§18.17.1ἱππεῖς δὲ πεντακισχίλιοι.
and five thousand cavalry.
οἱ δὲ Ἕλληνες κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν καιρὸν ἀντεστρατοπέδευσαν πολὺ τοῖς πλήθεσι λειπόμενοι· πολλοὶ γὰρ αὐτῶν διὰ τὰς προγεγενημένας εὐημερίας καταφρονοῦντες τῶν πολεμίων εἰς τὰς πατρίδας ἦσαν ἀπεληλυθότες πρὸς τὴν τῶν ἰδίων ἐπίσκεψιν.
The Greeks at this time encamped opposite them, being far inferior in numbers; for many of them, because of their previous successes, despised the enemy and had departed for their respective homelands to attend to their private affairs.
§18.17.2διʼ ἃς αἰτίας τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἀτακτούντων ὑπολοίπους εἶχον ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ πεζοὺς μὲν δισμυρίους καὶ πεντακισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ τρισχιλίους καὶ πεντακοσίους, ἐν οἷς μάλιστα εἶχον τὰς τῆς νίκης ἐλπίδας διά τε τὰς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀρετὰς καὶ διὰ τὸ πεδινὴν ὑποκεῖσθαι χώραν.
For these reasons, since the soldiers were acting without order, they had left in their camp twenty-five thousand infantry and three thousand five hundred cavalry, in whom they placed their greatest hopes of victory, both because of the valor of the men and because the underlying country was flat.
§18.17.3τέλος δὲ τῶν περὶ Ἀντίπατρον καθʼ ἡμέραν προαγόντων τὰς δυνάμεις καὶ προκαλουμένων εἰς μάχην τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἀνέμενον τοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων παραγενησομένους, τῶν δὲ καιρῶν κατεπειγόντων ἠναγκάζοντο συγκαταβαίνειν εἰς τὸν ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων κίνδυνον.
At last, as Antipater and his men advanced their forces daily and challenged them to battle, at first they waited for those who were to arrive from the cities, but as time pressed, they were forced to descend into a decisive hazard for their overall existence.
ἐκτάξαντες δὲ τὴν δύναμιν καὶ σπεύδοντες διὰ τῶν ἱππέων κρῖναι τὸν πόλεμον τούτους πρὸ τῆς τῶν πεζῶν φάλαγγος ἔστησαν.
Having drawn up their force and being eager to decide the war by means of the cavalry, they stationed them in front of the infantry phalanx.
§18.17.4γενομένης δὲ ἱππομαχίας καὶ τῶν Θετταλῶν ἱππέων πλεονεκτούντων διὰ τὰς ἀρετὰς οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀντίπατρον ἐπήγαγον τὴν ἰδίαν φάλαγγα καὶ τοῖς πεζοῖς τῶν πολεμίων ἐπιρράξαντες πολὺν ἐποιοῦντο φόνον.
When a cavalry battle took place and the Thessalian horsemen were gaining the upper hand because of their valor, Antipater and his men brought up their own phalanx, and crashing into the enemy's infantry, made a great slaughter.
οἱ δʼ Ἕλληνες τὸ βάρος καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πολεμίων οὐ δυνάμενοι φέρειν εὐθὺς ἀπεχώρησαν πρὸς τὰς δυσχωρίας, τηροῦντες τὰς τάξεις ἐπιμελῶς.
The Greeks, unable to bear the weight and numbers of the enemy, immediately retreated to the difficult ground, carefully maintaining their ranks.
διὸ καὶ δραξάμενοι τόπων ὑπερδεξίων ῥᾳδίως ἠμύναντο τοὺς Μακεδόνας, ὑπερδέξιον ἔχοντες τὴν στάσιν.
Therefore, having seized elevated positions, they easily repulsed the Macedonians, having their stand on superior ground.
§18.17.5οἱ δὲ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἱππεῖς ἐπὶ τοῦ προτερήματος ὄντες, ὡς ἔγνωσαν τὴν τῶν πεζῶν ἀποχώρησιν, εὐθὺς πρὸς ἐκείνους ἀφίππευσαν.
