§15.32.1ὁ δʼ Ἀγησίλαος προαγαγὼν τὴν δύναμιν, ἧκεν εἰς τὴν Βοιωτίαν, ἔχων τοὺς σύμπαντας στρατιώτας πλείους τῶν μυρίων ὀκτακισχιλίων, ὧν ἦσαν αἱ Λακεδαιμονίων πέντε μόραι· τὴν δὲ μόραν ἀναπληροῦσιν ἄνδρες πεντακόσιοι.
Agesilaus, having advanced his force, arrived in Boeotia, having in all more than eighteen thousand soldiers, among whom were the five morae of the Lacedaemonians; a mora is filled by five hundred men.
ὁ δὲ Σκιρίτης καλούμενος λόχος παρὰ τοῖς Σπαρτιάταις οὐ συντάττεται μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων, ἀλλʼ ἰδίαν ἔχων σύστασιν μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἵσταται, καὶ παραβοηθεῖ τοῖς αἰεὶ θλιβομένοις μέρεσι· συνεστὼς δʼ ἐξ ἐπιλέκτων ἀνθρώπων μεγάλας ποιεῖται ῥοπὰς ἐν ταῖς παρατάξεσι καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον αἴτιος γίνεται τῆς νίκης.
The battalion called the Scirites among the Spartans is not drawn up with the others, but holding its own organization stands with the king, and brings aid to those parts that are from time to time hard pressed; consisting of select men, it makes a great difference in the battle lines and is for the most part the cause of victory.
ἱππεῖς δʼ εἶχεν ὁ Ἀγησίλαος χιλίους καὶ πεντακοσίους.
Agesilaus also had fifteen hundred cavalry.
§15.32.2οὗτος μὲν οὖν παραγενόμενος εἰς πόλιν Θεσπιάς, φρουρουμένην ὑπὸ Λακεδαιμονίων, πλησίον ταύτης κατεστρατοπέδευσε, καὶ τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐφʼ ἡμέρας τινὰς ἀνελάμβανεν ἐκ τῆς κακοπαθείας.
He, then, having arrived at the city of Thespiae, which was garrisoned by the Lacedaemonians, encamped near it, and recruited his soldiers for some days from their hardship.
Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ πυθόμενοι τὴν τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων παρουσίαν εἰς τὴν Βοιωτίαν, εὐθὺς ἐβοήθουν εἰς τὰς Θήβας, ἔχοντες πεζοὺς μὲν πεντακισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ διακοσίους.
But the Athenians, when they learned of the presence of the Lacedaemonians in Boeotia, immediately went to the aid of Thebes, having five thousand infantry and two hundred cavalry.
§15.32.3τούτων δὲ τῶν δυνάμεων ἀθροισθεισῶν εἰς ἕνα τόπον, οἱ μὲν Θηβαῖοι λόφον τινὰ κατελάβοντο παραμήκη, σταδίους ἀπέχοντα τῆς πόλεως εἴκοσι, καὶ πρόβλημα ποιησάμενοι τὰς δυσχωρίας ἀνέμενον τὴν τῶν πολεμίων ἔφοδον· τὴν γὰρ Ἀγησιλάου δόξαν καταπεπληγμένοι, τὸν ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις ἐξ ἴσου κίνδυνον ὑπομένειν εὐλαβοῦντο.
When these forces had gathered into one place, the Thebans occupied a certain long hill, twenty stades distant from the city, and making the rough ground a defense, they awaited the assault of the enemy; for being terrified by the reputation of Agesilaus, they were cautious about undertaking a risk on equal terms in the plains.
§15.32.4ὁ δʼ Ἀγησίλαος συντεταγμένῃ τῇ δυνάμει προάγων ἐπὶ τοὺς Βοιωτούς, ὡς ἤγγισε τοῖς πολεμίοις, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τοὺς ψιλοὺς ἐπαφῆκε τοῖς ἐναντίοις, πειρώμενος πῶς ἔχουσι πρὸς τὴν μάχην.
But Agesilaus, advancing against the Boeotians with his force drawn up, when he drew near to the enemy, at first sent out the light-armed troops against the adversaries, testing how they were disposed toward battle.
ἀποκρουσαμένων δὲ αὐτοὺς τῶν Θηβαίων ῥᾳδίως ἐκ τόπων ὑπερδεξίων, ἐπήγαγε πᾶσαν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τὴν δύναμιν συντεταγμένην καταπληκτικῶς.
When the Thebans easily repulsed them from higher ground, he led his entire force against them, drawn up in an imposing manner.
§15.32.5Χαβρίας δʼ ὁ Ἀθηναῖος τῶν μισθοφόρων ἀφηγούμενος παρήγγειλε τοῖς στρατιώταις δέχεσθαι τοὺς πολεμίους καταπεφρονηκότως ἅμα καὶ τεταγμένως, καὶ τὰς ἀσπίδας πρὸς τὸ γόνυ κλίναντας ὀρθῷ τῷ δόρατι μένειν.
And Chabrias the Athenian, commanding the mercenaries, ordered his soldiers to receive the enemy with contempt and at the same time in good order, and to lean their shields against their knees and wait with their spears upright.
§15.32.6ὧν ποιησάντων τὸ προσταχθὲν ὥσπερ ἀφʼ ἑνὸς παρακελεύσματος, ὁ Ἀγησίλαος θαυμάσας τήν τε εὐταξίαν τῶν πολεμίων καὶ τὴν καταφρόνησιν, τὸ μὲν βιάζεσθαι πρὸς ὑπερδεξίους τόπους καὶ συναναγκάζειν τοὺς ἐναντίους ἄνδρας ἀγαθοὺς γίνεσθαι πρὸς τὸν ἐκ χειρὸς κίνδυνον οὐκ ἔκρινε, πεῖραν δὲ λαβὼν ὅτι τολμήσουσιν ἀναγκαζόμενοι διαγωνίσασθαι περὶ τῆς νίκης, ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ προεκαλεῖτο.
When they had done what was ordered as if from a single command, Agesilaus, marveling both at the good order of the enemy and their contempt, decided not to force his way against higher ground and compel the opposing brave men to meet the danger of hand-to-hand combat, but having proof that they would dare to fight to the end for victory if forced, he challenged them in the plain.
οὐ συγκαταβαινόντων δὲ τῶν Θηβαίων, τὴν μὲν φάλαγγα τῶν πεζῶν ἀπήγαγε, τοὺς δʼ ἱππεῖς καὶ τὰ ψιλικὰ τῶν ταγμάτων ἐξαποστείλας ἐπόρθησε τὴν χώραν ἀδεῶς καὶ πολλῶν λαφύρων ἐγκρατὴς ἐγένετο.
When the Thebans did not come down, he led away the phalanx of the infantry, but having sent out the cavalry and the light-armed units of his forces, he plundered the country without fear and became master of much booty.