第8巻 第10章

Greek Ἀψίλιοι μὲν ἐκ παλαιοῦ κατήκοοι Λαζῶν τυγχάνουσιν ὄντες. ἔστι δέ τι φρούριον ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ χώρᾳ ἐχυρὸν μάλιστα· Τζιβιλὴν αὐτὸ καλοῦσιν οἱ ἐπιχώριοι.

Dewing The Apsilii have been subjects of the Lazi from ancient times. Now there is in this country an exceedingly strong fortress which the natives call Tzibile.

Greek τῶν δέ τις ἐν Λαζοῖς λογίμων, Τερδέτης ὄνομα, ὅσπερ εἶχε τὴν τοῦ καλουμένου μαγίστρου ἀρχὴν ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ἔθνει, Γουβάζῃ τῷ τῶν Λαζῶν βασιλεῖ προσκεκρουκώς τε καὶ χαλεπῶς ἔχων, Πέρσαις ὡμολόγησε λάθρα τοῦτο δὴ ἐνδώσειν τὸ φρούριον, στράτευμά τε Περσῶν ἐπαγόμενος ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πράξει ἐς Ἀψιλίαν ᾔει.

Dewing But one among the notables of the Lazi, Terdetes by name, who held the office of "magister,"⁠ as it is called, in this nation, had brought a falling out with Gubazes, the king of the Lazi, and was hostile to him; accordingly he secretly promised the Persians to hand over this particular fortress to them, and he came into Apsilia leading an army of Persians to accomplish this object.

Greek καὶ ἐπεὶ ἄγχιστα τοῦ φρουρίου ἐγένοντο, προτερήσας αὐτὸς ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις οἱ Λαζοῖς ἐντὸς τοῦ περιβόλου ἐγένετο, ἐπεὶ οἱ τὸ φυλακτήριον ταύτῃ ἔχοντες ἀπιστεῖν τῷ Λαζῶν ἄρχοντι οὐδαμῆ εἶχον, οὐδεμιᾷ ἐς αὐτὸν ὑποψίᾳ ἐχόμενοι. οὕτω τε ἀφικόμενον τὸ Περσῶν στράτευμα τῷ φρουρίῳ ὁ Τερδέτης ἐδέξατο.

Dewing Then, when they came close to the fortress, he himself went ahead with his Lazic followers and got inside the fortifications, because those keeping guard there could in no way disobey the commander of the Lazi, feeling as they did no suspicion of him. Thus when the Persian army arrived Terdetes received it into the fortress.

Greek καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ Μῆδοι οὐ Λαζικὴν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἀψιλίαν ἔχεσθαι τότε πρὸς αὐτῶν ᾤοντο. οὔτε δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι οὔτε Λαζοὶ ἀσχολίᾳ τῇ ἀμφὶ Πέτρᾳ τε καὶ τῷ Μήδων στρατῷ πιεζόμενοι Ἀψιλίοις ἐπαμύνειν ἔσχον.

Dewing And as a result of this the Medes considered that not Lazica alone, but also Apsilia was held by them. Meanwhile neither the Romans nor the Lazi were in a Patterson to defend the Apsilii, being hard pressed, as they were, by the task of dealing with Petra and the Median army.

Greek Ἦν δέ τις γυνὴ τῷ ἄρχοντι τοῦ ἐνταῦθα φυλακτηρίου, Ἀψιλία γένος, τὴν ὄψιν εὐπρεπὴς μάλιστα. ταύτης δὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ἐκτόπως ἐρασθεὶς ἐξαπιναίως ὁ τοῦ Περσῶν στρατεύματος ἄρχων τὰ μὲν πρῶτα πειρᾶν ἤρξατο, ἔπειτα δέ, ἐπεί οἱ πρὸς τῆς γυναικὸς οὐδὲν προὐχώρει, βιάζεσθαι μελλήσει αὐτὴν οὐδεμιᾷ ἐνεχείρησεν.

Dewing But there was a certain woman who was the wife of the commandant of the garrison there, one of the Apsilii, an exceedingly comely person to look upon. With this woman the commander of the Persian army suddenly fellow violently in love, and at first he began to make advances, but after that, since he met with no encouragement from the woman, he attempted with no hesitation to force her.

Greek οἷς δὴ ὀξυθυμωθεὶς ὁ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀνήρ, αὐτόν τε νύκτωρ καὶ τοὺς ξὺν αὐτῷ ἐς τὸ φρούριον εἰσεληλυθότας ἅπαντας ἔκτεινε, παρανάλωμα τῆς τοῦ ἄρχοντος ἐπιθυμίας γεγενημένους, καὶ τὸ φρούριον ἔσχεν αὐτός. Ἀψίλιοί τε Κόλχων διὰ τοῦτο ἀπέστησαν, ἐπικαλοῦντες ὅτι δὴ σφᾶς πρὸς Περσῶν κακουμένους προσποιεῖσθαι οὐδαμῆ ἤθελον.

