第1巻 第11章

Greek Ἀναστασίου δὲ ὀλίγῳ ὕστερον τελευτήσαντος Ἰουστῖνος τὴν βασιλείαν παρέλαβεν, ἀπεληλαμένων αὐτῆς τῶν Ἀναστασίου ξυγγενῶν ἁπάντων, καίπερ πολλῶν τε καὶ λίαν ἐπιφανῶν ὄντων.

Dewing And when a little later Anastasius died, Justinus received the empire, forcing aside all the kinsmen of Anastasius, although they were numerous and also very distinguished.

Greek τότε δὴ μέριμνά τις Καβάδῃ ἐγένετο μή τι Πέρσαι νεωτερίσωσιν ἐς τὸν αὑτοῦ οἶκον, ἐπειδὰν τάχιστα αὐτὸς τελευτήσῃ τὸν βίον, ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἀντιλογίας χωρὶς ἐς τῶν παίδων τινὰ παραπέμψαι τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔμελλε.

Dewing Then indeed a sort of anxiety came over Cabades, lest the Persians should make some attempt to overthrow his house as soon as hesitated end his life; for it was certain that he would not pass on the kingdom to any one of his sons without opposition.

Greek τῶν γάρ οἱ παίδων τὸν πρεσβύτατον Καόσην τῆς μὲν ἡλικίας ἕνεκα ἐς τὴν βασιλείαν ὁ νόμος ἐκάλει, ἀλλὰ Καβάδην οὐδαμῆ ἤρεσκεν. ἐβιάζετο δὲ τήν τε φύσιν καὶ τὰ νόμιμα ἡ τοῦ πατρὸς γνώμη.

Dewing For while the law called to the throne the eldest of his children Caoses by reason of his age, he was by no means pleasing to Cabades; and the father's judgment did violence to the law of nature and of custom as well.

Greek Ζάμην δέ, ὃς τὰ δευτερεῖα ἐφέρετο, τοῖν ὀφθαλμοῖν τὸν ἕτερον ἐκκεκομμένον ἐκώλυεν ὁ νόμος. ἑτερόφθαλμον γὰρ ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ λώβῃ ἐχόμενον οὐ θέμις Πέρσαις βασιλέα καθίστασθαι.

Dewing And Zames, who was second in age, having had one of his eyes struck out, was prevented by the law. For it is not lawful for a one‑eyed man or one having any other deformity to become king over the Persians.

Greek Χοσρόην δέ, ὃς αὐτῷ ἐκ τῆς Ἀσπεβέδου ἀδελφῆς ἐγεγόνει, ὑπερηγάπα μὲν ὁ πατήρ, ὁρῶν δὲ Πέρσας σχεδόν τι εἰπεῖν ἅπαντας τεθηπότας τὴν Ζάμου ἀνδρείαν (ἦν γὰρ ἀγαθὸς τὰ πολέμιἀ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ἀρετὴν σέβοντας, ἔδεισε μὴ Χοσρόῃ ἐπαναστάντες ἔργα ἀνήκεστα ἐς τὸ γένος καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἐργάσωνται.

Dewing But Chosroes, who was born to him by the sister of Aspebedes, the father loved exceedingly; seeing, however, that all the Persians, practically speaking, felt an extravagant admiration for the manliness of Zames (for he was a capable warrior), and worshipped his other virtues, he feared lest they would rise against Chosroes and do irreparable harm to the family and to the kingdom.

Greek ἔδοξεν οὖν αὐτῷ ἄριστον εἶναι τόν τε πόλεμον καὶ τὰς τοῦ πολέμου αἰτίας διαλῦσαι Ῥωμαίοις, ἐφ᾽ ᾧ Χοσρόης παῖς ἐσποιητὸς Ἰουστίνῳ βασιλεῖ γένοιτο: οὕτω γάρ οἱ μόνως τὸ ὀχυρὸν ἐπὶ τῇ ἀρχῇ διασώσασθαι. διὸ δὴ πρέσβεις τε ὑπὲρ τούτων καὶ γράμματα ἐς Βυζάντιον Ἰουστίνῳ βασιλεῖ ἔπεμψεν.

