§III"ὅτι Ἱπποκράτης καὶ Ἐπικύδης, ἀδελφὼ μὲν ἀλλήλων, στρατηγὼ δὲ Συρακοσίων, Ῥωμαίοις ἐκ πολλοῦ δυσχεραίνοντες, ἐπεὶ τὰς Συρακούσας οὐκ ἴσχυον ἐκπολεμῶσαι, κατέφυγον ἐς Λεοντίνους διαφερομένους τοῖς Συρακοσίοις, καὶ κατηγόρουν τῆς πατρίδος ὅτι τὰς σπονδὰς Ἱέρωνος ἐφʼ ὅλῃ Σικελίᾳ πεποιημένου μόνοι Συρακόσιοι σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἀνακαινίσειαν.
Hippocrates and Epicydes, who were brothers and generals of the Syracusans, having been hostile to the Romans for a long time, since they were unable to incite Syracuse to war, fled to the Leontines, who were at variance with the Syracusans, and accused their mother city of having renewed the treaty (which Hiero had made on behalf of all Sicily) for themselves alone.
οἱ δὲ ἠρεθίζοντο.
The Leontines were incited to anger.
καὶ Συρακόσιοι μὲν ἐπεκήρυσσον, εἴ τις Ἱπποκράτους ἢ Ἐπικύδους κομίσειε τὴν κεφαλήν, ἰσόσταθμον αὐτῷ χρυσίον ἀντιδώσειν, Λεοντῖνοι δὲ αὑτῶν Ἱπποκράτη στρατηγὸν ᾑροῦντο. "
And while the Syracusans made a proclamation that if anyone should bring the head of Hippocrates or Epicydes, they would give him its weight in gold in return, the Leontines elected Hippocrates as their own general.
§IV"ὅτι Σικελοὶ καὶ τέως ἀγανακτοῦντες ἐπὶ τῇ ὠμότητι Μαρκέλλου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ, μᾶλλόν τι καὶ τῷδε τῷ ἔργῳ συνεταράσσοντο, ἐφʼ ᾧ κατὰ προδοσίαν ἐς Συρακούσας ἐσῆλθεν.
The Sicilians, who even before this had been resentful of the cruelty of the general Marcellus, were even more thrown into confusion by this deed, namely, that he had entered Syracuse by treachery.
καὶ πρὸς Ἱπποκράτη μετετίθεντο, καὶ συνώμνυντο μὴ διαλύσασθαι χωρὶς ἀλλήλων, ἀγοράν τε αὐτῷ καὶ στρατιὰν ἔπεμπον, ἐς δισμυρίους πεζοὺς καὶ ἱππέας πεντακισχιλίους. "
And they went over to Hippocrates, and bound themselves by oath not to make peace separately from one another, and sent him provisions and an army of about twenty thousand infantry and five thousand cavalry.
§V"ὅτι διαβεβλημένῳ τῷ Μαρκέλλῳ οὐκ ἐπίστευον χωρὶς ὅρκων.
Since Marcellus was in disrepute, they would not trust him without oaths.
διὸ καὶ Ταυρομενίων προσχωρούντων οἱ, συνέθετο καὶ ὤμοσε μήτε φρουρήσειν τὴν πόλιν μήτε στρατολογήσειν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς. "
Therefore, when the Tauromenians went over to him, he agreed and swore neither to station a garrison in their city nor to recruit soldiers from it.
§VI"ὅτι Κρήτη ἐξ ἀρχῆς εὐνοϊκῶς ἔχειν ἐδόκει Μιθριδάτῃ βασιλεύοντι Πόντου, καὶ αὐτῷ μισθοφορῆσαι πολεμοῦντι Ῥωμαίοις ἐλέγετο.
From the beginning, Crete seemed to be well-disposed to Mithridates, the king of Pontus, and was said to have served him as mercenaries when he was at war with the Romans.
ἔδοξε δὲ καὶ τοῖς πλεύσασι τότε λῃσταῖς ἐς χάριν τοῦ Μιθριδάτου συλλαβεῖν καὶ συμμαχῆσαι σαφῶς διωκομένοις ὑπὸ Μάρκου Ἀντωνίου.
They also decided, for the sake of Mithridates, to assist and openly ally themselves with the pirates then sailing the seas, who were being clearly pursued by Marcus Antonius.
πρεσβευσαμένου δὲ τοῦ Ἀντωνίου πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὑπεριδεῖν καὶ ὑπερηφάνως ἀποκρίνασθαι.
And when Antonius sent ambassadors to them, they looked down on him and answered haughtily.
καὶ πολεμῆσαι μὲν αὐτοῖς εὐθὺς ἐπὶ τῷδε Ἀντώνιος, καὶ οὐ πρᾶξαι καλῶς, χρηματίσαι δʼ ὅμως διὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν Κρητικός.
Antonius immediately made war on them for this, and did not fare well, but nevertheless received the title Creticus because of this campaign.
καὶ ἦν ὅδε πατὴρ Μάρκου Ἀντωνίου τοῦ πολεμήσαντος ὕστερον Καίσαρι τῷ κληθέντι Σεβαστῷ περὶ Ἄκτιον.
