§10.22.1ἑβδόμῃ δὲ ὕστερον μετὰ τὴν μάχην λόχος τῶν Γαλατῶν ἀνελθεῖν ἐς τὴν Οἴτην ἐπεχείρησε κατὰ Ἡράκλειαν· ἀτραπὸς δὲ στενὴ καὶ ταύτῃ μετὰ τὰ ἐρείπια ἀνήκει τὰ Τραχῖνος·
On the seventh day after the battle, a company of the Galatians attempted to ascend Mount Oeta by Heracleia; and a narrow path ascends here also, past the ruins of Trachis.
ἦν δὲ καὶ ἱερὸν Ἀθηνᾶς τότε ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως Τραχινίδος καὶ ἀναθήματα ἐν αὐτῷ.
There was also a temple of Athena at that time above the Trachinian city, and offerings in it.
ἔς τε οὖν τὴν Οἴτην ἀναβήσεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ἀτραπὸν ἤλπιζον καὶ ἅμα προσέσεσθαί σφισιν ἐν παρέργῳ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τὴν φρουρὰν οἰομένου Τελεσάρχῳ.
They hoped therefore both to ascend Mount Oeta by this path and at the same time to acquire as a byproduct the things from the temple, which was thought to be guarded by Telesarchus.
καὶ νικῶσι μὲν τοὺς βαρβάρους τῇ μάχῃ, αὐτὸς δὲ ἔπεσεν ὁ Τελέσαρχος, ἀνήρ εἴπερ τις καὶ ἄλλος πρόθυμος ἐς τὰ Ἑλλήνων.
And they defeated the barbarians in the battle, but Telesarchus himself fell, a man who, if any other, was zealous for the cause of the Greeks.
§10.22.2οἱ μὲν δὴ ἡγεμόνες τῶν βαρβάρων οἱ ἄλλοι κατεπεπλήγεσαν τὸ Ἑλληνικόν, καὶ ἠπόρουν ἅμα ὑπὲρ τῶν μελλόντων, ἐς οὐδέν σφισι πλέον προχωροῦντα ὁρῶντες τὰ ἐν χερσί· τῷ δὲ Βρέννῳ λογισμὸς παρίστατο ὡς εἰ ἀναγκάσει τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς οἴκαδε ἐς τὴν Αἰτωλίαν ἀναχωρῆσαι, ῥᾴων ἤδη γενήσοιτο ὁ πόλεμος αὐτῷ πρὸς τὸ Ἑλληνικόν.
Now the other leaders of the barbarians were terrified of the Greek force, and were at the same time at a loss concerning the future, seeing that the business in hand was making no progress for them; but a plan occurred to Brennus, that if he should compel the Aetolians to retreat homeward to Aetolia, the war against the Greek force would now become easier for him.
ἀπολέξας οὖν τῆς στρατιᾶς μυριάδας τοὺς πεζοὺς τέσσαρας καὶ ὅσον ὀκτακοσίους ἱππέας, Ὀρεστόριόν τε αὐτοῖς καὶ Κόμβουτιν ἐφίστησιν ἄρχοντας, οἳ ὀπίσω κατὰ τοῦ Σπερχειοῦ τὰς γεφύρας καὶ §10.22.3αὖθις διὰ Θεσσαλίας ὁδεύσαντες ἐμβάλλουσιν ἐς τὴν Αἰτωλίαν·
Selecting, therefore, from the army forty thousand infantry and about eight hundred cavalry, he placed Orestorius and Combutis over them as commanders, who, going back to the bridges of the Spercheius and marching again through Thessaly, invaded Aetolia.
καὶ τὰ ἐς Καλλιέας Κόμβουτις οἱ ἐργασάμενοι καὶ Ὀρεστόριος ἦσαν, ἀνοσιώτατά τε ὧν ἀκοῇ ἐπιστάμεθα καὶ οὐδὲν τοῖς ἀνθρώπων τολμήμασιν ὅμοια.
And those who committed the deeds at Callieae were Combutis and Orestorius, deeds the most impious of those we know by report, and in no way resembling the daring deeds of men.
γένος μέν γε πᾶν ἐξέκοψαν τὸ ἄρσεν, καὶ ὁμοίως γέροντές τε καὶ τὰ νήπια ἐπὶ τῶν μητέρων τοῖς μαστοῖς ἐφονεύετο· τούτων δὲ καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ γάλακτος πιότερα ἀποκτείνοντες ἔπινόν τε οἱ Γαλάται τοῦ αἵματος καὶ ἥπτοντο τῶν σαρκῶν.
For they cut off the entire male race, and likewise old men and infants at their mothers' breasts were slaughtered; and killing the fattest of these infants, which were still fed on milk, the Galatians drank their blood and ate their flesh.
