Dat. 2.1Parī sē virtūte posteā praebuit, cum Autophrodatēs iussū rēgis bellō persequerētur eōs quī dēfēcerant.He showed equal valour afterwards, when Autophradates, at the king's command, was making war on those who had revolted. Dat. 2.1Namque huius operā hostēs, cum castra iam intrāssent, multīs mīlibus rēgiōrum interfectīs prōflīgātī sunt exercitusque reliquus cōnservātus rēgis est: quā ex rē maiōribus rēbus praeesse coepit.For through his efforts the enemy, after they had already entered the camp and killed many thousands of the king's men, were routed, and the rest of the king's army was saved: in consequence of this he began to have charge of greater affairs. Dat. 2.2Erat eō tempore Thuys dynastēs Paphlagoniae, antīquō genere, ortus ā Pylaemene illō, quem Homērus Trōicō bellō ā Patroclō interfectum ait.At that time Thuys was ruler of Paphlagonia, a man of ancient lineage, descended from that Pylaemenes whom Homer says was killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War. Dat. 2.3Is rēgī dictō audiēns nōn erat.He would not obey the king's word. Dat. 2.3Quam ob causam bellō eum persequī cōnstituit eīque reī praefēcit Datamēn, propinquum Paphlagonis: namque ex frātre et sorōre erant nātī.For this reason the king decided to make war on him and put in charge of the matter Datames, a kinsman of the Paphlagonian: for they were the children of a brother and a sister.
Dat. 2.3Quam ob causam Datamēs prīmum experīrī voluit, ut sine armīs propinquum ad officium redūceret.For this reason Datames wished first to try whether he could bring his kinsman back to his duty without arms. Dat. 2.3Ad quem cum vēnisset sine praesidiō, quod ab amīcō nūllās verērētur īnsidiās, paene interiit: nam Thuys eum clam interficere voluit.When he had come to him without a guard, because he feared no treachery from a friend, he almost perished: for Thuys wanted to kill him secretly. Dat. 2.4Erat māter cum Datame, amita Paphlagonis.Datames' mother was with him, the Paphlagonian's aunt. Dat. 2.5Ea quid agerētur resciit fīliumque monuit.She found out what was afoot and warned her son. Dat. 2.5Ille fugā perīculum ēvītāvit bellumque indīxit Thuynī.He escaped the danger by flight and declared war on Thuys. Dat. 2.5In quō cum ab Ariobarzane, praefectō Lȳdiae et Iōniae tōtīusque Phrygiae, dēsertus esset, nihilō segnius persevērāvit vīvumque Thuyn cēpit cum uxōre et līberīs.In this war, though he had been deserted by Ariobarzanes, governor of Lydia, Ionia and all Phrygia, he persevered no less vigorously and took Thuys alive with his wife and children.