§2.3.1τῶν λαφύρων καὶ τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν τῶν ὅπλων.
of the booty and the inscription of the arms.
δεδογμένων δὲ τούτων, καὶ δέον τῇ κατὰ πόδας ἡμέρᾳ γενέσθαι τὴν αἵρεσιν καὶ τὴν παράληψιν τῆς ἀρχῆς, καθάπερ ἔθος ἐστὶν Αἰτωλοῖς, προσπλέουσιν τῆς νυκτὸς ἑκατὸν λέμβοι πρὸς τὴν Μεδιωνίαν κατὰ τοὺς ἔγγιστα τόπους τῆς πόλεως, ἐφʼ ὧν ἦσαν Ἰλλυριοὶ πεντακισχίλιοι.
These things having been resolved, and it being necessary that on the following day the election and the assumption of office should take place, as is the custom among the Aetolians, during the night a hundred lembi sailed up to Medionia at the points nearest to the city, on board of which were five thousand Illyrians.
§2.3.2καθορμισθέντες δὲ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπιγενομένης ἐνεργὸν καὶ λαθραίαν ποιησάμενοι τὴν ἀπόβασιν καὶ χρησάμενοι τῇ παρʼ αὐτοῖς εἰθισμένῃ τάξει προῆγον κατὰ σπείρας ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν στρατοπεδείαν.
Having come to anchor, and when day broke, they made a rapid and secret landing, and employing their customary formation, advanced in cohorts against the camp of the Aetolians.
§2.3.3οἱ δʼ Αἰτωλοὶ συνέντες τὸ γινόμενον ἐπὶ μὲν τῷ παραδόξῳ καὶ τῇ τόλμῃ τῶν Ἰλλυριῶν ἦσαν ἐκπλαγεῖς· πεφρονηματισμένοι δʼ ἐκ πολλοῦ χρόνου καὶ καταπιστεύσαντες ταῖς ἰδίαις δυνάμεσιν κατὰ ποσὸν εὐθαρσῶς εἶχον.
But the Aetolians, perceiving what was happening, were astonished at the unexpectedness and the audacity of the Illyrians; yet, having long been high-spirited and trusting in their own forces, they remained to some extent confident.
§2.3.4τὸ μὲν οὖν πολὺ μέρος τῶν ὁπλιτῶν καὶ τῶν ἱππέων αὐτοῦ πρὸ τῆς στρατοπεδείας ἐν τοῖς ἐπιπέδοις παρενέβαλλον, μέρει δέ τινι τῆς ἵππου καὶ τοῖς εὐζώνοις τοὺς ὑπερδεξίους καὶ πρὸ τοῦ χάρακος εὐφυῶς κειμένους τόπους προκατελάμβανον.
Therefore, they drew up the greater part of their hoplites and cavalry on the level ground just in front of their camp, while with a certain part of the cavalry and the light-armed troops they pre-occupied the commanding heights that were advantageously situated in front of their rampart.
§2.3.5οἱ δʼ Ἰλλυριοὶ τοὺς μὲν ἐλαφροὺς ἐξ ἐφόδου προσπεσόντες τῷ τε πλήθει καὶ τῷ βάρει τῆς συντάξεως ἐξέωσαν, τοὺς δὲ μετὰ τούτων ἱππεῖς συγκινδυνεύοντας ἠνάγκασαν ἀποχωρῆσαι πρὸς τὰ βαρέα τῶν ὅπλων.
But the Illyrians, charging the light-armed troops, drove them back by the number and the weight of their formation, and forced the cavalry who were sharing the danger with them to retreat to the heavy-armed troops.
§2.3.6λοιπὸν ἐξ ὑπερδεξίου ποιούμενοι τὴν ἔφοδον ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ τεταγμένους ταχέως ἐτρέψαντο, συνεπιθεμένων τοῖς Αἰτωλοῖς ἅμα καὶ τῶν Μεδιωνίων ἐκ τῆς πόλεως.
Next, making their charge from the heights upon those drawn up in the plain, they quickly routed them, while the Medionians also made a simultaneous sally from the city and attacked the Aetolians.
§2.3.7καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν αὐτῶν ἀπέκτειναν, ἔτι δὲ πλείους αἰχμαλώτους ἔλαβον· τῶν δʼ ὅπλων καὶ τῆς ἀποσκευῆς ἐγένοντο πάσης ἐγκρατεῖς.
And they slew many of them, and took still more prisoners; and they became masters of all their arms and baggage.
§2.3.8οἱ μὲν οὖν Ἰλλυριοὶ πράξαντες τὸ συνταχθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ διακομίσαντες τὴν ἀποσκευὴν καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ὠφέλειαν ἐπὶ τοὺς λέμβους εὐθέως ἀνήγοντο, ποιούμενοι τὸν
So the Illyrians, having executed the orders of their king, and having carried the baggage and the rest of the booty to their lembi, immediately put to sea, making their...