Dewing Therefore it seemed best to him to arrange with the Romans to put an end both to the war and the causes of war, on condition that Chosroes be made an adopted son of the Emperor Justinus; for only in this way could he preserve stability in the government. Accordingly he sent envoys to the Emperor Justinus in Byzantium.

Greek ἐδήλου δὲ ἡ γραφὴ τάδε: Οὐ δίκαια μὲν πεπονθέναι πρὸς Ῥωμαίων ἡμᾶς καὶ αὐτὸς οἶσθα, ἐγὼ δὲ ὑμῖν τὰ ἐγκλήματα πάντα ἀφεῖναι παντελῶς ἔγνωκα, ἐκεῖνο εἰδώς, ὡς οὗτοι ἂν μάλιστα τῶν ἀνθρώπων νικῷεν, οἵ γε, προσόντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ δικαίου, εἶτα ἐλασσούμενοι ἑκόντες εἶναι τῶν φίλων ἡσσῶνται.

Dewing And the letter was written in this wise: "Unjust indeed has been the treatment which we have received at the hands of the Romans, as even you yourself know, but I have seen fit to abandon entirely all the charges against you, being assured of this, that the most truly victorious of all men would be those who, with justice on their side, are still willingly overcome and vanquished by their friends.

Greek χάριν μέντοι αἰτοῦμαί σε ὑπὲρ τούτων τινά, ἣ ἂν οὐχ ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ἑκατέρου ὑπήκοον ἅπαν ἔς τε τὸ ξυγγενὲς συνδέουσα καὶ τὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ὡς τὸ εἰκὸς εὔνοιαν, ἐς κόρον δή που τῶν τῆς εἰρήνης ἀγαθῶν καταστήσασθαι ἱκανὴ εἴη.

Dewing However I ask of you a certain favour in return for this, which would bind together in kinship and in the good-will which would naturally spring from this relation not only ourselves but also all our subjects, and which would be calculated to bring us to a satiety of the blessings of peace.

Greek λέγω δὲ ὅπως ἂν Χοσρόην τὸν ἐμόν, ὅς μοι τῆς βασιλείας διάδοχος ἔσται, εἰσποιητὸν παῖδα ποιήσαιο.

Dewing My proposal, then, is this, that you should make my son Chosroes, who will be my successor to the throne, your adopted son."

Greek Ταῦτα ἐπεὶ ἀπενεχθέντα Ἰουστῖνος βασιλεὺς εἶδεν, αὐτός τε περιχαρὴς ἐγένετο καὶ Ἰουστινιανὸς ὁ βασιλέως ἀδελφιδοῦς, ὃς δὴ αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἐκδέξασθαι ἐπίδοξος ἦν.

Dewing When this message was brought to the Emperor Justinus, he himself was overjoyed and Justinian also, the nephew of the emperor, who indeed was expected to receive from him the empire.

Greek καὶ κατὰ τάχος ἐς τὴν πρᾶξιν ἠπειγέσθην τὴν ἐσποίησιν ἐν γράμμασι θέσθαι ᾗ νόμος Ῥωμαίοις, εἰ μὴ Πρόκλος ἐκώλυσεν, ὃς βασιλεῖ τότε παρήδρευε τὴν τοῦ καλουμένου κοιαίστωρος ἀρχὴν ἔχων, ἀνὴρ δίκαιός τε καὶ χρημάτων διαφανῶς ἀδωρότατος.