§10.22.4γυναῖκες δὲ καὶ ὅσοι ἐν ὥρᾳ τῶν παρθένων, ὅσαι μὲν φρονήματός τι αὐτῶν εἶχον, ἑαυτὰς ἔφθησαν ὡς ἡλίσκετο ἡ πόλις διειργασμέναι· τὰς δὲ ἔτι περιούσας ἐς ἰδέαν ὕβρεως πᾶσαν μετὰ ἀνάγκης ἦγον ἰσχυρᾶς, ἅτε ἴσον μὲν ἐλέου, ἴσον δὲ τὰς φύσεις καὶ ἔρωτος ἀπέχοντες.
As for the women and those who were virgins in the flower of their youth, those who had any pride of spirit killed themselves beforehand as the city was being captured; but those who still survived they subjected by sheer force to every form of outrage, since they were equally devoid of pity and of human nature and love.
καὶ ὅσαι μὲν τῶν γυναικῶν ταῖς μαχαίραις τῶν Γαλατῶν ἐπετύγχανον, αὐτοχειρίᾳ τὰς ψυχὰς ἠφίεσαν· ταῖς δὲ οὐ μετὰ πολὺ ὑπάρξειν τὸ χρεὼν ἔμελλεν ἥ τε ἀσιτία καὶ ἡ ἀυπνία, ἀστέγων βαρβάρων ἐκ διαδοχῆς ἀλλήλοις ὑβριζόντων· οἱ δὲ καὶ ἀφιείσαις τὰς ψυχάς, οἱ δὲ καὶ ἤδη νεκραῖς συνεγίνοντο ὅμως.
And those of the women who happened upon the swords of the Galatians dispatched themselves; but for the others, lack of food and sleep was soon to bring the fatal end, as the roofless barbarians outraged them in turn one after another; and some even copulated with those who were expiring, and some even with those already dead.
§10.22.5Αἰτωλοὶ δὲ πεπυσμένοι τε παρὰ ἀγγέλων ἦσαν ὁποῖαι σφᾶς κατειλήφεσαν συμφοραὶ καὶ αὐτίκα ὡς τάχους εἶχον ἀναστήσαντες ἀπὸ τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν τὴν δύναμιν ἠπείγοντο ἐς τὴν Αἰτωλίαν, τά τε παθήματα τῶν Καλλιέων ἐν ὀργῇ ποιούμενοι καὶ πλέον ἔτι τὰς οὐχ ἑαλωκυίας πω διασώσασθαι πόλεις προθυμούμενοι.
The Aetolians had learned from messengers what kind of calamities had overtaken them, and immediately, with what speed they could, raising their force from Thermopylae, they hastened to Aetolia, being enraged at the sufferings of the people of Callieae, and even more eager to save the cities that had not yet been captured.
ἐξεστρατεύοντο δὲ καὶ οἴκοθεν ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων πασῶν οἱ ἐν ἡλικίᾳ, ἀναμεμιγμένοι δʼ ἦσαν ὑπὸ ἀνάγκης τε καὶ φρονήματος καὶ οἱ γεγηρακότες· συνεστρατεύοντο δέ σφισι καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες ἑκουσίως, πλέον ἐς τοὺς Γαλάτας καὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῷ θυμῷ χρώμεναι.
And all those of military age marched out from their homes from all the cities, and because of necessity and pride, even the aged were mingled with them; and the women also marched with them voluntarily, showing an anger against the Galatians even greater than that of the men.
§10.22.6ὡς δὲ οἱ βάρβαροι συλήσαντες τούς τε οἴκους καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ καὶ ἐνέντες πῦρ ἐς τὸ Κάλλιον ἐκομίζοντο τὴν αὐτήν, ἐνταῦθα Πατρεῖς μὲν ἐπικουροῦντες Αἰτωλοῖς Ἀχαιῶν μόνοι προσέκειντο ἐξ ἐναντίας τοῖς βαρβάροις ἅτε ὁπλιτεύειν δεδιδαγμένοι, καὶ ὑπὸ πλήθους τε τῶν Γαλατῶν καὶ τῆς ἐς τὰ ἔργα ἀπονοίας μάλιστα ἐταλαιπώρησαν· οἱ δὲ Αἰτωλοὶ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αἱ Αἰτωλαὶ παρὰ πᾶσαν τεταγμένοι τὴν ὁδὸν ἐσηκόντιζόν τε ἐς τοὺς βαρβάρους, καὶ οὐδὲν ἄλλο ὅτι μὴ τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους ἐχόντων θυρεοὺς ὀλίγα αὐτῶν ἡμάρτανον, διώκοντάς τε ἀπέφευγον οὐ χαλεπῶς καὶ ἀναστρέφουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς διώξεως ἐπέκειντο αὖθις σπουδῇ.
When the barbarians, having plundered the houses and the temples, and having set fire to Callium, were retreating by the same way, there the Patraeans, alone of the Achaeans, aiding the Aetolians, confronted the barbarians, since they had been trained to fight as hoplites, and suffered extremely owing both to the multitude of the Galatians and to their desperation in action; but the Aetolian men and the Aetolian women, drawn up along the whole road, threw their javelins at the barbarians, and since the latter had nothing else but their native shields, they rarely missed them, and when pursued, they escaped without difficulty, and when the enemy turned back from the pursuit, they pressed upon them again with vigor.