第4巻 第26章

Greek Ἡμέρᾳ τε τῇ ἐπιγενομένῃ ἐποίει τάδε. τὰς πύλας ἀναπετάσας οὗ δὴ αὐτὸς φυλακὴν εἶχε, λίθους μὲν ὑπερφυεῖς ἔνερθεν ἔθηκεν, ὡς μή τις αὐτὰς ἐπιτιθέναι εὐπετῶς δύναιτο, ἄνδρας τε τεθωρακισμένους καὶ τὰ τόξα ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντας ἀμφὶ τὰς ἐπάλξεις πολλοὺς ἔστησεν, αὐτός τε τὸν θώρακα ἐνδὺς εἱστήκει ἐν μέσαις ταῖς πύλαις.

Dewing And on the succeeding day he proceeded to act as follows. Opening wide the gates where he himself kept guard, he placed huge rocks under them, that no one might be able easily to shut them, and he placed armoured men with bows in their hands about the parapet in great numbers, and he himself, having put on his breastplate, took his stand between the gates.

Greek ἐπενόει δὲ ταῦτα οὐ Μαυρουσίων ἕνεκα, ὅπως τῇ πόλει αὐτοὺς δέξηται ʽἀβέβαιοι γὰρ Μαυρούσιοι παντάπασιν ὄντες ὑπόπτως ἔχουσιν ἐς πάντας ἀνθρώπους.

Dewing And his purpose in doing this was not that he might receive the Moors into the city; for the Moors, being altogether fickle, are suspicious of all men.

Greek τοῦτό τε αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰκότος γενέσθαι ξυμβαίνει· ἐπεὶ ὅστις ἄπιστος ἐς τοὺς πέλας καθέστηκε φύσει, οὐδὲ αὐτὸς πιστεύειν ὁτῳοῦν δύναται, ἀλλ’ ὑπόπτως ἔχειν ἀναγκάζεται ἐς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ἐκ τῆς αὑτοῦ γνώμης τὸν τοῦ πέλας σταθμώμενος τρόπον.

Dewing And it is not unnatural that they are so; for whoever is by nature treacherous toward his neighbours is himself unable to trust anyone at all, but he is compelled to be suspicious of all men, since he estimates the character of his neighbour by his own mind.

Greek διὸ δὴ οὐδὲ Μαυρουσίους ἤλπιζε Γόνθαρις πιστεύσαντάς οἱ ἐντὸς τοῦ περιβόλου γενήσεσθαἰ, ἀλλ’ ὅπως Ἀρεόβινδος ἐμπεσὼν ἐς μέγα τι δέος ἐς φυγήν τε εὐθὺς ὁρμηθείη καὶ κατὰ τάχος Καρχηδόνα ἀπολιπὼν ἐπὶ Βυζαντίου κομίζοιτο.

Dewing For this reason, then, Gontharis did not hope that even the Moors would trust him and come inside the circuit-wall, but he made this move in order that Areobindus, falling into great fear, might straightway rush off in flight, and, abandoning Carthage as quickly as he could, might betake himself to Byzantium.

Greek καὶ ἔτυχέ γε τῆς ἀληθοῦς ἐννοίας, εἰ μὴ χειμὼν μεταξὺ ἐπιγενόμενος διεκώλυσε.

Dewing And he would have been right in his expectation had not winter come on just then and frustrated his plan.

Greek μαθὼν δὲ Ἀρεόβινδος τὰ ποιούμενα, τόν τε Ἀθανάσιον καὶ τῶν δοκίμων τινὰς μετεπέμπετο.

Dewing And Areobindus, learning what was being done, summoned Anastasius and some of the notables.

Greek παρῆν δέ οἱ καὶ Ἀρταβάνης ἐκ τοῦ στρατοπέδου τρίτος αὐτός, τῷ τε Ἀρεοβίνδῳ παρῄνει μήτε ἀναπεπτωκέναι μήτε τόλμῃ τῇ Γονθάριδος ἐνδιδόναι, ἀλλ’ αὐτίκα μάλα ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ὁμοῦ ξὺν πᾶσι τοῖς οἱ ἑπομένοις ἰόντα ἔργου ἔχεσθαι, πρίν τι περαιτέρω γεγονέναι κακόν.

Dewing And Artabanes also came to him from the camp with two others and he urged Areobindus neither to lose heart nor to give way to the daring of Gontharis, but to go against him instantly with all his men and engage him in battle, before any further trouble arose.

Greek τὰ μὲν οὖν πρῶτα πέμψας Ἀρεόβινδος παρὰ Γόνθαριν τῶν ἐπιτηδείων τινά, Φρέδαν ὄνομα, ἐκέλευεν ἀποπειρᾶσθαι τῆς αὐτοῦ γνώμης.

