§19.30.1ἐπεὶ δὲ σύνεγγυς ἀλλήλων ἐγένετο τὰ στρατόπεδα καὶ τὸ σύσσημον ἤρθη παρʼ ἀμφοτέροις, ἐπηλάλαξαν μὲν αἱ δυνάμεις ἐπαλλὰξ πλεονάκις, ἐσήμηναν δʼ οἱ σαλπιγκταὶ τὸ πολεμικόν.
When the camps became close to one another and the signal was raised on both sides, the forces shouted their battle cries in alternation several times, and the trumpeters sounded the charge.
πρῶτοι δʼ οἱ μετὰ Πίθωνος ἱππεῖς, στερεὸν μὲν οὐδὲν οὐδʼ ἀξιόλογον ἔχοντες πρόφραγμα περὶ αὐτούς, ὑπερέχοντες δὲ τῶν ἀντιτεταγμένων τῷ τε πλήθει καὶ ταῖς ἐλαφρότησιν, ἐπειρῶντο χρήσασθαι τοῖς ἰδίοις προτερήμασι.
First, the cavalry under Pithon, although having no firm or noteworthy defense about themselves, but surpassing their opponents in both number and lightness, attempted to make use of their own advantages.
§19.30.2τὸ μὲν γὰρ κατὰ στόμα διακινδυνεύειν πρὸς ἐλέφαντας οὐκ ἀσφαλὲς ἐνόμιζον, περιιππεύσαντες δὲ τὸ κέρας καὶ πλαγίοις ἐμβαλόντες πυκνοῖς τοῖς βέλεσι κατετίτρωσκον, αὐτοὶ μὲν διὰ τὰς ἐλαφρότητας οὐδὲν πάσχοντες, μεγάλα δὲ βλάπτοντες τοὺς διὰ τὰ βάρη μήτʼ ἐκδιῶξαι δυναμένους μήτʼ ἀναχωρεῖν, ὅταν καιρὸς παραγγείλῃ.
For they did not think it safe to risk a head-on battle against the elephants, but having ridden around the wing and attacked them from the flank, they wounded them with thick-falling arrows; they themselves suffered nothing because of their lightness, but they caused great damage to those who, because of their weight, were neither able to pursue nor to withdraw when the opportunity directed.
§19.30.3Εὐμενὴς δʼ ὁρῶν πιεζούμενον τὸ κέρας τῷ πλήθει τῶν ἀφιπποτοξοτῶν μετεπέμψατο παρʼ Εὐδάμου τοῦ τὸ λαιὸν κέρας ἔχοντος τοὺς ἐλαφροτάτους τῶν ἱππέων,
But Eumenes, seeing that the wing was being pressed by the multitude of the horse-archers, sent for the lightest of the cavalry from Eudamus, who held the left wing.
§19.30.4ἐξαγαγὼν δὲ ἐπὶ κέρας τὴν ὅλην τάξιν τοῖς μὲν ψιλοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἐλαφροτάτοις τῶν ἱππέων εἰσέβαλεν εἰς τοὺς ἐναντίους, ἐπακολουθούντων δὲ καὶ τῶν θηρίων ῥᾳδίως τρεψάμενος τοὺς περὶ τὸν Πίθωνα κατεδίωξε μέχρι τῆς ὑπωρίας.
And having drawn out the entire formation into a column, he fell upon the enemy with the light-armed troops and the lightest of the cavalry, and as the beasts also followed, having easily routed those around Pithon, he pursued them as far as the foothills.
§19.30.5ἅμα δὲ τούτοις πραττομένοις συνέβη καὶ τοὺς πεζοὺς ἐφʼ ἱκανὸν μὲν χρόνον φαλαγγομαχεῖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους, τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον πολλῶν πεσόντων παρʼ ἀμφοτέροις ἐπικρατῆσαι τοὺς παρʼ Εὐμενεῖ τεταγμένους διὰ τὰς τῶν ἀργυρασπίδων Μακεδόνων ἀρετάς· §19.30.6οὗτοι γὰρ ταῖς μὲν ἡλικίαις ἤδη προβεβήκεισαν, διὰ δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν κινδύνων διέφερον ταῖς τόλμαις καὶ ταῖς εὐχειρίαις, ὥστε μηδένα δύνασθαι κατὰ στόμα τὴν βίαν ὑποστῆναι.
