§3.112.1οἱ δ’ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Ἀμπρακιῶται ἀφικνοῦνται ἐπ᾽ Ἰδομενήν.
The Ambraciots from the city arrived at Idomene.
ἐστὸν δὲ δύο λόφω ἡ Ἰδομενὴ ὑψηλώ· τούτοιν τὸν μὲν μείζω νυκτὸς ἐπιγενομένης οἱ προαποσταλέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Δημοσθένους ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου ἔλαθόν τε καὶ ἔφθασαν προκαταλαβόντες (τὸν δ’ ἐλάσσω ἔτυχον οἱ Ἀμπρακιῶται προαναβάντες) καὶ ηὐλίσαντο.
Now Idomene consists of two high hills; of these, when night came on, the troops sent ahead by Demosthenes from the camp managed to occupy the larger one before being observed, (while the Ambraciots happened to have previously ascended the smaller one,) and there they encamped.
§3.112.2ὁ δὲ Δημοσθένης δειπνήσας ἐχώρει καὶ τὸ ἄλλο στράτευμα ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς, αὐτὸς μὲν τὸ ἥμισυ ἔχων ἐπὶ τῆς ἐσβολῆς, τὸ δ’ ἄλλο διὰ τῶν Ἀμφιλοχικῶν ὀρῶν.
Demosthenes, having had supper, set out immediately after evening with the rest of the army, he himself leading half of it toward the pass, while the other half went through the Amphilochian mountains.
§3.112.3καὶ ἅμα ὄρθρῳ ἐπιπίπτει τοῖς Ἀμπρακιώταις ἔτι ἐν ταῖς εὐναῖς καὶ οὐ προῃσθημένοις τὰ γεγενημένα, ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον νομίσασι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν εἶναι· §3.112.4καὶ γὰρ τοὺς Μεσσηνίους πρώτους ἐπίτηδες ὁ Δημοσθένης προύταξε καὶ προσαγορεύειν ἐκέλευε, Δωρίδα τε γλῶσσαν ἱέντας καὶ τοῖς προφύλαξι πίστιν παρεχομένους, ἅμα δὲ καὶ οὐ καθορωμένους τῇ ὄψει νυκτὸς ἔτι οὔσης.
And at dawn he fell upon the Ambraciots, who were still in their beds and had not yet realized what had happened, but rather believed that the newcomers were their own men; for Demosthenes had intentionally placed the Messenians in the front and ordered them to address the enemy, speaking as they did the Doric dialect and thus inspiring confidence in the outposts, while at the same time their appearance could not be distinguished as it was still night.
§3.112.5ὡς οὖν ἐπέπεσε τῷ στρατεύματι αὐτῶν, τρέπουσι, καὶ τοὺς μὲν πολλοὺς αὐτοῦ διέφθειραν, οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ κατὰ τὰ ὄρη ἐς φυγὴν ὥρμησαν.
When therefore he fell upon their army, they routed them, and destroyed most of them on the spot, while the rest rushed to flee along the mountains.
§3.112.6προκατειλημμένων δὲ τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ἅμα τῶν μὲν Ἀμφιλόχων ἐμπείρων ὄντων τῆς ἑαυτῶν γῆς καὶ ψιλῶν πρὸς ὁπλίτας, τῶν δὲ ἀπείρων καὶ ἀνεπιστημόνων ὅπῃ τράπωνται, ἐσπίπτοντες ἔς τε χαράδρας καὶ τὰς προλελοχισμένας ἐνέδρας διεφθείροντο.
But as the roads were already occupied, and at the same time the Amphilochians were acquainted with their own country and light-armed against hoplites, whereas the Ambraciots were inexperienced and did not know which way to turn, they fell into ravines and the pre-arranged ambushes and were destroyed.
§3.112.7καὶ ἐς πᾶσαν ἰδέαν χωρήσαντες τῆς φυγῆς ἐτράποντό τινες καὶ ἐς τὴν θάλασσαν οὐ πολὺ ἀπέχουσαν, καὶ ὡς εἶδον τὰς Ἀττικὰς ναῦς παραπλεούσας ἅμα τοῦ ἔργου τῇ ξυντυχίᾳ, προσένευσαν, ἡγησάμενοι ἐν τῷ αὐτίκα φόβῳ κρεῖσσον εἶναι σφίσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν ταῖς ναυσίν, εἰ δεῖ, διαφθαρῆναι ἢ ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων καὶ ἐχθίστων Ἀμφιλόχων.
And having turned to every form of flight, some even fled to the sea, which was not far off; and when they saw the Attic ships sailing along the coast just at the time of the action, they swam out to them, thinking in their immediate terror that it was better for them, if they must, to be destroyed by those on board than by the barbarians and their bitterest enemies, the Amphilochians.
§3.112.8οἱ μὲν οὖν Ἀμπρακιῶται τοιούτῳ τρόπῳ κακωθέντες ὀλίγοι ἀπὸ πολλῶν ἐσώθησαν ἐς τὴν πόλιν· Ἀκαρνᾶνες δὲ σκυλεύσαντες τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ τροπαῖα στήσαντες ἀπεχώρησαν ἐς Ἄργος.
Thus the Ambraciots, having suffered in this manner, escaped to the city, only a few out of many; and the Acarnanians, having stripped the dead and erected trophies, retreated to Argos.