§11.14.1ἅμα δὲ τούτοις πραττομένοις Ξέρξης ἀπὸ τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν ἀναζεύξας προῆγε διὰ τῆς Φωκέων χώρας, πορθῶν μὲν τὰς πόλεις, καταφθείρων δὲ τὰς ἐπὶ τῆς χώρας κτήσεις.
While these things were being done, Xerxes, having set out from Thermopylae, advanced through the territory of the Phocians, plundering the cities and destroying the property in the countryside.
οἱ δὲ Φωκεῖς τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ᾑρημένοι, καὶ θεωροῦντες αὐτοὺς οὐκ ἀξιομάχους ὄντας, τὰς μὲν πόλεις ἁπάσας ἐξέλιπον πανδημεί, πρὸς δὲ τὰς δυσχωρίας τὰς ἐν τῷ Παρνασσῷ κατέφυγον.
And the Phocians, having chosen the side of the Greeks and seeing that they were not a match for the enemy, abandoned all their cities with their whole population and fled to the rugged places in Parnassus.
§11.14.2μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν μὲν τῶν Δωριέων χώραν διεξιὼν οὐδὲν ἠδίκει· συνεμάχουν γὰρ Πέρσαις·
And after this, the king, passing through the territory of the Dorians, did them no harm; for they were in alliance with the Persians.
αὐτοῦ δὲ μέρος μὲν τῆς δυνάμεως ἀπέλιπε, καὶ προσέταξεν εἰς Δελφοὺς ἰέναι καὶ τὸ μὲν τέμενος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος ἐμπρῆσαι, τὰ δὲ ἀναθήματα συλῆσαι, αὐτὸς δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων βαρβάρων προελθὼν εἰς τὴν Βοιωτίαν κατεστρατοπέδευσεν.
But he left a part of his army there, and ordered them to go to Delphi and burn the precinct of Apollo and plunder the votive offerings, while he himself, having advanced with the rest of the barbarians into Boeotia, encamped.
§11.14.3οἱ δʼ ἐπὶ τὴν σύλησιν τοῦ μαντείου πεμφθέντες προῆλθον μὲν μέχρι τοῦ ναοῦ τῆς Προναίας Ἀθηνᾶς, ἐνταῦθα δὲ παραδόξως ὄμβρων μεγάλων καὶ κεραυνῶν πολλῶν ἐκ τοῦ περιέχοντος πεσόντων, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις τῶν χειμώνων πέτρας μεγάλας ἀπορρηξάντων εἰς τὸ στρατόπεδον τῶν βαρβάρων, συνέβη διαφθαρῆναι συχνοὺς τῶν Περσῶν, πάντας δὲ καταπλαγέντας τὴν τῶν θεῶν ἐνέργειαν φυγεῖν ἐκ τῶν τόπων.
And those who were sent for the plundering of the oracle advanced as far as the temple of Athena Pronaia, but there, unexpectedly, great rains and many thunderbolts fell from the surrounding sky, and in addition to this, the storms broke off great rocks into the camp of the barbarians, with the result that many of the Persians were destroyed, and all, having been struck with terror at the action of the gods, fled from those places.
§11.14.4τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐν Δελφοῖς μαντεῖον δαιμονίᾳ τινὶ προνοίᾳ τὴν σύλησιν διέφυγεν· οἱ δὲ Δελφοὶ τῆς τῶν θεῶν ἐπιφανείας ἀθάνατον ὑπόμνημα καταλιπεῖν τοῖς μεταγενεστέροις βουλόμενοι, τρόπαιον ἔστησαν παρὰ τὸ τῆς Προναίας Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόν, ἐν ᾧ τόδε τὸ ἐλεγεῖον ἐνέγραψαν,
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μνᾶμά τʼ ἀλεξάνδρου πολέμου καὶ μάρτυρα νίκας
Δελφοί με στᾶσαν, Ζανὶ χαριζόμενοι
σὺν Φοίβῳ, πτολίπορθον ἀπωσαμένοις στίχα Μήδων
καὶ χαλκοστέφανον ῥυσαμένοις τέμενος.
The oracle in Delphi, then, escaped plundering by some divine providence; and the Delphians, wishing to leave an immortal memorial of the manifestation of the gods to posterity, set up a trophy beside the temple of Athena Pronaia, on which they inscribed this elegiac couplet: "As a memorial of the war-repelling battle and a witness to victory, the Delphians set me up, rendering thanks to Zeus and Phoebus, who drove back the city-destroying line of the Medes and saved the bronze-crowned precinct.
" §11.14.5Ξέρξης δὲ διὰ τῆς Βοιωτίας διεξιὼν τὴν μὲν τῶν Θεσπιέων χώραν κατέφθειρε, τὰς δὲ Πλαταιὰς ἐρήμους οὔσας ἐνέπρησεν· οἱ γὰρ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι ταύταις κατοικοῦντες ἐπεφεύγεσαν εἰς Πελοπόννησον πανδημεί.
"And Xerxes, passing through Boeotia, laid waste the territory of the Thespians and burned Plataea, which was deserted; for the inhabitants of these cities had fled with their entire population to the Peloponnese.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα εἰς τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἐμβαλόντες τὴν μὲν χώραν ἐδῄωσαν, τὰς δὲ Ἀθήνας κατέσκαψαν καὶ τοὺς τῶν θεῶν ναοὺς ἐνέπρησαν.
And after this, having invaded Attica, they ravaged the countryside, demolished Athens, and burned the temples of the gods.
τοῦ δὲ βασιλέως περὶ ταῦτα διατρίβοντος, κατέπλευσεν ὁ στόλος ἐκ τῆς Εὐβοίας εἰς τὴν Ἀττικήν, πεπορθηκὼς τήν τε Εὔβοιαν καὶ τὴν παράλιον τῆς Ἀττικῆς.
And while the king was spending time on these things, the fleet sailed down from Euboea to Attica, having plundered both Euboea and the coast of Attica.