Dewing And they were making all haste to perform the act of setting down in writing the adoption, as the law of the Romans prescribes — and would have done so, had they not been prevented by Proclus, who was at that time a counsellor to the emperor, holding the office of quaestor, as it is called, a just man and one whom it was manifestly impossible to bribe;

Greek διὸ δὴ οὔτε νόμον τινὰ εὐπετῶς ἔγραφεν οὔτε τι τῶν καθεστώτων κινεῖν ἤθελεν, ὃς καὶ τότε ἀνταίρων ἔλεξε τοιάδε:

Dewing for this reason he neither readily proposed any law, nor was he willing to disturb in any way the settled order of things; and he at that time also opposed the proposition, speaking as follows:

Greek Νεωτέροις μὲν ἐγχειρεῖν πράγμασιν οὔτε εἴωθα καὶ ἄλλως δέδοικα πάντων μάλιστα, εὖ εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐν τῷ νεωτεροποιῷ τό γε ἀσφαλὲς οὐδαμῶς σώζεται.

Dewing "To venture on novel projects is not my custom, and indeed I dread them more than any others; for where there is innovation security is by no means preserved.

Greek δοκῶ δέ μοι, εἰ καὶ λίαν τις ἦν περὶ ταῦτα θρασύς, ἀποκνῆσαι ἂν ἐς τήνδε τὴν πρᾶξιν: καὶ κατορρωδῆσαι τὸν ἐξ αὐτῆς σάλον:

Dewing And it seems to me that, even if one should be especially bold in this matter, he would feel reluctance to do the thing and would tremble at the storm which would arise from it;

Greek οὐ γὰρ ἄλλο οὐδὲν οἶμαι ἔν γε τῷ παρόντι ἡμῖν ἐν βουλῇ εἶναι ἢ ὅπως ἂν τὰ Ῥωμαίων πράγματα Πέρσαις εὐπρεπεῖ παραδοίημεν λόγῳ, οἵ γε οὐκ ἐγκρυφιάζοντες οὐδὲ παραπετάσμασί τισι χρώμενοι, ἀλλὰ διαρρήδην ὁμολογοῦντες τὸ βούλευμα, οὕτως ἀνέδην ἀφαιρεῖσθαι τὴν βασιλείαν ἡμᾶς ἀξιοῦσι, τῷ μὲν τῆς ἀπάτης φανερῷ τὴν ἀφέλειαν προϊσχόμενοι, λόγῳ δὲ ἀναιδεῖ τὴν ἀπραγμοσύνην προβεβλημένοι.

Dewing for I believe that nothing else is before our consideration at the present time than the question how we may hand over the Roman empire to the Persians on a seemly pretext. For they make no concealment nor do they employ any blinds, but explicitly acknowledge their purpose they claim without more ado to rob us of our empire, seeking to veil the manifestness of their deceit under a show of simplicity, and hide a shameless intent behind a pretended unconcern.

Greek καίτοι χρῆν ἑκάτερον ὑμῶν ταύτην τῶν βαρβάρων τὴν πεῖραν παντὶ ἀποκρούεσθαι σθένει: σὲ μέν, ὦ βασιλεῦ, ὅπως δὴ μὴ Ῥωμαίων εἴης βασιλεὺς ὕστατος, σὲ δέ, ὦ στρατηγέ, ὅπως ἂν μὴ σαυτῷ ἐς τὴν βασιλείαν ἐμποδὼν γένοιο.

Dewing And yet both of you ought to repel this attempt of the barbarians with all your power; thou, O Emperor, in order that thou mayst not be the last Emperor of the Romans, and thou, O General, that thou mayst not prove a stumbling block to thyself as regards coming to the throne.

Greek τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλα σοφίσματα λόγου ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον σεμνότητι καλυπτόμενα ἴσως ἄν που καὶ ἑρμηνέως τοῖς πολλοῖς δέοιτο, αὕτη δὲ ἄντικρυς ἐκ προοιμίων εὐθὺς ἡ πρεσβεία τῷ Ῥωμαίων βασιλεῖ Χοσρόην τοῦτον, ὅστις ποτέ ἐστι, κληρονόμον εἰσποιεῖν βούλεται.

Dewing For other crafty devices which are commonly concealed by a pretentious show of words might perhaps need an interpreter for the many, but this embassy openly and straight from the very first words means to make this Chosroes, whoever he is, the adopted heir of the Roman Emperor.

