Eum. 5.1Haec dum apud Hellēspontum geruntur, Perdiccās apud Nīlum flūmen interficitur ā Seleucō et Antigene, rērumque summa ad Antipatrum dēfertur.While this is going on at the Hellespont, Perdiccas is killed by the river Nile by Seleucus and Antigenes, and supreme power is conferred on Antipater. Eum. 5.1Hīc quī nōn dēseruerant, exercitū suffrāgium ferente capitis absentēs damnantur, in eīs Eumenēs.Here those who had not deserted are condemned to death in their absence by the vote of the army, Eumenes among them. Eum. 5.1Hāc ille perculsus plagā nōn succubuit neque eō sētius bellum administrāvit.Struck by this blow, he did not give in, nor did he conduct the war any less vigorously. Eum. 5.1Sed exīlēs rēs animī magnitūdinem, etsī nōn frangēbant, tamen minuēbant.But his straitened circumstances, though they did not break the greatness of his spirit, still diminished it. Eum. 5.2Hunc persequēns Antigonus, cum omnī genere cōpiārum abundāret, saepe in itineribus vexābātur, neque umquam ad manum accēdere licēbat nisi iīs locīs, quibus paucī multīs possent resistere.Antigonus, pursuing him, though he abounded in every kind of forces, was often harassed on the march, and was never allowed to come to close quarters except in places where a few could resist many.
Eum. 5.3Sed extrēmō tempore, cum cōnsiliō capī nōn posset, multitūdine circumitus est.But in the end, when he could not be caught by strategy, he was surrounded by numbers. Eum. 5.3Hinc tamen multīs suīs āmissīs sē expedīvit et in castellum Phrygiae, quod Nora appellātur, cōnfūgit.From there, however, he extricated himself with the loss of many of his men and took refuge in a fortress of Phrygia called Nora. Eum. 5.4In quō cum circumsedērētur et verērētur, nē ūnō locō manēns equōs mīlitārēs perderet, quod spatium nōn esset agitandī, callidum fuit eius inventum, quem ad modum stāns iūmentum concalfierī exercērīque posset, quō libentius et cibō ūterētur et ā corporis mōtū nōn removērētur.When he was besieged in it and feared that by staying in one place he would ruin his war-horses, since there was no room for exercising them, he made a clever discovery of how a beast could be warmed and exercised while standing still, so that it would both eat more readily and not be kept from bodily movement. Eum. 5.5Substringēbat caput lōrō altius, quam ut priōribus pedibus plēnē terram posset attingere, deinde post verberibus cōgēbat exsultāre et calcēs remittere: quī mōtus nōn minus sūdōrem excutiēbat, quam sī in spatiō dēcurreret.He would tie up its head with a strap higher than would let it touch the ground fully with its forefeet, and then from behind force it with blows to leap up and kick out its heels: this motion drew out no less sweat than if it were running on a racecourse.
Eum. 5.6Quō factum est, quod omnibus mīrābile est vīsum, ut aequē nitida iūmenta ex castellō ēdūceret, cum complūrēs mēnsēs in obsidiōne fuisset, ac sī in campestribus ea locīs habuisset.As a result, to everyone's amazement, he led his animals out of the fortress as sleek, though he had been under siege for several months, as if he had kept them in open country. Eum. 5.7In hāc conclūsiōne, quotiēnscumque voluit, apparātum et mūnītiōnēs Antigonī aliās incendit, aliās disiēcit.During this blockade, as often as he wished, he now burned, now pulled down Antigonus' siege equipment and fortifications. Eum. 5.7Tenuit autem sē ūnō locō, quamdiū hiems fuit, quod castra sub dīvō habēre nōn poterat.But he kept himself in one place as long as it was winter, because he could not keep a camp in the open air. Eum. 5.7Vēr appropinquābat: simulātā dēditiōne, dum dē condiciōnibus trāctat, praefectīs Antigonī imposuit sēque ac suōs omnēs extrāxit incolumēs.Spring was approaching: pretending to surrender, while he was negotiating the terms, he deceived Antigonus' officers and got himself and all his men out unharmed.