§8.25.1ἐκ δὲ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦ θέρους τελευτῶντος χίλιοι ὁπλῖται Ἀθηναίων καὶ πεντακόσιοι καὶ χίλιοι Ἀργείων (τοὺς γὰρ πεντακοσίους τῶν Ἀργείων ψιλοὺς ὄντας ὥπλισαν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι) καὶ χίλιοι τῶν ξυμμάχων ναυσὶ δυοῖν δεούσαις πεντήκοντα, ὧν ἦσαν καὶ ὁπλιταγωγοί, Φρυνίχου καὶ Ὀνομακλέους καὶ Σκιρωνίδου στρατηγούντων κατέπλευσαν ἐς Σάμον, καὶ διαβάντες ἐς Μίλητον ἐστρατοπεδεύσαντο.
At the end of the same summer, there sailed down from Athens one thousand Athenian hoplites, fifteen hundred Argives (for the Athenians had equipped five hundred of the Argives who were light-armed as hoplites), and one thousand of the allies, with forty-eight ships, some of which were troop-transports, under the command of Phrynichus, Onomacles, and Scironides; they came to anchor at Samos, and crossing over to Miletus, encamped there.
§8.25.2Μιλήσιοι δὲ ἐξελθόντες αὐτοί τε, ὀκτακόσιοι ὁπλῖται, καὶ οἱ μετὰ Χαλκιδέως ἐλθόντες Πελοποννήσιοι καὶ Τισσαφέρνους τι [ξενικὸν] ἐπικουρικόν, καὶ αὐτὸς Τισσαφέρνης παρὼν καὶ ἡ ἵππος αὐτοῦ, ξυνέβαλον τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις καὶ τοῖς ξυμμάχοις.
The Milesians themselves also marched out, to the number of eight hundred hoplites, together with the Peloponnesians who had come with Chalcideus, a certain mercenary force of Tissaphernes, and Tissaphernes himself present in person with his cavalry, and joined battle with the Athenians and their allies.
§8.25.3καὶ οἱ μὲν Ἀργεῖοι τῷ σφετέρῳ αὐτῶν κέρᾳ προεξᾴξαντες καὶ καταφρονήσαντες, ὡς ἐπ᾽ Ἴωνάς τε καὶ οὐ δεξομένους ἀτακτότερον χωροῦντες, νικῶνται ὑπὸ τῶν Μιλησίων καὶ διαφθείρονται αὐτῶν ὀλίγῳ ἐλάσσους τριακοσίων ἀνδρῶν·
And the Argives, having rushed forward ahead of their own wing and holding the enemy in contempt, marching in rather loose order as if against Ionians who would not withstand their attack, were defeated by the Milesians, and a little fewer than three hundred of them were slain.
§8.25.4Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ τούς τε Πελοποννησίους πρώτους νικήσαντες καὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους καὶ τὸν ἄλλον ὄχλον ὠσάμενοι, τοῖς Μιλησίοις οὐ ξυμμείξαντες, ἀλλ’ ὑποχωρησάντων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν Ἀργείων τροπῆς ἐς τὴν πόλιν ὡς ἑώρων τὸ ἄλλο σφῶν ἡσσώμενον, πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν πόλιν τῶν Μιλησίων κρατοῦντες ἤδη τὰ ὅπλα τίθενται.
But the Athenians, having first defeated the Peloponnesians and routed the barbarians and the rest of the crowd, did not engage with the Milesians; for the latter, after the rout of the Argives, when they saw that the rest of their own army was being defeated, retreated into the city. The Athenians, being now victorious, stacked their arms close to the city of Miletus itself.
§8.25.5καὶ ξυνέβη ἐν τῇ μάχῃ ταύτῃ τοὺς Ἴωνας ἀμφοτέρωθεν τῶν Δωριῶν κρατῆσαι· τούς τε γὰρ κατὰ σφᾶς Πελοποννησίους οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐνίκων καὶ τοὺς Ἀργείους οἱ Μιλήσιοι.
And it happened in this battle that the Ionians on both sides conquered the Dorians; for the Athenians defeated the Peloponnesians opposed to them, and the Milesians defeated the Argives.
στήσαντες δὲ τροπαῖον τὸν περιτειχισμὸν ἰσθμώδους ὄντος τοῦ χωρίου οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι παρεσκευάζοντο, νομίζοντες, εἰ προσαγάγοιντο Μίλητον, ῥᾳδίως ἂν σφίσι καὶ τἆλλα προσχωρῆσαι.
After erecting a trophy, the Athenians prepared to build a wall of circumvallation, as the place was an isthmus, thinking that if they could win over Miletus, the rest of the places would also easily come over to them.