§14.22.1ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Ἀρταξέρξης καὶ πάλαι μὲν ἦν παρὰ Φαρναβάζου πεπυσμένος ὅτι στρατόπεδον ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἀθροίζει λάθρᾳ Κῦρος, καὶ τότε δὴ πυθόμενος αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀνάβασιν μετεπέμπετο τὰς πανταχόθεν δυνάμεις εἰς Ἐκβάτανα τῆς Μηδίας.
But King Artaxerxes had long since learned from Pharnabazus that Cyrus was secretly collecting an army against him, and now, having heard of his march up country, he summoned his forces from all quarters to Ecbatana in Media.
§14.22.2ἐπεὶ δὲ αἵ τε παρʼ Ἰνδῶν καί τινων ἄλλων ἐθνῶν καθυστέρουν διὰ τὸ μακρὰν ἀφεστάναι τοὺς τόπους, μετὰ τῆς συναχθείσης στρατιᾶς ὥρμησεν ἀπαντήσων τῷ Κύρῳ.
Since the forces from the Indians and certain other nations were late because of the distance of those regions, he set out with the army that had been gathered to meet Cyrus.
εἶχε δὲ τοὺς ἅπαντας στρατιώτας σὺν ἱππεῦσιν οὐκ ἐλάττους τετταράκοντα μυριάδων, καθά φησιν Ἔφορος.
He had in all, including cavalry, not less than forty myriads of soldiers, as Ephorus says.
§14.22.3ὡς δʼ εἰς τὸ Βαβυλώνιον ἧκε πεδίον, παρὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην στρατοπεδείαν ἐβάλετο, διανοούμενος ἐν ταύτῃ καταλιπεῖν τὴν ἀποσκευήν· ἐπυνθάνετο γὰρ τοὺς πολεμίους οὐ μακρὰν ὄντας, καὶ τὸ παράβολον αὐτῶν τῆς τόλμης ὑπώπτευεν.
When he arrived at the Babylonian plain, he pitched his camp near the Euphrates, intending to leave his baggage there; for he had learned that the enemy was not far off, and he was suspicious of their reckless daring.
§14.22.4ὀρύξας οὖν τάφρον τὸ μὲν πλάτος ποδῶν ἑξήκοντα, τὸ δὲ βάθος ποδῶν δέκα, περιέθηκε κύκλῳ τὰς συνακολουθούσας ἁρμαμάξας καθαπερεὶ τεῖχος.
Having therefore dug a trench sixty feet in width and ten feet in depth, he placed the four-wheeled carriages that accompanied him around it like a wall.
καταλιπὼν δʼ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ τὴν ἀποσκευὴν καὶ τὸν ἀχρεῖον ὄχλον, ἐπὶ μὲν ταύτης ἱκανὴν φυλακὴν παρέστησεν, αὐτὸς δὲ τὴν δύναμιν εὔζωνον προαγαγὼν ἀπήντα τοῖς πολεμίοις ἐγγὺς ὑπάρχουσιν.
Leaving the baggage and the useless crowd in the camp, he stationed a sufficient guard over it, while he himself advanced with his army lightly equipped to meet the enemy who were close at hand.
§14.22.5ὁ δὲ Κῦρος ὡς εἶδε προϊοῦσαν τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως στρατιάν, εὐθὺς εἰς τάξεις κατέστησε τὸ σφέτερον στρατόπεδον.
And Cyrus, when he saw the King's army advancing, immediately drew up his own army in battle order.
τὸ μὲν οὖν δεξιὸν κέρας παρὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην παρεκτεῖνον πεζοὶ μὲν ἐπεῖχον Λακεδαιμόνιοι καί τινες τῶν μισθοφόρων, ὧν ἁπάντων Κλέαρχος ὁ Λακεδαιμόνιος ἀφηγεῖτο· συνηγωνίζοντο δʼ αὐτῷ τῶν ἱππέων οἱ συναχθέντες ἀπὸ Παφλαγονίας, ὄντες ὑπὲρ τοὺς χιλίους· τὸ δὲ θάτερον μέρος ἐπεῖχον οἵ τʼ ἀπὸ Φρυγίας καὶ Λυδίας, ἔτι δὲ τῶν ἱππέων περὶ χιλίους, ὧν εἶχε τὴν ἡγεμονίαν Ἀριδαῖος.
The right wing, extending along the Euphrates, was occupied by Lacedaemonian infantry and some of the mercenaries, all of whom were commanded by Clearchus the Lacedaemonian; and fighting with him were the cavalry gathered from Paphlagonia, being more than a thousand; while the other part was occupied by those from Phrygia and Lydia, and in addition about a thousand cavalry, under the command of Aridaeus.
§14.22.6αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Κῦρος ἐτέτακτο κατὰ μέσην τὴν φάλαγγα τοὺς κρατίστους ἔχων Περσῶν τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων βαρβάρων ὡς μυρίους· προηγοῦντο δʼ αὐτῷ τῶν ἱππέων οἱ κάλλιστα διεσκευασμένοι χίλιοι, θώρακας ἔχοντες καὶ μαχαίρας Ἑλληνικάς.
Cyrus himself was posted in the center of the phalanx, having about ten thousand of the best of the Persians and other barbarians; and ahead of him rode the thousand best-equipped cavalry, wearing breastplates and Greek swords.
§14.22.7Ἀρταξέρξης δὲ πρὸ μὲν τῆς φάλαγγος πάσης ἔστησεν ἅρματα δρεπανηφόρα τὸν ἀριθμὸν οὐκ ὀλίγα· καὶ τῶν μὲν κεράτων Πέρσας ἡγεμόνας κατέστησε, κατὰ δὲ τὸ μέσον αὐτὸς ἐτάχθη τῶν ἐπιλέκτων ἔχων οὐκ ἐλάττους πεντακισμυρίων.
And Artaxerxes placed in front of his entire phalanx scythed chariots, not few in number; and he appointed Persians as commanders of the wings, while he himself was posted in the center, having no less than fifty thousand selected men.