§11.34.1ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ κατὰ τὴν Ἰωνίαν τοῖς Ἕλλησι μεγάλη μάχη πρὸς Πέρσας κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἡμέραν τῇ περὶ τὰς Πλαταιὰς συντελεσθείσῃ, περὶ ἧς μέλλοντες γράφειν ἀναληψόμεθα τὴν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς διήγησιν.
On the same day that the battle of Plataea was fought, a great battle also took place in Ionia between the Greeks and the Persians. As we are about to write about this, we shall resume the narrative from its beginning.
§11.34.2Λεωτυχίδης γὰρ ὁ Λακεδαιμόνιος καὶ Ξάνθιππος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος ἡγούμενοι τῆς ναυτικῆς δυνάμεως, καὶ τὸν στόλον ἐκ τῆς περὶ Σαλαμῖνα ναυμαχίας ἀθροίσαντες εἰς Αἴγιναν, ἐν ταύτῃ διατρίψαντες ἡμέρας τινὰς ἔπλευσαν εἰς Δῆλον, ἔχοντες τριήρεις διακοσίας καὶ πεντήκοντα.
For Leotychides the Lacedaemonian and Xanthippus the Athenian, commanding the naval forces, had assembled the fleet from the naval battle at Salamis at Aegina, and after spending some days there, they sailed to Delos, having two hundred and fifty triremes.
ἐνταῦθα δʼ αὐτῶν ὁρμούντων ἧκον ἐκ Σάμου πρέσβεις ἀξιοῦντες ἐλευθερῶσαι τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν Ἕλληνας.
While they were anchored there, ambassadors came from Samos asking them to liberate the Greeks in Asia.
§11.34.3οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Λεωτυχίδην συνεδρεύσαντες μετὰ τῶν ἡγεμόνων καὶ διακούσαντες τῶν Σαμίων ἔκριναν ἐλευθεροῦν τὰς πόλεις, καὶ κατὰ τάχος ἐξέπλευσαν ἐκ Δήλου.
Leotychides and his colleagues, having held a council with the commanders and having heard the Samians out, decided to liberate the cities and quickly sailed out from Delos.
οἱ δὲ τῶν Περσῶν ναύαρχοι διατρίβοντες ἐν τῇ Σάμῳ, πυθόμενοι τὸν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐπίπλουν, ἀνήχθησαν ἐκ τῆς Σάμου πάσαις ταῖς ναυσί, καὶ κατάραντες εἰς Μυκάλην τῆς Ἰωνίας τὰς μὲν ναῦς ἐνεώλκησαν, ὁρῶντες οὐκ ἀξιοχρέους οὔσας ναυμαχεῖν, καὶ ξυλίνῳ τείχει καὶ τάφρῳ βαθείᾳ περιέλαβον αὐτάς·
The admirals of the Persians, who were staying in Samos, having learned of the approach of the Greeks, put out from Samos with all their ships, and having run ashore at Mycale in Ionia, they hauled their ships onto the land, seeing that they were not strong enough to fight a naval battle, and surrounded them with a wooden wall and a deep trench.
οὐδὲν δὲ ἧττον καὶ δυνάμεις πεζὰς μετεπέμποντο ἐκ τῶν Σάρδεων καὶ τῶν σύνεγγυς πόλεων, καὶ συνήγαγον τοὺς ἅπαντας εἰς δέκα μυριάδας· ἐποιοῦντο δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων τῶν εἰς πόλεμον χρησίμων παρασκευάς, νομίζοντες καὶ τοὺς Ἴωνας ἀποστήσεσθαι πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους.
Nevertheless, they also sent for land forces from Sardis and the neighboring cities, and gathered in all some one hundred thousand men; they also made preparations of all other things useful for war, thinking that the Ionians too would revolt to the enemy.
§11.34.4οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Λεωτυχίδην παντὶ τῷ στόλῳ κεκοσμημένῳ προσπλεύσαντες τοῖς ἐν τῇ Μυκάλῃ βαρβάροις, ναῦν προαπέστειλαν ἔχουσαν κήρυκα τὸν μεγαλοφωνότατον τῶν ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ.
Leotychides and his colleagues, having sailed with their entire fleet drawn up in order against the barbarians at Mycale, sent ahead a ship carrying the loudest-voiced herald in the camp.
τῷ δὲ προσετέτακτο προσπλεῦσαι τοῖς πολεμίοις, καὶ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ κηρύξαι, διότι οἱ Ἕλληνες νενικηκότες τοὺς Πέρσας πάρεισι νῦν ἐλευθερώσοντες τὰς κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν Ἑλληνίδας πόλεις.
To him it had been commanded to sail close to the enemy and to proclaim in a loud voice that the Greeks, having conquered the Persians, were now present to liberate the Greek cities in Asia.
§11.34.5τοῦτο δʼ ἐποίησαν οἱ περὶ τὸν Λεωτυχίδην νομίζοντες τοὺς συστρατεύοντας τοῖς βαρβάροις Ἕλληνας ἀποστήσειν Περσῶν καὶ ταραχὴν ἔσεσθαι πολλὴν ἐν τῇ τῶν βαρβάρων στρατοπεδείᾳ· ὅπερ καὶ συνέβη γενέσθαι.
Leotychides and his colleagues did this, thinking that they would make the Greeks who were campaigning with the barbarians revolt from the Persians, and that there would be great confusion in the camp of the barbarians; and this is just what happened.
τοῦ γὰρ κήρυκος προσπλεύσαντος ταῖς νενεωλκημέναις ναυσὶ καὶ κηρύξαντος τὰ προστεταγμένα, συνέβη τοὺς μὲν Πέρσας ἀπιστῆσαι τοῖς Ἕλλησι, τοὺς δʼ Ἕλληνας ἀλλήλοις συντίθεσθαι περὶ ἀποστάσεως.
For when the herald had sailed up to the hauled-up ships and made the proclamations commanded, it happened that the Persians distrusted the Greeks, while the Greeks made agreements with one another concerning revolt.