§7.34.1οἱ δὲ Πελοποννήσιοι περὶ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον τοῦτον οἱ ἐν ταῖς πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι ναυσίν, οἵπερ τῶν ὁλκάδων ἕνεκα τῆς ἐς Σικελίαν κομιδῆς ἀνθώρμουν πρὸς τὰς ἐν Ναυπάκτῳ ναῦς, παρασκευασάμενοι ὡς ἐπὶ ναυμαχίᾳ καὶ προσπληρώσαντες ἔτι ναῦς ὥστε ὀλίγῳ ἐλάσσους εἶναι αὐτοῖς τῶν Ἀττικῶν νεῶν, ὁρμίζονται κατὰ Ἐρινεὸν τῆς Ἀχαΐας ἐν τῇ Ῥυπικῇ.
Meanwhile, about this same time, the Peloponnesians in the twenty-five ships, who, for the sake of the passage of the merchantmen to Sicily, were lying at anchor opposite the ships at Naupactus, having made preparations as if for a naval battle and having manned additional ships so that theirs were only slightly fewer than the Athenian ships, anchored off Erineus in Achaea, in the district of Rhypae.
§7.34.2καὶ αὐτοῖς τοῦ χωρίου μηνοειδοῦς ὄντος ἐφ’ ᾧ ὥρμουν, ὁ μὲν πεζὸς ἑκατέρωθεν προσβεβοηθηκὼς τῶν τε Κορινθίων καὶ τῶν αὐτόθεν ξυμμάχων ἐπὶ ταῖς προανεχούσαις ἄκραις παρετέτακτο, αἱ δὲ νῆες τὸ μεταξὺ εἶχον ἐμφάρξασαι·
And as the place where they were anchored was crescent-shaped, the land force, which had come to their aid from both sides, consisting of both the Corinthians and the local allies, was drawn up on the projecting headlands, while the ships occupied the intervening space, blocking it.
ἦρχε δὲ τοῦ ναυτικοῦ Πολυάνθης Κορίνθιος.
Polyanthes the Corinthian was in command of the fleet.
§7.34.3οἱ δ’ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐκ τῆς Ναυπάκτου τριάκοντα ναυσὶ καὶ τρισίν (ἦρχε δὲ αὐτῶν Δίφιλος) ἐπέπλευσαν αὐτοῖς.
The Athenians sailed out against them from Naupactus with thirty-three ships, under the command of Diphilus.
§7.34.4καὶ οἱ Κορίνθιοι τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἡσύχαζον, ἔπειτα ἀρθέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ σημείου, ἐπεὶ καιρὸς ἐδόκει εἶναι, ὥρμησαν ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους καὶ ἐναυμάχουν.
The Corinthians at first remained quiet, but then, when the signal was raised for them, since it seemed to be the right moment, they advanced against the Athenians and joined battle.
καὶ χρόνον ἀντεῖχον πολὺν ἀλλήλοις.
They held out against each other for a long time.
§7.34.5καὶ τῶν μὲν Κορινθίων τρεῖς νῆες διαφθείρονται, τῶν δ’ Ἀθηναίων κατέδυ μὲν οὐδεμία ἁπλῶς, ἑπτὰ δέ τινες ἄπλοι ἐγένοντο ἀντίπρῳροι ἐμβαλλόμεναι καὶ ἀναρραγεῖσαι τὰς παρεξειρεσίας ὑπὸ τῶν Κορινθίων νεῶν ἐπ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτο παχυτέρας τὰς ἐπωτίδας ἐχουσῶν.
On the side of the Corinthians three ships were destroyed; of the Athenians, though no ship was actually sunk, some seven were rendered unseaworthy, having been struck prow-to-prow and having their outriggers torn away by the Corinthian ships, which had their catheads made thicker for this very purpose.
§7.34.6ναυμαχήσαντες δὲ ἀντίπαλα μὲν καὶ ὡς αὐτοὺς ἑκατέρους ἀξιοῦν νικᾶν, ὅμως δὲ τῶν ναυαγίων κρατησάντων τῶν Ἀθηναίων διά τε τὴν τοῦ ἀνέμου ἄπωσιν αὐτῶν ἐς τὸ πέλαγος καὶ διὰ τὴν τῶν Κορινθίων οὐκέτι ἐπαναγωγήν, διεκρίθησαν ἀπ’ ἀλλήλων, καὶ δίωξις οὐδεμία ἐγένετο, οὐδ’ ἄνδρες οὐδετέρων ἑάλωσαν·
After fighting an indecisive battle, so that each side claimed the victory, they nevertheless parted from one another, the Athenians having secured the wrecks because the wind drifted them out to sea and because the Corinthians did not sail out against them again.
οἱ μὲν γὰρ Κορίνθιοι καὶ Πελοποννήσιοι πρὸς τῇ γῇ ναυμαχοῦντες ῥᾳδίως διεσῴζοντο, τῶν δὲ Ἀθηναίων οὐδεμία κατέδυ ναῦς.
No pursuit took place, nor were any prisoners taken on either side; for the Corinthians and Peloponnesians, fighting close to the land, easily saved themselves, and of the Athenians no ship was sunk.
§7.34.7ἀποπλευσάντων δὲ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐς τὴν Ναύπακτον οἱ Κορίνθιοι εὐθὺς τροπαῖον ἔστησαν ὡς νικῶντες, ὅτι πλείους τῶν ἐναντίων ναῦς ἄπλους ἐποίησαν καὶ νομίσαντες αὐτοὶ οὐχ ἡσσᾶσθαι δι’ ὅπερ οὐδ’ οἱ ἕτεροι νικᾶν· οἵ τε γὰρ Κορίνθιοι ἡγήσαντο κρατεῖν εἰ μὴ καὶ πολὺ ἐκρατοῦντο, οἵ τ’ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐνόμιζον ἡσσᾶσθαι ὅτι οὐ πολὺ ἐνίκων.
When the Athenians had sailed back to Naupactus, the Corinthians immediately erected a trophy as victors, because they had disabled more of the enemy's ships and because they considered that they themselves had not been defeated, for which very reason the others did not consider themselves victorious; for the Corinthians deemed themselves to have the upper hand if they were not decisively defeated, and the Athenians thought themselves defeated because they were not decisively victorious.
§7.34.8ἀποπλευσάντων δὲ τῶν Πελοποννησίων καὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ διαλυθέντος οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἔστησαν τροπαῖον καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ ὡς νικήσαντες,ἀπέχον τοῦ Ἐρινεοῦ, ἐν ᾧ οἱ Κορίνθιοι ὥρμουν, ὡς εἴκοσι σταδίους.
But when the Peloponnesians had sailed away and their land force had dispersed, the Athenians also erected a trophy in Achaea as victors, at a distance of about twenty stades from Erineus, where the Corinthians had been anchored.
καὶ ἡ μὲν ναυμαχία οὕτως ἐτελεύτα.
And so the naval battle ended.