§16.37.1ρεύεσθαι σὺν τοῖς ὅπλοις.
[continued from previous: to en]ter with their arms.
ταῦτα δὲ διεστρατήγει καὶ περιεβάλλετο τῇ διανοίᾳ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ὠτακουστῶν καὶ κατασκόπων τοῦ τυράννου. κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν,
He had planned these things strategically and conceived them in his mind because of the multitude of the tyrant's eavesdroppers and spies.
§16.37.2ἐν ᾗ συναθροίζεσθαι τὸ πλῆθος ἔμελλε τῶν Ἀχαιῶν εἰς Τεγέαν, ἐξαπέστειλε τοὺς ἐπιλέκτους, ὥστε νυκτερεύσαντας περὶ Σελλασίαν ἅμα τῷ φωτὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν ἡμέραν ἐπιτρέχειν τὴν Λακωνικήν.
And on the day on which the multitude of the Achaeans was about to assemble at Tegea, he sent out the elite troops, so that, having spent the night around Sellasia, they might raid Laconia at daybreak on the following day.
§16.37.3ἐὰν δʼ οἱ μισθοφόροι βοηθήσαντες παρενοχλῶσιν αὐτούς, συνέταξε ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀποχώρησιν ἐπὶ τὸν Σκοτίταν καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ πειθαρχεῖν Διδασκαλώνδᾳ τῷ Κρητί· τούτῳ γὰρ ἐπεπιστεύκει καὶ διετέτακτο περὶ τῆς ὅλης ἐπιβολῆς.
And if the mercenaries should come to the rescue and harass them, he ordered them to make their retreat towards Scotitas, and for the rest to obey Didascalondas the Cretan; for he had trusted this man and had given him instructions concerning the entire enterprise.
§16.37.4οὗτοι μὲν οὖν προῆγον εὐθαρσῶς ἐπὶ τὸ συντεταγμένον· ὁ δὲ Φιλοποίμην ἐν ὥρᾳ παραγγείλας δειπνοποιεῖσθαι τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς ἐξῆγε τὴν δύναμιν ἐκ τῆς Τεγέας, καὶ νυκτοπορήσας ἐνεργῶς περὶ τὴν ἑωθινὴν ἐνεκάθισε τὴν στρατιὰν ἐν τοῖς περὶ τὸν Σκοτίταν προσαγορευομένοις τόποις, ὅς ἐστι μεταξὺ τῆς Τεγέας καὶ τῆς Λακεδαίμονος.
These men, therefore, advanced boldly towards the appointed place; while Philopoemen, having ordered the Achaeans to take their supper in good time, led the army out of Tegea, and marching vigorously through the night, at about dawn he placed his army in ambush in the places called Scotitas, which is between Tegea and Lacedaemon.
§16.37.5οἱ δʼ ἐν τῇ Πελλήνῃ μισθοφόροι κατὰ τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν ἡμέραν ἅμα τῷ σημῆναι τοὺς σκοποὺς τὴν καταδρομὴν τῶν πολεμίων ἐκ χειρὸς ἐβοήθουν, καθάπερ ἔθος ἦν αὐτοῖς, καὶ προσέκειντο τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις.
On the following day, as soon as the scouts gave the signal of the enemy's incursion, the mercenaries in Pellene came immediately to the rescue, as was their custom, and pressed hard upon their opponents.
§16.37.6τῶν δʼ Ἀχαιῶν κατὰ τὸ συνταχθὲν ὑποχωρούντων εἵποντο κατόπιν ἐπικείμενοι θρασέως καὶ τετολμηκότως.
As the Achaeans retreated according to the orders, they followed close behind, pressing them boldly and daringly.
§16.37.7ἅμα δὲ τῷ παραβάλλειν εἰς τοὺς κατὰ τὴν ἐνέδραν τόπους, διαναστάντων τῶν Ἀχαιῶν οἱ μὲν κατεκόπησαν, οἱ δʼ ἑάλωσαν αὐτῶν. —
And as soon as they arrived at the places of the ambush, the Achaeans rose up, and some of them were cut to pieces, while others were captured.