第3巻 第21章

Greek Τότε δὲ Βελισάριος, ἐπεὶ ὁ καιρὸς ἐς τοῦτο ἦγεν, ἄριστον σφίσιν ἐκέλευε γενέσθαι οὗ δὴ Γελίμερ τοὺς τῶν Βανδίλων ἡγουμένους ἑστιᾶν εἰώθει.

Dewing But then, since the hour was appropriate, Belisarius commanded that lunch be prepared for them, in the very place where Gelimer was accustomed to entertain the leaders of the Vandals.

Greek Δέλφικα τὸν τόπον καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι, οὐ τῇ σφετέρᾳ γλώσσῃ, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ παλαιὸν ἑλληνίζοντες. ἐν Παλατίῳ γὰρ τῷ ἐπὶ Ῥώμης, ἔνθα ξυνέβαινε στιβάδας τὰς βασιλέως εἶναι τρίπους ἐκ παλαιοῦ εἱστήκει, ἐφ’ οὗ δὴ τὰς κύλικας οἱ βασιλέως οἰνοχόοι ἐτίθεντο.

Dewing This place the Romans call "Delphix," not in their own tongue, but using the Greek word according to the ancient custom. For in the palace at Rome, where the dining couches of the emperor were placed, a tripod had stood from olden times, on which the emperor's cupbearers used to place the cups.

Greek Δέλφικα δὲ τὸν τρίποδα καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι, ἐπεὶ πρῶτον ἐν Δελφοῖς γέγονε, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἔν τε Βυζαντίῳ καὶ ὅπη βασιλέως εἶναι στιβάδα ξυμβαίνει Δέλφικα τοῦτο καλοῦσι τὸ οἴκημα, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ βασιλέως οἰκία Παλάτιον ἑλληνίζοντες καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι.

Dewing Now the Romans call a tripod "Delphix," since they were first made at Delphi, and from this both in Byzantium and wherever there is a king's dining couch they call the room "Delphix"; for the Romans follow the Greek also in calling the emperor's residence "Palatium."

Greek Πάλλαντος γὰρ ἀνδρὸς Ἕλληνος ἐν τούτῳ τῷ χωρίῳ οἰκήσαντος πρὸ Ἰλίου ἁλώσεως οἰκίαν τε λόγου ἀξίαν ἐνταῦθα δειμαμένου, Παλάτιον μὲν τὸ οἴκημα τοῦτο ἐκάλουν, ἐπεὶ δὲ τὴν αὐτοκράτορα παραλαβὼν ἀρχὴν Αὔγουστος ἐνταῦθα καταλύειν τὸ πρῶτον ἔγνω, Παλάτιον ἀπ αὐτοῦ καλοῦσι τὸ χωρίον οὗ ἂν βασιλεὺς καταλύῃ.

Dewing For a Greek named Pallas lived in this place before the capture of Troy and built a noteworthy house there, and they called this dwelling "Palatium"; and when Augustus received the imperial power, he decided to take up his first residence in that house, and from this they call the place wherever the emperor resides "Palatium."

Greek ἐν Δέλφικι τοίνυν Βελισάριός τε ἤσθιε καὶ εἴ τι ἐν τῷ στρατεύματι δόκιμον ἦν.

Dewing So Belisarius dined in the Delphix and with him all the notables of the army.

Greek τετύχηκε δὲ τὸ τῇ προτεραίᾳ τῷ Γελίμερι γεγονὸς ἄριστον ἐν παρασκευῇ εἶναι. καὶ ταῖς τε βρώσεσιν αὐταῖς εἱστιάθημεν ἥ τε τοῦ Γελίμερος θεραπεία παρετίθει τε καὶ ᾠνοχόει καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὑπούργει.

Dewing And it happened that the lunch made for Gelimer on the preceding day was in readiness. And we feasted on that very food and the domestics of Gelimer served it and poured the wine and waited upon us in every way.

Greek παρῆν τε ἰδεῖν ὡραϊζομένην τὴν τύχην καὶ ποιουμένην ἐπίδειξιν ὡς ἅπαντά τε αὐτῆς εἴη καὶ οὐδὲν ἀνθρώπῳ ἴδιον γένοιτο.

