§9.31.1οἱ δὲ ἀμφὶ Μαρδόνιον βάρβαροι ὡς ἀπεκήδευσαν Μασίστιον, παρῆσαν, πυθόμενοι τοὺς Ἕλληνας εἶναι ἐν Πλαταιῇσι, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀσωπὸν τὸν ταύτῃ ῥέοντα.
On the other hand, the barbarians under Mardonius, when they had finished mourning for Masistius, arrived, having learned that the Greeks were at Plataea, and came themselves also to the Asopus which flows there.
ἀπικόμενοι δὲ ἀντετάσσοντο ὧδε ὑπὸ Μαρδονίου.
Having arrived, they were drawn up against the enemy by Mardonius in the following manner.
κατὰ μὲν Λακεδαιμονίους ἔστησε Πέρσας.
Opposite the Lacedaemonians he stationed the Persians.
§9.31.2καὶ δὴ πολλὸν γὰρ περιῆσαν πλήθεϊ οἱ Πέρσαι, ἐπί τε τάξις πλεῦνας ἐκεκοσμέατο καὶ ἐπεῖχον τοὺς Τεγεήτας.
Indeed, since the Persians far surpassed them in numbers, they were drawn up in deeper ranks and also covered the front of the Tegeans.
ἔταξε δὲ οὕτω· ὅ τι μὲν ἦν αὐτῶν δυνατώτατον πᾶν ἀπολέξας ἔστησε ἀντίον Λακεδαιμονίων, τὸ δὲ ἀσθενέστερον παρέταξε κατὰ τοὺς Τεγεήτας.
He stationed them in this way: picking out all that was strongest among them, he set it opposite the Lacedaemonians, and the weaker part he drew up along the Tegeans.
ταῦτα δʼ ἐποίεε φραζόντων τε καὶ διδασκόντων Θηβαίων.
This he did under the instruction and guidance of the Thebans.
§9.31.3Περσέων δὲ ἐχομένους ἔταξε Μήδους· οὗτοι δὲ ἐπέσχον Κορινθίους τε καὶ Ποτιδαιήτας καὶ Ὀρχομενίους τε καὶ Σικυωνίους.
Next to the Persians he stationed the Medes; and these covered the front of the Corinthians, Potidaeans, Orchomenians, and Sicyonians.
Μήδων δὲ ἐχομένους ἔταξε Βακτρίους· οὗτοι δὲ ἐπέσχον Ἐπιδαυρίους τε καὶ Τροιζηνίους καὶ Λεπρεήτας τε καὶ Τιρυνθίους καὶ Μυκηναίους τε καὶ Φλειασίους.
Next to the Medes he stationed the Bactrians; and these covered the front of the Epidaurians, Troezenians, Lepreans, Tirynthians, Mycenaeans, and Phliasians.
§9.31.4μετὰ δὲ Βακτρίους ἔστησε Ἰνδούς· οὗτοι δὲ ἐπέσχον Ἑρμιονέας τε καὶ Ἐρετριέας καὶ Στυρέας τε καὶ Χαλκιδέας.
After the Bactrians he stationed the Indians; and these covered the front of the Hermionians, Eretrians, Styrians, and Chalcidians.
Ἰνδῶν δὲ ἐχομένους Σάκας ἔταξε, οἳ ἐπέσχον Ἀμπρακιήτας τε καὶ Ἀνακτορίους καὶ Λευκαδίους καὶ Παλέας καὶ Αἰγινήτας.
Next to the Indians he stationed the Sacae, who covered the front of the Ambraciots, Anactorians, Leucadians, Paleans, and Aeginetans.
§9.31.5Σακέων δὲ ἐχομένους ἔταξε ἀντία Ἀθηναίων τε καὶ Πλαταιέων καὶ Μεγαρέων Βοιωτούς τε καὶ Λοκροὺς καὶ Μηλιέας τε καὶ Θεσσαλοὺς καὶ Φωκέων τοὺς χιλίους·
Next to the Sacae, opposite the Athenians, Plataeans, and Megarians, he stationed the Boeotians, Locrians, Malians, Thessalians, and the thousand of the Phocians.
οὐ γὰρ ὦν ἅπαντες οἱ Φωκέες ἐμήδισαν, ἀλλὰ τινὲς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ Ἑλλήνων ηὖξον περὶ τὸν Παρνησσὸν κατειλημένοι, καὶ ἐνθεῦτεν ὁρμώμενοι ἔφερόν τε καὶ ἦγον τήν τε Μαρδονίου στρατιὴν καὶ τοὺς μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐόντας Ἑλλήνων.
For indeed, not all of the Phocians sided with the Medes, but some of them helped to increase the power of the Greeks, being penned up around Parnassus, and starting out from there they plundered both the army of Mardonius and those of the Greeks who were with him.
ἔταξε δὲ καὶ Μακεδόνας τε καὶ τοὺς περὶ Θεσσαλίην οἰκημένους κατὰ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους.
He also stationed both the Macedonians and those who dwelt around Thessaly opposite the Athenians.