§524Παυσίμαχος δʼ οἰχομένου Λιουίου πείρας τε πυκνὰς καὶ μελέτας τῶν ἰδίων ἐποιεῖτο, καὶ μηχανὰς ποικίλας συνεπήγνυτο, πυρφόρα τε ἀγγεῖα σιδηρᾶ ἐξῆπτε κοντῶν μακρῶν, αἰωρεῖσθαι τὸ πῦρ ἐς τὸ πέλαγος, ἵνα τῶν μὲν ἰδίων σκαφῶν πολὺ προύχῃ, τοῖς δὲ πολεμίοις προσιοῦσιν ἐμπίπτῃ.
After Livius departed, Pausimachus carried out frequent trials and training of his own men, and constructed various engines, and suspended iron fire-bearing vessels from long poles, so that the fire might hang out towards the open sea, in order to project far ahead of his own ships and fall upon the enemy as they approached.
καὶ αὐτὸν τάδε φιλοπονούμενον Πολυξενίδας ὁ Ἀντιόχου ναύαρχος, Ῥόδιός τε ὢν καὶ ὅδε καί τισιν αἰτίαις ἐκπεσὼν τῆς πατρίδος, ἐνήδρευεν, ὑπισχνούμενος τὸν Ἀντιόχου στόλον ἐγχειριεῖν, εἰ συνθοῖτο συμπράξειν ἐς κάθοδον αὑτῷ.
Polyxenidas, the admiral of Antiochus, who was also a Rhodian and had been banished from his country for certain reasons, laid a trap for him while he was laboring at these things, promising to hand over the fleet of Antiochus if Pausimachus would agree to cooperate with him for his restoration.
ὁ δὲ ὑπώπτευε μὲν ἐπίκλοπον ἄνδρα καὶ πανοῦργον, καὶ ἐς πολὺ καλῶς ἐφυλάσσετο· γράψαντος δʼ αὐτῷ τοῦ Πολυξενίδου περὶ τῆς προδοσίας ἐπιστολὴν αὐτόγραφον, καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῇ καὶ ἀναζεύξαντος ἀπὸ τῆς Ἐφέσου, καὶ τὴν στρατιὰν ὑποκριθέντος ἐς χορτολογίαν περιπέμπειν, ὁ Παυσίμαχος τήν τε ἀνάζευξιν ὁρῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐλπίσας ἄν τινα περὶ προδοσίας ἐπιστολὴν αὐτόγραφον οὐκ ἀληθεύοντα πέμψαι, πάγχυ πιστεύσας ἐξέλυσε τὰς φυλακὰς καὶ ἐς σιτολογίαν καὶ αὐτὸς περιέπεμπεν.
The latter suspected him of being a deceitful and crafty man, and guarded himself very well; but when Polyxenidas wrote to him an autograph letter concerning the treachery, and in addition to this withdrew from Ephesus, and pretended to send his army around for foraging, Pausimachus, seeing the withdrawal and not expecting that anyone would send an autograph letter about treachery if he were not telling the truth, believed him completely, relaxed his guard, and himself sent men around for grain-gathering.
ὁ δὲ Πολυξενίδας ἐπεὶ κατεῖδεν αὐτὸν ἐνηδρευμένον, αὐτίκα τὴν παρασκευὴν συνῆγε, καὶ Νίκανδρον τὸν πειρατὴν σὺν ὀλίγοις ἐς τὴν Σάμον περιέπεμπε, κατὰ τὴν γῆν ὄπισθεν τοῦ Παυσιμάχου θορυβοποιεῖν.
And Polyxenidas, when he saw him caught in the trap, immediately assembled his forces, and sent Nicander the pirate with a few men to Samos to raise a disturbance by land behind Pausimachus.
ἐκ δὲ μέσων νυκτῶν αὐτὸς ἐπέπλει, καὶ περὶ τὴν ἑωθινὴν φυλακὴν ἐπέπιπτεν ἔτι κοιμωμένῳ.
