§16.37.1ἐπʼ ἄρχοντος δʼ Ἀθήνησιν Ἀριστοδήμου Ῥωμαῖοι κατέστησαν ὑπάτους Γάιον Σολπίκιον καὶ Μάρκον Οὐαλέριον, Ὀλυμπιὰς δʼ ἤχθη ἑβδόμη πρὸς ταῖς ἑκατόν, καθʼ ἣν ἐνίκα στάδιον Μικρίνας Ταραντῖνος.
When Aristodemus was archon in Athens, the Romans appointed Gaius Sulpicius and Marcus Valerius as consuls, and the one hundred and seventh Olympiad was celebrated, in which Micrinas of Tarentum won the stadium race.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Φάυλλος μὲν ὁ Φωκέων στρατηγὸς μετὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τελευτήν τε καὶ ἧτταν προσανέλαβε τὰ τῶν Φωκέων πράγματα τεταπεινωμένα διά τε τὴν ἧτταν καὶ τὴν φθορὰν τῶν στρατιωτῶν. §16.37.2ἔχων γὰρ χρημάτων πλῆθος ἀνέκλειπτον πολλοὺς μὲν μισθοφόρους ἤθροισεν, οὐκ ὀλίγους δὲ συμμάχους ἔπεισε συνεπιλαβέσθαι τοῦ πολέμου.
During their term of office, Phayllus, the general of the Phocians, after the death and defeat of his brother, restored the affairs of the Phocians which had been brought low by both the defeat and the destruction of their soldiers. For having an inexhaustible abundance of funds, he gathered many mercenaries and persuaded not a few allies to take up the war with him.
τῇ γὰρ ἀφθονίᾳ τῶν χρημάτων ἀνέδην χρώμενος οὐ μόνον ἰδιώτας πολλοὺς ἔσχε προθύμους συναγωνιστάς, ἀλλὰ καὶ πόλεις τὰ σἐπιφανεστάτας ἐπεσπάσατο πρὸς τὴν κοινοπραγίαν. §16.37.3Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν γὰρ ἀπέστειλαν αὐτῷ στρατιώτας χιλίους, Ἀχαιοὶ δὲ δισχιλίους, Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ πεζοὺς μὲν πεντακισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ τετρακοσίους, ὧν ἦν στρατηγὸς Ναυσικλῆς.
By using his abundance of money without restraint, he not only gained many private individuals as eager combatants, but also attracted the most illustrious cities into the coalition. Indeed, the Lacedaemonians sent him a thousand soldiers, the Achaeans two thousand, and the Athenians five thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry, of whom Nausicles was general.
οἱ δὲ τῶν Φεραίων τύραννοι Λυκόφρων καὶ Πειθόλαος μετὰ τὴν Ὀνομάρχου τελευτὴν ἔρημοι συμμάχων ὄντες τὰς μὲν Φερὰς παρέδοσαν τῷ Φιλίππῳ, αὐτοὶ δʼ ὑπόσπονδοι γενόμενοι συνήγαγον τοὺς μισθοφόρους ὄντας δισχιλίους καὶ μετὰ τούτων φυγόντες πρὸς Φάυλλον συνεμάχουν τοῖς Φωκεῦσιν. §16.37.4ἐβοήθησαν δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐλαττόνων πόλεων οὐκ ὀλίγαι τοῖς Φωκεῦσι διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν διαδιδομένων χρημάτων· ὁ γὰρ χρυσὸς τὰς πλεονεξίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐκκαλούμενος ἠνάγκασεν αὐτομολεῖν πρὸς τὴν ἐκ τοῦ κέρδους λυσιτέλειαν. §16.37.5ὁ δʼ οὖν Φάυλλος μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως ἐστράτευσεν εἰς τὴν Βοιωτίαν καὶ περὶ πόλιν Ὀρχομενὸν ἡττηθεὶς μάχῃ πολλοὺς τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἀπέβαλεν.
The tyrants of Pherae, Lycophron and Peitholaus, being destitute of allies after the death of Onomarchus, surrendered Pherae to Philip, and they themselves, having departed under a truce, assembled their mercenaries, who numbered two thousand, and fleeing with them to Phayllus, allied themselves with the Phocians. Moreover, not a few of the smaller cities also aided the Phocians because of the large amount of money distributed; for gold, by calling forth the greed of men, compelled them to desert to the advantage that came from gain. At all events, Phayllus marched with his army into Boeotia, and being defeated in battle near the city of Orchomenus, lost many of his soldiers.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἄλλης γενομένης μάχης παρὰ τὸν Κηφισὸν ποταμὸν ἐνίκησαν πάλιν Βοιωτοὶ καὶ ἀνεῖλον τῶν πολεμίων ὑπὲρ τοὺς πεντακοσίους, ἐζώγρησαν δὲ οὐκ ἐλάττους τῶν τετρακοσίων. §16.37.6ὀλίγαις δʼ ὕστερον ἡμέραις γενομένης μάχης περὶ Κορώνειαν ἐνίκησαν οἱ Βοιωτοὶ καὶ πεντήκοντα μὲν ἀνεῖλον τῶν Φωκέων, ἑκατὸν δὲ καὶ τριάκοντα ἐζώγρησαν.
After this, when another battle took place near the Cephisus river, the Boeotians were victorious again and slew over five hundred of the enemy, and took no fewer than four hundred alive. A few days later, in a battle near Coroneia, the Boeotians were victorious, and they slew fifty of the Phocians and took one hundred and thirty alive.
ἡμεῖς δὲ τὰ περὶ Βοιωτοὺς καὶ Φωκεῖς διεληλυθότες ἐπάνιμεν ἐπὶ τὸν Φίλιππον.
Now that we have traversed the affairs of the Boeotians and the Phocians, we shall return to Philip.