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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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Aratus dismisses most of his forces believing the Aetolians will retreat, but Dorimachus and his men decide to strike Aratus's small force before the Achaeans can reassemble.
ὁ δʼ Ἄρατος ἐπιμείνας δύʼ ἡμέρας, καὶ πιστεύσας εὐήθως ὅτι ποιήσονται τὴν ἐπάνοδον, καθάπερ ὑπεδείκνυσαν, τοὺς μὲν λοιποὺς Ἀχαιοὺς καὶ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους διαφῆκε πάντας εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν, τρισχιλίους δʼ ἔχων πεζοὺς καὶ τριακοσίους ἱππεῖς καὶ τοὺς ἅμα τῷ Ταυρίωνι στρατιώτας, προῆγε τὴν ἐπὶ Πάτρας,1 ἀντιπαράγειν τοῖς Αἰτωλοῖς προαιρούμενος.
Aratus, having waited for two days, and foolishly believing that they would make their retreat just as they had indicated, dismissed all the remaining Achaeans and Lacedaemonians to their homes, but keeping with him three thousand infantry and three hundred cavalry, together with the soldiers under Taurion, he advanced along the road to Patrae, intending to march parallel with the Aetolians.
οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Δωρίμαχον, πυνθανόμενοι τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ἄρατον ἀντιπαράγειν αὐτοῖς καὶ συμμένειν, τὰ μὲν διαγωνιάσαντες μὴ κατὰ τὴν εἰς τὰς ναῦς ἔμβασιν ἐπίθωνται σφίσι περισπωμένοις, τὰ δὲ2 σπουδάζοντες συγχέαι τὸν πόλεμον, τὴν μὲν λείαν ἀπέστειλαν ἐπὶ τὰ πλοῖα, συστήσαντες τοὺς ἱκανοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἐπιτηδείους πρὸς τὴν διακομιδήν, προσεντειλάμενοι τοῖς ἐκπεμπομένοις ταῦτα πρὸς τὸ Ῥίον ἀπαντᾶν, ὡς ἐντεῦθεν ποιησόμενοι τὴν ἔμβασιν, αὐτοὶ δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐφήδρευον τῇ τῆς λείας ἐξαποστολῇ περιέποντες, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα προῆγον ἐκ μεταβολῆς ὡς ἐπʼ Ὀλυμπίας.
As for Dorimachus and his men, on learning that Aratus and his followers were marching parallel with them and remaining near, they were on the one hand deeply anxious lest they should be attacked when distracted during their embarkation into the ships, and on the other hand eager to throw the war into confusion; they sent off the booty to the ships, having organized a sufficient and suitable force for its transport, and gave further instructions to those dispatched to meet at Rhium, as they intended to make their embarkation from there. They themselves at first remained behind to cover the dispatch of the booty, but after this they changed direction and advanced as if towards Olympia.
ἀκούοντες δὲ τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ταυρίωνα μετὰ τοῦ προειρημένου πλήθους περὶ τὴν Κλειτορίαν εἶναι, καὶ νομίζοντες οὐδʼ ὣς δυνήσεσθαι τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ῥίου διάβασιν ἄνευ κινδύνου ποιήσασθαι καὶ συμπλοκῆς, ἔκριναν συμφέρειν τοῖς σφετέροις πράγμασιν ὡς τάχιστα συμμῖξαι τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἄρατον, ἀκμὴν ὀλίγοις οὖσι καὶ τοῦ μέλλοντος ἀνυπονοήτοις, ὑπολαβόντες, ἂν μὲν τρέψωνται τούτους, προκατασύραντες τὴν χώραν ἀσφαλῆ ποιήσεσθαι τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ῥίου διάβασιν, ἐν ᾧ3 μέλλει καὶ βουλεύεται συναθροίζεσθαι πάλιν τὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν πλῆθος, ἂν δὲ καταπλαγέντες φυγομαχῶσι καὶ μὴ βούλωνται συμβάλλειν οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἄρατον, ἄνευ κινδύνου ποιήσεσθαι τὴν ἀπόλυσιν, ὁπόταν αὐτοῖς δοκῇ συμφέρειν.
But hearing that Taurion and his men, with the aforementioned force, were in the neighborhood of Cleitoria, and thinking that even so they would not be able to cross from Rhium without danger and conflict, they decided that it was advantageous for their affairs to clash as quickly as possible with Aratus and his men, while they were still few in number and unsuspecting of what was to come, supposing that, if they routed them, they would, after first plundering the country, make their crossing from Rhium in safety, during the time when the multitude of the Achaeans was intending and planning to assemble again; or, if Aratus and his men, being struck with fear, should avoid battle and refuse to engage, they would effect their departure without danger whenever it seemed advantageous to them.
οὗτοι μὲν οὖν τοιούτοις χρησάμενοι λογισμοῖς προῆγον, καὶ κατεστρατοπέδευσαν περὶ
They, therefore, acting on such calculations, advanced and encamped near
- 4.10.2τὴν ἐπὶ Πάτρας
An accusative adjectival expression with the noun ὁδόν (way/road) omitted, meaning 'the road to Patrae'. It functions as the object of the verb προῆγε, or as an accusative of direction.
- 4.10.3τὰ μὲν... τὰ δὲ
Adverbial accusatives meaning 'on the one hand... on the other hand...', presenting in contrast the two motives (one a concern, the other an intention) of Dorimachus and his men.
- 4.10.8ἐν ᾧ
A conjunctional expression using the relative pronoun, meaning 'while' or 'in the time when'. A temporal noun like χρόνῳ (time) is omitted as the antecedent.