§9.22.1οὗτοι ἦσαν οἵ τε ὑποδεξάμενοι καὶ οἱ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν παρεόντων Ἑλλήνων ἐς Ἐρυθρὰς ταχθέντες, τοὺς τοξότας προσελόμενοι.
These were the ones who undertook the task and who were stationed at Erythrae ahead of the other Greeks present, having taken the archers to join them.
μαχομένων δὲ σφέων ἐπὶ χρόνον τέλος τοιόνδε ἐγένετο τῆς μάχης.
While they were fighting for some time, the end of the battle turned out as follows.
προσβαλλούσης τῆς ἵππου κατὰ τέλεα, ὁ Μασιστίου προέχων τῶν ἄλλων ἵππος βάλλεται τοξεύματι τὰ πλευρά, ἀλγήσας δὲ ἵσταταί τε ὀρθὸς καὶ ἀποσείεται τὸν Μασίστιον·
As the cavalry charged by squadrons, the horse of Masistius, which was ahead of the others, was shot in the flank with an arrow, and rearing up in pain, it shook Masistius off.
§9.22.2πεσόντι δὲ αὐτῷ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι αὐτίκα ἐπεκέατο.
When he fell, the Athenians immediately set upon him.
τόν τε δὴ ἵππον αὐτοῦ λαμβάνουσι καὶ αὐτὸν ἀμυνόμενον κτείνουσι, κατʼ ἀρχὰς οὐ δυνάμενοι.
They captured his horse and killed him as he defended himself, though at first they were unable to do so.
ἐνεσκεύαστο γὰρ οὕτω· ἐντὸς θώρηκα εἶχε χρύσεον λεπιδωτόν, κατύπερθε δὲ τοῦ θώρηκος κιθῶνα φοινίκεον ἐνεδεδύκεε.
For he was equipped in this way: inside he wore a golden scale breastplate, and over the breastplate he had put on a scarlet tunic.
τύπτοντες δὲ ἐς τὸν θώρηκα ἐποίευν οὐδέν, πρίν γε δὴ μαθών τις τὸ ποιεύμενον παίει μιν ἐς τὸν ὀφθαλμόν.
Striking at the breastplate, they achieved nothing, until someone, realizing what was happening, struck him in the eye.
οὕτω δὴ ἔπεσέ τε καὶ ἀπέθανε.
Thus indeed he fell and died.
§9.22.3ταῦτα δέ κως γινόμενα ἐλελήθεε τοὺς ἄλλους ἱππέας· οὔτε γὰρ πεσόντα μιν εἶδον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου οὔτε ἀποθνήσκοντα, ἀναχωρήσιός τε γινομένης καὶ ὑποστροφῆς οὐκ ἔμαθον τὸ γινόμενον.
But somehow these things that were happening escaped the notice of the other cavalry; for they neither saw him fall from his horse nor dying, and as a retreat and wheeling about was taking place, they did not learn what was happening.
ἐπείτε δὲ ἔστησαν, αὐτίκα ἐπόθεσαν, ὥς σφεας οὐδεὶς ἦν ὁ τάσσων μαθόντες δὲ τὸ γεγονός, διακελευσάμενοι ἤλαυνον τοὺς ἵππους πάντες, ὡς ἂν τὸν νεκρὸν ἀνελοίατο.
But when they halted, they immediately missed him, as there was no one to draw them up; and learning what had happened, they cheered each other on and all rode their horses forward, so that they might recover the body.