第7巻 第27章

Greek Τὰ μὲν οὖν ἐν Ἰταλιώταις στρατόπεδα τῇδε ἐφέρετο. βασιλεὺς δὲ Ἰουστινιανὸς στράτευμα πέμπειν ἄλλο ἐπὶ Γότθους καὶ Τουτίλαν ἔγνω, γράμμασι τοῖς Βελισαρίου ἠγμένος, ἐπεὶ αὐτὸν ἐς τοῦτο ἐνῆγε, τὰ παρόντα σφίσι πολλάκις σημήνας.

Dewing Thus were the armies in Italy engaged. And the Emperor Justinian decided to send another army against the Goths and Totila, being led to do so by the dispatches of Belisarius, who kept urging him to take this action, having indicated many times the situation in which the Romans found themselves.

Greek πρῶτα μὲν οὖν Πακούριόν τε τὸν Περανίου καὶ Σέργιον τὸν Σολόμωνος ἀδελφιδοῦν ξὺν ὀλίγοις τισὶν ἔπεμψεν. οἱ δὲ εἰς Ἰταλίαν ἀφικόμενοι τῷ ἄλλῳ στρατῷ αὐτίκα ξυνέμιξαν.

Dewing Accordingly, he first sent Pacurius, the son of Peranius, and Sergius, the nephew of Solomon, with a few men. And they arrived in Italy and immediately united with the rest of the army.

Greek μετὰ δὲ Βῆρόν τε ξὺν Ἐρούλοις τριακοσίοις καὶ Οὐαράζην Ἀρμένιον γένος ξὺν ὀκτακοσίοις Ἀρμενίοις στέλλει, Βαλεριανόν τε τὸν τῶν Ἀρμενίων στρατηγὸν ἐνθένδε ἀναστήσας ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις δορυφόροις τε καὶ ὑπασπισταῖς πλέον ἢ χιλίοις οὖσιν ἐς Ἰταλίαν ἐκέλευεν ἰέναι.

Dewing Later on he sent Verus with three hundred Eruli, and Varazes, an Armenian by birth, with eight hundred Armenians, and he recalled from his post Valerian, the General of Armenia, and ordered him to go to Italy with his attendant spearmen and guards, who numbered more than a thousand.

Greek Βῆρος οὖν πρῶτος Δρυοῦντι προσχὼν καὶ τὰς ναῦς ἐνταῦθα ἀφεὶς μένειν μὲν αὐτοῦ οὐδαμῆ ἤθελεν, οὗ δὴ καὶ τὸ Ἰωάννου στρατόπεδον ἦν, ἱππεύων δὲ ξὺν τοῖς ἀμφ’ αὐτὸν πρόσθεν ᾔει.

Dewing Now Verus was the first to put in at Dryus, and he left his ships there, being quite unwilling to remain in that place, where John's army was, and went forward on horseback with his command.

Greek ἦν γὰρ οὗτος ἀνὴρ οὐ κατεσπουδασμένος, ἀλλὰ μέθης νόσῳ ἀνειμένος ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ θράσει ἀπερισκέπτῳ ἐς ἀεὶ εἴχετο.

Dewing For this man was not of a serious temper, but was utterly addicted to the disease of drunkenness, and consequently he was always possessed by a spirit of reckless daring.

Greek ἐπεὶ δὲ ἄγχιστά πη πόλεως Βρεντεσίου ἀφίκοντο, αὐτοῦ ἐνστρατοπεδευσάμενοι ἔμενον. Ἅπερ ὁ Τουτίλας μαθὼν “Ὁ Βῆρος δυοῖν” ἔφη “τὸ ἕτερον· ἢ δυνάμει μεγάλῃ χρῆται, ἢ ἀνοίᾳ πολλῇ ἔχεται.

Dewing And when they had come close to the city of Brundisium, they made camp and remained there. And when Totila learned this, he said "Verus has one of two things, either a powerful army or a very silly head.

Greek ἴωμεν τοίνυν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα, ὅπως ἢ τῆς δυνάμεως ἀποπειρασώμεθα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἢ τῆς ἀνοίας ἐκεῖνος τῆς αὑτοῦ

Dewing Let us then proceed against him instantly, that either we may make trial of the man's army, or that he may realize his own silliness."

