§16.62.1ἐκπλεύσαντος δʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ πελαγίου γενομένου στρατιῶταί τινες τῶν ἐν τῷ μεγίστῳ πλοίῳ κομιζομένων,ᾧπερ αὐτὸς ὁ Φάλαικος ἐνέπλει, λόγον ἀλλήλοις ἐδίδοσαν ὑπονοοῦντες μηδένα μεταπέμψασθαι σφᾶς· οὔτε γὰρ ἡγεμόνας ἑώρων ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων συμπλέοντας οὔθʼ ὁ πλοῦς ἦν ὀλίγος, ἀλλὰ πολὺς ὑπέκειτο καὶ χαλεπός.
When he had set sail and reached the open sea, some of the soldiers who were being carried in the largest ship, in which Phalaecus himself was sailing, began to exchange views with one another, suspecting that no one had summoned them; for they saw no commanders sailing with them from those who were said to have summoned them, nor was the voyage a short one, but a long and difficult one lay before them.
§16.62.2διόπερ ἀπιστοῦντες ἅμα τοῖς λεγομένοις καὶ φοβούμενοι τὴν διαπόντιον στρατείαν συνίσταντο καὶ μάλισθʼ οἱ τὰς ἡγεμονίας ἔχοντες τῶν μισθοφόρων.
Therefore, distrusting what was being said and at the same time fearing the overseas expedition, they began to form a conspiracy, especially those of the mercenaries who held commands.
τέλος δὲ σπασάμενοι τὰ ξίφη καὶ καταπληξάμενοι τόν τε Φάλαικον καὶ τὸν κυβερνήτην ἠνάγκασαν εἰς τοὐπίσω πάλιν ἀποπλεῖν.
At last, drawing their swords and intimidating both Phalaecus and the pilot, they forced them to sail back again.
τὸ δʼ αὐτὸ καὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις πλοίοις κομιζομένων ποιησάντων κατέπλευσαν εἰς τὴν Πελοπόννησον.
Since those carried in the other ships did the same thing, they sailed back and put in at the Peloponnese.
§16.62.3ἀθροισθέντες δʼ εἰς Μαλέαν ἄκραν τῆς Λακωνικῆς ἐκεῖ κατέλαβον ἐκ Κρήτης καταπεπλευκότας Κνωσσίους πρέσβεις ἐπὶ συναγωγῇ μισθοφόρων·
Having gathered at Cape Malea in Laconia, they met there envoys from Knossos who had sailed from Crete to collect mercenaries.
ὧν διαλεχθέντων τῷ τε Φαλαίκῳ καὶ τοῖς ἡγεμόσι καὶ δόντων ἀξιολόγους τοὺς μισθοὺς μετὰ τούτων ἅπαντες ἐξέπλευσαν.
After these envoys had negotiated with Phalaecus and the commanders and offered considerable pay, they all set sail with them.
κατάραντες δὲ τῆς Κρήτης εἰς Κνωσσὸν εὐθὺς ἐξ ἐφόδου πόλιν κατελάβοντο τὴν καλουμένην Λύκτον.
Having put in at Crete in the territory of Knossos, they immediately attacked and captured the city called Lyktos.
§16.62.4τοῖς δὲ Λυκτίοις ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος ἐκπεπτωκόσι παράδοξος καὶ σύντομος ἐφάνη βοήθεια.
For the Lyktians who had been expelled from their homeland, an unexpected and swift assistance appeared.
περὶ γὰρ τοὺς αὐτοὺς χρόνους Ταραντίνων διαπολεμούντων πρὸς Λευκανοὺς καὶ πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους, ὄντας προγόνους ἑαυτῶν, πεμψάντων πρέσβεις περὶ βοηθείας οἱ μὲν Σπαρτιᾶται διὰ τὴν συγγένειαν προθύμως ἔχοντες συμμαχῆσαι ταχέως δύναμιν ἤθροιζον πεζικήν τε καὶ ναυτικὴν καὶ ταύτης στρατηγὸν ἀπέδειξαν Ἀρχίδαμον τὸν βασιλέα·
For around the same time, since the Tarentines were waging war against the Lucanians and had sent envoys to the Lacedaemonians, who were their ancestors, asking for assistance, the Spartans, being eager to join the alliance because of their kinship, quickly gathered both a land and a naval force, and appointed King Archidamus as its commander.
μελλόντων δʼ ἀπαίρειν εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν, ἠξίωσαν οἱ Λύκτιοι πρῶτον αὐτοῖς βοηθῆσαι·
When they were about to depart for Italy, the Lyktians asked them to assist them first.
οἱ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι πεισθέντες καὶ πλεύσαντες εἰς τὴν Κρήτην τοὺς μισθοφόρους ἐνίκησαν, τοῖς δὲ Λακτίοις ἀνέσωσαν τὴν πατρίδα.
The Lacedaemonians, being persuaded and having sailed to Crete, defeated the mercenaries and restored their homeland to the Lyktians.