§40.4.1earnm crudelitatem, foedam per se, foediorem unius domus clades fecit.
That cruelty, shameful in itself, the ruin of a single house made still more shameful.
§40.4.2Herodicum principem Thessalorum multis ante annis occiderat; generos quoque eius postea interfecit.
He had killed Herodicus, a leading man of the Thessalians, many years before; his sons-in-law also he afterwards put to death.
in viduitate relictae filiae singulos filios parvos habentes.
His daughters, left in widowhood, had each a single young son.
§40.4.3Theoxena et Archo nomina iis erant mulieribus.
The names of these women were Theoxena and Archo.
Theoxena multis petentibus aspernata nuptias est: §40.4.4Archo Poridi cuidam, longe principi gentis Aenianum, nupsit et apud eum plures enixa partus, parvis admodum relictis omnibus, decessit.
Theoxena, though many sought her in marriage, rejected the nuptials; Archo married a certain Poris, by far the chief man of the nation of the Aenianes, and having borne him several children, died, leaving them all extremely young.
§40.4.5Theoxena, ut in suis manibus liberi sororis educarentur, Poridi nupsit; et tamquam omnes ipsa enixa foret, suum sororisque filios in eadem habebat cura.
Theoxena, in order that her sister's children might be brought up in her own hands, married Poris; and just as if she had given birth to them all herself, she held both her own and her sister's sons in the same care.
§40.4.6postquam regis edictum de comprehendendis liberis eorum, qui interfecti essent, accepit, ludibrio futuros non regis modo sed custodum etiam libidini rata ad rem atrocem animum adiecit §40.4.7ausaque est dicere se sua manu potius omnes interfecturam quam in potestatem Philippi venirent.
After she received the king's edict regarding the arrest of the children of those who had been put to death, thinking that they would be a plaything not only for the king's lust but also for that of the guards, she directed her mind to a dreadful deed, and dared to say that she would rather kill them all with her own hand than that they should come into the power of Philip.
§40.4.8Poris abominatus mentionem tam foedi facinoris Athenas deportaturum eos ad fidos hospites dixit, comitemque ipsum fugae futurum esse.
Poris, abhorring the mention of so shocking a crime, said that he would convey them to Athens to faithful hosts, and that he himself would be the companion of their flight.
§40.4.9proficiscuntur ab Thessalonica Aeneam ad statum sacrificium, quod Aeneae conditori cum magna caerimonia quotannis faciunt.
They set out from Thessalonica for Aenea to the stated sacrifice which they perform annually with great ceremony to Aeneas their founder.
§40.4.10ibi die per sollemnes epulas consumpto navem praeparatam a Poride sopitis omnibus de tertia vigilia conscendunt tamquam redituri Thessalonicam: sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum.
There, having spent the day in the solemn feast, when all were asleep, they embarked during the third watch on a ship prepared by Poris, as if they were about to return to Thessalonica; but their plan was to cross over to Euboea.
§40.4.11ceterum in adversum ventum nequiquam eos tendentes prope terram lux oppressit, et regii, qui praeerant custodiae portus, lembum armatum ad retrahendam eam navem miserunt cum gravi edicto, ne reverterentur sine ea.
However, while they were struggling in vain against a contrary wind, daylight overtook them near the land, and the king's men who were in charge of the guard of the port sent an armed bark to bring back that ship, with a strict command not to return without it.
§40.4.12cum iam appropinquabant, Poris quidem ad hortationem remigum nautarumque intentus erat; interdum manus ad caelum tendens deos, ut ferrent opem, orabat.
When they were already approaching, Poris indeed was intent on encouraging the rowers and sailors; sometimes, stretching his hands to heaven, he prayed to the gods to bring help.
§40.4.13ferox interim femina, ad multo ante praecogitatum revoluta facinus, venenum diluit ferrumque promit et posito in conspectu poculo strictisque gladiis “mors” inquit “una vindicta est.
Meanwhile the fierce woman, returning to the crime she had premeditated long before, diluted the poison and brought out the steel; and placing the cup in sight and drawing the swords, she said: "Death is our only deliverance.
§40.4.14viae ad mortem hae sunt: qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam.
These are the ways to death: by whichever path each one's mind leads him, escape the royal arrogance.
agite, iuvenes mei, primum, qui maiores estis, capite ferrum aut haurite poculum, si segnior mors iuvat. ” et hostes aderant et auctor mortis instabat.
Come, my youths, first you who are older, take the steel, or drain the cup if a slower death pleases you." Both the enemy were at hand, and the instigator of death was pressing them.
§40.4.15alii alio leto absumpti semianimes e nave praecipitantur.
Destroyed, some by one death, some by another, they were thrown half-dead from the ship.
ipsa deinde virum comitem mortis complexa in mare sese deiecit.
She then, having embraced her husband, the companion of her death, cast herself into the sea.
nave vacua dominis regii potiti sunt.
The king's men took possession of the ship, empty of its masters.