§XI"ὅτι τὸν Πύρρον ἤδη μὲν τὰ Ῥωμαίων κατέπλησσεν, ἐτάρασσε δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐν Μολοσσοῖς θορυβούμενα.
But Pyrrhus was already struck with awe by the power of the Romans, and he was also troubled by the disturbances among the Molossians.
Ἀγαθοκλῆς τε, ἄρχων Σικελίαν ἄρτι ἐτεθνήκει, οὗ θυγατέρα Λάνασσαν ἔχων ο Πύρρος ἐν ταῖς γυναιξί, τὴν νῆσον οἰκείαν ἀντὶ τῆς Ἰταλίας περιεβλέπετο.
Moreover, Agathocles, who ruled Sicily, had recently died, and since Pyrrhus had his daughter Lanassa among his wives, he began to look toward the island as his own domain instead of Italy.
ὤκνει δʼ ὅμως ἔτι τοὺς ἐπικαλέσαντας ἄνευ τινὸς εἰρήνης καταλιπεῖν.
Yet he was still reluctant to abandon those who had called him in without some sort of peace.
ἄσμενος οὖν τῆς προφάσεως τῆς περὶ τὸν αὐτόμολον ἐπιβὰς ἐμαρτύρει τοῖς ὑπάτοις, καὶ Κινέαν ἔπεμπεν ἐς Ῥώμην χάριν ὁμολογήσοντα τῆς σωτηρίας τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους ἀμοιβὴν ἄγοντα, εἰρήνην τε ὅτῃ δύναιτο πράξοντα.
Gladly seizing upon the pretext concerning the deserter, therefore, he testified to the consuls, and sent Cineas to Rome to express gratitude for the saving of the king's life, and to bring the prisoners in return, and to negotiate peace in whatever way he could.
δῶρα δʼ ὁ Κινέας ἔφερε πολλὰ μὲν ἀνδράσι πολλὰ δὲ γυναιξί, φιλοχρήματον καὶ φιλόδωρον εἶναι τὴν πόλιν πυθόμενος, καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας ἰσχύειν παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις ἐκ παλαιοῦ.
Cineas brought many gifts for men and many for women, having heard that the city was fond of money and gifts, and that women had had great influence among the Romans from of old.
οἱ δὲ περὶ μὲν τῶν δώρων ἐνεκελεύσαντο ἀλλήλοις· καί φασιν οὐδένα λαβεῖν οὐδέν, οὔτε ἄνδρα οὔτε γυναῖκα.
But they urged one another not to accept the gifts; and they say that no one, neither man nor woman, accepted anything.
ἀπεκρίναντο δʼ αὐτῷ, καθὰ καὶ πρότερον, ἀπελθόντα Πύρρον ἐξ Ἰταλίας πρεσβεύειν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἄνευ δώρων· ἀπορήσειν γὰρ οὐδενὸς τῶν δικαίων.
And they answered him, just as before, that Pyrrhus must depart from Italy and then send embassies to them without gifts, for he would lack nothing that was just.
τοὺς δὲ πρέσβεις καὶ αὐτοὶ πολυτελῶς ἐξένιζον, καὶ Πύρρῳ τοὺς Ταραντίνων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων αὐτοῦ συμμάχων αἰχμαλώτους ἀντέπεμπον.
And they themselves entertained the ambassadors sumptuously, and sent back to Pyrrhus the prisoners of the Tarentines and of his other allies.
ὁ μὲν δὴ Πύρρος ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐς Σικελίαν διέπλει μετά τε τῶν ἐλεφάντων καὶ ὀκτακισχιλίων ἱππέων, ὑποσχόμενος τοῖς συμμάχοις ἐκ Σικελίας ἐπανήξειν ἐς τὴν Ἰταλίαν.
Under these circumstances, Pyrrhus sailed across to Sicily with the elephants and eight thousand cavalry, having promised his allies that he would return from Sicily to Italy.
καὶ ἐπανῆλθεν ἔτει τρίτῷ, Καρχηδονίων αὐτὸν ἐξελασάντων ἐκ Σικελίας. "
And he returned in the third year, the Carthaginians having driven him out of Sicily.
§XII"ὅτι Πύρρος μετὰ τὴν μάχην καὶ τὰς πρὸς Ῥωμαίους συνθήκας ἐς Σικελίαν διέπλει, ὑποσχόμενος τοῖς συμμάχοις ἐκ Σικελίας ἐπανήξειν ἐς Ἰταλίαν.