Dewing At first, then, Areobindus sent to Gontharis one of his friends, Phredas by name, and commanded him to test the other's purpose.

Greek ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ Φρέδας ἐπανήκων οὐδαμῆ ἀπαρνεῖσθαι Γόνθαριν τὴν τυραννίδα ἐσήγγελλεν, ἤδη ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ὡς ἐς μάχην ἰέναι διενοεῖτο.

Dewing And when Phredas returned and reported that Gontharis by no means denied his intention of seizing the supreme power, he purposed immediately to go against him arrayed for battle.

Greek Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ Γόνθαρις Ἀρεόβινδον εἰς τοὺς στρατιώτας διέβαλεν, ὡς ἄνανδρός τε εἴη καὶ ἅμα μὲν δέει ἐς τοὺς πολεμίους ἐχόμενος, ἅμα δὲ τὰς συντάξεις σφίσιν ὡς ἥκιστα ἐθέλων διδόναι, δρασμόν τε ξὺν Ἀθανασίῳ βουλεύεται καὶ αὐτίκα ἐκ Μανδρακίου ἀποπλεῖν μέλλουσιν, ὅπως οἱ στρατιῶται λιμῷ τε καὶ Μαυρουσίοις μαχόμενοι διαφθείρωνται, ἐπυνθάνετό τε εἴπερ αὐτοῖς βουλομένοις εἴη ἄμφω ξυλλαβοῦσιν ἐν φυλακῇ ἔχειν.

Dewing But in the meantime Gontharis slandered Areobindus to the soldiers, saying that he was a coward and not only possessed with fear of the enemy, but at the same time quite unwilling to give them, his soldiers, their pay, and that he was planning to run away with Anastasius and that they were about to sail very soon from Mandracium,⁠ in order that the soldiers, fighting both with hunger and with the Moors, might be destroyed; and he enquired whether it was their wish to arrest both and keep them under guard.

Greek οὕτω γὰρ ἤλπιζεν Ἀρεόβινδον ἢ τοῦ θορύβου ᾐσθημένον φυγῇ χρήσεσθαι, ἢ καταληφθέντα πρὸς τῶν στρατιωτῶν διαφθαρήσεσθαι οὐδενὶ λόγῳ.

Dewing For thus he hoped either that Areobindus, perceiving the tumult, would turn to flight, or that he would be captured by the soldiers and ruthlessly be put to death.

Greek χρήματα μέντοι αὐτὸς οἴκοθεν ὡμολόγει τοῖς στρατιώταις προΐεσθαι ὅσαπερ αὐτοῖς τὸ δημόσιον ὦφλε.

Dewing Moreover he promised that he himself would advance to the soldiers money of his own, as much as the government owed them.

Greek καὶ οἱ μὲν τούς τε λόγους ἐπῄνουν καὶ θυμῷ ἐς τὸν Ἀρεόβινδον πολλῷ εἴχοντο, μεταξὺ δὲ Ἀρεόβινδος ξύν τε Ἀρταβάνῃ καὶ τοῖς ἑπομένοις ἐνταῦθα ἀφίκεται.

Dewing And they were approving his words and were possessed with great wrath against Areobindus, but while this was going on Areobindus together with Artabanes and his followers came there.

Greek καὶ γίνεται μάχη ἔν τε ταῖς ἐπάλξεσι καὶ κάτω ἀμφὶ τὰς πύλας οὗ Γόνθαρις εἱστήκει, ἐν ᾗ οὐδέτεροι τὸ ἔλασσον ἔσχον.

Dewing And a battle took place on the parapet and below about the gate where Gontharis had taken his stand, and neither side was worsted.

Greek ἔμελλόν τε ξυλλεγόμενοι ἐκ τῶν στρατοπέδων, ὅσοι βασιλεῖ εὐνοϊκῶς εἶχον, τοὺς στασιώτας κατὰ κράτος ἑλεῖν. οὐ γὰρ ἅπαντας ὁ Γόνθαρίς πω ἐξηπατήκει, ἀλλ’ οἱ πλεῖστοι ἔτι ταῖς γνώμαις ἀκραιφνεῖς ἔμενον.

Dewing And all were about to gather from the camps, as many as were well disposed to the emperor, and capture the mutineers by force. For Gontharis had not as yet deceived all, but the majority remained still uncorrupted in mind.

Greek Ἀρεόβινδος δὲ τότε πρῶτον ἄνδρας κτεινομένους ἰδὼν ʽοὐ γάρ πω ἐθὰς τοῦ θεάματος τούτου ἐτύγχανεν ὤν’ κατεπλάγη τε καὶ ἀποδειλιάσας οὐκ ἐνεγκών τε τὰ ὁρώμενα φεύγει.

