第4巻 第25章

Greek Γόνθαρις δὲ δυοῖν μησὶν ὕστερον ἢ Σέργιος ἐνθένδε ἀπιὼν ᾤχετο, τυραννίδι ἐπέθετο τρόπῳ τοιῷδε. ἐτύγχανε μὲν αὐτὸς τῶν ἐν Νουμίδαις καταλόγων ἡγούμενος διατριβήν τε διὰ τοῦτο ἐνταῦθα ἔχων, ἔπρασσε δὲ λάθρα ἐς Μαυρουσίους ὅπως ἐπὶ Καρχηδόνα χωρήσωσιν.

Dewing And two months after Sergius had departed from there, Gontharis essayed to set up a tyranny in the following manner. He himself, as it happened, was commanding the troops in Numidia and spending his time there for that reason, but he was secretly treating with the Moors that they might march against Carthage.

Greek αὐτίκα τοίνυν ἔκ τε Νουμιδίας καὶ Βυζακίου πολεμίων στρατὸς ἐς ταὐτὸ ἀγηγερμένος ἐπὶ Καρχηδόνα σπουδῇ πολλῇ ᾔεσαν. ἡγεῖτο δὲ Νουμιδῶν μὲν Κουτζίνας τε καὶ Ἰαύδας, Βυζακηνῶν δὲ Ἀντάλας.

Dewing Forthwith, therefore, an army of the enemy, having been gathered into one place from Numidia and Byzacium, went with great zeal against Carthage. And the Numidians were commanded by Coutzinas and Iaudas, and the men of Byzacium by Antalas.

Greek ξυνῆν δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ τύραννος ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις, ὃν δὴ οἱ στασιῶται, Στότζα τετελευτηκότος, ἄρχοντα σφίσιν αὐτοῖς κατεστήσαντο.

Dewing And with him was also John, the tyrant, and his followers; for the mutineers, after the death of Stotzas, had set him up as ruler over themselves.

Greek γνοὺς δὲ Ἀρεόβινδος τὴν ἔφοδον ἄλλους τε τῶν ἀρχόντων ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις ἐς Καρχηδόνα καὶ Γόνθαριν μετεπέμπετο. παρῆν δὲ αὐτῷ ξὺν τοῖς Ἀρμενίοις καὶ Ἀρταβάνης.

Dewing And when Areobindus learned of their attack, he summoned to Carthage a number of the officers with their men, and among them Gontharis. And he was joined also by Artabanes and the Armenians.

Greek ὁ μὲν οὖν Ἀρεόβινδος Γόνθαριν ἐξηγεῖσθαι παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἐκέλευεν.

Dewing Areobindus, accordingly, bade Gontharis lead the whole army against the enemy.

Greek ὁ δὲ προθύμως οἱ τὰ ἐς τὸν πόλεμον ὑπηρετήσειν ὑποσχόμενος ἐποίει τάδε. τῶν οἰκετῶν ἕνα, Μαυρούσιον μὲν γένος, τέχνην δὲ μάγειρον, ἐς τὸ τῶν πολεμίων στρατόπεδον ἐκέλευσεν ἰέναι, καὶ δόκησιν μὲν τοῖς ἄλλοις παρέχεσθαι ὅτι δὴ τὸν δεσπότην ἀποδρὰς ᾤχετο, λάθρα δὲ τῷ Ἀντάλᾳ εἰπεῖν ὡς αὐτῷ Γόνθαρις κοινωνεῖν βούλοιτο τῆς Λιβύων ἀρχῆς.

Dewing And Gontharis, though he had promised to serve him zealously in the war, proceeded to act as follows. One of his servants, a Moor by birth and a cook by trade, he commanded to go to the enemy's camp, and to make it appear to all others that he had run away from his master, but to tell Antalas secretly that Gontharis wished to share with him the rule of Libya.

Greek ὁ μὲν οὖν μάγειρος κατὰ ταῦτα ἐποίει, ὁ δὲ Ἀντάλας τὸν μὲν λόγον ἀσμένως ἤκουσε, τοσοῦτον δὲ ἀπεκρίνατο, ὡς αἱ γενναῖαι τῶν πράξεων οὐ διὰ τῶν μαγείρων ἐπιγίνεσθαι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πεφύκασι.

Dewing So the cook carried out these directions, and Antalas heard the word gladly, but made no further reply than to say that worthy enterprises are not properly brought to pass among men by cooks.

Greek ταῦτα ἐπεὶ Γόνθαρις ἤκουσε, τῶν δορυφόρων ἕνα, Οὐλίθεον ὄνομα, ᾧ δὴ μάλιστα πιστοτάτῳ ἐχρῆτο, παρὰ τὸν Ἀντάλαν εὐθὺς ἔπεμψεν, ὡς ἀγχοτάτω Καρχηδόνος αὐτὸν παρακαλῶν ἰέναι.

Dewing When this was heard by Gontharis, he immediately sent to Antalas one of his body-guards, Ulitheus by name, whom he had found especially trustworthy in his service, inviting him to come as close as possible to Carthage.