Dewing At this the husband of the woman became exceedingly enraged, and at night he slew both the commander and all those who had entered the fortress with him, who thus became incidentally victims of their commander's hostlost, and he himself took charge of the fortress. On account of this after the Apsilii revolted from the Colchians,⁠ alleging against them that, whilst the Apsilii were being oppressed by the Persians, they had been altogether unwilling to champion their cause

Greek ἀλλὰ Γουβάζης Ῥωμαίων χιλίους καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν Θωμᾶ υἱόν, οὗπερ ἔναγχος ἐπεμνήσθην, ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἔπεμψεν· ὅσπερ αὐτοὺς πολλὰ τιθασσεύων ἐπαγαγέσθαι ἀμαχητὶ ἔσχε καὶ Λαζῶν κατηκόους κατεστήσατο αὖθις. τὰ μὲν οὖν ἀμφί τε Ἀψιλίοις καὶ Τζιβιλῇ τῷ φρουρίῳ τῇδε ἐχώρησεν.

Dewing But Gubazes sent a thousand Romans and John the son of Thomas, whom I have recently mentioned, against them; this man succeeded, after long efforts at conciliation, in winning them over without a fight and made them once more subjects of the Lazi. Such was the story of the Apsilii and the fortress of Tzibile.

Greek Ὑπὸ τοῦτον δὲ τὸν χρόνον Χοσρόῃ ξυνέβη μηδὲ τὸν γόνον τῇ ἀπανθρωπίᾳ τῇ αὐτοῦ ἀνέπαφον μεῖναι. τῶν γάρ οἱ παίδων ὁ πρεσβύτατος Ἀνασώζαδος ὄνομα ʽδύναται δὲ τοῦτο τῇ Περσῶν φωνῇ ἀθανατίζων’ προσκεκρουκὼς αὐτῷ ἔτυχεν, ἄλλα τε πολλὰ τῇ ἐς τὴν δίαιταν παρανομίᾳ ἐξαμαρτὼν καὶ ταῖς γυναιξὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὀκνήσει οὐδεμιᾷ ἐς εὐνὴν συνιών. τὰ μὲν οὖν πρῶτα φυγῇ τὸν παῖδα τοῦτον ὁ Χοσρόης ἐζημίωσεν.

Dewing At about this time it came about that Chosroes through his inhumanity did not remain unscathed even as regards his own offspring. For the eldest of his sons named Anasozadus (this means in the Persian tongue "immortal") chanced to have a falling out with him, having been guilty of many breaches of conduct, and in particular having consorted with the wives of his father without the least hesitation. At first then Chosroes punished his son by banishment.

Greek ἔστι δέ τις ἐν Πέρσαις Οὐαζαΐνη χώρα, ἀγαθὴ μάλιστα, οὗ δὴ πόλις Βηλαπατὼν καλουμένη οἰκεῖται, ἑπτὰ ἡμερῶν ὁδῷ Κτησιφῶντος διέχουσα.

Dewing Now there is a certain land in Persia called Vazaïne, an exceedingly good country, in which the city named Belapaton is situated, seven days' journey distant from Ctesiphon.

Greek ἐνταῦθα τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπαγγείλαντος Ἀνασώζαδος οὗτος διατριβὴν εἶχε. Τότε δὲ τῷ Χοσρόῃ χαλεπώτατα νοσῆσαι ξυνέβη, ὥστε καὶ ἐλέχθη ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀφανισθῆναι· νοσώδης γὰρ ἦν ὁ Χοσρόης φύσει.

Dewing There at the command of his father this Anasozadus was living. But at that time it so fell out that Chosroes became violently ill, so that it was actually said that he had passed from the world; for Chosroes was by nature of a sickly disposition.

Greek ἀμέλει καὶ τοὺς ἰατροὺς πανταχόθεν πολλάκις ἀμφ’ αὑτὸν ἤγειρεν, ἐν τοῖς καὶ Τριβοῦνος ὁ ἰατρὸς ἦν, Παλαιστῖνος γένος.

Dewing Certain it is that he often gathered around him physicians from all parts, among whom was the physician Tribunus, a Palestinian by birth.

Greek ὁ δὲ Τριβοῦνος οὗτος λόγιος μὲν ἦν καὶ τὰ ἐς τέχνην τὴν ἰατρικὴν οὐδενὸς ἥσσων, ἄλλως δὲ σώφρων τε καὶ θεοφιλὴς καὶ τῆς ἐπιεικείας ἐς ἄκρον ἥκων.

Dewing This Tribunus was a man of great learning and inferior to none in medical skill, and was furthermore a temperate and God‑fearing man of the highest worth.

Greek καί ποτε Χοσρόην κακῶς τοῦ σώματος ἔχοντα ἰασάμενος ἀπηλλάγη ἐκ τῆς Περσῶν χώρας, δῶρα πολλά τε καὶ λόγου ἄξια πρὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου κεκομισμένος.

Dewing One one occasion he had cured Chosroes of a serious illness, and when he departed from the land of the Persians, he carried with him many notable and notable gifts from his patient.