Dewing And it was possible to see Fortune in her glory and making a display of the fact that all things are hers and that nothing is the private possession of any man.

Greek Βελισαρίῳ δὲ ξυνηνέχθη ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ εὐδοκιμῆσαι ὡς οὔτε τῶν κατ’ αὐτὸν οὐδενὶ πώποτε οὔτε τῳ ἄλλῳ τῶν ἐκ παλαιοῦ γεγονότων τετύχηκε.

Dewing And it fell to the lot of Belisarius on that day to win such fame as no one of the men of his time ever won nor indeed any of the men of olden times.

Greek τῶν γὰρ δὴ Ῥωμαίων στρατιωτῶν οὐκ εἰωθότων θορύβου χωρὶς ἐς πόλιν κατήκοον σφίσιν οὐδ’ ἂν κατὰ πεντακοσίους εἶεν ἄλλως τε καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἀπροσδοκήτου ἰέναι, οὕτω δὴ κοσμίους ἅπαντας ὁ στρατηγὸς οὗτος τοὺς ἀρχομένους παρέσχετο ὥστε οὐδὲ ὕβριν τινὰ ἢ ἀπειλὴν γενέσθαι,

Dewing For though the Roman soldiers were not accustomed to enter a subject city without confusion, even if they numbered only five hundred, and especially if they made the entry unexpectedly, all the soldiers under command of this general showed themselves so orderly that there was not a single act of insolence nor a threat,

Greek οὐ μὴν οὐδέ τι ἐμπόδισμα τῇ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ἐργασίᾳ ξυνέβη, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἁλούσῃ πόλει καὶ πολιτείαν μεταβαλούσῃ καὶ βασιλείαν ἀλλαξαμένῃ οὐδὲ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγορᾶς ξυνέβη τινὸς τὴν οἰκίαν ἀποκεκλεῖσθαι, ἀλλ’ οἱ γραμματεῖς τὰ βιβλίδια γράψαντες τοὺς στρατιώτας, ὥσπερ εἰώθει, ἐς τὰς οἰκίας εἰσήγαγον, αὐτοί τε ὤνιον ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγορᾶς τὸ ἄριστον λαβόντες ὡς ἑκάστῳ ἦν βουλομένῳ ἡσύχαζον.

Dewing and indeed nothing happened to hinder the business of the city; but in a captured city, one which had changed its government and shifted its allegiance, it came about that no man's household was excluded from the privileges of the market-place; on the contrary, the clerks drew up their lists of the men and conducted the soldiers to their lodgings, just as usual,⁠ and the soldiers themselves, getting their lunch by purchase from the market, rested as each one wished.

Greek Μετὰ δὲ Βελισάριος Βανδίλοις τε τοῖς ἐς τὰ ἱερὰ καταφυγοῦσι πιστὰ ἐδίδου καὶ τῶν τειχῶν ἐπεμελεῖτο. ἦν γὰρ ὁ Καρχηδόνος περίβολος οὕτω δὴ ἀπημελημένος ὥστε ἐσβατὸς ἐν χώροις πολλοῖς τῷ βουλομένῳ καὶ εὐέφοδος ἐγεγόνει.

Dewing Afterwards Belisarius gave pledges to those Vandals who had fled into the sanctuaries, and began to take thought for the fortifications. For the circuit-wall of Carthage had been so neglected that in many places it had become accessible to anyone who wished and easy to attack.

Greek μοῖρα γὰρ οὐκ ὀλίγη αὐτοῦ κατεπεπτώκει καὶ διὰ τοῦτο Γελίμερα οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι ἔφασκον ἐν τῇ πόλει οὐχ ὑποστῆναι.

Dewing For no small part of it had fallen down, and it was for this reason, the Carthaginians said, that Gelimer had not made his stand in the city.

Greek οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε οἴεσθαι χρόνῳ ὀλίγῳ οἷόν τε εἶναι τῷ περιβόλῳ τούτῳ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν ἀνασώσασθαι.

Dewing For he thought that it would be impossible in a short time to restore such a circuit-wall to a safe condition.