He himself sailed out from midnight, and fell upon him about the morning watch while he was still asleep.
ὁ δὲ ἐν αἰφνιδίῳ κακῷ καὶ ἀδοκήτῳ τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐκέλευε, τὰς ναῦς ἐκλιπόντας, ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀμύνεσθαι τοὺς πολεμίους.
In the sudden and unexpected disaster, Pausimachus ordered his soldiers to abandon the ships and defend themselves against the enemy from the land.
προσπεσόντος δʼ ὄπισθεν αὐτῷ τοῦ Νικάνδρου, νομίσας καὶ τὴν γῆν προειλῆφθαι οὐχ ὑπὸ τῶν ἑωραμένων μόνων ἀλλʼ, ὡς ἐν νυκτί, πολὺ πλειόνων, πάλιν ἐς τὰς ναῦς ἐνέβαινε θορυβούμενος, πρῶτός τε ἐς μάχην ἀνήγετο, καὶ πρῶτος ἔπιπτε λαμπρῶς ἀγωνιζόμενος.
But when Nicander fell upon his rear, thinking that the land also had been pre-occupied not only by those who were seen but, as it was night, by far more, he went back on board the ships in confusion, and was the first to put out for battle, and was the first to fall fighting gloriously.
τῶν δʼ ἄλλων οἱ μὲν ἐλήφθησαν οἱ δʼ ἀπώλοντο.
Of the rest, some were captured and others perished.
καὶ τῶν νεῶν ἑπτὰ μέν αἳ τὸ πῦρ ἔφερον, οὐδενὸς αὐταῖς διὰ τὴν φλόγα προσιόντος ἔφυγον, τὰς δὲ λοιπὰς εἴκοσιν ὁ Πολυξενίδας ἀναδησάμενος ἐς τὴν Ἔφεσον κατήχθη.
And of the ships, seven which carried the fire escaped because no one approached them on account of the flames, but the remaining twenty Polyxenidas towed and brought into Ephesus.
§525καὶ ἐπὶ τῇδε τῇ νίκῃ Φώκαια αὖθις καὶ Σάμος καὶ Κύμη πρὸς Ἀντίοχον μετετίθεντο.
Upon this victory, Phocaea again, Samos, and Cyme went over to Antiochus.
δείσας δʼ ὁ Λίουιος περὶ τῶν σφετέρων νεῶν, ἃς ἐν τῇ Αἰολίδι κατελελοίπει, κατὰ σπουδὴν ἐς αὐτὰς ἐπανῄει.
And Livius, fearing for his own ships which he had left in Aeolis, returned to them in haste.
καὶ Εὐμένης πρὸς αὐτὸν ἠπείγετο, Ῥόδιοί τε Ῥωμαίοις ναῦς ἑτέρας εἴκοσιν ἔπεμπον.
Eumenes also hastened to him, and the Rhodians sent twenty other ships to the Romans.
μικρὸν δὲ διαλιπόντες ἅπαντες ἀνεθάρρησαν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἔφεσον ἔπλεον ἐς ναυμαχίαν ἐσκευασμένοι.
After a short interval, they all took heart again, and sailed to Ephesus, prepared for a sea battle.
οὐδενὸς δʼ αὐτοῖς ἀντεπιπλέοντος, τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ τῶν νεῶν ἐς ἐπίδειξιν ἔστησαν ἐν μέσῃ τῇ θαλάσσῃ μέχρι πολλοῦ, ταῖς δʼ ὑπολοίποις ἐς τὴν πολεμίαν καταχθέντες ἐπόρθουν, μέχρι Νίκανδρος αὐτοῖς ἐκ τῆς μεσογείας ἐπιπεσὼν τήν τε λείαν ἀφείλετο καὶ ἐς τὰς ναῦς κατεδίωξεν.
And since no one sailed out against them, they stationed half of their ships in the open sea for show for a long time, and with the rest they put into the enemy's country and plundered it, until Nicander fell upon them from the interior, took away the plunder, and pursued them to their ships.