§15.41.1ἐπʼ ἄρχοντος δʼ Ἀθήνησι Σωκρατίδου Ῥωμαῖοι ἀντὶ τῶν ὑπάτων χιλιάρχους κατέστησαν τέτταρας, Κόιντον Σερουίλιον, Σερούιον Κορνήλιον, ἔτι δὲ Σπόριον Παπίριον.
When Socratides was archon in Athens, the Romans, instead of consuls, appointed four military tribunes: Quintus Servilius, Servius Cornelius, and also Spurius Papirius.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Ἀρταξέρξης ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐστράτευσεν ἐπʼ Αἰγυπτίους ἀφεστηκότας ἀπὸ Περσῶν.
Under their term, King Artaxerxes made an expedition against the Egyptians who had revolted from the Persians.
ἡγοῦντο δὲ τῶν δυνάμεων Φαρνάβαζος μὲν τῶν βαρβαρικῶν, Ἰφικράτης δʼ ὁ Ἀθηναῖος τῶν μισθοφόρων, ὄντων δισμυρίων.
The forces were commanded by Pharnabazus for the barbarian troops, and by Iphicrates the Athenian for the mercenaries, who numbered twenty thousand.
ὁ δʼ ἀνὴρ οὗτος μετάπεμπτος ἐπὶ τὴν στρατηγίαν ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐτάχθη διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ στρατηγεῖν ἀρετήν.
This man had been sent for by the King for the command and was appointed because of his tactical skill in generalship.
§15.41.2ἔτη δὲ πλείω τοῦ Φαρναβάζου κατανηλωκότος περὶ τὰς παρασκευάς, ὁ μὲν Ἰφικράτης ὁρῶν αὐτὸν ἐν μὲν τῷ λέγειν ὄντα δεινόν, ἐν δὲ τοῖς πραττομένοις νωχελῆ, παρρησίᾳ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐχρήσατο, φήσας θαυμάζειν πῶς ἐν μὲν τοῖς λόγοις ἐστὶν ὀξύς, ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἔργοις βραδύς.
Since Pharnabazus spent several years in preparations, Iphicrates, seeing that he was clever in speech but sluggish in action, spoke frankly to him, saying that he wondered how he could be swift in speech but slow in action.
ὁ δὲ Φαρνάβαζος ἀπεκρίθη, διότι τῶν μὲν λόγων αὐτὸς κύριός ἐστι, τῶν δʼ ἔργων ὁ βασιλεύς.
Pharnabazus replied that it was because he himself was master of his words, but the King was master of his actions.
§15.41.3τῆς δὲ τῶν Περσῶν δυνάμεως ἀθροισθείσης εἰς πόλιν Ἄκην, ἠριθμήθησαν τῶν μὲν βαρβάρων εἴκοσι μυριάδες, ὧν ἦρχε Φαρνάβαζος· τῶν δὲ μισθοφόρων Ἑλλήνων Ἰφικράτης ἡγεῖτο δισμυρίων.
When the Persian forces assembled at the city of Ace, the barbarians were numbered at two hundred thousand, who were commanded by Pharnabazus; and Iphicrates led twenty thousand Greek mercenaries.
καὶ ναῦς ἠριθμήθησαν τριήρεις μὲν τριακόσιαι, τριακόντοροι δὲ διακόσιαι· τῶν δὲ τὴν ἀγορὰν καὶ τὴν ἄλλην παρασκευὴν κομιζουσῶν πολὺς ἦν ἀριθμός.
The ships were numbered at three hundred triremes and two hundred thirty-oared vessels; and there was a great number of those carrying the provisions and the other equipment.
§15.41.4ἀρχομένου δὲ τοῦ θέρους ἀνέζευξαν οἱ τοῦ βασιλέως στρατηγοὶ μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως, καὶ τοῦ στόλου συμπαραπλέοντος προῆγον ἐπὶ τὴν Αἴγυπτον.
At the beginning of summer, the King's generals set out with all the forces, and as the fleet sailed along with them, they advanced toward Egypt.
ὡς δʼ ἧκον πλησίον τοῦ Νείλου, κατέλαβον τοὺς Αἰγυπτίουσφανερῶς παρεσκευασμένους τὰ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον.
When they arrived near the Nile, they found the Egyptians clearly prepared for the war.
§15.41.5ὁ γὰρ Φαρνάβαζος βραδεῖαν τὴν στρατείαν ἐποιεῖτο, καὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἐδεδώκει τοῖς πολεμίοις εἰς τὴν παρασκευήν.
For Pharnabazus made the expedition slow, and had given the enemy much time for preparation.
ὡς ἐπίπαν γὰρ οἱ τῶν Περσῶν στρατηγοί, τῶν ὅλων οὐκ ὄντες αὐτοκράτορες, περὶ πάντων ἀναφέρουσι τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ προσαναμένουσι τὰς περὶ ἑκάστων ἀποκρίσεις.
For generally, the Persian generals, not being independent in supreme command, refer everything to the King and wait for his replies on each matter.