§526οἱ μὲν δὴ πάλιν ἐς Σάμον ἀνήγοντο, καὶ ὁ χρόνος ἔληγε Λιουίῳ τῆς ναυαρχίας·
They indeed put out to sea again for Samos, and the time of the command was expiring for Livius.
τοῦ δʼ αὐτοῦ χρόνου Σέλευκος ὁ Ἀντιόχου τὴν Εὐμένους γῆν ἐδῄου καὶ Περγάμῳ παρεκάθητο, τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐς τὴν πόλιν κατακλείσας.
At the same time, Seleucus, the son of Antiochus, was ravaging the land of Eumenes and besieging Pergamum, having shut the men up in the city.
ὅθεν ὁ Εὐμένης ἐς Ἐλαίαν, τὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐπίνειον, διέπλει κατὰ σπουδήν, καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ Λεύκιος Αἰμίλιος Ῥηγίλλος ὁ Λιουίου τὴν ναυαρχίαν παραδεδεγμένος.
Therefore Eumenes sailed in haste to Elaea, the seaport of his dominion, and with him Lucius Aemilius Regillus, who had succeeded Livius in the command of the fleet.
ἧκον δὲ καὶ παρὰ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν Εὐμένει σύμμαχοι χίλιοι πεζοὶ καὶ ἱππεῖς ἑκατὸν ἐπίλεκτοι, ὧν Διοφάνης ὁ στρατηγὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχους ἰδὼν τοὺς Σελευκείους παίζοντάς τε καὶ μεθύοντας ἐκ καταφρονήσεως, ἔπειθε τοὺς Περγαμηνοὺς ἑαυτῷ συνεκδραμεῖν ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους.
There had also come from the Achaeans as allies to Eumenes a thousand infantry and a hundred chosen cavalry, whose commander Diophanes, seeing from the wall the soldiers of Seleucus playing and drinking in contempt of them, tried to persuade the Pergamenes to make a sally with him against the enemy.
οὐχ ὑφισταμένων δʼ ἐκείνων, ὥπλισε τοὺς ἰδίους χιλίους καὶ τοὺς ἑκατὸν ἱππέας.
Since they did not venture, he armed his own thousand and the hundred cavalry.
καὶ προαγαγὼν ὑπὸ τὸ τεῖχος ἔστησεν ἀτρεμεῖν, ὑπερορώντων αὐτοὺς ἐς πολὺ τῶν πολεμίων ὡς ὀλίγους τε καὶ οὐ τολμῶντας ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν.
And having led them forward under the wall, he made them stand quiet, while the enemy greatly looked down upon them as being few and not daring to come to close quarters.
ὁ δʼ ἀριστοποιουμένοις ἐπιδραμὼν ἐθορύβησέ τε καὶ ἐτρέψατο τοὺς προφύλακας, τῶν δʼ ἄλλων ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα ἀναπηδώντων, καὶ τοὺς ἵππους περιχαλινούντων ἢ φεύγοντας διωκόντων ἢ δυσχερῶς ἀναβαινόντων οὐκ εὐσταθοῦντας, ἐκράτει πάνυ λαμπρῶς, ἐπιβοώντων ἄνωθεν ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχους τῶν Περγαμηνῶν, καὶ οὐδὲ τότε προελθεῖν ὑφισταμένων.
But he, falling upon them while they were taking their midday meal, threw them into confusion and put the advanced guard to flight; and while the others were leaping up for their arms and bridling their horses, or pursuing those that ran away, or mounting with difficulty since the horses were not steady, he gained a most brilliant victory, while the Pergamenes shouted from above the wall, though not even then did they venture to come out.
κτείνας δʼ ὅσους ἐδύνατο ὡς ἐν ἐπιδείξει ταχείᾳ, καί τινας αἰχμαλώτους ἑλὼν ἄνδρας τε καὶ ἵππους, ἐπανῄει κατὰ σπουδήν.
Having slain as many as he could, as if in a rapid demonstration, and having captured some men and horses, he returned in haste.
καὶ τῆς ἐπιούσης αὖθις ἵστη τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς ὑπὸ τὸ τεῖχος, οὐδὲ τότε τῶν Περγαμηνῶν αὐτῷ συνεξιόντων.
And on the following day he again stationed the Achaeans under the wall, though even then the Pergamenes did not go out with him.
Σέλευκος δʼ ἱππεῦσι πολλοῖς αὐτῷ προσεπέλαζε προκαλούμενος.
Seleucus approached him with many cavalry, challenging him.
ὁ δὲ τότε μὲν οὐκ ἐπεξῄει, παρʼ αὐτὸ τὸ τεῖχος ἑστώς, ἀλλʼ ἐφυλάσσετο·
But Diophanes did not go out against him then, standing close under the wall, but kept on his guard.
ἐπεὶ δʼ ὁ Σέλευκος παραμείνας ἐς μεσημβρίαν, καμνόντων οἱ ἤδη τῶν ἱππέων ἐπέστρεφε καὶ ἐπανῄει, τοῖς τελευταίοις αὐτοῦ ὁ Διοφάνης ἐπιθέμενος καὶ θορυβοποιήσας, καὶ βλάψας ὅσα καὶ τότε δυνατὸς ἦν, εὐθὺς ἐπανῄει πάλιν ὑπὸ τὸ τεῖχος.
