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- Diodorus Siculus. Diodori Bibliotheca Historica. Vols. 4-5 (partial). Bekker, Immanuel; Dindorf, Ludwig; Fischer, Curt Theodor; editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903-1906.
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Taking advantage of Antipater's departure for Asia, the Aetolians invade Thessaly and form a large alliance; however, they are forced to return home due to an Acarnanian invasion, allowing Polyperchon to recapture Thessaly.
Ἀντιπάτρου δʼ εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν διαβεβηκότος Αἰτωλοὶ κατὰ τὰς πρὸς Περδίκκαν συνθήκας ἐστράτευσαν εἰς τὴν Θετταλίαν, ἀντιπερισπάσαι βουλόμενοι τὸν Ἀντίπατρον. εἶχον δὲ στρατιώτας πεζοὺς μὲν μυρίους καὶ δισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ τετρακοσίους, ὧν ἦν στρατηγὸς Ἀλέξανδρος Αἰτωλός.
When Antipater had crossed over into Asia, the Aetolians, in accordance with their treaty with Perdiccas, marched into Thessaly, wishing to create a diversion for Antipater. They had twelve thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry, whose general was Alexander the Aetolian.
ἐν παρόδῳ δὲ τοὺς Ἀμφισσεῖς Λοκροὺς πολιορκήσαντες τήν τε χώραν αὐτῶν κατέδραμον καί τινα τῶν πλησίον πολισμάτων εἷλον. ἐνίκησαν δὲ μάχῃ τὸν Ἀντιπάτρου στρατηγὸν Πολυκλῆν καὶ τοῦτόν τε καὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγους ἀνεῖλον· τῶν δὲ ζωγρηθέντων οὓς μὲν ἀπέδοντο, οὓς δὲ ἀπελύτρωσαν.1
On their way, having besieged the Amphissian Locrians, they overran their territory and took some of the neighboring towns. They also defeated Antipater’s general Polycles in battle, and killed both him and not a few of his soldiers; of those taken alive, some they sold, and others they ransomed.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα εἰς Θετταλίαν ἐμβαλόντες τοὺς πλείστους τῶν Θετταλῶν ἔπεισαν κοινωνεῖν τοῦ πρὸς Ἀντίπατρον πολέμου· καὶ ταχέως ἠθροίσθησαν οἱ πάντες πεζοὶ μὲν δισμύριοι πεντακισχίλιοι, ἱππεῖς δὲ χίλιοι πεντακόσιοι.
After this, having invaded Thessaly, they persuaded most of the Thessalians to share in the war against Antipater; and quickly there were assembled in all twenty-five thousand infantry and fifteen hundred cavalry.
τούτων δὲ προσαγομένων τὰς πόλεις2 Ἀκαρνᾶνες ἀλλοτρίως ἔχοντες πρὸς Αἰτωλοὺς ἐνέβαλον εἰς τὴν Αἰτωλίαν καὶ τήν τε χώραν ἐδῄουν καὶ τὰς πόλεις ἐπολιόρκουν.
While these were bringing the cities over to their side, the Acarnanians, who were hostile toward the Aetolians, invaded Aetolia, ravaged their land, and besieged their cities.
οἱ δὲ Αἰτωλοὶ πυθόμενοι τὰς ἰδίας πατρίδας κινδυνεύειν τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους στρατιώτας ἀπέλιπον ἐν Θετταλίᾳ, Μένωνα τὸν Φαρσάλιον ἐπιστήσαντες στρατηγόν, αὐτοὶ δὲ τοὺς πολιτικοὺς3 ἀναλαβόντες ἧκον συντόμως εἰς τὴν Αἰτωλίαν καὶ τοὺς Ἀκαρνᾶνας καταπληξάμενοι τὰς πατρίδας ἠλευθέρωσαν τῶν κινδύνων.
The Aetolians, learning that their own homelands were in danger, left the other soldiers in Thessaly, having appointed Menon of Pharsalus as general, while they themselves, taking the citizen troops, arrived quickly in Aetolia, and having terrified the Acarnanians, freed their homelands from danger.
τούτων δὲ περὶ ταῦτα ἀσχολουμένων Πολυπέρχων ὁ καταλελειμμένος ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ στρατηγὸς ἧκεν εἰς τὴν Θετταλίαν μετὰ δυνάμεως ἀξιολόγου, νικήσας δὲ παρατάξει τοὺς πολεμίους τόν τε στρατηγὸν Μένωνα ἀνεῖλε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κατέκοψε τοὺς πλείστους καὶ τὴν Θετταλίαν ἀνεκτήσατο.
While these were occupied with these matters, Polyperchon, the general who had been left behind in Macedonia, arrived in Thessaly with a noteworthy force, and having defeated the enemy in a pitched battle, he killed their general Menon, cut down most of the others, and recovered Thessaly.
- 18.38.2τῶν δὲ ζωγρηθέντων οὓς μὲν ἀπέδοντο, οὓς δὲ ἀπελύτρωσαν
Against the genitive of the whole (partitive genitive) τῶν δὲ ζωγρηθέντων, the correlative construction οὓς μὲν... οὓς δὲ... ("some... others...") is used to describe the differing fates of the captives. The middle aorist ἀπέδοντο means "they sold (for their own profit)," indicating sale into slavery.
- 18.38.4τούτων δὲ προσαγομένων τὰς πόλεις
The demonstrative pronoun τούτων in this genitive absolute refers to the allied forces of the Aetolians and Thessalians mentioned in the preceding section (§18.38.3). The middle participle προσαγομένων carries the transitive meaning of "bringing over (the cities) to one's own side" with τὰς πόλεις as its direct object.
- 18.38.5τοὺς πολιτικούς
A substantivized use of the adjective πολιτικός ("of the city/state"), referring in this context to the "citizen soldiers" (Aetolian native troops) as opposed to the allied or mercenary troops mentioned immediately before as τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους στρατιώτας ("the other soldiers").