Greek αἴσθηται.” ὁ μὲν οὖν Τουτίλας ταῦτα εἰπὼν στρατῷ πολλῷ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ᾔει, Ἔρουλοι δὲ παρόντας ἤδη κατιδόντες τοὺς πολεμίους κατέφυγον ἐς ὕλην τινὰ ἐγγύς πη οὖσαν.

Dewing So Totila with these words marched against him with a numerous army; and the Eruli, spying the enemy already at hand, took refuge in a wood which was close by.

Greek κυκλώσαντές τε αὐτοὺς οἱ πολέμιοι πλέον μὲν ἢ διακοσίους διέφθειραν, ἔμελλον δὲ Βῆρόν τε αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς λειπομένους ἐς τὰς ἀκάνθας κρυπτομένους χειρώσασθαι, ἀλλὰ τύχη τις αὐτοῖς ξυμβᾶσα διεσώσατο ἐκ τοῦ παραδόξου.

Dewing And the enemy surrounded them and killed more than two hundred, and were about to lay hands on Verus himself and the rest of the force who were hiding among the thorn-bushes, but fortune came to their aid and saved them unexpectedly.

Greek νῆες γὰρ ἐν αἷς ὅ τε Οὐαράζης καὶ οἱ ξὺν αὐτῷ Ἀρμένιοι ἔπλεον, ἄφνω ἐς τὴν ἐκείνῃ ἀκτὴν κατῆραν. ὅπερ ἐπεὶ ὁ Τουτίλας εἶδε, πλείονα ἤπερ ἦν ὑποτοπάζων εἶναι τὸν τῶν πολεμίων στρατὸν ἄρας αὐτίκα ἐνθένδε ἀπήλαυνεν, οἵ τε ἀμφὶ τὸν Βῆρον ἄσμενοι ἐς τὰς ναῦς δρόμῳ ἀφίκοντο.

Dewing For the ships in which Varazes and the Armenians under him were sailing suddenly put in at the shore there. Now when Totila saw this, supposing the hostile army to be more numerous than it really was, he immediately set out and marched away from there, while Verus and his men were glad to reach their ships on the run.

Greek ὅ τε Οὐαράζης πλεῖν μὲν ἐπίπροσθεν οὐκέτι ἔγνω, ἐς δὲ τὸν Τάραντα ξὺν αὐτοῖς ἦλθεν, οὗ δὴ καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ Βιταλιανοῦ παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ ἀφίκετο οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν τῇδε ἐχώρησε.

Dewing And Varazes decided to sail no further, but proceeded with them to Tarentum, whither John the nephew of Vitalian also not long afterwards came with his whole army. Such was the course of these events.

Greek Βελισαρίῳ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἔγραψεν ὅτι δὴ πολλὴν αὐτῷ στρατιὰν πέμψειεν, οἷσπερ αὐτὸν δεῖν ἐν Καλαβρίᾳ ξυμμίξαντα τοῖς πολεμίοις ὁμόσε ἰέναι.

Dewing Now the emperor wrote to Belisarius that he had sent him a numerous army with which he should unite in Calabria and so engage with the enemy.

Greek ἤδη δὲ καὶ Βαλεριανὸς ἄγχιστα κόλπου τοῦ Ἰονίου ἥκων διαπορθμεύσασθαι μὲν ᾤετό οἱ ἔν γε τῷ παρόντι ἀξύμφορον εἶναι.

Dewing And in fact Valerian had already come down close to the Ionian Gulf, but he thought that, for the present at any rate, it was inexpedient for him to ferry across.

Greek στρατιώταις τε γὰρ καὶ ἵπποις ἐς ἐκεῖνο τοῦ καιροῦ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια οὐκ ἂν ἐπαρκέσειν, ἐπεὶ ἀμφὶ τροπὰς χειμερινὰς ἦν.

Dewing For at the season of the year, he reasoned, provisions would not be sufficient for men and horses, since it was near the winter solstice.

Greek τριακοσίους δὲ τῶν αὐτῷ ἑπομένων Ἰωάννῃ πέμψας ὡμολόγησε διαχειμάσας ἅμα ἦρι ἀρχομένῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ἥξειν.

Dewing But he did send three hundred of his men to John with the promise that after spending the winter there he would also come himself at the beginning of spring.

