Delphi Complete Works of Procopius

by Procopius of Caesarea

  But Antalas and the army of the Moors were gathering again in Byzacium and Stotzas was with them, having some few soldiers and Vandals. And John, the son of Sisiniolus, being earnestly entreated by the Libyans, gathered an army and marched against them. Now Himerius, the Thracian, was commander of the troops in Byzacium, and at that time he was ordered by John to bring with him all the troops there, together with the commanders of each detachment, and come to a place called Menephesse, which is in Byzacium, and join his force there. But later, upon hearing that the enemy were encamped there, John wrote to Himerius telling what had happened and directing him to unite with his forces at another place, that they might not go separately, but all together, to encounter the enemy. But by some chance those who had this letter, making use of another road, were quite unable to find Himerius, and he together with his army, coming upon the camp of the enemy, fell into their hands. Now there was in this Roman army a certain youth, Severianus, son of Asiaticus, a Phoenician and a native of Emesa, commanding a detachment of horse. This man alone, together with the soldiers under him, fifty in number, engaged with the enemy. And for some time they held out, but later, being overpowered by the great multitude, they ran to the top of a hill in the neighbourhood on which there was also a fort, but one which offered no security. For this reason they surrendered themselves to their opponents when they ascended the hill to attack them. And the Moors killed neither him nor any of the soldiers, but they made prisoners of the whole force; and Himerius they kept under guard, and handed over his soldiers to Stotzas, since they agreed with great readiness to march with the rebels against the Romans; Himerius, however, they threatened with death, if he should not carry out their commands. And they commanded him to put into their hands by some device the city of Hadrumetum on the sea. And since he declared that he was willing, they went with him against Hadrumetum. And upon coming near the city, they sent Himerius a little in advance with some of the soldiers of Stotzas, dragging along, as it seemed, some Moors in chains, and they themselves followed behind. And they directed Himerius to say to those in command of the gates of the city that the emperor’s army had won a decisive victory, and that John would come very soon, bringing an innumerable multitude of Moorish captives; and when in this manner the gates had been opened to them, he was to get inside the fortifications together with those who went with him. And he carried out these instructions. And the citizens of Hadrumetum, being deceived in this way (for they could not distrust the commander of all the troops in Byzacium), opened wide the gates and received the enemy. Then, indeed, those who had entered with Himerius drew their swords and would not allow the guards there to shut the gates again, but straightway received the whole army of the Moors into the city. And the barbarians, after plundering it and establishing there some few guards, departed. And of the Romans who had been captured some few escaped and came to Carthage, among whom were Severianus and Himerius. For it was not difficult for those who wished it to make their escape from Moors. And many also, not at all unwillingly, remained with Stotzas.

  Not long after this one of the priests, Paulus by name, who had been appointed to take charge of the sick, in conferring with some of the nobles, said: “I myself shall journey to Carthage and I am hopeful that I shall return quickly with an army, and it will be your care to receive the emperor’s forces into the city.” So they attached some ropes to him and let him down by night from the fortifications, and he, coming to the sea-shore and happening upon a fishing-vessel which was thereabouts, won over the masters of this boat by great sums of money and sailed off to Carthage. And when he had landed there and come into the presence of Sergius, he told the whole story and asked him to give him a considerable army in order to recover Hadrumetum. And since this by no means pleased Sergius, inasmuch as the army in Carthage was not great, the priest begged him to give him some few soldiers, and receiving not more than eighty men, he formed the following plan. He collected a large number of boats and skiffs and embarked on them many sailors and Libyans also, clad in the garments which the Roman soldiers are accustomed to wear. And setting off with the whole fleet, he sailed at full speed straight for Hadrumetum. And when he had come close to it, he sent some men stealthily and declared to the notables of the city that Germanus, the emperor’s nephew, had recently come to Carthage, and had sent a very considerable army to the citizens of Hadrumetum. And he bade them take courage at this and open for them one small gate that night. And they carried out his orders. Thus Paulus with his followers got inside the fortifications, and he slew all the enemy and recovered Hadrumetum for the emperor; and the rumour about Germanus, beginning there, went even to Carthage. And the Moors, as well as Stotzas and his followers, upon hearing this, at first became terrified and went off in flight to the extremities of Libya, but later, upon learning the truth, they counted it a terrible thing that they, after sparing all the citizens of Hadrumetum, had suffered such things at their hands. For this reason they made raids everywhere and wrought unholy deeds upon the Libyans, sparing no one whatever his age, and the land became at that time for the most part depopulated. For of the Libyans who had been left some fled into the cities and some to Sicily and the other islands. But almost all the notables came to Byzantium, among whom was Paulus also, who had recovered Hadrumetum for the emperor. And the Moors with still less fear, since no one came out against them, were plundering everything, and with them Stotzas, who was now powerful. For many Roman soldiers were following him, some who had come as deserters, and others who had been in the beginning captives but now remained with him of their own free will. And John, who was indeed a man of some reputation among the Moors, was remaining quiet because of the extreme hostility he had conceived against Sergius.