Dewing But Areobindus, seeing then for the first time the killing of men (for he had not yet, as it happened, become acquainted with this sight), was terror-stricken and, turning coward, fled, unable to endure what he saw.

Greek Ἔστι δέ τις ἐντὸς τοῦ Καρχηδόνος περιβόλου νεὼς πρὸς τῇ τῆς θαλάσσης ἀκτῇ, οὗ δὴ ἄνδρες οἰκοῦσιν οἷς τὰ ἐς τὸ θεῖον ἀκριβῶς ἤσκηται· μοναχοὺς καλεῖν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἀεὶ νενομίκαμεν· τοῦτον Σολόμων δειμάμενος τὸν νεὼν οὐ πολλῷ πρότερον τειχίσματί τε περιβαλὼν φρούριον ἐχυρώτατον κατεστήσατο.

Dewing Now there is a temple inside the fortifications of Carthage hard by the sea‑shore, the abode of men who are very exact in their practice of religion, whom we have always been accustomed to call "monks"; this temple had been built by Solomon not long before, and he had surrounded it with a wall and rendered it a very strong fortress.

Greek ἐνταῦθα καταφυγὼν Ἀρεόβινδος ἐσεπήδησεν, ἔνθα τήν τε γυναῖκα καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἐτύγχανε πέμψας.

Dewing And Areobindus, fleeing for refuge, rushed into the monastery, where he had already sent his wife and sister.

Greek τότε καὶ Ἀρταβάνης ἀπιὼν ᾤχετο, καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ξύμπαντες ἐνθένδε ἀνεχώρουν ὡς ἕκαστός πη ἐδύνατο.

Dewing Then Artabanes too ran away, and all the rest withdrew from Carthage as each one could.

Greek Γόνθαρις δὲ κατὰ κράτος νενικηκὼς ξὺν τοῖς στασιώταις τὸ Παλάτιον ἔσχε, καὶ τάς τε πύλας τόν τε λιμένα ἐνδελεχέστατα ἤδη ἐφύλαττε.

Dewing And Gontharis, having taken the city by assault, with the mutineers took possession of the palace, and was already guarding both the gates and the harbour most carefully.

Greek πρῶτα μὲν οὖν τὸν Ἀθανάσιον μετεπέμπετο, καὶ ὃς αὐτῷ οὐδὲν μελλήσας ἦλθε,

Dewing First, then, he summoned Anastasius, who came to him without delay,

Greek θωπείᾳ τε πολλῇ χρώμενος δόκησιν παρείχετο ὡς αὐτὸν ὅτι μάλιστα ἡ πρᾶξις ἀρέσκοι.

Dewing and by using much flattery Anastasius made it appear that what had been done pleased him exceedingly.

Greek ἔπειτα δὲ τὸν τῆς πόλεως ἱερέα πέμψας Ἀρεόβινδον ἐκέλευε τὰ πιστὰ λαβόντα ἐς Παλάτιον ἥκειν, ἀπειλήσας πολιορκήσειν τε ἀπειθήσαντα καὶ μηκέτι αὐτῷ ὑπὲρ τῆς σωτηρίας τὰ πιστὰ δώσειν, ἀλλὰ πάσῃ μηχανῇ ἐξελὼν κτείνειν.

Dewing And after this Gontharis sent the priest of the city and commanded Areobindus, after receiving pledges, to come to the palace, threatening that he would besiege him if he disobeyed and would not again give him pledges of safety, but would use every means to capture and put him to death.

Greek ὁ μὲν οὖν ἱερεὺς Ῥεπάρατος ἰσχυρίζετο Γονθάριδος γνώμῃ τῷ Ἀρεοβίνδῳ ὀμεῖσθαι, μηδὲν αὐτῷ ἄχαρι πρὸς ἐκείνου ξυμβήσεσθαι, φράσας καὶ ὅσα μὴ πειθομένῳ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἠπείλησε.

Dewing So the priest, Reparatus, stoutly declared to Areobindus that in accordance with the decision of Gontharis he would swear that no harm would come to him from Gontharis, telling also what he had threatened in case he did not obey.

Greek δείσας δὲ Ἀρεόβινδος ὡμολόγησεν αὐτίκα τῷ ἱερεῖ ἕψεσθαι, ἢν τὸ θεῖον λουτρὸν ἱερουργήσας, ᾗπερ εἴθισται, εἶτα πρὸς αὐτοῦ οἱ ἀπομοσάμενος ἀμφὶ τῇ σωτηρίᾳ τὰ πιστὰ δοίη.

Dewing But Areobindus became afraid and agreed that he would follow the priest immediately, if the priest, after performing the rite of the sacred bath⁠ in the usual manner, should swear to him by that rite and then give him pledges for his safety.