Greek οὑτωσὶ γάρ μοι περὶ τούτων διαλογίζεσθε: φύσει τοῖς παισὶ τὰ τῶν πατέρων ὀφείλεται, οἵ τε νόμοι τῷ διαλλάσσοντι ἀλλήλοις ἀεὶ ἐν πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις μαχόμενοι ἐνταῦθα ἔν τε Ῥωμαίοις καὶ πᾶσι βαρβάροις ξυνίασί τε καὶ ξυνομολογοῦντες ἀλλήλοις κυρίους ἀποφαίνουσι τοὺς παῖδας εἶναι τοῦ τοῦ πατρὸς κλήρου. ὥστε τὰ πρῶτα ἑλομένοις ὑμῖν πάντα λελείψεται τὰ λοιπὰ ξυγχωρεῖν.

Dewing For I would have you reason thus in this matter: by nature the possessions of fathers are due to their sons and while the laws among all men are always in conflict with each other by reason of their varying nature, in this matter both among the Romans and among all barbarians they are in agreement and harmony with each other, in that they declare sons to be masters of their fathers' inheritance. Take this first resolve if you choose: if you do you must agree to all its consequences."

Greek Πρόκλος μὲν τοσαῦτα εἶπε. βασιλεὺς δὲ καὶ ὁ βασιλέως ἀδελφιδοῦς τούς τε λόγους ἐνεδέχοντο καὶ τὸ πρακτέον ἐν βουλῇ ἐποιοῦντο.

Dewing Thus spoke Proclus; and the emperor and his nephew gave ear to his words and deliberated upon what should be done.

Greek ἐν τούτῳ δὲ καὶ ἄλλα Καβάδης γράμματα πρὸς Ἰουστῖνον βασιλέα πέμψας, ἄνδρας τε αὐτὸν στεῖλαι δοκίμους ἠξίου, ἐφ᾽ ᾧ τὴν εἰρήνην πρὸς αὐτὸν θήσονται, καὶ γράμμασι τὸν τρόπον σημῆναι καθ᾽ ὃν ἂν αὐτῷ τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς εἰσποίησιν θέσθαι βουλομένῳ εἴη.

Dewing In the meantime Cabades sent another letter also to the Emperor Justinus, asking him to send men of repute in order to establish peace with him, and to indicate by letter the manner in which it would be his desire to accomplish the adoption of his son.

Greek καὶ τότε δὴ Πρόκλος ἔτι μᾶλλον ἢ πρότερον τὴν Περσῶν πεῖραν διέβαλλε, μέλειν τε αὐτοῖς ἰσχυρίζετο ὅπως δὴ τὸ Ῥωμαίων κράτος σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ὡς ἀσφαλέστατα προσποιήσωνται.

Dewing And then, indeed, still more than before Proclus decried the attempt of the Persians, and insisted that their concerned was to make over to themselves as securely as possible the Roman power.

Greek καὶ γνώμην ἀπέφαινε τὴν μὲν εἰρήνην αὐτοῖς αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα περαίνεσθαι, ἄνδρας δὲ τοὺς πρώτους ἐκ βασιλέως ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ στέλλεσθαι, οὓς δὴ δεήσει πυνθανομένῳ τῷ Καβάδῃ καθ᾽ ὅ τι δεῖ τὴν ἐσποίησιν Χοσρόῃ γενέσθαι, διαρρήδην ἀποκρίνασθαι ὅτι δεῖ ὡς βαρβάρῳ προσήκει, δηλῶν ὅτι οὐ γράμμασιν οἱ βάρβαροι τοὺς παῖδας ἐς ποιοῦνται, ἀλλ᾽ ὅπλων σκευῇ.