But when Seleucus, having remained until midday, turned back and withdrew because his cavalry were already tired, Diophanes fell upon his rear guard and threw them into confusion, and having inflicted as much damage as he was then able, he immediately returned again under the wall.
καὶ τόνδε τὸν τρόπον συνεχῶς ἔν τε χορτολογίαις καὶ ξυλείαις ἐνεδρεύων καὶ ἀεί τι ἐνοχλῶν ἀπό τε Περγάμου τὸν Σέλευκον ἀνέστησε καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἄλλης Εὐμένους χώρας ἐξήλασεν.
And in this manner, by constantly laying ambushes during their foraging and wood-cutting and always causing some annoyance, he forced Seleucus to break up his camp from Pergamum and drove him out of the rest of Eumenes' territory.
§527Πολυξενίδᾳ δὲ καὶ Ῥωμαίοις μετʼ οὐ πολὺ γίγνεται ναυμαχία περὶ Μυόννησον, ἐς ἣν συνῄεσαν Πολυξενίδας μὲν ναυσὶν ἐνενήκοντα καταφράκτοις, Λεύκιος δʼ ὁ Ῥωμαίων ναύαρχος ὀγδοήκοντα τρισί·
Not long afterwards a sea fight occurred between Polyxenidas and the Romans near Myonnesus, in which Polyxenidas engaged with ninety decked ships, and Lucius, the Roman admiral, with eighty-three.
τούτων ἦσαν ἐκ Ῥόδου πέντε καὶ εἴκοσιν.
Of these, twenty-five were from Rhodes.
ὧν ὁ στρατηγὸς Εὔδωρος ἐτέτακτο μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ λαιοῦ κέρως, ἰδὼν δὲ ἐπὶ θάτερα Πολυξενίδαν πολὺ προύχοντα Ῥωμαίων, ἔδεισέ τε μὴ κυκλωθεῖεν, καὶ περιπλεύσας ὀξέως ἅτε κούφαις ναυσὶ καὶ ἐρέταις ἐμπείροις θαλάσσης, τὰς ναῦς τὰς πυρφόρους τῷ Πολυξενίδᾳ πρώτας ἐπῆγε, λαμπομένας τῷ πυρὶ πάντοθεν.
Their commander, Eudorus, was stationed on the left wing, but seeing on the other side Polyxenidas extending far beyond the Romans, he feared lest they should be surrounded; and having sailed round quickly, as having light ships and rowers experienced in the sea, he brought his fire-bearing ships first against Polyxenidas, blazing with fire on all sides.
οἱ δʼ ἐμβαλεῖν μὲν αὐταῖς οὐκ ἐτόλμων διὰ τὸ πῦρ, κύκλῳ δʼ αὐτὰς περιπλέοντες ἐνέκλινόν τε καὶ θαλάσσης ἐπίμπλαντο καὶ ἐς τὰς ἐπωτίδας ἐτύπτοντο, μέχρι Ῥοδίας νεὼς ἐς Σιδονίαν ἐμβαλούσης, καὶ τῆς πληγῆς εὐτόνου γενομένης, ἄγκυρα ἐκπίπτουσα τῆς Σιδονίας ἐς τὴν Ῥοδίαν ἐπάγη τε καὶ συνέδησεν ἄμφω πρὸς ἀλλήλας, ὅθεν ἦν ὁ ἀγὼν ἀτρεμούντων τῶν σκαφῶν τοῖς ἐπιβάταις ὥσπερ ἐν γῇ.
The enemy did not dare to ram them because of the fire, but sailing around them in circles, they gave way and were filled with sea water and struck on the catheads, until a Rhodian ship rammed a Sidonian, and the blow being powerful, an anchor falling out of the Sidonian ship was fixed in the Rhodian, and bound both together to each other, whence the contest was for the combatants, with the vessels motionless, just as on land.
καὶ προσιουσῶν ἄλλων ἐς ἐπικουρίαν ἑκατέρᾳ πολλῶν, φιλονεικία τε παρʼ ἀμφοῖν ἐγίγνετο λαμπρά, καὶ τὸ μέσον τῶν Ἀντιόχου νεῶν ἔρημον ἐκ τούτου γενόμενον αἱ Ῥωμαίων νῆες διέπλεον, καὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἔτι ἀγνοοῦντας ἐκύκλουν, ὡς δʼ ἔμαθόν ποτε, ἐγίγνετο φυγὴ καὶ τροπή, καὶ διεφθάρησαν Ἀντιόχου νῆες μιᾶς δέουσαι τριάκοντα, ὧν τρισκαίδεκα αὐτοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐλήφθησαν.
And many other ships approaching for assistance to each side, a brilliant struggle arose between both; and the center of Antiochus' ships having become empty because of this, the Roman ships sailed through, and surrounded the enemy who were still unaware of it; and when they finally perceived it, a flight and rout ensued, and twenty-nine of Antiochus' ships were destroyed, of which thirteen were captured with their crews.
Ῥωμαίων δʼ ἀπώλοντο μόναι δύο.
Of the Romans only two were lost.
καὶ ὁ Πολυξενίδας τὴν Ῥοδίαν ναῦν ἐπαγόμενος ἐς τὴν Ἔφεσον κατήχθη.
And Polyxenidas, towing the Rhodian ship, was brought into Ephesus.