§37.11.1forte quidam Antiochi miles, cum Samum rei privatae causa venisset, pro speculatore deprehensus deducitur Panhormum ad praefectum.
By chance, a certain soldier of Antiochus, having come to Samos for private business, was arrested as a spy and brought to Panhormus to the prefect.
§37.11.2is percunctanti, quid Ephesi ageretur, incertum metu an erga suos haud sincera fide, omnia aperit: §37.11.3classem instructam paratamque in portu stare; remigium omne Magnesiam missum; perpaucas naves subductas esse et navalia detegi; numquam intentius rem navalem administratam esse.
To him questioning what was being done at Ephesus, whether uncertain from fear or with unfaithful loyalty toward his own, he revealed everything: that the fleet stood equipped and ready in the harbor; that all the rowers had been sent to Magnesia; that very few ships had been drawn up and the dockyards were uncovered; and that naval affairs had never been managed more intently.
haec ne pro veris audirentur, animus errore et spe vana praeoccupatus fecit.
His mind, preoccupied by error and vain hope, caused these things not to be heard as true.
§37.11.4Polyxenidas satis omnibus comparatis, nocte remige a Magnesia accersito, deductisque raptim, quae subductae erant, navibus, cum diem non tam apparatu absumpsisset, quam quod conspici proficiscentem classem nolebat, §37.11.5post solis occasum profectus septuaginta navibus tectis vento adverso ante lucem Pygela portum tenuit.
Polyxenidas, having sufficiently prepared everything, having summoned the rowers from Magnesia by night, and having hastily launched the ships which had been drawn up, since he had consumed the day not so much in preparation as because he did not want the departing fleet to be seen, set out after sunset with seventy decked ships, and reached the port of Pygela before dawn against an opposing wind.
ibi cum interdiu ob eandem causam quiesset, nocte in proxima Samiae terrae traiecit.
There, having rested during the day for the same reason, he crossed over by night to the nearest part of the Samian territory.
§37.11.6hinc Nicandro quodam archipirata quinque navibus tectis Palinurum iusso petere, atque inde armatos, qua proximum per agros iter esset, Panhormum ad tergum hostium ducere, ipse interim classe divisa, ut ex utraque parte fauces portus teneret, §37.11.7Panhormum petit.
From here, having ordered a certain pirate chief, Nicander, to head for Palinurum with five decked ships, and from there to lead the armed men to the rear of the enemy at Panhormus by the shortest path through the fields, while he himself in the meantime, with the fleet divided so that he might hold the mouth of the harbor on both sides, headed for Panhormus.
Pausistratus primo ut in re necopinata turbatus parumper, deinde vetus miles celeriter collecto animo terra melius arceri quam mari hostes posse ratus, §37.11.8armatos duobus agminibus ad promunturia, quae cornibus obiectis ab alto portum faciunt, ducit, inde facile telis ancipitibus hostem summoturus.
Pausistratus, at first somewhat disturbed by the unexpected event, then quickly recovering his courage like an old soldier, and thinking that the enemy could be better warded off by land than by sea, led the armed men in two columns to the promontories which, with their jutting horns, form the harbor from the deep sea, intending from there to easily drive back the enemy with missiles from both sides.
id inceptum eius Nicander a terra visus cum turbasset, repente mutato consilio naves conscendere omnis iubet.
When Nicander, seen from the land, had disrupted this attempt of his, he suddenly changed his plan and ordered everyone to board the ships.
§37.11.9tum vero ingens pariter militum nautarumque trepidatio orta, et velut fuga in naves fieri, cum se mari terraque simul cernerent circumventos.
Then indeed a huge panic arose equally among the soldiers and sailors, and a rush, as if in flight, was made into the ships, when they saw themselves surrounded by land and sea at the same time.
§37.11.10Pausistratus unam viam salutis esse ratus, si vim facere per fauces portus atque erumpere in mare apertum posset, postquam conscendisse suos vidit, sequi ceteris iussis princeps ipse concitata nave remis ad ostium portus tendit.
Pausistratus, thinking that the only way of safety was if he could force his way through the mouth of the harbor and break out into the open sea, after he saw that his men had boarded, ordered the others to follow, and himself leading the way in a vessel driven by oars, hastened toward the entrance of the harbor.
§37.11.11superantem iam fauces navem eius Polyxenidas tribus quinqueremibus circumsistit.
His ship, as it was already passing the mouth, Polyxenidas surrounded with three quinqueremes.
navis rostris icta supprimitur; telis obruuntur propugnatores, inter quos et Pausistratus impigre pugnans interficitur.
The ship, struck by their beaks, was sunk; the defenders were overwhelmed with missiles, among whom Pausistratus also, fighting vigorously, was killed.
§37.11.12navium reliquarum ante portum aliae, aliae in portu deprensae, quaedam a Nicandro, dum moliuntur a terra, captae;
Of the remaining ships, some were caught before the harbor, others inside the harbor, and some were captured by Nicander while they were struggling to get away from the land.
§37.11.13quinque tantum Rhodiae naves cum duabus Cois effugerunt terrore flammae micantis via sibi inter confertas naves facta; contis enim binis a prora prominentibus trullis ferreis multum conceptum ignem prae se portabant.
Only five Rhodian ships with two Coan ones escaped, having made a way for themselves through the crowded vessels by the terror of a flashing flame; for by two poles projecting from the prow, they carried before them a great deal of active fire in iron firepans.
§37.11.14Erythraeae triremes cum haud procul a Samo Rhodiis navibus, quibus ut essent praesidio veniebant, obviae fugientibus fuissent, in Hellespontum ad Romanos cursum averterunt.
The Erythraean triremes, when not far from Samos they had met the fleeing Rhodian ships, to which they were coming to serve as a guard, diverted their course to the Romans in the Hellespont.
§37.11.15sub idem tempus Seleucus proditam Phocaeam porta una per custodes aperta recepit; et Cyme aliaeque eiusdem orae urbes ad eum metu defecerunt.
Around the same time, Seleucus received Phocaea, which was betrayed by one gate being opened by the guards; and Cyme and other cities of the same coast revolted to him from fear.