§16.28.1ἐπʼ ἄρχοντος δʼ Ἀθήνησι Διοτίμου Ῥωμαῖοι κατέστησαν ὑπάτους Γάιον Μάρκιον καὶ Γναῖον Μάλλιον.
When Diotimus was archon in Athens, the Romans appointed Gaius Marcius and Gnaeus Mallius as consuls.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Φιλόμηλος μὲν προορώμενος τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ πολέμου μισθοφόρων τε πλῆθος ἤθροιζε, τῶν τε Φωκέων τοὺς εὐθέτους κατέλεγεν εἰς τὴν στρατείαν.
During their term of office, Philomelus, foreseeing the magnitude of the war, began to gather a multitude of mercenaries and to enlist those of the Phocians who were fit for the campaign.
§16.28.2τοῦ δὲ πολέμου προσδεομένου χρημάτων τῶν μὲν ἱερῶν ἀναθημάτων ἀπείχετο, τοὺς δὲ Δελφοὺς εὐδαιμονίᾳ καὶ πλούτῳ διαφέροντας ἐπράξατο πλῆθος χρημάτων ἱκανὸν εἰς τοὺς τῶν ξένων μισθούς.
Since the war required additional funds, he refrained from touching the sacred offerings, but from the Delphians, who excelled in prosperity and wealth, he exacted a sum of money sufficient for the pay of the mercenaries.
κατασκευάσας οὖν ἀξιόλογον δύναμιν προήγαγεν εἰς ὕπαιθρον καὶ φανερὸς ἦν ἑτοίμως ἔχων διαγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίως διακειμένους τοῖς Φωκεῦσι.
Having thus organized a notable force, he led them into the open country and made it clear that he was ready to contend against those who were hostilely disposed toward the Phocians.
§16.28.3τῶν δὲ Λοκρῶν στρατευσάντων ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἐγένετο μάχη περὶ τὰς Φαιδριάδας καλουμένας πέτρας, ἣν νικήσας ὁ Φιλόμηλος πολλοὺς μὲν ἀνεῖλε τῶν πολεμίων, οὐκ ὀλίγους δʼ ἐζώγρησε, τινὰς δὲ κατὰ τῆς πέτρας συνηνάγκασεν ἑαυτοὺς κατακρημνίσαι.
When the Locrians marched against him, a battle took place near the cliffs called Phaidriades, in which Philomelus, having won the victory, slew many of the enemy, took not a few alive, and forced some to cast themselves down from the cliffs.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν μάχην ταύτην οἱ μὲν Φωκεῖς ἐπήρθησαν τοῖς φρονήμασι διὰ τὴν εὐημερίαν, οἱ δὲ Λοκροὶ ταπεινωθέντες πρέσβεις ἐξέπεμψαν εἰς τὰς Θήβας ἀξιοῦντες τοὺς Βοιωτοὺς βοηθεῖν αὐτοῖς τε καὶ τῷ θεῷ.
After this battle, the Phocians were elated in spirit because of their success, but the Locrians, having been humbled, dispatched ambassadors to Thebes, requesting the Boeotians to bring aid both to them and to the god.
§16.28.4οἱ δὲ Βοιωτοὶ διά τε τὴν πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσέβειαν καὶ διὰ τὸ συμφέρειν αὐτοῖς τὰς τῶν Ἀμφικτυόνων κρίσεις βεβαίας εἶναι πρός τε τοὺς Θετταλοὺς ἐπρέσβευσαν καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους Ἀμφικτύονας ἀξιοῦντες κοινῇ πολεμῆσαι τοῖς Φωκεῦσι.
The Boeotians, both because of their piety toward the gods and because it was advantageous to them that the decisions of the Amphictyons should remain secure, sent embassies to the Thessalians and the other Amphictyons, requesting them to make war jointly against the Phocians.
ψηφισαμένων δὲ τῶν Ἀμφικτυόνων τὸν πρὸς Φωκεῖς πόλεμον πολλὴ ταραχὴ καὶ διάστασις ἦν καθʼ ὅλην τὴν Ἑλλάδα.
When the Amphictyons voted for the war against the Phocians, great confusion and division arose throughout the whole of Greece.
οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἔκριναν βοηθεῖν τῷ θεῷ καὶ τοὺς Φωκεῖς ὡς ἱεροσύλους κολάζειν, οἱ δὲ πρὸς τὴν τῶν Φωκέων βοήθειαν ἀπέκλινον.
For some decided to aid the god and to punish the Phocians as temple-robbers, while others inclined toward the aid of the Phocians.