§14.80.1μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Ἀγησίλαος μὲν ἐξαγαγὼν τὴν δύναμιν εἰς τὸ Καΰστρου πεδίον καὶ τὴν περὶ Σίπυλον χώραν, ἐδῄωσε τὰς τῶν ἐγχωρίων κτήσεις· Τισσαφέρνης δὲ μυρίους μὲν ἱππεῖς, πεντακισμυρίους δὲ πεζοὺς ἀθροίσας, ἐπηκολούθει τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ τοὺς ἀποσπωμένους τῆς τάξεως ἐν ταῖς προνομαῖς ἀνῄρει.
After these things, Agesilaus, having led his force out into the plain of Caüstrus and the territory around Sipylus, devastated the possessions of the inhabitants; on the other hand, Tissaphernes, having assembled ten thousand cavalry and fifty thousand infantry, followed the Lacedaemonians and killed those who strayed from the ranks during foraging expeditions.
Ἀγησίλαος δὲ εἰς πλινθίον συντάξας τοὺς στρατιώτας ἀντείχετο τῆς παρὰ τὸν Σίπυλον παρωρείας, ἐπιτηρῶν καιρὸν εὔθετον εἰς τὴν τῶν πολεμίων ἐπίθεσιν.
But Agesilaus, having drawn up his soldiers in a hollow square, clung to the foothills along Sipylus, watching for a favorable opportunity to attack the enemy.
§14.80.2ἐπελθὼν δὲ τὴν χώραν μέχρι Σάρδεων ἔφθειρε τούς τε κήπους καὶ τὸν παράδεισον τὸν Τισσαφέρνους, φυτοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις πολυτελῶς πεφιλοτεχνημένον εἰς τρυφὴν καὶ τὴν ἐν εἰρήνῃ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀπόλαυσιν.
Having traversed the country as far as Sardis, he laid waste both the gardens and the park of Tissaphernes, which had been sumptuously adorned with plants and other things for luxury and the enjoyment of blessings in peace.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτʼ ἐπιστρέψας, ὡς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐγενήθη τῶν τε Σάρδεων καὶ Θυβάρνων, ἀπέστειλε Ξενοκλέα τὸν Σπαρτιάτην μετὰ χιλίων καὶ τετρακοσίων στρατιωτῶν νυκτὸς εἴς τινα δασὺν τόπον, ὅπως ἐνεδρεύσῃ τοὺς βαρβάρους.
After this, having turned back, when he was midway between Sardis and Thybarna, he sent Xenocles the Spartan by night with one thousand four hundred soldiers into a thickly wooded place, in order to ambush the barbarians.
§14.80.3αὐτὸς δʼ ἅμʼ ἡμέρᾳ πορευόμενος μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως, ἐπειδὴ τὴν μὲν ἐνέδραν παρήλλαξεν, οἱ δὲ βάρβαροι προσπίπτοντες ἀτάκτως τοῖς ἐπὶ τῆς οὐραγίας ἐξήπτοντο, παραδόξως ἐξαίφνης ἐπέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τοὺς Πέρσας.
He himself, marching with his force at daybreak, when he had passed the ambush, and the barbarians, falling upon them in disorder, were pressing hard upon the rear guard, unexpectedly and suddenly turned upon the Persians.
γενομένης δὲ καρτερᾶς μάχης, καὶ τοῦ συσσήμου τοῖς κατὰ τὴν ἐνέδραν οὖσιν ἀρθέντος, ἐκεῖνοι μὲν παιανίσαντες ἐπεφέροντο τοῖς πολεμίοις, οἱ δὲ Πέρσαι θεωροῦντες αὑτοὺς ἀπολαμβανομένους εἰς μέσον κατεπλάγησαν καὶ παραχρῆμα ἔφευγον.
A fierce battle ensued, and when the signal was raised for those in the ambush, they, singing the paean, charged the enemy, and the Persians, seeing themselves caught in the middle, were terrified and fled at once.
§14.80.4οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Ἀγησίλαον μέχρι μέν τινος ἐπιδιώξαντες ἀνεῖλαν μὲν ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἑξακισχιλίους, αἰχμαλώτων δὲ πολὺ πλῆθος ἤθροισαν, τὴν δὲ παρεμβολὴν διήρπασαν, γέμουσαν πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν.
The men around Agesilaus, having pursued them to a certain distance, killed over six thousand, gathered a great number of captives, and plundered their camp, which was full of many goods.
§14.80.5ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς μάχης Τισσαφέρνης μὲν εἰς Σάρδεις ἀπεχώρησε καταπεπληγμένος τὴν τόλμαν τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων, Ἀγησίλαος δʼ ἐπεχείρησε μὲν εἰς τὰς ἄνω σατραπείας, ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἱεροῖς οὐ δυνάμενος καλλιερῆσαι πάλιν ἀπήγαγε τὴν δύναμιν ἐπὶ θάλατταν.
After the battle, Tissaphernes retreated to Sardis, terrified by the daring of the Lacedaemonians; Agesilaus, on his part, made an attempt against the upper satrapies, but being unable to obtain favorable omens in the sacrifices, he led his force back to the sea.
§14.80.6Ἀρταξέρξης δὲ ὁ τῆς Ἀσίας βασιλεὺς τά τε ἐλαττώματα πυθόμενος καὶ κατορρωδῶν τὸν πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας πόλεμον, διʼ ὀργῆς εἶχε τὸν Τισσαφέρνην.
Artaxerxes, the king of Asia, having learned of the defeats and dreading the war against the Greeks, was angry with Tissaphernes.
τοῦτον γὰρ αἴτιον τοῦ πολέμου γεγονέναι ὑπελάμβανε· καὶ ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς δὲ Παρυσάτιδος ἦν ἠξιωμένος τιμωρήσασθαι τὸν Τισσαφέρνην· εἶχε γὰρ αὕτη διαφόρως πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ διαβεβληκέναι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς Κῦρον, ὅτε τὴν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν στρατείαν ἐποιεῖτο.
For he assumed that he had been the cause of the war; and he had also been urged by his mother Parysatis to punish Tissaphernes; for she was hostile toward him because he had slandered her son Cyrus when he was making the expedition against his brother.
§14.80.7καταστήσας οὖν Τιθραύστην ἡγεμόνα, τούτῳ μὲν παρήγγειλε συλλαμβάνειν Τισσαφέρνην, πρὸς δὲ τὰς πόλεις καὶ τοὺς σατράπας ἔπεμψεν ἐπιστολὰς ὅπως πάντες τούτῳ ποιῶσι τὸ προσταττόμενον.
Therefore, having appointed Tithraustes as commander, he ordered him to arrest Tissaphernes, and sent letters to the cities and the satraps so that everyone should do what was commanded by him.
§14.80.8ὁ δὲ Τιθραύστης παραγενόμενος εἰς Κολοσσὰς τῆς Φρυγίας συνέλαβε τὸν Τισσαφέρνην διά τινος Ἀριαίου σατράπου λουόμενον, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποκόψας ἀπέστειλε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα· αὐτὸς δὲ τὸν Ἀγησίλαον πείσας εἰς λόγους ἐλθεῖν ἑξαμηνιαίους ἀνοχὰς ἐποιήσατο.
And Tithraustes, having arrived at Colossae in Phrygia, arrested Tissaphernes while he was bathing, by means of Ariaeus, a certain satrap, and having cut off his head, sent it to the king; and he himself, having persuaded Agesilaus to enter into negotiations, concluded a six-month truce.