44. When the king came to Tyre, three men sent by the senate pleaded the case before him.
45. But Menelaus, seeing himself on the losing side, promised Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes, a substantial sum of money if he would win the king over.
46. So Ptolemy took the king aside into a colonnade, as if to get some fresh air, and persuaded him to change his mind.
47. Menelaus, who was the cause of all the trouble, the king acquitted of the charges, while he condemned to death those poor men who would have been declared innocent even if they had pleaded their case before Scythians.
48. Thus, those who had prosecuted the case on behalf of the city, the people, and the sacred vessels, quickly suffered unjust punishment.
49. For this reason, even Tyrians, detesting the crime, provided sumptuously for their burial.
50. But Menelaus, thanks to the greed of those in power, remained in office, where he grew in wickedness, scheming greatly against his fellow citizens.