Dewing And he proposed as his opinion that the peace should be concluded with them with all possible speed, and that the noblest men should be sent by the emperor for this purpose; and that these men must answer plainly to Cabades, when he enquired in what manner the adoption of Chosroes should be accomplished, that it must be of the sort befitting a barbarian, and his meaning was that the barbarians adopt sons, not by a document, but by arms and armour.⁠

Greek οὕτω τοίνυν τοὺς πρέσβεις Ἰουστῖνος βασιλεὺς ἀπεπέμψατο, ἄνδρας τοὺς Ῥωμαίων ἀρίστους ἕψεσθαι σφίσιν οὐκ ἐς μακρὰν ὑποσχόμενος, οἳ τά τε ἀμφὶ τῇ εἰρήνῃ καὶ τῷ Χοσρόῃ ὡς ἄριστα διοικήσονται.

Dewing Accordingly the Emperor Justinus dismissed the envoys, promising that men who were the noblest of the Romans would follow them not long afterwards, and that they would arrange a settlement regarding the peace and regarding Chosroes in the best possible way.

Greek γράμμασί τε Καβάδην κατὰ ταὐτὸ ἠμείψατο. στέλλονται τοίνυν ἐκ μὲν Ῥωμαίων Ὑπάτιος, Ἀναστασίου τοῦ πρώην βεβασιλευκότος ἀδελφιδοῦς, πατρίκιός τε καὶ ἀρχὴν τῆς ἕω τὴν στρατηγίδα ἔχων, καὶ Ῥουφῖνος ὁ Σιλβανοῦ παῖς, ἔν τε πατρικίοις ἀνὴρ δόκιμος καὶ Καβάδῃ ἐκ πατέρων αὐτῶν γνώριμος:

Dewing He also answered Cabades by letter to the same effect. Accordingly there were sent from the Romans Hypatius, the nephew of Anastasius, the late emperor, a patrician who also held the office of General of the East, and Rufinus, the son of Silvanus, a man of note among the patricians and known to Cabades through their fathers;

Greek ἐκ Περσῶν δὲ ἀνὴρ δυνατώτατός τε καὶ ἐξουσίᾳ πολλῇ χρώμενος, ὄνομα μὲν Σεόσης, ἀδρασταδάραν σαλάνης δὲ τὸ ἀξίωμα, καὶ Μεβόδης,

Dewing from the Persians came one of great power and authority, Seoses by name, whose title was adrastadaran salanes, and Mebodes, who held the office of magister.

Greek τὴν τοῦ μαγίστρου ἔχων ἀρχήν. οἳ δὴ ἐς χῶρόν τινα ξυνιόντες ὃς γῆν τὴν Ῥωμαίων τε καὶ Περσῶν διορίζει, ἀλλήλοις τε ξυγγινόμενοι ἔπρασσον ὅπως τά τε διάφορα διαλύσουσι καὶ τὰ ἀμφὶ τῇ εἰρήνῃ εὖ θήσονται.

Dewing These men came together at a certain spot which is on the boundary line between the land of the Romans and the Persians; there they met and negotiated as to how they should do away with their differences and settle effectually the question of the peace.

Greek ἧκε δὲ καὶ Χοσρόης ἐς ποταμὸν Τίγρην, ὃς δὴ πόλεως Νισίβιδος διέχει δυοῖν ἡμέραιν ὁδῷ μάλιστα, ὅπως, ἐπειδὰν τὰ ἐς τὴν εἰρήνην ἑκατέροις δοκῇ ὡς ἄριστα ἔχειν, αὐτὸς ἐς Βυζάντιον στέλλοιτο.

Dewing Chosroes also came to the Tigris River, which is distant from the city of Nisibis about two days' journey, in order that, when the details of the peace should seem to both parties to be as well arranged as possible, he might betake himself in person to Byzantium.

Greek πολλοὶ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλοι λόγοι πρὸς ἀμφοτέρων ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν σφίσι διαφόρων ἐλέγοντο, καὶ γῆν δὲ τὴν Κολχίδα ἣ νῦν Λαζικὴ ἐπικαλεῖται Σεόσης ἔλεγε Περσῶν κατήκοον τὸ ἀνέκαθεν οὖσαν βιασαμένους λόγῳ οὐδενὶ Ῥωμαίους ἔχειν.