That Pyrrhus, after the battle and the treaties with the Romans, sailed across to Sicily, having promised his allies that he would return from Sicily to Italy.
καὶ ἐπανῆλθεν ἔτει τρίτῳ, Καρχηδονίων αὐτὸν ἐξελασάντων ἐκ Σικελίας, ἤδη καὶ τοῖς Σικελιώταις βαρὺν ἐπί τε ξενίαις καὶ χορηγίαις καὶ φρουραῖς καὶ ἐσφοραῖς γενόμενον.
And he returned in the third year, the Carthaginians having driven him out of Sicily, since he had already become a heavy burden to the Sicilians for entertainments, supplies, garrisons, and taxes.
ὁ μὲν δὴ πλούσιος ἐν τῶνδε γεγονὼς ἐς τὸ Ῥήγιον διέπλει ναυσὶ καταφράκτοις δέκα καὶ ἑκατόν, φορτίσι δὲ καὶ ὁλκάσι πολὺ πλείοσιν·
Having become wealthy from these things, he sailed across to Rhegium with one hundred and ten decked ships, and with far more cargo ships and merchant vessels.
οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι διαναυμαχήσαντες αὐτῷ κατέδυσαν ναῦς ἑβδομήκοντα, καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς ἄπλους ἐποίησαν, πλὴν δώδεκα μόνων, αἷς ὁ Πύρρος διαφυγὼν ἐτίνυτο Λοκροὺς τοὺς ἐπιζεφυρίους, ὅτι φρουρὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν φρούραρχον αὐτῆς, ὑβρίσαντας ἐς αὐτούς, ἀνῃρήκεσαν.
But the Carthaginians, having fought a naval battle with him, sank seventy ships and rendered the remaining ones unseaworthy, except for only twelve, with which Pyrrhus escaped and took vengeance on the Epizephyrian Locrians, because they had slain his garrison and its commander, who had behaved insolently toward them.
ὠμῶς δʼ αὐτοὺς καὶ πικρῶς κτείνων τε καὶ συλῶν ὁ Πύρρος οὐδὲ τῶν ἀναθημάτων τῆς Περσεφόνης ἀπέσχετο, ἐπισκώψας τὴν ἄκαιρον θεοσέβειαν εἶναι δεισιδαιμονίαν, τὸ δὲ συλλέξαι πλοῦτον ἄπονον εὐβουλίαν.
Killing and plundering them cruelly and bitterly, Pyrrhus did not even abstain from the votive offerings of Persephone, mocking that untimely piety was superstition, but to gather wealth without labor was good counsel.
ἀναχθέντα δʼ αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν σύλων χειμὼν ὑπέλαβε, καὶ τῶν νεῶν τὰς μὲν κατέδυσε καὶ διέφθειρεν αὐτοῖς ἀνδράσι, τὰς δʼ ἐς τὴν γῆν ἐξέρριψεν.
But when he put to sea with the spoils, a storm overtook him, and sank and destroyed some of the ships with their crews, and cast others onto the shore.
τὰ δὲ ἱερὰ πάντα σῶα ὁ κλύδων ἐς τοὺς Λοκρῶν λιμένας ἐπανήγαγεν, ὥστε καὶ Πύρρον ὀψὲ τῆς ἀσεβείας αἰσθόμενον ἀναθεῖναί τε αὐτὰ ἐς τὸ ἱερὸν τῇ Περσεφόνῃ, καὶ θυσίαις ἱλάσκεσθαι τὴν θεὸν πολλαῖς.
But all the sacred treasures were brought back safe by the waves into the harbors of the Locrians, so that even Pyrrhus, realizing his impiety too late, both restored them to the temple of Persephone and tried to appease the goddess with many sacrifices.
τῶν δὲ ἱερῶν οὐκ ἀπαντώντων ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐξεμαίνετο, καὶ τοὺς περὶ τῆς ἱεροσυλίας αὐτῷ συμβουλεύσαντας ἢ λέγοντι συνθεμένους, ἢ διακονησαμένους τὸ ἔργον, ἔκτεινεν.
But when the sacred signs did not turn out favorable, he became even more mad, and put to death those who had advised him concerning the sacrilege, or had agreed with him when he spoke of it, or had assisted in the deed.
ὁ μὲν δὴ Πύρρος οὕτως ἐπεπράχει κακῶς. "
In this manner, Pyrrhus fared badly.