§17.17.1ἐπʼ ἄρχοντος δʼ Ἀθήνησι Κτησικλέους Ῥωμαῖοι μὲν ὑπάτους κατέστησαν Γάιον Σουλπίκιον καὶ Λεύκιον Παπίριον.
When Ctesicles was archon in Athens, the Romans appointed Gaius Sulpicius and Lucius Papirius as consuls.
Ἀλέξανδρος δὲ μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως πορευθεὶς ἐπὶ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον διεβίβασε τὴν δύναμιν ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν.
Alexander, marching to the Hellespont with his army, crossed his forces from Europe into Asia.
§17.17.2αὐτὸς δὲ μακραῖς ναυσὶν ἑξήκοντα καταπλεύσας πρὸς τὴν Τρῳάδα χώραν πρῶτος τῶν Μακεδόνων ἀπὸ τῆς νεὼς ἠκόντισε μὲν τὸ δόρυ, πήξας δʼ εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ τῆς νεὼς ἀφαλλόμενος παρὰ τῶν θεῶν ἀπεφαίνετο τὴν Ἀσίαν δέχεσθαι δορίκτητον.
He himself, sailing down to the Trojan territory with sixty warships, was the first of the Macedonians to hurl his spear from the ship, and having fixed it in the ground and leaping down from the ship himself, he declared that he received Asia from the gods as won by the spear.
§17.17.3καὶ τοὺς μὲν τάφους τῶν ἡρώων Ἀχιλλέως τε καὶ Αἴαντος καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐναγίσμασι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῖς πρὸς εὐδοξίαν ἀνήκουσιν ἐτίμησεν, αὐτὸς δὲ τὸν ἐξετασμὸν τῆς ἀκολουθούσης δυνάμεως ἀκριβῶς ἐποιήσατο.
And while he honored the tombs of the heroes Achilles and Ajax and the others with offerings to the dead and with other things pertaining to glory, he himself made a precise inspection of the accompanying army.
εὑρέθησαν δὲ πεζοὶ Μακεδόνες μὲν μύριοι καὶ δισχίλιοι, σύμμαχοι δὲ ἑπτακισχίλιοι, μισθοφόροι δὲ πεντακισχίλιοι, καὶ τούτων ἁπάντων Παρμενίων εἶχε τὴν ἡγεμονίαν.
There were found to be twelve thousand Macedonian infantry, seven thousand allies, and five thousand mercenaries, and Parmenion had the command of all of these.
§17.17.4Ὀδρύσαι δὲ καὶ Τριβαλλοὶ καὶ Ἰλλυριοὶ συνηκολούθουν ἑπτακισχίλιοι, τοξοτῶν δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἀγριάνων καλουμένων χίλιοι, ὥστε τοὺς ἅπαντας εἶναι πεζοὺς τρισμυρίους καὶ δισχιλίους.
The Odrysians, Triballians, and Illyrians accompanied to the number of seven thousand, and there were one thousand of archers and of those called Agrianes, so that the total infantry was thirty-two thousand.
ἱππεῖς δʼ ὑπῆρχον Μακεδόνες μὲν χίλιοι καὶ ὀκτακόσιοι, Φιλώτου τοῦ Παρμενίωνος ἡγουμένου, Θετταλοὶ δὲ χίλιοι καὶ ὀκτακόσιοι, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Κάλλας ὁ Ἁρπάλου, τῶν δʼ ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων οἱ πάντες ἑξακόσιοι, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Ἐρίγυιος, Θρᾷκες δὲ πρόδρομοι καὶ Παίονες ἐννακόσιοι, Κάσανδρον ἔχοντες ἡγεμόνα, ὥστε τοὺς σύμπαντας ὑπάρχειν ἱππεῖς τετρακισχιλίους καὶ πεντακοσίους.
Of cavalry there were eighteen hundred Macedonians, commanded by Philotas the son of Parmenion, eighteen hundred Thessalians, led by Callas the son of Harpalus, six hundred of the other Greeks in all, led by Erigyius, and nine hundred Thracian scouts and Paeonians, having Cassander as commander, so that the total cavalry was four thousand five hundred.
οἱ μὲν οὖν μετʼ Ἀλεξάνδρου διαβάντες εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν τοσοῦτοι τὸ πλῆθος ἦσαν.
Those, then, who crossed with Alexander into Asia were of this number.
§17.17.5οἱ δʼ ἐπὶ τῆς Εὐρώπης ἀπολελειμμένοι στρατιῶται, ὧν Ἀντίπατρος εἶχε τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, πεζοὶ μὲν ὑπῆρχον μύριοι καὶ δισχίλιοι, ἱππεῖς δὲ χίλιοι καὶ πεντακόσιοι.
But the soldiers left behind in Europe, of whom Antipater had the command, consisted of twelve thousand infantry and fifteen hundred cavalry.
§17.17.6τοῦ δὲ βασιλέως ἀναζεύξαντος ἐκ τῆς Τρῳάδος καὶ καταντήσαντος πρὸς τὸ τέμενος τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ὁ μὲν θύτης Ἀλέξανδρος κατανοήσας πρὸ τοῦ νεὼ κειμένην εἰκόνα χαμαὶ τοῦ Φρυγίας ποτὲ σατραπεύσαντος Ἀριοβαρζάνου καί τινων οἰωνῶν αἰσίων ἄλλων ἐπιγενομένων προσῆλθε τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ νικήσειν αὐτὸν ἱππομαχίᾳ μεγάλῃ διεβεβαιοῦτο καὶ μάλιστʼ, ἂν τύχῃ περὶ τὴν Φρυγίαν ἀγωνισάμενος.
When the king set out from the Trojan territory and arrived at the sacred precinct of Athena, the seer Alexander, having noticed an image of Ariobarzanes, who had once been satrap of Phrygia, lying on the ground in front of the temple, and some other auspicious omens having occurred, approached the king and assured him that he would win a great cavalry battle, and especially if he happened to fight around Phrygia.
§17.17.7προσετίθει δὲ καὶ διότι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσὶν ἀποκτενεῖ μαχόμενος ἐν παρατάξει στρατηγὸν ἐπιφανῆ τῶν πολεμίων· ταῦτα γὰρ αὐτῷ προσημαίνειν τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ μάλιστα τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, ἣν καὶ συνεργήσειν ἐν τοῖς εὐημερήμασιν.
And he added also that the king would kill with his own hands a distinguished general of the enemy while fighting in battle; for the gods, and especially Athena, were foretelling these things to him, who would also assist him in his successes.