While these things were being done, it happened that the infantry also fought a phalanx-battle against one another for a considerable time, but at last, after many had fallen on both sides, those stationed with Eumenes prevailed because of the valor of the Macedonian Silver Shields; for these had already advanced in years, but because of the multitude of their dangers they excelled in daring and skill, so that no one was able to withstand their force head-on.
διὸ καὶ τότε τρισχίλιοι μὲν ὄντες οἱονεὶ στόμωμα καθειστήκεισαν πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως.
Therefore, at that time also, although they were three thousand, they stood as the very edge, as it were, of the whole force.
§19.30.7Ἀντίγονος δʼ ὁρῶν τό τε εὐώνυμον κέρας τῶν ἰδίων πεφευγότας καὶ τὴν φάλαγγα πᾶσαν τετραμμένην τοῖς μὲν συμβουλούουσιν ἀποχωρεῖν πρὸς τὴν ὀρεινὴν καὶ τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς φυγῆς σωζομένους ἀναλαμβάνειν, ἄθραυστον ἔχοντα τὸ περὶ αὐτὸν μέρος τῆς δυνάμεως, οὐ προσέσχε, τῷ δὲ παρὰ τοῦ καιροῦ δοθέντι προτερήματι δεξιῶς χρησάμενος καὶ τοὺς φεύγοντας τῶν ἰδίων ἔσωσε καὶ τῆς νίκης ἔτυχεν.
But Antigonus, seeing both that the left wing of his own men had fled and that the entire phalanx had been routed, did not give heed to those who advised him to withdraw to the mountainous country and to rally those who were being saved from flight, since he had the part of the force about him unbroken; but having skillfully used the advantage given by the opportunity, he both saved those of his own men who were fleeing and obtained the victory.
§19.30.8οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἀργυράσπιδες οἱ παρʼ Εὐμενεῖ καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν πλῆθος τῶν πεζῶν ὡς τάχιστα ἐτρέψατο τοὺς ἀντιτεταγμένους, ἐπεδίωκεν μέχρι τῆς πρότερον ὑπωρίας· §19.30.9ὁ δʼ Ἀντίγονος γενομένου διαστήματος ἐν τῇ τῶν πολεμίων τάξει διιππεύσας μέρει τῶν ἱππέων ἐνέβαλεν εἰς πλαγίους τοὺς περὶ Εὔδαμον τεταγμένους ἐπὶ τοῦ λαιοῦ κέρατος.
For the Silver Shields with Eumenes and the rest of the multitude of the infantry, as soon as they had routed those opposed to them, pursued them as far as the former foothills; but Antigonus, when a gap occurred in the formation of the enemy, rode through with a part of his cavalry and fell upon the flank of those stationed with Eudamus on the left wing.
§19.30.10ταχὺ δὲ διὰ τὸ παράδοξον τρεψάμενος τοὺς ἐναντίους καὶ πολλοὺς ἀνελὼν διαπέστειλε τῶν ἱππέων τοὺς ἐλαφροτάτους καὶ διὰ τούτων ἀνεκαλέσατο τοὺς φεύγοντας καὶ παρὰ τὴν ὑπωρίαν πάλιν εἰς τάξιν κατέστησεν.
And having quickly routed the opponents because of the unexpectedness of the attack, and having slain many, he sent out the lightest of his cavalry, and through them recalled those who were fleeing and restored them again into formation near the foothills.
καὶ γὰρ οἱ περὶ τὸν Εὐμενῆ πυθόμενοι τὴν τῶν ἰδίων τροπὴν ἀνεκαλοῦντο τῇ σάλπιγγι τοὺς διώκοντας, σπεύδοντες
For those around Eumenes also, having learned of the rout of their own men, began to recall the pursuers with the trumpet, hastening