  Ἐν τούτοις δὲ βασιλεὺς ἄλλον ἐς Λιβύην στρατηγὸν Ἀρεόβινδον ξὺν στρατιώταις ὀλίγοις τισὶν ἔπεμψεν, ἄνδρα ἐκ βουλῆς μὲν καὶ εὖ γεγονότα, [2] ἔργων δὲ πολεμίων οὐδαμῶς ἔμπειρον. καὶ ξὺν αὐτῷ Ἀθανάσιον ἔπαρχον ἄρτι ἐξ Ἰταλίας ἥκοντα ἔστελλε καὶ Ἀρμενίους ὀλίγους τινάς, ὧν Ἀρταβάνης τε καὶ Ἰωάννης ἦρχον, Ἰωάννου παῖδες, Ἀρσακίδαι μὲν γένος, ἔναγχος δὲ ἀπολιπόντες τὸ Περσῶν στράτευμα, ἔς τε Ῥωμαίους αὖθις ξὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἀρμενίοις αὐτόμολοι ἥκοντες. [3] συνῆν δὲ τῷ Ἀρεοβίνδῳ ἥ τε ἀδελφὴ καὶ Πρεϊέκτα ἡ γυνή, Βιγλεντίας θυγάτηρ τῆς βασιλέως Ἰουστινιανοῦ ἀδελφῆς. [4] οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ Σέργιον μετεπέμπετο, ἀλλ̓ αὐτόν τε καὶ Ἀρεόβινδον Λιβύης στρατηγοὺς ἐκέλευεν εἶναι, τήν τε χώραν καὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν τοὺς καταλόγους διελομένους. [5] ἐπέβαλε δὲ Σεργίῳ μὲν τὸν πόλεμον διενεγκεῖν πρὸς τοὺς ἐν Νουμιδίᾳ βαρβάρους, Ἀρεοβίνδῳ δὲ τοῖς ἐν Βυζακίῳ Μαυρουσίοις ἀεὶ διαμάχεσθαι. [6] καταπλεύσαντός τε τοῦ στόλου τούτου ἐς Καρχηδόνα, Σέργιος μὲν ἐπὶ Νουμιδίας ξὺν τῷ οἰκείῳ στρατῷ ἀπιὼν ᾤχετο, Ἀρεόβινδος δὲ Ἀντάλαν τε καὶ Στότζαν ἐνστρατοπεδεύεσθαι μαθὼν ἀμφὶ πόλιν Σικκαβενερίαν, τριῶν ἡμερῶν ὁδῷ Καρχηδόνος διέχουσαν, Ἰωάννην τὸν Σισινιόλου ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺς ἐκέλευεν ἰέναι τοῦ στρατοῦ ἀπολεξάμενον εἴ τι ἄριστον ἦν: [7] τῷ τε Σεργίῳ ἔγραφε τοῖς ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην ἀναμίγνυσθαι, ἐφ̓ ᾧ κοινῇ ἅπαντες ὁμόσε τοῖς πολεμίοις χωρήσουσι. [8] Σέρ
γιος μὲν οὖν τῶν τε γεγραμμένων καὶ τοῦ ἔργου τούτου ὀλιγωρεῖν ἔγνω, ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης ξὺν ὀλίγῳ στρατῷ ἀμυθήτῳ ἠνάγκαστο πολεμίων πλήθει ἐς χεῖρας ἰέναι. [9] ἦν δὲ αὐτῷ τε καὶ Στότζᾳ μέγα τι ἀεὶ ἐς ἀλλήλους ἔχθος, ἑκάτερός τε αὐτοῖν ηὔχετο φονεὺς θατέρου γενόμενος οὕτω δὴ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀφανισθῆναι. [10] τότε γοῦν, ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἡ μάχη ἐν χερσὶ γίγνεσθαι ἔμελλεν, ἄμφω ἐκ τῶν στρατοπέδων ἐλαύνοντες ἐπ̓ ἀλλήλους ἦλθον. [11] ὁ μὲν οὖν Ἰωάννης ἐντείνας τὸ τόξον ἔτι προσιόντα τὸν Στότζαν κατὰ βουβῶνα τὸν δεξιὸν ἐπιτυχὼν βάλλει, ὁ δὲ καιρίαν πληγεὶς αὐτοῦ ἔπεσεν, οὔπω μὲν τεθνεώς, χρόνον δέ τινα ὀλίγον ταύτῃ δὴ ἐπιβιωσόμενος τῇ πληγῇ. [12] ἐπελθόντες δὲ πάντες αὐτίκα, ὅσοι τε αὐτῷ εἵποντο καὶ ὁ τῶν Μαυρουσίων στρατός, Στότζαν μὲν ὀλιγοψυχοῦντα ἐπὶ δένδρου τινὸς ἔθεντο, αὐτοὶ δὲ θυμῷ πολλῷ ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους χωρήσαντες τόν τε Ἰωάννην καὶ Ῥωμαίους ἅπαντας, ἅτε πλήθει πολλῷ ὑπεραίροντες, οὐδενὶ πόνῳ ἐτρέψαντο. [13] τότε δή φασιν εἰπεῖν τὸν Ἰωάννην ὡς ἡδύν τινα θάνατον θνήσκοι, ἐπεί οἱ τὰ τῆς εὐχῆς ἀμφὶ τῷ Στότζᾳ ἐς πέρας ἀφῖκται. χῶρος δέ τις ἦν κατάντης ἐνταῦθα, οὗ δὴ αὐτὸν ἀποβάλλει ὀκλάσας ὁ ἵππος. [14] ἐφ̓ ὃν αὖθις αὐτὸν ἀναθρώσκειν πειρώμενον καταλαβόντες οἱ πολέμιοι κτείνουσιν, ἄνδρα γενόμενον δόξῃ τε καὶ ἀρετῇ μέγαν. ὅπερ ὁ Στότζας μαθὼν ἐτελεύτησε, τοσοῦτον εἰπών, ὡς ἥδιστα τὸ λοιπὸν θνήσκοι. [15] ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ μάχῃ καὶ Ἰωάννης Ἀρμένιος Ἀρταβάνου ἀδελφὸς θνήσκει, ἔργα ἐς τοὺς πολεμίους ἐπιδειξάμενος ἀρετῆς ἄξια. [16] βασιλεὺς δὲ ταῦτα ἀκούσας περιώδυνός τε τῇ τοῦ Ἰωάννου ἀρετῇ γεγονὼς μάλιστα, ἀξύμφορόν τε νομίσας εἶναι τοῖν δυοῖν στρατηγοῖν τὴν ἀρχὴν διέπειν, τὸν μὲν Σέργιον εὐθὺς μεταπεμψάμενος ἐς Ἰταλίαν ξὺν στρατῷ ἔπεμψεν, Ἀρεοβίνδῳ δὲ ἅπαν τὸ Λιβύης παρέδωκε κράτος.