Greek ὁ μὲν οὖν ἱερεὺς κατὰ ταῦτα ἐποίει. Ἀρεόβινδος δὲ οὐδέν τι μελλήσας αὐτῷ εἵπετο, ἱμάτιον ἀμπεχόμενος οὔτε στρατηγῷ οὔτε ἄλλῳ στρατευομένῳ ἀνδρὶ ἐπιτηδείως ἔχον, ἀλλὰ δούλῳ ἢ ἰδιώτῃ παντάπασι πρέπον· κασοῦλαν αὐτὸ τῇ Λατίνων φωνῇ καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι.

Dewing So the priest did according to this. And Areobindus without delay followed him, clad in a garment which was suitable neither for a general nor for any one else in military service, but altogether appropriate to a slave or one of private station; this garment the Romans call "casula"⁠ in the Latin tongue.

Greek ἐπειδή τε ἀγχοῦ τοῦ Παλατίου ἐγένοντο, τὰ θεῖα ἐν χερσὶ λόγια παρὰ τοῦ ἱερέως λαβὼν τῷ Γονθάριδι ἐς ὄψιν ἦλθε.

Dewing And when they came near the palace, he took in his hands the holy scriptures from the priest, and so went before Gontharis.

Greek πρηνής τε πεσὼν χρόνον πολὺν αὐτοῦ ἔκειτο, τὴν ἱκετηρίαν αὐτῷ τά τε θεῖα λόγια προτεινόμενος καὶ τὸ παιδίον ὅπερ τοῦ θείου ἀξιωθὲν λουτροῦ ἔτυχεν, ἐφ’ οὗ οἱ τὴν πίστιν ὁ ἱερεύς, ὥσπερ μοι ἐρρήθη, παρέσχετο.

Dewing And falling prone he lay there a long time, holding out to him the suppliant olive-branch and the holy scriptures, and with him was the child which had been counted worthy of the sacred bath by which the priest had given him the pledge, as has been told.

Greek ἐπεὶ δὲ αὐτὸν ἐξανέστησεν ὁ Γόνθαρις μόλις, πρὸς τῶν ἱερῶν ἁπάντων ἀνεπυνθάνετο τοῦ Γονθάριδος, εἴ οἱ τὰ τῆς σωτηρίας ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ κεῖται.

Dewing And when, with difficulty, Gontharis had raised him to his feet, he enquired of Gontharis in the name of all things holy whether his safety was secure.

Greek καὶ ὃς θαρσεῖν αὐτὸν ἰσχυρότατα ἤδη ἐκέλευεν· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄχαρι πρὸς αὐτοῦ πείσεσθαι, ἀλλὰ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ ξύν τε τῇ γυναικὶ καὶ τοῖς χρήμασιν ἐκ Καρχηδόνος οἰχήσεσθαι.

Dewing And Gontharis now bade him most positively to be of good cheer, for he would suffer no harm at his hands, but on the following day would be gone from Carthage with his wife and his possessions.

Greek εἶτα τὸν ἱερέα Ῥεπάρατον ἀποπεμψάμενος, Ἀρεόβινδόν τε καὶ Ἀθανάσιον δειπνεῖν ξὺν αὑτῷ ἐν Παλατίῳ ἐκέλευε.

Dewing Then he dismissed the priest Reparatus, and bade Areobindus and Anastasius dine with him in the palace.

Greek καὶ δειπνοῦντα μὲν τὸν Ἀρεόβινδον ἐτίμα· πρῶτον γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς στιβάδος κατέκλινε· δειπνήσαντα δὲ οὐ μεθῆκεν, ἀλλὰ καθεύδειν ἐν κοιτῶνι μόνον ἠνάγκαζεν· οὗ δὴ τὸν Οὐλίθεον ξὺν ἑτέροις τισὶν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἔπεμψεν.

Dewing And during the dinner he honoured Areobindus, inviting him to take his place first on the couch; but after the dinner he did not let him go, but compelled him to sleep in a chamber alone; and he sent there Ulitheus with certain others to assail him.

Greek οἵπερ αὐτὸν κωκύοντά τε καὶ ὀλολυγαῖς συχναῖς χρώμενον πολλά τε πρὸς ἔλεον ἐπαγωγὰ φθεγγόμενον ἐς αὐτοὺς κτείνουσιν. Ἀθανασίου μέντοι ἐφείσαντο, τὸ γῆρας, οἶμαι, τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὑπεριδόντες.

Dewing And while he was wailing and crying aloud again and again and speaking many entreating words to them to move them to pity, they slew him. Anastasius, however, they spared, passing him by, I suppose, on account of his advanced age.