The Greek cavalry, although they were in a superior position, as soon as they realized the retreat of the infantry, immediately rode off to join them.
τότε μὲν οὖν τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἀγωνισάμενοι διελύθησαν, ῥεπούσης τῆς νίκης πρὸς τοὺς Μακεδόνας· ἀπέθανον δʼ ἐν τῇ μάχῃ τῶν μὲν Ἑλλήνων πλείους τῶν πεντακοσίων, τῶν δὲ Μακεδόνων ἑκατὸν καὶ τριάκοντα.
At that time, then, having fought in this manner, they separated, with the victory inclining toward the Macedonians; there died in the battle more than five hundred of the Greeks, and one hundred and thirty of the Macedonians.
§18.17.6τῇ δʼ ὑστεραίᾳ Μένων μὲν καὶ Ἀντίφιλος οἱ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἡγεμόνες συνεδρεύσαντες ἐβουλεύσαντο πότερον ἀναμείναντες τοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων συμμάχους καὶ καταστάντες ἀξιόμαχοι περὶ τῶν ὅλων διακρίνωνται ἢ τῷ παρόντι καιρῷ συνείξαντες πρεσβεύωνται περὶ διαλύσεως.
On the following day, Menon and Antiphilus, the commanders of the Greeks, held a council and deliberated whether they should wait for the allies from the cities and, having become a match for the enemy, decide the whole issue, or yield to the present situation and send envoys to treat for peace.
ἔδοξεν οὖν ἀποστέλλειν κήρυκας περὶ τῆς τοῦ πολέμου καταλύσεως.
It was resolved, therefore, to dispatch heralds concerning the termination of the war.
§18.17.7πραξάντων δʼ αὐτῶν τὸ δόξαν ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀντίπατρον κατὰ πόλεις πρεσβεύειν· οὐδενὶ γὰρ τρόπῳ κοινὴν σύλλυσιν ποιήσεσθαι.
When they had carried out this decision, Antipater and his associates replied that they should negotiate city by city; for they would in no way make a common settlement.
τῶν δὲ Ἑλλήνων οὐ προσδεχομένων τὰς κατὰ πόλιν διαλύσεις οἱ μὲν περὶ τὸν Ἀντίπατρον καὶ Κρατερὸν ἐπολιόρκουν τὰς ἐπὶ Θετταλίας πόλεις καὶ κατὰ κράτος ᾕρουν, μὴ δυναμένων τῶν Ἑλλήνων βοηθεῖν.
Since the Greeks would not accept settlements by individual cities, Antipater and Craterus began to besiege the cities in Thessaly and took them by force, as the Greeks were unable to bring aid.
διὸ καὶ τῶν πόλεων περιφόβων οὐσῶν καὶ κατʼ ἰδίαν ἑκάστης πρεσβευούσης περὶ διαλύσεως πάσαις συγχωρῶν τὴν εἰρήνην ἐπιεικῶς προσεφέρετο.
Consequently, as the cities were terrified and each sent envoys individually to treat for peace, Antipater granted peace to all of them and treated them with leniency.
§18.17.8διόπερ ἐμπεσούσης ὁρμῆς εἰς τὰς πόλεις ἰδίᾳ πορίζεσθαι τὴν σωτηρίαν ταχὺ πᾶσαι τῆς εἰρήνης ἔτυχον.
For this reason, an impulse having fallen upon the cities to secure their safety individually, they all quickly obtained peace.
οἱ δʼ ἀλλοτριώτατα διακείμενοι πρὸς τοὺς Μακεδόνας Αἰτωλοὶ καὶ Ἀθηναῖοι, συμμάχων ὄντες ἔρημοι, μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων στρατηγῶν ἐβουλεύοντο περὶ τοῦ πολέμου.
But the Aetolians and the Athenians, who were most hostilely disposed toward the Macedonians, being left destitute of allies, deliberated about the war with their own generals.