  XXIV

  At this time the emperor sent to Libya, with some few soldiers, another general, Areobindus, a man of the senate and of good birth, but not at all skilled in matters of warfare. And he sent with him Athanasius, a prefect, who had come recently from Italy, and some few Armenians led by Artabanes and John, sons of John, of the line of the Arsacidae, who had recently left the Persian army and as deserters had come back to the Romans, together with the other Armenians. And with Areobindus was his sister and Prejecta, his wife, who was the daughter of Vigilantia, the sister of the Emperor Justinian. The emperor, however, did not recall Sergius, but commanded both him and Areobindus to be generals of Libya, dividing the country and the detachments of soldiers between them. And he enjoined upon Sergius to carry on the war against the barbarians in Numidia, and upon Areobindus to direct his operations constantly against the Moors in Byzacium. And when this expedition lauded at Carthage, Sergius departed forthwith for Numidia with his own army, and Areobindus, upon learning that Antalas and Stotzas were encamped near the city of Siccaveneria, which is three days’ journey distant from Carthage, commanded John, the son of Sisiniolus, to go against them, choosing out whatever was best of the army; and he wrote to Sergius to unite with the forces of John, in order that they might all with one common force engage with the enemy. Now Sergius decided to pay no heed to the message and have nothing to do with this affair, and John with a small army was compelled to engage with an innumerable host of the enemy. And there had always been great enmity between him and Stotzas, and each one used to pray that he might become the slayer of the other before departing from the world. At that time, accordingly, as soon as the fighting was about to come to close quarters, both rode out from their armies and came against each other. And John drew his bow, and, as Stotzas was still advancing, made a successful shot and hit him in the right groin, and Stotzas, mortally wounded, fell there, not yet dead, but destined to survive this wound only a little time. And all came up immediately, both the Moorish army and those who followed Stotzas, and placing Stotzas with little life in him against a tree, they advanced upon their enemy with great fury; and since they were far superior in numbers, they routed John and all the Romans with no difficulty. Then, indeed, they say, John remarked that death had now a certain sweetness for him, since his prayer regarding Stotzas had reached fulfilment. And there was a steep place near by, where his horse stumbled and threw him off. And as he was trying to leap upon the horse again, the enemy caught and killed him, a man who had shown himself great both in reputation and in valour. And Stotzas learned this and then died, remarking only that now it was most sweet to die. In this battle John, the Armenian, brother of Artabanes, also died, after making a display of valorous deeds against the enemy. And the emperor, upon hearing this, was very deeply grieved because of the valour of John; and thinking it inexpedient for the two generals to administer the province, he immediately recalled Sergius and sent him to Italy with an army, and gave over the whole power of Libya to Areobindus.