Greek Βελισάριος οὖν ἐπειδὴ τὰ βασιλέως ἀνελέξατο γράμματα, ἐνακοσίους ἀριστίνδην ἀπολεξάμενος, ἱππεῖς μὲν ἑπτακοσίους, πεζοὺς δὲ διακοσίους, τούς τε λοιποὺς ἅπαντας ἐς φυλακὴν τῆς ἐκείνῃ χώρας καταστησάμενος, ἄρχοντά τε αὐτοῖς Κόνωνα ἐπιστήσας ἐπὶ Σικελίας αὐτίκα ἔπλει.

Dewing Belisarius, accordingly, upon reading the emperor's letter, selected nine hundred men distinguished for valour, seven hundred horse‑men and two hundred foot-soldiers, and leaving all the rest to guard that district, and appointing Conon commander over them, he immediately set sail for Sicily.

Greek ἔνθεν τε ἀνηγάγετο. καταίρειν διανοούμενος ἐς τὸν Ταραντηνῶν λιμένα, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ ἔχων τὸν Σκύλαιον καλούμενον χῶρον, ἐφ’ οὗ δὴ τὴν Σκύλλαν οἱ ποιηταὶ γεγενῆσθαί φασιν, οὐχ ὅτι ταύτῃ πη τὸ θηριῶδες γύναιον, ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνοι λέγουσιν, ἦν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι σκυλάκων μέγα τι χρῆμα, οὕσπερ κυνίσκους τανῦν καλοῦσιν, ἐνταῦθα τοῦ πορθμοῦ ἐκ παλαιοῦ τε καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ξυμβαίνει εἶναι.

Dewing And from there he again put out to sea purposing to sail to the harbour of Tarentum; and as he sailed by he had on his left the place called Scylaeum, at which the poets say that Scylla once lived, not because there really existed there the woman in the form of a beast, as they say, but rather because a certain fish, formerly called "scylax" and now "cyniscus" has been found in great abundance in this part of the strait from ancient times even down to my day.

Greek τὰ γὰρ ὀνόματα τοῖς πράγμασιν ἀρχὴν μὲν εἰκότα ἐς ἀεὶ γίνεται, ἡ δὲ φήμη αὐτὰ περιαγαγοῦσα ἐς ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους τινὰς δόξας οὐκ ὀρθὰς ἀγνοίᾳ τῶν ἀληθινῶν ἐνταῦθα ποιεῖται.

Dewing For names in the beginning are always appropriate to the things they describe, but rumour, carrying these names to other peoples, engenders there certain false opinions through ignorance of the facts.

Greek καὶ προϊὼν οὕτως ὁ χρόνος ἰσχυρὸς μέν τις δημιουργὸς αὐτίκα τοῦ μύθου καθίσταται, μάρτυρας δὲ τῶν οὐ γεγονότων τοὺς ποιητὰς ἐξουσίᾳ τῆς τέχνης, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, ἑταιρίζεται. ταῦτά τοι ἐκ παλαιοῦ μὲν ὠνόμασαν ἐπιχώριοι Κυνὸς Κεφαλὴν ἄκραν τὴν μίαν Κερκύρας τῆς νήσου ἣ πρὸς ἀνίσχοντα ἥλιόν ἐστιν, ἄλλοι δὲ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ κυνοκεφάλους τινὰς εἶναι βούλονται τοὺς τῇδε ἀνθρώπους.

Dewing And as time goes on with this process, it immediately becomes a powerful builder, as it were, of the story, and allies itself with the poets, presumably because of the licence of their art, as witnesses of things that never happened. Thus, for example, the natives of the island of Cercyra have from ancient times called one headland of the island "Dog's Head" — the one toward the east — but others because of this name will have it that the people there are a kind of dog‑headed folk.

Greek ἀλλὰ καὶ Λυκοκρανίτας καλοῦσι τῶν Πισιδῶν τινας, οὐχ ὅτι λύκων κεφαλὰς ἔχουσιν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι Λύκου Κράνος τὸ ὄρος ἐκλήθη ὃ ταύτῃ ἀνέχει. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ὅπη ἑκάστῳ βουλομένῳ εἴη ταύτῃ δοκείτω τε καὶ λεγέσθω. ἐγὼ δὲ ὅθενπερ ἐξέβην ἐπάνειμι.

Dewing Indeed they even call some of the Pisidians "Wolf-Skulls," not because they have the heads of wolves, but because the mountain which rises there has received the name "Wolf-Helmet." Now as for these matters, let each one both think and speak as he wishes. But I shall return to the point from which I have strayed.