§11.15.1ὁ δὲ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν στρατηγὸς ἕως μὲν τοῦ δυνατοῦ διακατεῖχε τοὺς μισθοφόρους, ἐπʼ ὀνόματος καλῶν καὶ παροξύνων τοὺς ἡγεμόνας·
But the general of the Achaeans kept holding back the mercenaries as far as possible, calling the commanders by name and encouraging them.
§11.15.2ἐπεὶ δʼ ἑώρα τούτους ἐκβιαζομένους, οὐ πτοηθεὶς ἔφευγεν οὐδʼ ἀθυμήσας ἀπέστη, ἀλλʼ ὑποστείλας αὑτὸν ὑπὸ τὸ τῆς φάλαγγος κέρας, ἅμα τῷ παραπεσεῖν τοὺς διώκοντας καὶ γενέσθαι τὸν τόπον ἔρημον, καθʼ ὃν ὁ κίνδυνος ἦν, εὐθέως τοῖς πρώτοις τέλεσι τῶν φαλαγγιτῶν ἐπʼ ἀσπίδα κλίνων, προῆγε μετὰ δρόμου, τηρῶν τὰς τάξεις.
But when he saw them being forced back, he did not flee in panic nor did he lose heart and give up the struggle, but, withdrawing himself under the wing of the phalanx, as soon as the pursuers rushed past and the place where the danger had been became empty, he immediately wheeled the first divisions of the phalanx-soldiers to the left, and advanced at the double, keeping the ranks.
§11.15.3καταλαβόμενος δὲ τὸν ἐκλειφθέντα τόπον ὀξέως, ἅμα μὲν ἀπετέτμητο τοὺς διώκοντας, ἅμα δʼ ὑπερδέξιος ἐγεγόνει τοῦ τῶν πολεμίων κέρατος.
And having quickly occupied the abandoned position, on the one hand he cut off the pursuers, and on the other hand he gained a commanding position over the enemy's wing.
§11.15.4καὶ τοὺς μὲν φαλαγγίτας αὐτοῦ παρεκάλει θαρρεῖν καὶ μένειν, ἕως ἂν παραγγείλῃ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐπαγωγὴν ἀναμίξ·
And he exhorted the phalanx-soldiers to take courage and stay where they were, until he should give the word to make a general charge.
§11.15.5Πολυαίνῳ δʼ ἐπέταξε τῷ Μεγαλοπολίτῃ τοὺς περιλειπομένους καὶ τοὺς διακεκλικότας τὴν φυγὴν Ἰλλυριοὺς καὶ θωρακίτας καὶ μισθοφόρους συναθροίσαντι μετὰ σπουδῆς ἐφεδρεύειν τῷ κέρατι τῆς φάλαγγος καὶ τηρεῖν τὴν ἐπάνοδον τῶν ἐκ διώγματος ἀναχωρούντων.
But he ordered Polyaenus the Megalopolitan to gather in haste those who remained and the Illyrians, cuirassiers, and mercenaries who had turned aside in flight, and to support the wing of the phalanx, watching for the return of those coming back from the pursuit.
§11.15.6οἱ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι χωρὶς παραγγέλματος, ἐπαρθέντες ταῖς διανοίαις ἐπὶ τῷ τῶν εὐζώνων προτερήματι, καταβαλόντες τὰς σαρίσας ὥρμησαν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὑπεναντίους.
But the Lacedaemonians, without any command, elated in mind by the success of the light-armed troops, lowered their sarissas and rushed upon the enemy.
§11.15.7ὅτε δὲ κατὰ τὴν ἐπαγωγὴν προάγοντες ἧκον ἐπὶ τὸ τῆς τάφρου χεῖλος, τὰ μὲν οὐκέτι διδόντος τοῦ καιροῦ μεταμέλειαν ὥστʼ ἐν χερσὶν ὄντας τῶν πολεμίων ἀναστρέφειν, τὰ δὲ καὶ τῆς τάφρου καταφρονήσαντες διὰ τὸ τὴν κατάβασιν ἔχειν ἐκ πολλοῦ καὶ μήθʼ ὕδωρ κατὰ τὸ τέλος ἐν αὐτῇ μήτε τινʼ ἀγρίαν ὕλην ὑπάρχειν, ὥρμησαν ἀνεπιστάτως διὰ ταύτης.
But when, advancing in their charge, they came to the brink of the trench, partly because the situation no longer allowed a change of mind so as to turn back, being already at close quarters with the enemy, and partly because they despised the trench, as its descent was gradual and there was neither water at the bottom nor any wild growth, they rushed heedlessly through it.