§14.39.1Φαρνάβαζος δὲ τῶν πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους ἀνοχῶν γενομένων ἀνέβη πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ συνέπεισεν αὐτὸν στόλον ἑτοιμάσαι καὶ ναύαρχον ἐπιστῆσαι Κόνωνα τὸν Ἀθηναῖον· οὗτος γὰρ ἦν ἔμπειρος τῶν κατὰ πόλεμον ἀγώνων, καὶ μάλιστα τῶν πολεμίων· πολεμικώτατος δʼ ὢν ἐν Κύπρῳ διέτριβε παρʼ Εὐαγόρᾳ τῷ βασιλεῖ.
When the truce with the Lacedaemonians had been made, Pharnabazus went up to the King, and persuaded him to equip a fleet and to appoint Conon the Athenian as admiral; for Conon was experienced in the struggles of war, and especially those against the enemy; and being a most warlike man, he was staying in Cyprus with King Evagoras.
πεισθέντος δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως, Φαρνάβαζος λαβὼν ἀργυρίου τάλαντα πεντακόσια παρεσκευάζετο κατασκευάζειν ναυτικόν.
When the King had been persuaded, Pharnabazus, having received five hundred talents of silver, made preparations to construct a navy.
§14.39.2διαπλεύσας οὖν εἰς Κύπρον τοῖς μὲν ἐκεῖ βασιλεῦσι παρήγγειλεν ἑκατὸν τριήρεις ἑτοιμάζειν, τῷ δὲ Κόνωνι περὶ τῆς ναυαρχίας διαλεχθεὶς ἐπέστησεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἡγεμόνα, μεγάλας ὑποφαίνων παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐλπίδας.
Having sailed across to Cyprus, he ordered the kings there to prepare one hundred triremes, and having held a conference with Conon concerning the command of the fleet, he appointed him commander at sea, holding out great hopes of reward from the King.
§14.39.3ὁ δὲ Κόνων ἅμα μὲν ἐλπίζων ἀνακτήσεσθαι τῇ πατρίδι τὴν ἡγεμονίαν,εἰ Λακεδαιμόνιοι καταπολεμηθεῖεν, ἅμα δʼ αὐτὸς μεγάλης τεύξεσθαι δόξης, προσεδέξατο τὴν ναυαρχίαν.
Conon accepted the admiralty, hoping on the one hand that he would win back the supremacy for his native land if the Lacedaemonians should be utterly defeated, and on the other hand that he himself would attain great glory.
§14.39.4οὔπω δὲ τοῦ στόλου παντὸς παρεσκευασμένου, τὰς ἑτοίμους ναῦς τετταράκοντα λαβὼν διέπλευσεν εἰς Κιλικίαν, κἀκεῖ τὰ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον ἡτοιμάζετο.
Although the entire fleet was not yet ready, he took the forty ships that were prepared and sailed to Cilicia, and there made preparations for the war.
Φαρνάβαζος δὲ καὶ Τισσαφέρνης ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων σατραπειῶν ἀθροίσαντες στρατιώτας ἀνέζευξαν, ἐπὶ τῆς Ἐφέσου τὴν πορείαν ποιούμενοι διὰ τὸ τοὺς πολεμίους ἔχειν ἐνταῦθα τὴν δύναμιν.
Meanwhile, Pharnabazus and Tissaphernes, having gathered soldiers from their respective satrapies, set out, making their march toward Ephesus because the enemy had their force there.
§14.39.5καὶ συνηκολούθουν αὐτοῖς πεζοὶ μὲν δισμύριοι, ἱππεῖς δὲ μύριοι.
And there accompanied them twenty thousand infantry and ten thousand cavalry.
ἀκούων δὲ τῶν Περσῶν τὴν ἔφοδον Δερκυλίδας ὁ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἀφηγούμενος ἐξήγαγε τὴν δύναμιν, ἔχων τοὺς πάντας οὐ πλείους τῶν ἑπτακισχιλίων.
But Dercylidas, the leader of the Lacedaemonians, on hearing of the approach of the Persians, led out his force, having in all not more than seven thousand men.
§14.39.6ὡς δʼ ἐγγὺς ἀλλήλων ἐγενήθη τὰ στρατόπεδα, σπονδὰς ἐποιήσαντο καὶ χρόνον ὥρισαν, ἐν ᾧ Φαρνάβαζος μὲν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα πέμψει περὶ συνθηκῶν, εἰ βούλοιτο καταλῦσαι τὸν πόλεμον, Δερκυλίδας δὲ τοῖς Σπαρτιάταις δηλώσει περὶ τούτων.
When the armies came near each other, they made a truce and fixed a period during which Pharnabazus should send to the King concerning a treaty, to see if he wished to end the war, and Dercylidas should report on these matters to the Spartans.
οὗτοι μὲν οὖν οὕτω διέλυσαν τὰ στρατόπεδα.
Thus they disbanded their armies.