Dewing Now many words were spoken on both sides touching the differences between them, and in particular Seoses made mention of the land of Colchis, which is now called Lazica, saying that it had been subject to the Persians from of old and that the Romans had taken it from them by violence and held it on no just grounds.

Greek ταῦτα Ῥωμαῖοι ἀκούσαντες δεινὰ ἐποιοῦντο, εἰ καὶ Λαζικὴ πρὸς Περσῶν ἀντιλέγοιτο. ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐσποίησιν ἔφασκον δεῖν γενέσθαι Χοσρόῃ οὕτως ὥσπερ βαρβάρῳ προσήκει, οὐκ ἀνεκτὰ Πέρσαις ἔδοξεν εἶναι.

Dewing When the Romans heard this, they were indignant to think that even Lazica should be disputed by the Persians. And when they in turn stated that that adoption of Chosroes must take place just as is proper for a barbarian, it seemed to the Persians unbearable.

Greek ἑκάτεροι οὖν διαλυθέντες ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀνεχώρησαν, καὶ Χοσρόης ἄπρακτος πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἀπιὼν ᾤχετο, περιώδυνός τε ὢν τοῖς ξυμπεσοῦσι καὶ Ῥωμαίους εὐχόμενος τῆς ἐς αὐτὸν ὕβρεως τίσασθαι.

Dewing The two parties therefore separated and departed homeward, and Chosroes with nothing accomplished was off to his father, deeply injured at what had taken place and vowing vengeance on the Romans for their insult to him.

Greek Μετὰ δὲ Μεβόδης μὲν τὸν Σεόσην διέβαλλε Καβάδῃ, ὡς δὴ ἐξεπίτηδες, οὔ οἱ ἐπιτεταγμένον πρὸς τοῦ δεσπότου, τὸν Λαζικῆς λόγον προθείη, τὴν εἰρήνην ἐκκρούων Ὑπατίῳ τε κοινολογησάμενος πρότερον, ὃς δὴ βασιλεῖ τῷ οἰκείῳ εὐνοϊκῶς ὡς ἥκιστα ἔχων τήν τε εἰρήνην καὶ τὴν Χοσρόου ἐσποίησιν ἔργῳ ἐπιτελῆ οὐκ ἐῴη γενέσθαι, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἄλλα κατηγοροῦντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ τὸν Σεόσην ἐς δίκην ἐκάλουν.

Dewing After this Mebodes began to slander Seoses to Cabades, saying that he had proposed the discussion of Lazica purposely, although he had not been instructed to do so by his master, thereby frustrating the peace, and also that he had had words previously with Hypatius, who was by no means well-disposed toward his own sovereign and was trying to prevent the conclusion of peace and the adoption of Chosroes; and many other accusations also were brought forward by the enemies of Seoses, and he was summoned to trial.

Greek Περσῶν μὲν οὖν ἡ βουλὴ ξύμπασα φθόνῳ μᾶλλον ἢ νόμῳ ξυνειλεγμένοι ἐδίκαζον. τῇ τε γὰρ ἀρχῇ οὐ ξυνειθισμένῃ σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἐπιεικῶς ἤχθοντο καὶ τῷ τρόπῳ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς χαλεπῶς εἶχον.

Dewing Now the whole Persian council gathered to sit in judgment moved more by envy than by respect for the law. For they were thoroughly hostile to his office, which was unfamiliar to them, and also were embittered by the natural temper of the man.

Greek ἦν γὰρ ὁ Σεόσης χρημάτων μὲν ἀδωρότατος καὶ τοῦ δικαίου ἐπιμελητὴς ἀκριβέστατος, ἀλαζονείας δὲ νόσῳ ἐχόμενος οὐδὲν ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀνθρώποις. ξυμφυὲς μὲν γὰρ εἶναι δοκεῖ τοῖς Περσῶν ἄρχουσι τοῦτό γε ἐν δὲ τῷ Σεόσῃ καὶ αὐτοὶ ᾤοντο ὑπερφυῶς ἐς τὰ μάλιστα τὸ πάθος ἀκμάσαι.

