§10.2.1ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐς τὴν Εὐρώπην ὁ Περσῶν στρατὸς διέβη, λέγεται τοὺς Φωκέας φρονῆσαι μὲν ὑπὸ ἀνάγκης τὰ βασιλέως, αὐτομολῆσαι δὲ ἐκ τῶν Μήδων καὶ ἐς τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν παρὰ τὸ ἔργον τὸ Πλαταιᾶσι παρατάξασθαι.
When the army of the Persians crossed into Europe, it is said that the Phocians, under necessity, favored the cause of the King, but that they deserted from the Medes and marshaled themselves with the Greeks during the battle at Plataea.
χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον κατέλαβεν αὐτοὺς ζημιωθῆναι χρήμασιν ὑπὸ Ἀμφικτυόνων· οὐδὲ ἔχω τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀληθὲς ἐξευρεῖν εἴτε ἀδικήσασιν ἐπεβλήθη σφίσιν εἴτε Θεσσαλοὶ κατὰ τὸ ἐκ παλαιοῦ μῖσος γενέσθαι τὴν ζημίαν τοῖς Φωκεῦσιν ἦσαν οἱ πράξαντες.
But some time later, it befell them to be fined in money by the Amphictyons; nor am I able to discover the truth of the matter, whether the fine was imposed on them because they had done wrong, or whether the Thessalians, acting out of their ancient hatred, were the ones who brought about this penalty for the Phocians.
§10.2.2ἐχόντων δὲ ἀθύμως αὐτῶν πρὸς τῆς ζημίας τὸ μέγεθος, Φιλόμηλος σφᾶς ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Θεοτίμου, Φωκέων οὐδενὸς ἀξιώματι ὕστερος—πατρὶς δὲ αὐτῷ Λέδων τῶν ἐν Φωκεῦσιν ἦν πόλεων—οὗτος οὖν ὁ Φιλόμηλος τήν τε ἔκτισιν αὐτοῖς ἀδύνατον ἀπέφηνε τῶν χρημάτων καὶ ἀνέπειθε τὸ ἱερὸν καταλαβεῖν τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς, λέγων καὶ ἄλλα ἐπαγωγὰ καὶ ὡς τὰ Ἀθηναίων καὶ ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος ἐπιτήδεια ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐστιν αὐτοῖς, Θηβαίων δὲ καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλος κατασταίη σφίσιν ἐς πόλεμον, περιέσεσθαι καὶ ἀρετῇ σφᾶς καὶ δαπάνῃ χρημάτων.
As they were in low spirits because of the greatness of the fine, Philomelus, the son of Theotimus, a man inferior to none of the Phocians in reputation—his homeland was Ledon, one of the cities among the Phocians—this Philomelus, then, showed them that the payment of the money was impossible for them, and persuaded them to seize the sanctuary in Delphi, saying other attractive things and that the goodwill of the Athenians and from Lacedaemon had been theirs from the beginning, and that if the Thebans or anyone else should enter into war against them, they would overcome them both in courage and in expenditure of money.
§10.2.3ταῦτα τοῦ Φιλομήλου λέγοντος οὐκ ἐγίνετο ἀκούσια τῷ πλήθει τῶν Φωκέων, εἴτε τὴν γνώμην σφίσι τοῦ θεοῦ βλάπτοντος εἴτε καὶ αὐτοῖς πεφυκόσιν ἐπίπροσθεν εὐσεβείας τὰ κέρδη ποιεῖσθαι.
When Philomelus said this, it was not unwelcome to the multitude of the Phocians, whether because the god was injuring their judgment, or because they themselves were of a nature to put profit before piety.
τὴν δὲ τῶν Δελφῶν κατάληψιν ἐποιήσαντο οἱ Φωκεῖς Ἡρακλείδου μὲν πρυτανεύοντος ἐν Δελφοῖς καὶ Ἀγαθοκλέους Ἀθήνῃσιν ἄρχοντος, τετάρτῳ δὲ ἔτει πέμπτης Ὀλυμπιάδος ἐπὶ ταῖς ἑκατόν, ἣν Πρῶρος ἐνίκα Κυρηναῖος στάδιον.
And the Phocians made the seizure of Delphi when Heraclides was prytanis in Delphi and Agathocles was archon in Athens, in the fourth year of the hundred and fifth Olympiad, in which Proros of Cyrene won the stadion.
§10.2.4καταλαβοῦσι δὲ αὐτοῖς τὸ ἱερὸν ξενικά τε αὐτίκα τὰ ἰσχυρότατα τῶν ἐν Ἕλλησιν ἠθροίσθη καὶ οἱ Θηβαῖοί σφισιν ἐς πόλεμον ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ καθεστήκεσαν, διάφοροι καὶ τὰ πρότερα ὄντες.
When they had seized the sanctuary, the strongest mercenary forces among the Greeks were immediately gathered for them, and the Thebans openly set themselves to war against them, having been at variance even in former times.
