§4.8.8ἐμάχοντο δὲ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς ἀξίως λόγου, Θεόπομπος δὲ καὶ ἀκρατέστερον ὥρμητο ὡς αὐτὸν ἀποκτενῶν Εὐφαῆ.
The kings also fought in a manner worthy of mention, and Theopompus rushed forward even more impetuously, intending to kill Euphaes himself.
Εὐφαὴς δὲ ὁρῶν ἐπιόντα εἶπεν ἄρα πρὸς τὸν Ἄντανδρον οὐδὲν εἶναι τὰ Θεοπόμπου διάφορα ἢ ὅσα ὁ πρόγονος αὐτοῦ Πολυνείκης ἐτόλμησε· Πολυνείκην τε γὰρ στρατιὰν ἐπὶ τὴν πατρίδα ἀγαγόντα ἐξ Ἄργους ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοχειρὶ καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ὑπὸ ἐκείνου, Θεόπομπόν τε ἐθέλειν ἐς τὸ ἴσον καταστῆσαι μιάσματος τοῖς ἀπὸ Λαΐου καὶ Οἰδίποδος τὸ Ἡρακλειδῶν γένος· οὐ μέντοι χαίροντά γε ἀπὸ τῆς μάχης διακριθήσεσθαι.
Euphaes, seeing him advancing, said to Antandros that the deeds of Theopompus were no different from what his ancestor Polynices had dared; for Polynices, having led an army from Argos against his own country, killed his brother with his own hand and was killed by him, and Theopompus wished to bring the race of the Heracleidae to an equal state of pollution with the descendants of Laius and Oedipus; however, he would not depart from the battle rejoicing.
τοιαῦτα ἐπιλέγων ἀντεπῄει καὶ οὗτος.
Adding such words, he too advanced to meet him.
§4.8.9ἐνταῦθα ἥ τε πᾶσα μάχη κεκμηκότων ὅμως ἐς τὸ ἀκμαιότατον αὖθις ἤρθη, καὶ τοῖς τε σώμασιν ἀνερρώννυντο καὶ τὸ ἀφειδὲς ἐς τὸν θάνατον παρʼ ἀμφοτέρων ηὐξάνετο, ὥστε εἰκάσαι ἄν τις τοῦ ἔργου τότε σφᾶς πρῶτον ἅπτεσθαι.
Thereupon the whole battle, although they were exhausted, was raised once more to its highest pitch, and they were renewed in bodily strength, and the disregard for death increased on both sides, so that one might have imagined that they were then engaging in the conflict for the first time.
τέλος δὲ οἱ περὶ τὸν Εὐφαῆ τῆς τε ἀπονοίας τῷ ὑπερβάλλοντι μανίας ὄντες ἐγγύτατα καὶ ὑπʼ ἀνδραγαθίας—πᾶν γὰρ δὴ τὸ περὶ τὸν βασιλέα οἱ λογάδες τῶν Μεσσηνίων ἦσαν—βιάζονται τοὺς ἀντιτεταγμένους· καὶ αὐτόν τε Θεόπομπον ἀπώσαντο καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων τοὺς καθʼ αὑτοὺς ἐτρέψαντο.
At last, those around Euphaes, being very near to madness through the excess of their desperation, and by reason of their valor—for all those about the king were the elite of the Messenians—forced back their opponents; and they both repulsed Theopompus himself and routed the Lacedaemonians opposite them.
§4.8.10τὸ δὲ ἕτερον κέρας τοῖς Μεσσηνίοις ἐταλαιπώρει.
But the other wing was in difficulties for the Messenians.
Πυθάρατός τε γὰρ ὁ στρατηγὸς ἐτεθνήκει καὶ αὐτοὶ διὰ τὴν ἀναρχίαν ἀτακτότερον καὶ θορυβωδέστερον ἐμάχοντο, οὐ μέντοι ἀθύμως εἶχον οὐδʼ οὗτοι.
For Pytharatus, the general, had died, and they themselves, because of the lack of command, were fighting in a more disorderly and tumultuous manner, though they too were not disheartened.
