§16.1ἐν τούτῳ δʼ, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος ἱστορεῖ, Παυσανίας Ἀριστείδῃ προσέφερε λόγον, ἀξιῶν τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐπὶ τὸ δεξιὸν μετατάξαι καὶ κατὰ τοὺς Πέρσας ἀντιταχθῆναι, βέλτιον γὰρ ἀγωνιεῖσθαι τῆς τε μάχης ἐμπείρους γεγονότας καὶ τῷ προνενικηκέναι θαρροῦντας, αὑτῷ δὲ παραδοῦναι τὸ εὐώνυμον, ὅπου τῶν Ἑλλήνων οἱ μηδίζοντες ἐπιβάλλειν ἔμελλον.
Meanwhile, as Herodotus records, Pausanias made a proposal to Aristeides, requesting him to transfer the Athenians to the right wing and oppose them to the Persians, on the ground that they would fight better because they were experienced in the warfare and emboldened by their former victory, and to deliver the left wing to himself, where the Greeks who favored the Medes were about to make their attack.
§16.2οἱ μὲν οὖν ἄλλοι στρατηγοὶ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀγνώμονα καὶ φορτικὸν ἡγοῦντο τὸν Παυσανίαν, εἰ τὴν ἄλλην ἐῶν τάξιν ἐν χώρᾳ μόνους ἄνω καὶ κάτω μεταφέρει σφᾶς ὥσπερ εἵλωτας, κατὰ τὸ μαχιμώτατον προβαλλόμενος· ὁ δʼ Ἀριστείδης διαμαρτάνειν αὐτοὺς ἔφασκε τοῦ παντός, εἰ πρώην μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ τὸ εὐώνυμον κέρας ἔχειν διεφιλοτιμοῦντο Τεγεάταις καὶ προκριθέντες ἐσεμνύνοντο, §16.3νῦν δέ, Λακεδαιμονίων ἑκουσίως αὐτοῖς ἐξισταμένων τοῦ δεξιοῦ καὶ τρόπον τινὰ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν παραδιδόντων, οὔτε τὴν δόξαν ἀγαπῶσιν οὔτε κέρδος ἡγοῦνται τὸ μὴ πρὸς ὁμοφύλους καὶ συγγενεῖς, ἀλλὰ βαρβάρους καὶ φύσει πολεμίους ἀγωνίσασθαι.
Now the other generals of the Athenians thought Pausanias unreasonable and offensive, in that, while leaving the other forces in their position, he moved them alone up and down like Helots, exposing them to the most warlike part of the enemy; but Aristeides said that they were entirely mistaken, if but recently they contended with the Tegeans for the possession of the left wing and felt proud when they were preferred, but now, when the Lacedaemonians willingly yield the right wing to them and in a manner offer them the leadership, they neither welcome the glory nor consider it a gain that their struggle is to be not against men of their own race and kin, but against barbarians and natural enemies.
ἐκ τούτου πάνυ προθύμως οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι διημείβοντο τοῖς Σπαρτιάταις τὴν τάξιν· §16.4καὶ λόγος ἐχώρει διʼ αὐτῶν πολὺς ἀλλήλοις παρεγγυώντων, ὡς οὔτε ὅπλα βελτίω λαβόντες οὔτε ψυχὰς ἀμείνους οἱ πολέμιοι τῶν ἐν Μαραθῶνι προσίασιν, ἀλλὰ ταὐτὰ μὲν ἐκείνοις τόξα, ταὐτὰ δʼ ἐσθῆτος ποικίλματα καὶ χρυσὸς ἐπὶ σώμασι μαλακοῖς καὶ ψυχαῖς ἀνάνδροις· ἡμῖν δʼ ὅμοια μὲν ὅπλα καὶ σώματα, μεῖζον δὲ ταῖς νίκαις τὸ θάρσος, ὁ δʼ ἀγὼν οὐχ ὑπὲρ χώρας καὶ πόλεως μόνον, ὡς ἐκείνοις, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Μαραθῶνι καὶ Σαλαμῖνι τροπαίων, ὡς μηδʼ ἐκεῖνα Μιλτιάδου δοκῇ καὶ τύχης, ἀλλὰ Ἀθηναίων.
Upon this, the Athenians very readily exchanged their position with the Spartans; and a great deal of talk passed through their ranks as they encouraged one another, saying that the enemy would approach them with no better weapons and no braver souls than those who fought at Marathon, but with the same bows, the same embroidered garments, and gold upon soft bodies and unmanly souls; whereas they themselves had similar weapons and bodies, but their confidence was greater because of their victories, and the struggle was not merely for land and city, as it was for those at Marathon, but for the trophies of Marathon and Salamis, so that even those might not seem to belong to Miltiades and fortune, but to the Athenians.
§16.5οὗτοι μὲν οὖν σπεύδοντες ἐν ἀμείψει τῶν τάξεων ἦσαν· αἰσθόμενοι δὲ Θηβαῖοι παρʼ αὐτομόλων Μαρδονίῳ φράζουσι.
So these, then, were in haste exchanging their positions; but the Thebans, perceiving it, informed Mardonius through deserters.
κἀκεῖνος εὐθύς, εἴτε δεδιὼς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους, εἴτε τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις συμπεσεῖν φιλοτιμούμενος, ἀντιπαρεξῆγε τοὺς Πέρσας ἐπὶ τὸ δεξιόν, τοὺς δὲ Ἕλληνας ἐκέλευε τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ κατὰ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἵστασθαι.
And he at once, either because he feared the Athenians or because he was eager to engage with the Lacedaemonians, moved the Persians in a counter-march to his right wing, and commanded the Greeks who were with him to station themselves against the Athenians.
§16.6γενομένης δὲ τῆς μετακοσμήσεως καταφανοῦς ὅ τε Παυσανίας ἀποτραπεὶς αὖθις ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κατέστη, καὶ Μαρδόνιος, ὥσπερ εἶχεν ἐξ ἀρχῆς, ἀνέλαβε τὸ εὐώνυμον κατὰ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους γενόμενος, ἥ τε ἡμέρα διεξῆλθεν ἀργή.
When this redeployment became manifest, Pausanias turned back again and took his position on the right, and Mardonius, returning to his original order, took up his position on the left against the Lacedaemonians; and the day passed without action.
καὶ τοῖς Ἕλλησι βουλευομένοις ἔδοξε πορρωτέρω μεταστρατοπεδεῦσαι καὶ καταλαβεῖν εὔυδρον χωρίον, ἐπεὶ τὰ πλησίον νάματα καθύβριστο καὶ διέφθαρτο τῶν βαρβάρων ἱπποκρατούντων.
And the Greeks, upon deliberation, resolved to move their camp further away and occupy a well-watered place, since the springs nearby had been fouled and spoiled by the barbarians, who held command with their cavalry.