§12.1καὶ μὴν αὐτοῦ γε τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως οὐδεὶς ἐταπείνωσε καὶ συνέστειλε τὸ φρόνημα μᾶλλον ἢ Κίμων.
And indeed, no one humbled and abated the pride of the Great King himself more than Cimon.
οὐ γὰρ ἀνῆκεν ἐκ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἀπηλλαγμένον, ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ ἐκ ποδὸς διώκων, πρὶν διαπνεῦσαι καὶ στῆναι τοὺς βαρβάρους, τὰ μὲν ἐπόρθει καὶ κατεστρέφετο, τὰ δὲ ἀφίστη καὶ προσήγετο τοῖς Ἕλλησιν, ὥστε τὴν ἀπʼ Ἰωνίας Ἀσίαν ἄχρι Παμφυλίας παντάπασι Περσικῶν ὅπλων ἐρημῶσαι.
For he did not let him go, now that he had departed from Greece, but following him closely, as if foot to foot, before the barbarians could recover their breath and make a stand, he ravaged and subdued some parts, and made others revolt and brought them over to the Greeks, so that he completely cleared Asia from Ionia to Pamphylia of Persian arms.
§12.2πυθόμενος δὲ τοὺς βασιλέως στρατηγοὺς μεγάλῳ στρατῷ καὶ ναυσὶ πολλαῖς ἐφεδρεύειν περὶ Παμφυλίαν, καὶ βουλόμενος αὐτοῖς ἄπλουν καὶ ἀνέμβατον ὅλως ὑπὸ φόβου τὴν ἐντὸς Χελιδονίων ποιήσασθαι θάλατταν, ὥρμησεν ἄρας ἀπὸ Κνίδου καὶ Τριοπίου διακοσίαις τριήρεσι, πρὸς μὲν τάχος ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς καὶ περιαγωγὴν ὑπὸ Θεμιστοκλέους ἄριστα κατεσκευασμέναις, ἐκεῖνος δὲ τότε καὶ πλατυτέρας ἐποίησεν αὐτὰς καὶ διάβασιν τοῖς καταστρώμασιν ἔδωκεν, ὡς ἂν ὑπὸ πολλῶν ὁπλιτῶν μαχιμώτεραι προσφέροιντο τοῖς πολεμίοις.
On learning that the King's generals were lying in wait around Pamphylia with a large army and many ships, and wishing to make the sea within the Chelidonian islands altogether unnavigable and inaccessible to them through fear, he set sail from Cnidus and Triopium with two hundred triremes; these had been excellently constructed from the beginning by Themistocles for speed and ease of turning, but Cimon at that time made them broader and provided bridges for their decks, so that they might be brought against the enemy in a more warlike state by being manned by many hoplites.
§12.3ἐπιπλεύσας δὲ τῇ πόλει τῶν Φασηλιτῶν, Ἑλλήνων μὲν ὄντων, οὐ δεχομένων δὲ τὸν στόλον οὐδὲ βουλομένων ἀφίστασθαι βασιλέως, τήν τε χώραν κακῶς ἐποίει καὶ προσέβαλλε τοῖς τείχεσιν.
Sailing against the city of the Phaselians, who, though they were Greeks, would not receive his fleet nor wish to revolt from the King, he ravaged their territory and assaulted their walls.
οἱ δὲ Χῖοι συμπλέοντες αὐτῷ, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς Φασηλίτας ἐκ παλαιοῦ φιλικῶς ἔχοντες, ἅμα μὲν τὸν Κίμωνα κατεπράϋνον, ἅμα δὲ τοξεύοντες ὑπὲρ τὰ τείχη βιβλίδια προσκείμενα τοῖς ὀϊστοῖς ἐξήγγελλον τοῖς Φασηλίταις.
But the Chians, who sailed with him and had a long-standing friendship with the Phaselians, while on the one hand they pacified Cimon, on the other hand, by shooting arrows over the walls with little scrolls attached to the shafts, they sent messages to the Phaselians.
§12.4τέλος δὲ διήλλαξεναὐτούς, ὅπως δέκα τάλαντα δόντες ἀκολουθῶσι καὶ συστρατεύωσιν ἐπὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους.
At last he reconciled them, on the condition that they pay ten talents and follow him and join the campaign against the barbarians.
ἔφορος μὲν οὖν Τιθραύστην φησὶ τῶν βασιλικῶν νεῶν ἄρχειν καὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ Φερενδάτην, Καλλισθένης δʼ Ἀριομάνδην τὸν Γωβρύου κυριώτατον ὄντα τῆς δυνάμεως παρὰ τὸν Εὐρυμέδοντα ταῖς ναυσὶ παρορμεῖν, οὐκ ὄντα μάχεσθαι τοῖς Ἕλλησι πρόθυμον, ἀλλὰ προσδεχόμενον ὀγδοήκοντα ναῦς Φοινίσσας ἀπὸ Κύπρου προσπλεούσας.
Now Ephorus says that Tithraustes commanded the royal ships and Pherendates the infantry, but Callisthenes says that Ariomandes, the son of Gobryas, who had supreme command of the force, lay at anchor with his ships near the Eurymedon, not being eager to fight with the Greeks, but awaiting eighty Phoenician ships sailing from Cyprus.
§12.5ταύτας φθῆναι βουλόμενος ὁ Κίμων ἀνήχθη, βιάζεσθαι παρεσκευασμένος, ἂν ἑκόντες μὴ ναυμαχῶσιν.
Wishing to forestall these ships, Cimon put out to sea, prepared to force the issue if they would not fight a naval battle willingly.
οἱ δὲ πρῶτον μέν, ὡς μὴ βιασθεῖεν, εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν εἰσωρμίσαντο, προσφερομένων δὲ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀντεξέπλευσαν, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Φανόδημος, ἑξακοσίαις ναυσίν, ὡς δʼ Ἔφορος, πεντήκοντα καὶ τριακοσίαις.
They, at first, in order not to be forced, anchored inside the river; but when the Athenians advanced, they sailed out against them—with six hundred ships, as Phanodemus relates, but with three hundred and fifty, as Ephorus says.
ἔργον δὲ κατὰ γοῦν τὴν θάλατταν οὐδὲν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἐπράχθη τῆς δυνάμεως ἄξιον, §12.6ἀλλʼ εὐθὺς εἰς τὴν γῆν ἀποστρέφοντες ἐξέπιπτον οἱ πρῶτοι καὶ κατέφευγον εἰς τὸ πεζὸν ἐγγὺς παρατεταγμένον, οἱ δὲ καταλαμβανόμενοι διεφθείροντο μετὰ τῶν νεῶν.
Yet nothing worthy of their force was achieved by them, at least on the sea, but turning immediately toward the land, the foremost ran aground and fled to the infantry drawn up nearby, while those who were overtaken were destroyed along with their ships.
ᾧ καὶ δῆλόν ἐστιν, ὅτι πάμπολλαί τινες αἱ πεπληρωμέναι τοῖς βαρβάροις νῆες ἦσαν, ὅτε πολλῶν μέν, ὡς εἰκός, ἐκφυγουσῶν, πολλῶν δὲ συντριβεισῶν, ὅμως αἰχμαλώτους διακοσίας ἔλαβον οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι.
By this it is also clear that the ships manned by the barbarians were very numerous, since, although many, as is likely, escaped, and many were shattered, the Athenians nevertheless captured two hundred intact.