§16.39.1ἅμα δὲ τούτοις πραττομένοις καὶ κατὰ τὴν Πελοπόννησον ἐγένοντο ταραχαὶ καὶ κινήσεις διὰ τοιαύτας τινὰς αἰτίας.
At the same time that these things were being done, disturbances and movements also arose in the Peloponnese for reasons of the following sort.
Λακεδαιμόνιοι πρὸς Μεγαλοπολίτας διαφερόμενοι τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν κατέδραμον Ἀρχιδάμου τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ἔχοντος· οἱ δὲ Μεγαλοπολῖται παροξυνθέντες ἐπὶ τοῖς πραχθεῖσι καὶ καθʼ ἑαυτοὺς οὐκ ὄντες ἀξιόμαχοι παρὰ τῶν συμμάχων μετεπέμψαντο βοήθειαν.
The Lacedaemonians, being at variance with the Megalopolitans, invaded their territory under the leadership of Archidamus; and the Megalopolitans, provoked by these actions and not being a match for them on their own, sent for aid from their allies.
§16.39.2Ἀργεῖοι μὲν οὖν καὶ Σικυώνιοι καὶ Μεσσήνιοι πανδημεὶ κατὰ τάχος ἐβοήθησαν, Θηβαῖοι δʼ ἀπέστειλαν πεζοὺς μὲν τετρακισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ πεντακοσίους, στρατηγὸν ἐπιστήσαντες Κηφισίωνα.
Now the Argives, Sicyonians, and Messenians came to their aid in full force with all speed, while the Thebans dispatched four thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry, having placed Cephision in command as general.
§16.39.3Μεγαλοπολῖται μὲν οὖν μετὰ τῶν συμμάχων ἐκστρατεύσαντες κατεστρατοπέδευσαν περὶ τὰς πηγὰς τοῦ Ἀλφειοῦ ποταμοῦ· οἱ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τρισχιλίους μὲν πεζοὺς παρὰ Φωκέων προσελάβοντο, ἱππεῖς δὲ ἑκατὸν καὶ πεντήκοντα παρὰ Λυκόφρονος καὶ Πειθολάου τῶν ἐκπεπτωκότων ἐκ τῆς ἐν Φεραῖς τυραννίδος· συστησάμενοι δὲ δύναμιν ἀξιόμαχον κατεστρατοπέδευσαν περὶ Μαντίνειαν.
The Megalopolitans, therefore, marching out with their allies, encamped near the sources of the river Alpheus; but the Lacedaemonians received as reinforcements three thousand infantry from the Phocians, and one hundred and fifty cavalry from Lycophron and Peitholaus, who had been expelled from the tyranny in Pherae, and having assembled a force fit to fight, they encamped near Mantinea.
§16.39.4μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐπὶ πόλιν Ὀρνεὰς τῆς Ἀργείας καταντήσαντες ἔφθασαν αὐτὴν ἐκπολιορκήσαντες πρὸ τῆς τῶν πολεμίων παρουσίας,οὖσαν σύμμαχον τῶν Μεγαλοπολιτῶν.
After this, arriving at the city of Orneae in the Argive territory, they succeeded in capturing it by siege before the arrival of the enemy, it being an ally of the Megalopolitans.
ἐπεξελθόντων δὲ τῶν Ἀργείων συνάψαντες μάχην ἐνίκησαν καὶ πλείους τῶν διακοσίων ἀπέκτειναν.
And when the Argives marched out against them, they joined battle, defeated them, and slew more than two hundred.
§16.39.5τῶν δὲ Θηβαίων ἐπιφανέντων καὶ τῷ μὲν πλήθει διπλασίων ὄντων, ταῖς δʼ εὐταξίαις λειπομένων συνέστη μάχη καρτερά· καὶ τῆς νίκης ἀμφιδόξου γενομένης οἱ μὲν Ἀργεῖοι καὶ οἱ σύμμαχοι τὴν εἰς τὰς οἰκείας πόλεις ἐπάνοδον ἐποιήσαντο, Λακεδαιμόνιοι δʼ εἰς τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν ἐμβαλόντες καὶ πόλιν Ἑλισσοῦντα κατὰ κράτος ἑλόντες καὶ διαρπάσαντες ἐπανῆλθον εἰς τὴν Σπάρτην.
But when the Thebans appeared, who were double in number but inferior in discipline, a fierce battle ensued; and as the victory remained undecided, the Argives and their allies made their return to their own cities, while the Lacedaemonians, invading Arcadia and taking the city of Helisson by storm and plundering it, returned to Sparta.
§16.39.6μετὰ δέ τινα χρόνον οἱ Θηβαῖοι μετὰ τῶν συμμάχων ἐνίκησαν τοὺς πολεμίους περὶ Τέλφουσαν καὶ συχνοὺς ἀνελόντες ἐζώγρησαν Ἀνάξανδρόν τε τὸν ἡγούμενον καὶ τῶν ἄλλων πλείους τῶν ἑξήκοντα.
Some time later, the Thebans along with their allies defeated the enemy near Thelpusa, and having killed many, they took alive Anaxander, the commander, and more than sixty of the others.
μετʼ ὀλίγον δὲ χρόνον ἄλλαις δυσὶ μάχαις προετέρησαν καὶ τῶν ἐναντίων οὐκ ὀλίγους κατέβαλον.
A short time after, they had the upper hand in two other battles and laid low not a few of their opponents.
§16.39.7τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἀξιολόγῳ μάχῃ νικησάντων, αἱ δυνάμεις ἀμφοτέρων εἰς τὰς οἰκείας πόλεις ἐπανῆλθον.
Finally, when the Lacedaemonians won a noteworthy battle, the forces of both sides returned to their own cities.
ἔπειτα τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ποιησαμένων ἀνοχὰς πρὸς τοὺς Μεγαλοπολίτας ἐπανῆλθον εἰς τὴν Βοιωτίαν οἱ Θηβαῖοι.
Then, when the Lacedaemonians made a truce with the Megalopolitans, the Thebans returned to Boeotia.
§16.39.8Φάλαικος δὲ περὶ τὴν Βοιωτίαν διατρίβων Χαιρώνειαν εἷλε καὶ τῶν Θηβαίων ἐπιβοηθησάντων ἐξέπεσεν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως.
Meanwhile, Phalaecus, lingering about Boeotia, captured Chaeroneia, but when the Thebans came to its aid, he was driven out of the city.
ἔπειθʼ οἱ μὲν Βοιωτοὶ πολλῇ δυνάμει στρατεύσαντες εἰς τὴν Φωκίδα τὴν πλείστην αὐτῆς ἐπόρθησαν καὶ τὰς κατὰ τὴν χώραν κτήσεις ἐδῄωσαν· ἔνια δὲ καὶ τῶν μικρῶν πολισμάτων ἑλόντες καὶ λαφύρων πλῆθος ἀθροίσαντες ἐπανῆλθον εἰς τὴν Βοιωτίαν.
After this, the Boeotians, marching into Phocis with a large force, ravaged most of it and laid waste the properties throughout the territory; and having taken some also of the small towns and gathered an abundance of booty, they returned to Boeotia.