This man was the father of the Marcus Antonius who later fought against Caesar, called Augustus, at Actium.
ψηφισαμένων δὲ Ῥωμαίων Κρησὶ πολεμεῖν διὰ τάδε, οἱ Κρῆτες ἐπρέσβευσαν ἐς Ῥώμην περὶ διαλλαγῶν.
Since the Romans voted to make war on the Cretans for these reasons, the Cretans sent ambassadors to Rome to treat for peace.
οἱ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκέλευον ἐκδοῦναί τε αὐτοῖς Λασθένη τὸν πολεμήσαντα Ἀντωνίῳ, καὶ τὰ σκάφη τὰ λῃστικὰ πάντα παραδοῦναι, καὶ ὅσα Ῥωμαίων εἶχον αἰχμάλωτα, καὶ ὅμηρα τριακόσια καὶ ἀργυρίου τάλαντα τετρακισχίλια.
But the Romans ordered them to surrender Lasthenes, who had fought against Antonius, and to deliver up all their pirate vessels, and all the Roman prisoners they held, along with three hundred hostages and four thousand talents of silver.
οὐ δεξαμένων δὲ ταῦτα Κρητῶν ᾑρέθη στρατηγὸς ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς Μέτελλος.
Since the Cretans did not accept these terms, Metellus was chosen as general against them.
καὶ νικᾷ μὲν ὁ Μέτελλος ἐν Κυδωνίᾳ Λασθένη, καὶ φυγόντος ἐς Κνωσσὸν Πανάρης Μετέλλῳ τὴν Κυδωνίαν παρέδωκεν ἐπὶ συνθήκῃ, μηδὲν παθεῖν αὐτός.
Metellus defeated Lasthenes at Cydonia, and when the latter fled to Knossos, Panares surrendered Cydonia to Metellus on the condition that he himself should suffer no harm.
Μετέλλου δὲ Κνωσσὸν περικαθημένου, ὁ Λασθένης τὴν οἰκίαν χρημάτων πλήσας κατέφλεξε, καὶ διέφυγεν ἀπὸ τῆς Κνωσσοῦ.
When Metellus besieged Knossos, Lasthenes filled his house with money, set it on fire, and escaped from Knossos.
καὶ οἱ Κρῆτες ἐς Πομπήιον Μάγνον, στρατηγοῦντα τοῦ λῃστικοῦ καὶ Μιθριδατείου πολέμου, πέμψαντες ἔφασαν ἑαυτοὺς ἐλθόντι ἐπιτρέψειν.
The Cretans then sent to Pompey the Great, who was commanding the pirate and Mithridatic wars, saying that they would surrender themselves to him if he came.
ὁ δὲ ἀσχόλως τότε ἔχων ἐκέλευε τὸν Μέτελλον, ὡς οὐ δέον ἔτι πολεμεῖν τοῖς ἑαυτοὺς ἐπιτρέπουσιν, ἐξανίστασθαι τῆς νήσου· παραλήψεσθαι γὰρ αὐτὸς αὐτὴν ἐπελθών.
But Pompey, being busy at the time, ordered Metellus to depart from the island, on the ground that it was no longer necessary to make war on those who surrendered themselves, for he himself would come and take possession of it.
ὁ δὲ οὐ φροντίσας ἐπέμεινε τῷ πολέμῳ, μέχρι ὑπηγάγετο αὐτήν, Λασθένει συνθέμενος ὅμοια Πανάρει.
Metellus, however, paid no attention to this and continued the war until he subdued the island, making terms with Lasthenes similar to those with Panares.
καὶ ἐθριάμβευσε, καὶ Κρητικὸς ἐκλήθη ὅδε δικαιότερον Ἀντωνίου, τὴν νῆσον ἐξεργασάμενος. "
And he celebrated a triumph, and was called Creticus more justly than Antonius, having completely conquered the island.
§VII"ὅτι Κλώδιος ὁ πατρίκιος, ὁ ποῦλχερ ἐπίκλην, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν εὐπρεπής, τῆς Γαΐου Καίσαρος γυναικὸς ἤρα.
The patrician Clodius, surnamed Pulcher, which means beautiful, was in love with the wife of Gaius Caesar.
καὶ ἁρμόσασθαι αὑτὸν ἐς γυναῖκα ἐκ κεφαλῆς ἐς ἄκρους πόδας, ἔτι ὄντα ἀγένειον, καὶ ἐς τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ Γαΐου παρελθεῖν οἷα γυναῖκα νυκτός, ὅτε μόναις γυναιξὶν ἐξῆν ἐσελθεῖν, μυστηρίων ἀγομένων.
Having dressed himself as a woman from head to foot, since he was still beardless, he entered the house of Gaius by night as a woman, when only women were allowed to enter, because the sacred mysteries were being celebrated.
πλανηθέντα δὲ τῆς ὁδηγούσης, κατάφωρον ὑπʼ ἄλλων ἐκ τῆς φωνῆς γενόμενον ἐξελαθῆναι. "
But having lost his way because of his guide, he was detected by others through his voice and was driven out.