φεύγουσι δὲ οὔτε τοῖς Μεσσηνίοις ὁ Πολύδωρος οὔτε οἱ περὶ τὸν Εὐφαῆ τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις ἠκολούθησαν· Εὐφαεῖ γὰρ καὶ τοῖς περὶ αὐτὸν αἱρετώτερα ἐφαίνετο ἀμύνειν τοῖς ἡττωμένοις—οὐ μέντοι Πολυδώρῳ γὲ οὐδὲ τοῖς περὶ αὐτὸν συμμίσγουσιν, ἐν σκότῳ γὰρ ἤδη τὰ γινόμενα ἦν— §4.8.11καὶ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἅμα εἶργε μὴ πρόσω τοῖς ἀποχωροῦσιν ἐπακολουθεῖν οὐχ ἥκιστα καὶ ἡ ἀπειρία τῶν τόπων.
But neither did Polydorus pursue the fleeing Messenians, nor did those around Euphaes follow the Lacedaemonians; for to Euphaes and those around him it seemed preferable to aid those who were being defeated—however, they did not join battle with Polydorus and his men, for what was happening was already in darkness— and at the same time, the ignorance of the terrain prevented the Lacedaemonians from following far those who were retreating.
ἦν δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἄλλως πάτριον σχολαιοτέρας τὰς διώξεις ποιεῖσθαι, μὴ διαλῦσαι τὴν τάξιν πλείονα ἔχοντας πρόνοιαν ἤ τινα ἀποκτεῖναι φεύγοντα.
Indeed, it was also otherwise ancestral to them to make their pursuits more slowly, having more care not to break their formation than to kill anyone who fled.
τὰ δὲ μέσα ἀμφοτέροις, ᾗ Λακεδαιμονίων ὁ Εὐρυλέων, Μεσσηνίοις δὲ Κλέοννις ἡγεῖτο, ἰσοπαλῶς μὲν ἠγωνίζοντο, διέλυσε δὲ ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων καὶ τούτους ἐπελθοῦσα ἡ νύξ.
The centers of both sides, where Euryleon led the Lacedaemonians and Cleonnis commanded the Messenians, fought on equal terms, and the onset of night separated these also from one another.
§4.8.12ταύτην τὴν μάχην παρὰ ἀμφοτέρων ἢ μόνα ἢ μάλιστα ἐμαχέσαντο τὰ ὁπλιτικά.
In this battle, either solely or chiefly the heavy infantry on both sides did the fighting.
οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων ὀλίγοι τε ἦσαν καὶ οὐδὲν ὥστε καὶ μνημονευθῆναι διεπράξαντο· οὐ γάρ τοι ἀγαθοὶ τότε ἱππεύειν ἦσαν οἱ Πελοποννήσιοι.
Those on horses were few and achieved nothing even worthy of mention; for the Peloponnesians were not then good at horsemanship.
τῶν δὲ Μεσσηνίων οἱ ψιλοὶ καὶ οἱ παρὰ Λακεδαιμονίοις Κρῆτες οὐδὲ συνέμιξαν ἀρχήν· τῷ γὰρ πεζῷ τῷ σφετέρῳ κατὰ τρόπον ἔτι ἑκάτεροι τὸν ἀρχαῖον ἐπετάχθησαν.
The light-armed of the Messenians and the Cretans with the Lacedaemonians did not even engage at all; for they had been drawn up, each behind their own infantry, still after the ancient fashion.
§4.8.13ἐς δὲ τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν μάχης μὲν οὐδέτεροι διενοοῦντο ἄρχειν οὐδὲ ἱστάναι πρότεροι τρόπαιον, προϊούσης δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ὑπὲρ ἀναιρέσεως τῶν νεκρῶν ἐπεκηρυκεύοντο, καὶ ἐπειδὴ παρὰ ἀμφοτέρων συνεχωρήθη, θάψειν ἔμελλον ἤδη τὸ ἐντεῦθεν.
On the next day, neither side intended to begin a battle, nor did they set up a trophy first, but as the day went on, they sent heralds regarding the taking up of the dead; and when this had been agreed by both, they were then about to bury them from that point on.