§13.40.1τῶν γὰρ Πελοποννησίων ὑπερεχόντων τῷ πλήθει τῶν νεῶν καὶ ταῖς τῶν ἐπιβατῶν ἀρεταῖς, ἡ τέχνη τῶν κυβερνητῶν ἄχρηστον τὴν ὑπεροχὴν τῶν ἐναντίων ἐποίει.
For although the Peloponnesians were superior in the number of their ships and the bravery of their marines, the skill of the pilots rendered the superiority of the enemy useless.
ὁπότε γὰρ οἱ Πελοποννήσιοι κατὰ σπουδὴν ἀθρόαις ταῖς ναυσὶν εἰς ἐμβολὴν ἐπιφέροιντο, τὰς ἑαυτῶν οὕτως φιλοτέχνως καθίστανον, ὥστε τοῦ μὲν ἄλλου μέρους αὐτὰς μὴ δύνασθαι θιγεῖν, τοῖς δὲ στόμασι τῶν ἐμβόλων μόνοις ἀναγκάζεσθαι συμβάλλειν.
For whenever the Peloponnesians bore down in haste with their ships in a body to ram, the Athenians would position their own ships so skillfully that those enemy ships were unable to strike them on any other part, but were forced to clash only with the very tips of their rams.
§13.40.2διόπερ ὁ Μίνδαρος ὁρῶν ἄπρακτον οὖσαν τὴν ἐκ τῶν ἐμβολῶν βίαν, κατʼ ὀλίγας καὶ κατὰ μίαν ἐκέλευσε συμπλέκεσθαι.
Therefore Mindarus, seeing that the force of their ramming was ineffectual, ordered them to engage in small groups or one by one.
οὐ μὴν οὐδʼ ἐνταῦθα τὴν τῶν κυβερνητῶν τέχνην ἄπρακτον εἶναι συνέβαινεν, ἀλλʼ εὐφυῶς ἐκκλίνοντες τὰς τῶν νεῶν ἐπιφερομένας ἐμβολὰς πλαγίαις ἐνέσειον καὶ πολλὰς κατετίτρωσκον.
Nevertheless, not even here did the skill of the pilots turn out to be useless, but by skillfully evading the onslaught of the rams, they struck the enemy ships on the side and damaged many of them.
§13.40.3φιλοτιμίας δʼ ἐμπεσούσης εἰς ἀμφοτέρους, οὐ μόνον ταῖς ἐμβολαῖς διεκινδύνευον, ἀλλὰ συμπλεκόμενοι τοῖς ἐπιβάταις διηγωνίζοντο.
And as rivalry fell upon both sides, they not only risked themselves in the rammings, but also, locking their ships together, fought it out with their marines.
πολλὰ δʼ ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ ῥοῦ βίας διακωλυόμενοι πράττειν ἐφʼ ἱκανὸν χρόνον διεκινδύνευον, οὐδετέρων δυναμένων τυχεῖν τῆς νίκης.
Although they were prevented from doing many things by the violence of the current, they continued to risk themselves for a considerable time, neither side being able to attain the victory.
§13.40.4ἰσορρόπου δὲ τῆς μάχης οὔσης, ἐπεφάνησαν ὑπέρ τινος ἄκρας ναῦς εἴκοσι πέντε παρὰ τῶν συμμάχων ἀπεσταλμέναι τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις.
While the battle was evenly balanced, there appeared from beyond a certain headland twenty-five ships sent to the Athenians by their allies.
φοβηθέντες δὲ οἱ Πελοποννήσιοι πρὸς τὴν Ἄβυδον ἔφυγον, ἐξαπτομένων τῶν Ἀθηναίων καὶ φιλοτιμότερον διωξάντων.
The Peloponnesians, seized with fear, fled toward Abydus, while the Athenians clung close to them and pursued them with even greater eagerness.
§13.40.5τῆς δὲ ναυμαχίας τοιοῦτον τέλος λαβούσης, Ἀθηναῖοι ναῦς ἔλαβον ὀκτὼ μὲν Χίων, πέντε δὲ Κορινθίων, Ἀμβρακιωτῶν δὲ δύο, Συρακοσίων δὲ καὶ Πελληνέων καὶ Λευκαδίων μίαν ἐξ ἑκάστων· αὐτοὶ δὲ πέντε ναῦς ἀπέβαλον, ἃς πάσας βυθισθῆναι συνέβη.
The sea-fight having taken such an end, the Athenians captured eight ships of the Chians, five of the Corinthians, two of the Ambraciots, and one each of the Syracusans, Pellenians, and Leucadians; and they themselves lost five ships, all of which happened to be sunk.
§13.40.6μετὰ δὲ ταῦθʼ οἱ περὶ τὸν Θρασύβουλον ἔστησαν τρόπαιον ἐπὶ τῆς ἄκρας, οὗ τὸ τῆς Ἑκάβης ἐστὶ μνημεῖον, καὶ τοὺς ἀπαγγελοῦντας τὴν νίκην εἰς Ἀθήνας ἔπεμψαν, αὐτοὶ δὲ μετὰ παντὸς τοῦ στόλου τὸν πλοῦν ἐπὶ Κύζικον ἐποιήσαντο· αὕτη γὰρ πρὸ τῆς ναυμαχίας ἦν ἀφεστηκυῖα πρὸς Φαρνάβαζον τὸν Δαρείου στρατηγὸν καὶ Κλέαρχον τὸν Λακεδαιμονίων ἡγεμόνα.
After this, those around Thrasybulus set up a trophy on the headland where the monument of Hecuba stands, and sent messengers to Athens to report the victory, while they themselves with the entire fleet made their voyage to Cyzicus; for before the sea-fight this city had revolted to Pharnabazus, the general of Darius, and Clearchus, the commander of the Lacedaemonians.
εὑρόντες δʼ αὐτὴν ἀτείχιστον ῥᾳδίως τῆς ἐπιβολῆς ἐκράτησαν, καὶ χρήματα πραξάμενοι τοὺς Κυζικηνοὺς ἀπέπλευσαν εἰς Σηστόν.
And finding it unfortified, they easily mastered the enterprise, and having exacted money from the Cyzicenes, they sailed back to Sestus.