  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. [2] 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. [3] ξυνῆν δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ τύραννος ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις, ὃν δὴ οἱ στασιῶται, Στότζα τετελευτηκότος, ἄρχοντα σφίσιν αὐτοῖς κατεστήσαντο. [4] 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. [5] ὁ μὲν οὖν Ἀρεόβινδος Γόνθαριν ἐξηγεῖσθαι παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἐκέλευεν. [6] 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. [7] 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. [8] 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. [9] οὕτω γάρ οἱ τὸν Ἀρεόβινδον ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀφανιεῖν ἐπηγγέλλετο. [10] ὁ μὲν οὖν Οὐλίθεος κρύφα τῶν ἄλλων βαρβάρων Ἀντάλᾳ ξυμβαίνει, ἐφ̓ 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. [11] ταῦτά τε διαπεπραγμένος ἐπανῆκεν ἐς τὸ Ῥωμαίων στρατόπεδον, ὅπερ ἅπαν πρὸ τοῦ περιβόλου πεποίηντο, ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς τὰ φυλακτήρια πύλης ἑκάστης νειμάμενοι. [12] 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. [13] τινὲς δὲ ὑπαντιάσαντες τοῦ Ῥωμαίων στρατοῦ, ἐς χεῖράς τε αὐτοῖς ἀπροσδόκητοι ἦλθον καὶ Μαυρουσίους οὐ συχνοὺς ἔκτειναν. [14] οὓς δὴ ὁ Γόνθαρις εὐθὺς ἀνεκάλει κακίζων ἅτε ἀνεπισκέπτως τε θρασυνομένους καὶ τὰ Ῥωμαίων πράγματα ἐθέλοντας ἐς προὖπτόν τινα ἐμβαλεῖν κίνδυνον. [15] 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. [16] Μαυρούσιοι γὰρ οὔτε πρὸς ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων τινὰς οὔτε πρὸς ἀλλήλους τὸ πιστὸν ἔχουσι. ταῦτα ἐς Γόνθαριν Ἀρεόβινδος ἐξήνεγκεν. [17] 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 παῤ αὐτοῦ λάβοι. [18] Ἀρεόβινδος μὲν οὖν καὶ Κουτζίνας λάθρα παῤ ἀλλήλους ἀεὶ πέμποντες ἀμφὶ τῇ ἐς Ἀντάλαν ἐπιβουλῇ διατριβὴν εἶχον. [19] Γόνθαρις δὲ αὖθις τὸν Οὐλίθεον στείλας ἔκπυστα τῷ Ἀντάλᾳ ἐποίησε τὰ πρασσόμενα. [20] 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. [21] ἀλλήλοις δὲ ἄμφω πολέμιοί τε καὶ δυσμενεῖς ταῖς γνώμαις ὄντες νῷ τε πονηρῷ ξυνετάσσοντο, ἐπί τε τὸν οἰκεῖον ἑκάτερος φίλον ἀλλήλοις ξυστρατεύοντες ᾔεσαν. [22] 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. [23] ἀπάτῃ τοίνυν τὸν Ἀρεόβινδον περιελθὼν πείθει τοῖς πολεμίοις ἐπεξελθόντα ὁμόσε ἰέναι, ἤδη που Καρχηδόνος ἄγχιστα ἥκουσιν. [24] ἐδόκει γοῦν αὐτῷ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ ἐξηγήσεσθαι ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἅμα ἡλίῳ ἀνίσχοντι. [25] ἀλλ̓ Ἀρεόβινδος ἀπείρως τε λίαν ἐς τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο καὶ ὀκνηρῶς ἔχων μελλήσει ἐχρῆτο οὐδενὶ λόγῳ. [26] μελετῶν τε γὰρ ὅπως ἐνδύσαιτο τὴν τῶν ὅπλων σκευὴν καὶ τἄλλα ἐξαρτυόμενος ἐς τὴν ἔξοδον τὸν πλεῖστον τῆς ἡμέρας ἀνάλωσε χρόνον. [27] διὸ δὴ τὴν παράταξιν ἐς τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν ἀποθέμενος ἡσυχῆ ἔμενε. [28] 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.