. And such was the end of the siege by sea.