§37.30.1iam totis classibus simul ab omni parte pugna conserta erat.
Already, with the entire fleets, battle had been joined simultaneously on every side.
ab Romanis octoginta naves pugnabant, §37.30.2ex quibus Rhodiae duae et viginti erant; hostium classis undenonaginta navium fuit; maximae formae naves tres hexeres habebat, duas hepteres.
On the Roman side eighty ships were fighting, of which twenty-two were Rhodian; the enemy's fleet consisted of eighty-nine ships; of the largest size, it had three hexeres and two hepteres.
robore navium et virtute militum Romani longe praestabant, Rhodiae naves agilitate et arte gubernatorum et scientia remigum; §37.30.3maximo tamen terrori hostibus fuere, quae ignes prae se portabant, et quod unum iis ad Panhormum circumventis saluti fuerat, id tum maximum momentum ad victoriam fuit.
In the strength of the ships and the valor of the soldiers the Romans were far superior, the Rhodian ships in agility, the skill of the helmsmen, and the experience of the rowers; yet they were a source of greatest terror to the enemy, which carried fires before them; and what alone had been a means of safety for them when they were encircled at Panhormus, that was then the greatest factor for victory.
§37.30.4nam metu ignis adversi regiae naves, ne prorae concurrerent, cum declinassent, neque ipsae ferire rostro hostem poterant, §37.30.5et obliquas se ipsae ad ictus praebebant, et si qua concurrerat, obruebatur infuso igni, magisque ad incendium quam ad proelium trepidabant.
For through fear of the fire facing them, the royal ships, in order to avoid their prows clashing, when they had veered aside, were neither themselves able to strike the enemy with their beak, and they presented themselves broadside to the blows, and if any had clashed, it was overwhelmed by the poured-in fire, and they were in a panic more because of the fire than the battle.
§37.30.6plurimum tamen, quae solet, militum virtus in bello valuit.
Nevertheless, the valor of the soldiers, as is customary, availed most in war.
mediam namque aciem hostium Romani cum rupissent, circumvecti ab tergo pugnantibus adversus Rhodios regiis sese obiecere; momentoque temporis et media acies Antiochi et laevo cornu circumventae naves mergebantur.
For when the Romans had broken through the center of the enemy's line of battle, wheeling around from behind they opposed themselves to the royal ships fighting against the Rhodians; and in a moment of time both the center of Antiochus' line and the encircled ships on the left wing were being sunk.
§37.30.7dextera pars integra sociorum magis clade quam suo periculo terrebantur; ceterum, postquam alias circumventas, praetoriam navem Polyxenidae relictis sociis vela dantem videre, sublatis raptim dolonibus — et erat secundus petentibus Ephesum ventus — capessunt fugam quadraginta duabus navibus in ea pugna amissis, quarum decem tres captae in potestatem hostium venerunt, §37.30.8ceterae incensae aut demersae.
The right part of the allies, untouched, was terrified more by the disaster of their friends than by their own danger; but, after they saw the other ships encircled, and the praetorian ship of Polyxenidas, deserting the allies, setting sail, hastily hoisting their top-sails—and the wind was favorable for those heading for Ephesus—they took to flight, forty-two ships having been lost in that battle, of which thirteen were captured and came into the power of the enemy, the rest being burned or sunk.
§37.30.9Romanorum duae naves fractae sunt, vulneratae aliquot; Rhodia una capta memorabili casu.
Of the Romans, two ships were shattered, and several damaged; one Rhodian ship was captured by a remarkable mischance.
nam cum rostro percussisset Sidoniam navem, ancora, ictu ipso excussa e nave sua, unco dente, velut ferrea manu iniecta, adligavit alterius proram; §37.30.10inde tumultu iniecto cum divellere se ab hoste cupientes inhiberent Rhodii, tractum ancorale et implicitum remis latus alterum detersit; debilitatam ea ipsa, quae icta cohaeserat, navis cepit.
For when it had struck a Sidonian ship with its beak, the anchor, shaken out from its own ship by the blow itself, bound the other's prow with its curved fluke, as if an iron hand had been cast upon it; thence, confusion having arisen, when the Rhodians, desiring to tear themselves away from the enemy, backed water, the anchor-cable, being dragged along and entangled in the oars, swept away one of the sides; weakened by this very circumstance, the ship, which had clung to it after being struck, captured it.
hoc maxime modo ad Myonnesum navali proelio pugnatum est.
In this manner chiefly was the naval battle fought at Myonnesum.