Dewing For while Seoses was a man quite impossible to bribe, and a most exact respecter of justice, he was afflicted with a degree of arrogance not to be compared with that of any other. This quality, indeed, seems to be inbred in the Persian officials, but in Seoses even they thought that the malady had developed to an altogether extraordinary degree.

Greek ἔλεγον δὲ οἱ κατήγοροι ταῦτά τε ἅπερ μοι προδεδήλωται καὶ ὡς ἥκιστα τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ βουλομένῳ εἴη ἐν τῷ καθεστῶτι τρόπῳ βιοτεύειν ἢ περιστέλλειν τὰ Περσῶν νόμιμα.

Dewing So his accusers said all those things which have been indicated above, and added to this that the man was by no means willing to live in the established fashion or to uphold the institutions of the Persians.

Greek καινά τε γὰρ αὐτὸν δαιμόνια σέβειν καὶ τελευτήσασαν ἔναγχος τὴν γυναῖκα θάψαι, ἀπειρημένον τοῖς Περσῶν νόμοις γῇ κρύπτειν ποτὲ τὰ τῶν νεκρῶν σώματα.

Dewing For he both reverenced strange divinities, and lately, when his wife had died, he had buried her, though it was forbidden by the laws of the Persians ever to hide in the earth the bodies of the dead.

Greek οἱ μὲν οὖν δικασταὶ θάνατον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου κατέγνωσαν, Καβάδης δὲ ὥσπερ μὲν ξυναλγοῦντι ἅτε φίλῳ τῷ Σεόσῃ ἐῴκει, ἐξελέσθαι δὲ αὐτὸν οὐδαμῆ ἤθελεν.

Dewing The judges therefore condemned the man to death, while Cabades, though seeming to be deeply moved with sympathy as a friend of Seoses, was by no means willing to rescue him.

Greek οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ ὅτι αὐτὸν δἰ ὀργῆς ἔχοι ἐξήνεγκεν, ἀλλὰ τῷ λόγῳ παραλύειν τοὺς Περσῶν νόμους οὐκ ἐβούλετο, καίπερ ζωάγρια τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ὀφείλων, ἐπεί οἱ Σεόσης αἰτιώτατος γέγονε βιῶναί τε καὶ βασιλεῖ εἶναι. οὕτω μὲν ὁ Σεόσης καταγνωσθεὶς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἠφάνιστο.

Dewing He did not, on the other hand, make it known that he was angry with him, but, as he said, he was not willing to undo the laws of the Persians, although he owed the man the price of his life, since Seoses was chiefly responsible both for the fact that he was alive and also that he was king. Thus, then, Seoses was condemned and was removed from among men.

Greek ἡ δὲ ἀρχὴ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἀρξαμένη ἐς αὐτὸν ἐτελεύτησεν. ἕτερος γάρ τις ἀδρασταδάραν σαλάνης οὐδεὶς γέγονε. καὶ Ῥουφῖνος δὲ Ὑπάτιον ἐς βασιλέα διέβαλλε.

Dewing And the office which began with him ended also with him. For no other man has been made adrastadaran salanes. Rufinus also slandered Hypatius to the emperor.

Greek διὸ δὴ αὐτόν τε παρέλυσε τῆς ἀρχῆς βασιλεύς, καὶ τῶν οἱ ἐπιτηδείων τινὰς πικρότατα αἰκισάμενος οὐδὲν ὑγιὲς ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ διαβολῇ τὸ παράπαν εὗρε, κακὸν μέντοι οὐδὲν Ὑπάτιον ἄλλο εἰργάσατο.

Dewing As a result of this the emperor reduced him from his office, and tortured most cruelly certain of his associates only to find out that this slander was absolutely unsound; beyond this, however, he did Hypatius no harm.