Greek ἔλεγον δέ τι καὶ λόγιον παλαιὸν ἐν Καρχηδόνι πρὸς τῶν παιδίων ἐν τοῖς ἄνω χρόνοις εἰρῆσθαι ὡς τὸ γάμμα διώξει τὸ βῆτα, καὶ πάλιν αὐτὸ τὸ βῆτα διώξει τὸ γάμμα.

Dewing And they said that an old oracle had been uttered by the children in earlier times in Carthage, to the effect that "gamma shall pursue beta, and again beta itself shall pursue gamma."

Greek καὶ τότε μὲν παίζουσιν αὐτὸ τοῖς παιδίοις εἰρῆσθαι καὶ ἀπολελεῖφθαι ἐν αἰνίγματος ἀπορουμένου μοίρᾳ, νῦν δὲ ἅπασιν ἄντικρυς φανερὸν εἶναι.

Dewing And at that time it had been spoken by the children in play and had been left as unexplained riddle but now it was perfectly clear to all.

Greek πρότερόν τε γὰρ Γιζέριχος Βονιφάτιον ἐξεδίωξε καὶ τανῦν Γελίμερα Βελισάριος. τοῦτο μὲν οὖν, εἴτε φήμη τις ἦν εἴτε λόγιον, ταύτῃ ἐχώρησε.

Dewing For formerly Gizeric had driven out Boniface and now Belisarius was doing the same to Gelimer. This, then, whether it was a rumour or an oracle, came out as I have stated.

Greek Τότε δὲ καὶ ὄναρ πολλοῖς μὲν πολλάκις ὀφθὲν πρότερον, ἄδηλον δὲ γεγονὸς ὅπη ἐκβήσεται, ἐς φῶς ἐληλύθει. ἐτύγχανε δὲ ὂν τὸ ὄναρ τοιόνδε. Κυπριανόν, ἅγιον ἄνδρα, μάλιστα πάντων οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι σέβονται.

Dewing At that time a dream also came to light, which had been seen often before this by many persons, but without being clear as to how it would turn out. And the dream was as follows. Cyprian,⁠ a holy man, is reverenced above all others by the Carthaginians.

Greek καὶ αὐτῷ νεών τινα λόγου πολλοῦ ἄξιον πρὸ τῆς πόλεως ἱδρυσάμενοι παρὰ τὴν τῆς θαλάσσης ἠιόνα τά τε ἄλλα ἐξοσιοῦνται καὶ ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν ἣν δὴ Κυπριανὰ καλοῦσι, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τὸν χειμῶνα οἱ ναῦται, οὗπερ ἐγὼ ἀρτίως ἐμνήσθην, ὁμωνύμως τῇ πανηγύρει προσαγορεύειν εἰώθασιν, ἐπεὶ ἐς τὸν καιρὸν ἐπισκήπτειν φιλεῖ ἐφ’ οὗ ταύτην οἱ Λίβυες ἄγειν ἐς ἀεὶ τὴν ἑορτὴν νενομίκασι.

Dewing And they have founded a very noteworthy temple in his honour before the city on the sea‑shore, in which they conduct all other customary services, and also celebrate there a festival which they call the "Cypriana"; and the sailors are accustomed to name after Cyprian the storm, which I mentioned lately,⁠ giving it the same name as the festival, since it is wont to come on at the time at which the Libyans have always been accustomed to celebrate the festival.

Greek τοῦτον οἱ Βανδίλοι τὸν νεὼν ἐπὶ Ὁνωρίχου βασιλεύοντος τοὺς Χριστιανοὺς βιασάμενοι ἔσχον.

Dewing This temple the Vandals took from the Christians by violence in the reign of Honoric.

Greek καὶ αὐτῶν ἐνθένδε ξὺν πολλῇ ἀτιμίᾳ τοὺς ἱερέας εὐθὺς ἐξελάσαντες αὐτοὶ τῶν ἱερῶν τὸ λοιπόν, ἅτε προσηκόντων Ἀρειανοῖς, ἐπεμελοῦντο.

Dewing And they straightway drove out their priests from the temple in great dishonour, and themselves thereafter attended to the sacred festival which, he said, now belonged to the Arians.

