§16.86.1ἅμα δʼ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν δυνάμεων ἐκταττομένων ὁ μὲν βασιλεὺς τὸν υἱὸν Ἀλέξανδρον, ἀντίπαιδα τὴν ἡλικίαν ὄντα, διάδηλον δὲ τὴν ἀνδρείαν καὶ τὴν ὀξύτητα τῆς ἐνεργείας ἔχοντα, κατέστησεν ἐπὶ θάτερον τῶν κεράτων, παρακαταστήσας αὐτῷ τῶν ἡγεμόνων τοὺς ἀξιολογωτάτους· αὐτὸς δὲ τοὺς ἐπιλέκτους ἔχων μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν εἶχε τοῦ ἑτέρου μέρους καὶ τὰς κατὰ μέρος τάξεις οἰκείως τοῖς παροῦσι καιροῖς διεκόσμησεν.
At daybreak, as the forces were being drawn up, the king stationed his son Alexander, who was in age but a boy, yet possessed a conspicuous courage and swiftness of action, on one of the two wings, having placed beside him the most noteworthy of his commanders; and he himself, keeping the elite troops with him, held the command of the other part, and arranged the individual units of the line in a manner appropriate to the present circumstances.
§16.86.2οἱ δʼ Ἀθηναῖοι κατʼ ἔθνος τὴν διαίρεσιν τῆς τάξεως ποιησάμενοι τοῖς μὲν Βοιωτοῖς τὸ ἕτερον μέρος παρέδωκαν, αὐτοὶ δὲ τοῦ λοιποῦ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν εἶχον.
The Athenians, having made the division of their battle line by nations, handed over one of the parts to the Boeotians, while they themselves held the command of the remainder.
γενομένης δὲ μάχης καρτερᾶς ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον καὶ πολλῶν πιπτόντων παρʼ ἀμφοτέροις μέχρι μέν τινος ὁ ἀγὼν ἀμφιδοξουμένας εἶχε τὰς ἐλπίδας τῆς νίκης.
A fierce battle having taken place for a long time, and many falling on both sides, for a certain time the struggle kept the hopes of victory in suspense.
§16.86.3μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου φιλοτιμουμένου τῷ πατρὶ τὴν ἰδίαν ἀνδραγαθίαν ἐνδείξασθαι καὶ φιλοτιμίας ὑπερβολὴν οὐκ ἀπολείποντος, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ πολλῶν αὐτῷ συναγωνιζομένων ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν πρῶτος τὸ συνεχὲς τῆς τῶν πολεμίων τάξεως ἔρρηξε καὶ πολλοὺς καταβαλὼν κατεπόνει τοὺς καθʼ αὑτὸν τεταγμένους.
After this, Alexander, being eager to display his own valor to his father and lacking nothing in the highest degree of ambition, while many brave men likewise fought alongside him, was the first to break the solid front of the enemy's line, and having struck down many, he wore down those stationed opposite him.
§16.86.4τὸ δʼ αὐτὸ καὶ τῶν παραστατῶν αὐτῷ ποιησάντων τὸ συνεχὲς αἰεὶ τῆς τάξεως παρερρήγνυτο.
As his comrades-in-arms did the same, the solid front of the line was continually broken.
πολλῶν δὲ σωρευομένων νεκρῶν οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον πρῶτοι βιασάμενοι τοὺς καθʼ αὑτοὺς ἐτρέψαντο.
Since many dead bodies were piling up, Alexander's men, being the first to force their way through, routed those opposite them.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς αὐτὸς προκινδυνεύων καὶ τῆς νίκης τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν οὐδʼ αὐτῷ παραχωρῶν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐξέωσε τῇ βίᾳ τοὺς ἀντιτεταγμένους, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ φεύγειν συναναγκάσας αἴτιος ἐγένετο τῆς νίκης.
After this, the king himself also, fighting in the forefront of danger and not yielding the credit of the victory even to Alexander, at first forced back those arrayed against him by strength, and then, having compelled them to flee, became the author of the victory.
§16.86.5τῶν δʼ Ἀθηναίων ἔπεσον μὲν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ πλείους τῶν χιλίων, ἥλωσαν δʼ οὐκ ἐλάττους τῶν δισχιλίων.
Of the Athenians, more than a thousand fell in the battle, and not fewer than two thousand were captured.
§16.86.6ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τῶν Βοιωτῶν πολλοὶ μὲν ἀνῃρέθησαν, οὐκ ὀλίγοι δʼ ἐζωγρήθησαν.
Likewise, many of the Boeotians also were slain, and not a few were taken alive.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν μάχην ὁ Φίλιππος τρόπαιον στήσας καὶ τοὺς νεκροὺς εἰς ταφὴν συγχωρήσας ἐπινίκια τοῖς θεοῖς ἔθυσε καὶ τοὺς ἀνδραγαθήσαντας κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἐτίμησεν.
After the battle, Philip, having erected a trophy and having permitted the dead to be buried, offered sacrifices of thanksgiving to the gods and honored those who had distinguished themselves in valor according to their merit.