Greek οὕτω γάρ οἱ τὸν Ἀρεόβινδον ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀφανιεῖν ἐπηγγέλλετο.

Dewing For, if this were done, he promised him to put Areobindus out of the way.

Greek ὁ μὲν οὖν Οὐλίθεος κρύφα τῶν ἄλλων βαρβάρων Ἀντάλᾳ ξυμβαίνει, ἐφ’ ᾧ Βυζακίου μὲν Ἀντάλας ἄρχοι, τό τε ἥμισυ τῶν Ἀρεοβίνδου χρημάτων ἔχων καὶ πεντακοσίους τε καὶ χιλίους στρατιώτας Ῥωμαίους σὺν αὑτῷ ἐπαγόμενος, Γόνθαρις δὲ τὸ βασιλέως ἀξίωμα λάβοι, Καρχηδόνος τε τὸ κράτος καὶ Λιβύης τῆς ἄλλης ἔχων.

Dewing So Ulitheus without the knowledge of the rest of the barbarians made an agreement with Antalas that he, Antalas, should rule Byzacium, having half the possessions of Areobindus and taking with him fifteen hundred Roman soldiers, while Gontharis should assume the dignity of king, holding the power over Carthage and the rest of Libya.

Greek ταῦτά τε διαπεπραγμένος ἐπανῆκεν ἐς τὸ Ῥωμαίων στρατόπεδον, ὅπερ ἅπαν πρὸ τοῦ περιβόλου πεποίηντο, ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς τὰ φυλακτήρια πύλης ἑκάστης νειμάμενοι.

Dewing And after settling these matters he returned to the Roman camp, which they had made entirely in front of the circuit-wall, distributing among themselves the guarding of each gate.

Greek οἱ δὲ βάρβαροι οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον εὐθὺ Καρχηδόνος σπουδῇ πολλῇ ᾔεσαν, ἔν τε χωρίῳ τῷ Δεκίμῳ καλουμένῳ στρατοπεδευσάμενοι ἔμενον. ἐνθένδε τε ἄραντες τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ πρόσω ἐχώρουν.

Dewing And the barbarians not long afterwards proceeded straight for Carthage in great haste, and they made camp and remained in the place called Decimum.⁠ And departing from there on the following day, they were moving forward.

Greek τινὲς δὲ ὑπαντιάσαντες τοῦ Ῥωμαίων στρατοῦ, ἐς χεῖράς τε αὐτοῖς ἀπροσδόκητοι ἦλθον καὶ Μαυρουσίους οὐ συχνοὺς ἔκτειναν.

Dewing But some of the Roman army encountered them, and engaging with them unexpectedly, slew a small number of the Moors.

Greek οὓς δὴ ὁ Γόνθαρις εὐθὺς ἀνεκάλει κακίζων ἅτε ἀνεπισκέπτως τε θρασυνομένους καὶ τὰ Ῥωμαίων πράγματα ἐθέλοντας ἐς προὖπτόν τινα ἐμβαλεῖν κίνδυνον.

Dewing But these were straightway called back by Gontharis, who rebuked them for acting with reckless daring and for being willing to give the Romans foreknowledge of the danger into which they were thrown.

Greek Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ Ἀρεόβινδος πέμψας παρὰ τὸν Κουτζίναν λάθρα ἔπρασσε προδοσίας πέρι. καί οἱ ὁ Κουτζίνας ὡμολόγησεν, ἐπειδὰν ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ γένωνται, ἐπί τε Ἀντάλαν καὶ Μαυρουσίους τοὺς ἐν Βυζακίῳ τραπέσθαι.

Dewing But in the meantime Areobindus sent to Coutzinas secretly and began to treat with him with regard to turning traitor. And Coutzinas promised him that, as soon as they should begin the action, he would turn against Antalas and the Moors of Byzacium.

Greek Μαυρούσιοι γὰρ οὔτε πρὸς ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων τινὰς οὔτε πρὸς ἀλλήλους τὸ πιστὸν ἔχουσι. ταῦτα ἐς Γόνθαριν Ἀρεόβινδος ἐξήνεγκεν.

Dewing For the Moors keep faith neither with any other men nor with each other. This Areobindus reported to Gontharis.

Greek ὁ δὲ παρακρούεσθαί τε καὶ ἀναβάλλεσθαι τὴν πρᾶξιν ἐθέλων παρῄνει τῷ Ἀρεοβίνδῳ τὸ πιστὸν ἐς Κουτζίναν ὡς ἥκιστα ἔχειν, ἢν μὴ τοὺς παῖδας ἐν ὁμήρων λόγῳ παρ’ αὐτοῦ λάβοι.

Dewing And he, wishing to frustrate the enterprise by having it postponed, advised Areobindus by no means to have faith in Coutzinas, unless he should receive from him his children as hostages.

Greek Ἀρεόβινδος μὲν οὖν καὶ Κουτζίνας λάθρα παρ’ ἀλλήλους ἀεὶ πέμποντες ἀμφὶ τῇ ἐς Ἀντάλαν ἐπιβουλῇ διατριβὴν εἶχον.