χρόνος μὲν δὴ ἐγένετο ὃν ἐπολέμησαν δέκα ἔτη συνεχῶς, καὶ ἐν τοσούτῳ πολέμου μήκει πολλάκις μὲν οἱ Φωκεῖς καὶ τὰ παρʼ αὐτοῖς ξενικὰ ἐνίκησε, πολλάκις δὲ ἦν τὰ τῶν Θηβαίων ἐπικρατέστερα· γενομένης δὲ κατὰ Νεῶνα πόλιν συμβολῆς ἐτράποντο οἱ Φωκεῖς, καὶ ὁ Φιλόμηλος ῥίπτει τε αὑτὸν ἐν τῇ φυγῇ κατὰ ὑψηλοῦ καὶ ἀποτόμου κρημνοῦ καὶ ἀφίησιν οὕτω τὴν ψυχήν· ἐτέτακτο δὲ καὶ ἄλλως τοῖς Ἀμφικτύοσιν ἐς τοὺς συλῶντας αὕτη ἡ δίκη.
The time during which they fought was ten years continuously, and in so great a length of war, many times the Phocians and the mercenaries with them won, and many times the cause of the Thebans was more powerful; but when a clash occurred near the city of Neon, the Phocians were routed, and Philomelus, in the flight, threw himself down a high and precipitous cliff and so yielded up his life; and indeed, this same punishment had also otherwise been ordained by the Amphictyons for temple-robbers.
§10.2.5μετὰ δὲ Φιλόμηλον τελευτήσαντα Ὀνομάρχῳ μὲν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν διδόασιν οἱ Φωκεῖς, ἐς δὲ τῶν Θηβαίων τὴν συμμαχίαν προσεχώρησε Φίλιππος ὁ Ἀμύντου· καὶ —ἐκράτησε γὰρ Φίλιππος τῆς συμβολῆς—φεύγων ὁ Ὀνόμαρχος καὶ ἐπὶ θάλασσαν ἀφικόμενος ἐνταῦθα ὑπὸ τῶν στρατιωτῶν κατηκοντίσθη τῶν οἰκείων, ὡς τὴν ἧσσάν σφισιν ὑπὸ ἀτολμίας συμβᾶσαν τῆς ἐκείνου καὶ ἐς τὸ στρατηγεῖν ἀπειρίας.
After the death of Philomelus, the Phocians gave the command to Onomarchus, and Philip, the son of Amyntas, joined the alliance of the Thebans; and—for Philip won the battle—Onomarchus, fleeing and arriving at the sea, was there shot down with javelins by his own soldiers, because the defeat had happened to them through his cowardice and inexperience in generalship.
§10.2.6Ὀνομάρχῳ μὲν τέλος τοῦ βίου τοιοῦτον ἐπήγαγεν ὁ δαίμων, στρατηγὸν δὲ αὐτοκράτορα εἵλοντο ἀδελφὸν τοῦ Ὀνομάρχου Φάυλον.
Such an end of life did the deity bring upon Onomarchus, and the Phocians chose Phayllus, the brother of Onomarchus, as general with absolute power.
λέγουσι δὲ τοῦτον τὸν Φάυλον παρεληλυθέναι τε δὴ ἄρτι ἐπὶ τῶν Φωκέων τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ ὄψιν ὀνείρατος ἰδεῖν τοιάνδε.
And they say that this Phayllus had just succeeded to the rule over the Phocians when he saw a vision of a dream of this kind.
ἐν τοῖς ἀναθήμασι τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος μίμημα ἦν χαλκοῦν ἀνδρὸς χρονιωτέρου, κατερρυηκότος τε ἤδη τὰς σάρκας καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ ὑπολειπομένου μόνα· ἀνάθημα δὲ ὑπὸ Δελφῶν Ἱπποκράτους ἐλέγετο εἶναι τοῦ ἰατροῦ.
Among the offerings of Apollo there was a bronze likeness of an aged man, whose flesh was already wasted away and only the bones were left; it was said by the Delphians to be an offering of Hippocrates the physician.
τούτῳ δὴ ἑαυτὸν ἐοικέναι τῷ ἀναθήματι ἔδοξεν ὁ Φάυλος· αὐτίκα δὲ ὑπολαβοῦσα αὐτὸν φθοώδης νόσος ἐπετέλει τοῦ ἐνυπνίου τὴν μαντείαν.
To this offering Phayllus thought he was like; and immediately a wasting disease seized him and fulfilled the prophecy of the dream.
§10.2.7Φαύλου δὲ ἀποθανόντος ἐς Φάλαικον τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ περιεχώρησεν ἡ ἐν Φωκεῦσι δυναστεία· καὶ ἐπεὶ ἔσχεν ὁ Φάλαικος αἰτίαν ἰδίᾳ περιποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἱερῶν χρημάτων, ἐπαύθη τῆς ἀρχῆς.
When Phayllus died, the supreme power among the Phocians devolved upon his son Phalaecus; and when Phalaecus was accused of appropriating the sacred funds for himself, he was deposed from his command.
διαβὰς δὲ ναυσὶν ἐς Κρήτην ὁμοῦ Φωκέων τοῖς ᾑρημένοις τὰ ἐκείνου καὶ μοίρᾳ τοῦ ξενικοῦ, Κυδωνίᾳ προσκαθήμενος— οὐ γάρ οἱ διδόναι χρήματα ἐβούλοντο αἰτοῦντι— τῆς στρατιᾶς τὸ πολὺ ἀπόλλυσι καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπώλετο.
Crossing over with ships to Crete together with those of the Phocians who had chosen his side and a part of the mercenary force, while besieging Cydonia—for they did not wish to give him money when he asked—he lost the greater part of his army and perished himself.