Greek ἀσχάλλουσιν οὖν διὰ ταῦτα καὶ διαπορουμένοις τοῖς Λίβυσι πολλάκις φασὶ τὸν Κυπριανὸν ὄναρ ἐπισκήψαντα φάναι ἀμφ’ αὐτῷ μεριμνᾶν τοὺς Χριστιανοὺς ἥκιστα χρῆναι· αὐτὸν γάρ οἱ προϊόντος τοῦ χρόνου τιμωρὸν ἔσεσθαι.

Dewing And the Libyans, indeed, were angry on this account and altogether at a loss, but Cyprian, they said, often sent them a dream saying that there was not the least need for the Christians to be concerned about him; for he himself as time went on would be his own avenger.

Greek ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ λόγος περιφερόμενος ἐς τοὺς Λίβυας ἅπαντας ἦλθε, καραδοκεῖν μὲν αὐτοὺς τίσιν ποτέ τινα τῶν ἱερῶν τούτων ἕνεκα ἐς τοὺς Βανδίλους ἀφίξεσθαι, οὐκ ἔχειν μέντοι τεκμηριῶσαι ὅπη ποτὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ τοῦ ὀνείρου ὄψις ἐκβήσεται.

Dewing And when the report of this was passed around and came to all the Libyans, they were expecting that some vengeance would come upon the Vandals at some time because of this sacred festival, but were unable to conjecture how in the world the vision would be realized for them.

Greek νῦν οὖν, ἐπεὶ ἐς Λιβύην ὁ βασιλέως στόλος ἀφίκετο ʽἐπανιὼν γὰρ ἤδη ὁ χρόνος τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ τὴν πανήγυριν ἀγαγεῖν ἔμελλεν̓, οἱ μὲν τῶν Ἀρειανῶν ἱερεῖς, καίπερ Ἀμμάτα Βανδίλοις ἐς Δέκιμον ἡγησαμένου, τό τε ἱερὸν ἐκάθηραν ἅπαν καὶ τῶν ἐνταῦθα ἀναθημάτων τὰ κάλλιστα ἐκρέμων, καὶ τὰ λύχνα ἐν παρασκευῇ ποιησάμενοι τά τε κειμήλια ἐξενεγκόντες ἐκ τῶν ταμιείων ἡτοίμαζον ἀκριβῶς ἅπαντα, ὥς πη αὐτῶν ἕκαστον ἐς τὴν χρείαν ἐπιτηδείως ἔχον ἐτύγχανε.

Dewing Now, therefore, when the emperor's expedition had come to Libya, since the time had already come round and would bring the celebration of the festival on the succeeding day, the priests of the Arians, in spite of the fact that Ammatas had led the Vandals to Decimum, cleansed the whole sanctuary and were engaged in hanging up the most beautiful of the votive offerings there, and making ready the lamps and bringing out the treasures from the store-houses and preparing all things with exactness, arranging everything according to its appropriate use.

Greek τὰ δὲ ἐν Δεκίμῳ οὕτως ὥσπερ μοι προδεδήλωται γενέσθαι ξυνέβη.

Dewing But the events in Decimum turned out in the manner already described.

Greek καὶ οἱ μὲν τῶν Ἀρειανῶν ἱερεῖς φεύγοντες ᾤχοντο, Χριστιανοὶ δὲ οἷς τὰ ἐς τὴν δόξαν ὀρθῶς ἤσκηται, ἀφικόμενοι ἐς τοῦ Κυπριανοῦ τὸν νεών, τά τε λύχνα ἔκαιον ἅπαντα καὶ τῶν ἱερῶν ἐπεμελοῦντο ᾗπερ αὐτοῖς τελεῖσθαι ταῦτα νόμος, οὕτω τε ἅπασιν ἃ δὴ προὔλεγεν ἡ τοῦ ὀνείρου ὄψις ἐγνώσθη. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν τῇδε ἐχώρησεν.

Dewing And the priests of the Arians were off in flight, while the Christians who conform to the orthodox faith came to the temple of Cyprian, and they burned all the lamps and attended to the sacred festival just as is customary for them to perform this service, and thus it was known to all what the vision of the dream was foretelling. This, then, came about in this way.