Greek ἡνίκα τοίνυν ἡ ταύτης προτέρα ἐκεχειρία ἐγένετο, Ἰουστινιανὸν βασιλέα Χοσρόης τὸν ἰατρὸν τοῦτον συνδιαιτησόμενον αὑτῷ ἐς ἐνιαυτὸν ᾔτησε δοῦναι. τῆς τέ οἱ αἰτήσεως ἐπιτελεσθείσης, ὥσπερ μοι ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται, ἐκέλευσε τὸν Τριβοῦνον ὁ Χοσρόης αἰτεῖσθαι ὅτου ἂν δέηται.

Dewing When, accordingly, the truce preceding the present one was made, Chosroes demanded of the Emperor Justinian that he give him this Tribunus to live with him for a year. This demand having been granteded him, as stated by me above,⁠ Chosroes bade Tribunus for whatever he wanted.

Greek ὁ δὲ ἄλλο οὐδὲν ᾔτει τῶν πάντων χρημάτων ἢ ὥστε οἱ Ῥωμαίων τῶν αἰχμαλώτων τινὰς Χοσρόην ἀφεῖναι.

Dewing And he asked for nothing else in the world except that Chosroes should release for him some of the Roman captives.

Greek ὁ δέ οἱ ἄλλους τε τρισχιλίους ἀφῆκε καὶ ὅσους πρὸς ὄνομα ἐξῃτήσατο ἐν τοῖς αἰχμαλώτοις λογίμους ὄντας, κλέος τε μέγα ἐκ τοῦ ἔργου τούτου ἐς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὁ Τριβοῦνος ἔσχε. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν τῇδε ξυνηνέχθη γενέσθαι.

Dewing So he released three thousand for him, and besides these all whom he requested by name as being notable men among the captives, and as a result of this incident Tribunus without great renown among all men. Thus did these events take place.

Greek Ἐπειδὴ δὲ Ἀνασώζαδος τὰ Χοσρόῃ τῷ πατρὶ ἀμφὶ τῇ νόσῳ ξυμπεσόντα ἔγνω, τῆς βασιλείας ἐπιβατεύων, νεώτερα πράγματα ἔπρασσε.

Dewing When Anasozadus learned of the disease which had fallen upon his father, he began to stir up a revolution by way of usurping the royal power.

Greek τοῦ τε πατρός οἱ ῥαΐσαντος, οὐδέν τι ἧσσον τήν τε πόλιν αὐτὸς ἀποστήσας καὶ ὅπλα ἀντάρας ἐς τὸν πόλεμον ἀκμάζων ᾔει.

Dewing And though his father recovered, he nevertheless set the city in revolt himself, and taking up arms against him went forth fully prepared for battle.

Greek ταῦτα ὁ Χοσρόης ἀκούσας στρατιάν τε καὶ στρατηγὸν Φάβριζον ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἔπεμψε. νικήσας οὖν τῇ μάχῃ ὁ Φάβριζος ὑποχείριόν τε τὸν Ἀνασώζαδον πεποιημένος παρὰ Χοσρόην οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον ἤνεγκε.

Dewing When Chosroes heard this, he sent against him an army with Phabrizus as general. So Phabrizus having been victorious in the battle made Anasozadus captive and brought him before Chosroes not long afterward.

Greek καὶ ὃς τοὺς τοῦ παιδὸς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐλωβήσατο, οὐ τὰς ὄψεις ἀφελόμενος, ἀλλὰ βλέφαρά τε ἄνω καὶ κάτω ἀκοσμίᾳ πολλῇ ἀντιστρέψας.

Dewing And he caused the eyes of his son to be disfigured, not destroying their sight but distorting both the upper and lower lids in a very ugly fashion.

Greek περόνην γὰρ σιδηρᾶν πυρακτώσας τινὰ καὶ ταύτῃ μυόντοιν τοῖν τοῦ παιδὸς ὀφθαλμοῖν τὰ ἔξω χρίσας, οὕτω δὴ τῶν βλεφάρων τὸν κόσμον λωβήσασθαι ἔσχε.

Dewing For he heated a sort of iron needle in the fire and with this seared the outside of his son's eyes when they were shut, thus marring the beauty of the lids.

Greek ταῦτα δὲ Χοσρόης τούτου δὴ ἕνεκα ἐποίει μόνον, ὅπως ἂν τῷ παιδὶ ἀναστέλληται ἡ ἐπὶ τῇ βασιλείᾳ ἐλπίς. ἄνδρα γὰρ λώβῃ ἐχόμενον οὐκέτι ὁ νόμος ἐφίησι βασιλέα καθίστασθαι Πέρσαις, ὥσπερ κἀν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις ἐρρήθη.

Dewing Now Chosroes did this with only one end in view, that his son's hope of achieving the royal power might be frustrated. For the law does not permit a man who has a disfigurement to become king over the Persians, as has been stated by me in the preceding narrative also.