Dewing So Areobindus and Coutzinas, constantly sending secret messages to each other, were busying themselves with the plot against Antalas.

Greek Γόνθαρις δὲ αὖθις τὸν Οὐλίθεον στείλας ἔκπυστα τῷ Ἀντάλᾳ ἐποίησε τὰ πρασσόμενα.

Dewing And Gontharis sent Ulitheus once more and made known to Antalas what was being done.

Greek καὶ ὃς οὔτε τι τῷ Κουτζίνᾳ ἐπικαλεῖν ἔγνω οὔτε ὅτι ἐπέπυστο τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν ἔνδηλος αὐτῷ ἐγεγόνει, οὐ μὴν οὐδέ τι ἐξήνεγκε τῶν αὐτῷ τε καὶ Γονθάριδι ξυγκειμένων.

Dewing And he decided not to make any charges against Coutzinas nor did he allow him to know that he had discovered the plot, nor indeed did he disclose anything of what had been agreed upon by himself and Gontharis.

Greek ἀλλήλοις δὲ ἄμφω πολέμιοί τε καὶ δυσμενεῖς ταῖς γνώμαις ὄντες νῷ τε πονηρῷ ξυνετάσσοντο, ἐπί τε τὸν οἰκεῖον ἑκάτερος φίλον ἀλλήλοις ξυστρατεύοντες ᾔεσαν.

Dewing But though enemies and hostile at heart to one another, they were arrayed together with treacherous intent, and each of them was marching with the other against his own particular friend.

Greek τοιαύτῃ μὲν γνώμῃ Κουτζίνας τε καὶ Ἀντάλας ἐπὶ Καρχηδόνα τὸν Μαυρουσίων στρατὸν ἐπῆγον. Γόνθαρις δὲ κτεῖναι μὲν τὸν Ἀρεόβινδον διενοεῖτο, τοῦ δὲ μὴ δοκεῖν τυραννίδος ἐπιβατεύειν, ἐν παρατάξει λάθρα τοῦτο δρᾶν ἤθελεν, ὅπως πρὸς ἑτέρων μὲν ἡ ἐπιβουλὴ ἐς τὸν στρατηγὸν γεγενῆσθαι δόξειεν, αὐτὸς δὲ ἀναγκασθείη τῷ Ῥωμαίων στρατῷ ἀνελέσθαι τὴν Λιβύης ἀρχήν.

Dewing With such purposes Coutzinas and Antalas were leading the Moorish army against Carthage. And Gontharis was intending to kill Areobindus, but, in order to avoid the appearance of aiming at sole power, he wished to do this secretly in battle, in order that it might seem that the plot had been made by others against the general, and he had been compelled by the Roman army to assume command over Libya.

Greek ἀπάτῃ τοίνυν τὸν Ἀρεόβινδον περιελθὼν πείθει τοῖς πολεμίοις ἐπεξελθόντα ὁμόσε ἰέναι, ἤδη που Καρχηδόνος ἄγχιστα ἥκουσιν.

Dewing Accordingly he circumvented Areobindus by deceit, and persuaded him to go up against the enemy and engage with them, now that they had already come close to Carthage.

Greek ἐδόκει γοῦν αὐτῷ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ ἐξηγήσεσθαι ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἅμα ἡλίῳ ἀνίσχοντι.

Dewing He decided, therefore, that on the following day he would lead the whole army against the enemy at sunrise.

Greek ἀλλ’ Ἀρεόβινδος ἀπείρως τε λίαν ἐς τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο καὶ ὀκνηρῶς ἔχων μελλήσει ἐχρῆτο οὐδενὶ λόγῳ.

Dewing But Areobindus, being very inexperienced in this matter and reluctant besides, kept holding back for no good reason.

Greek μελετῶν τε γὰρ ὅπως ἐνδύσαιτο τὴν τῶν ὅπλων σκευὴν καὶ τἄλλα ἐξαρτυόμενος ἐς τὴν ἔξοδον τὸν πλεῖστον τῆς ἡμέρας ἀνάλωσε χρόνον.

Dewing For while considering how he should put on his equipment of arms and armour, and making the other preparations for the sally, he wasted the greatest part of the day.

Greek διὸ δὴ τὴν παράταξιν ἐς τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν ἀποθέμενος ἡσυχῆ ἔμενε.

Dewing He accordingly put off the engagement to the following day and remained quiet.

Greek Γόνθαρις δὲ αὐτὸν ἐξεπίτηδες τὴν μέλλησιν πεποιῆσθαι ὑποτοπήσας ἅτε τῶν πρασσομένων αἰσθανόμενον, ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανοῦς τόν τε φόνον τοῦ στρατηγοῦ καὶ τῆς τυραννίδος τὴν ἐπίθεσιν ἐπιτελεῖν ἔγνω.

Dewing But Gontharis, suspecting that he had hesitated purposely, as being aware of what was being done, decided openly to accomplish the murder of the general and make his attempt at the tyranny.