§4.58.1ἐχρῶντο τοῖς πράγμασι.
This was the manner in which they handled the situation.
διὸ καὶ βραχὺν παντελῶς χρόνον ἁθρόοι συμμείναντες περὶ τὴν ἀγοράν, λοιπὸν ἐκπαθεῖς ὄντες πρὸς τὰς ὠφελείας διέρρεον, καὶ παρεισπίπτοντες εἰς τὰς οἰκίας διήρπαζον τοὺς βίους, ἤδη φωτὸς ὄντος.
Consequently, after remaining together around the marketplace for only a very short time, they thereafter, being frantic for plunder, began to disperse; and rushing into the houses, they began to pillage their property, as it was already daylight.
§4.58.2οἱ δʼ Αἰγειρᾶται, τοῦ πράγματος αὐτοῖς ἀνελπίστου καὶ παραδόξου τελέως συμβεβηκότος, οἷς μὲν ἐπέστησαν οἱ πολέμιοι κατὰ τὰς οἰκίας, ἐκπλαγεῖς καὶ περίφοβοι γενόμενοι πάντες ἐτρέποντο πρὸς φυγὴν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, ὡς ἤδη βεβαίως αὐτῆς κεκρατημένης ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων.
As for the Aegeirans, since this event had happened to them in an entirely unexpected and paradoxical manner, those in whose houses the enemy had appeared, being all struck with terror and fear, fled outside the city, supposing that it was already securely held by the enemy.
§4.58.3ὅσοι δὲ τῆς κραυγῆς ἀκούοντες ἐξ ἀκεραίων τῶν οἰκιῶν ἐξεβοήθουν, πάντες εἰς τὴν ἄκραν συνέτρεχον.
But all those who, hearing the shouting, rushed out to help from the untouched houses, ran together to the citadel.
§4.58.4οὗτοι μὲν οὖν ἀεὶ πλείους ἐγίνοντο καὶ θαρραλεώτεροι, τὸ δὲ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν σύστρεμμα τοὐναντίον ἔλαττον καὶ ταραχωδέστερον διὰ τὰς προειρημένας αἰτίας.
These, then, became continually more numerous and more confident, while on the contrary, the body of the Aetolians became fewer and more disorganized for the reasons mentioned above.
§4.58.5οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ συνορῶντες οἱ περὶ τὸν Δωρίμαχον ἤδη τὸν περιεστῶτα κίνδυνον αὐτούς, συστραφέντες ὥρμησαν ἐπὶ τοὺς κατέχοντας τὴν ἄκραν, ὑπολαμβάνοντες τῇ θρασύτητι καὶ τόλμῃ καταπληξάμενοι τρέψασθαι τοὺς ἡθροισμένους ἐπὶ τὴν βοήθειαν.
Nevertheless, Dorimachus and his men, perceiving that the danger was already surrounding them, closed their ranks and charged those holding the citadel, supposing that they would terrify and rout those assembled for assistance by their boldness and daring.
§4.58.6οἱ δʼ Αἰγειρᾶται παρακαλέσαντες σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἠμύνοντο καὶ συνεπλέκοντο τοῖς Αἰτωλοῖς γενναίως.
But the Aegeirans, having exhorted one another, resisted and engaged the Aetolians gallantly.
§4.58.7οὔσης δὲ τῆς ἄκρας ἀτειχίστου, καὶ τῆς συμπλοκῆς ἐκ χειρὸς καὶ κατʼ ἄνδρα γινομένης, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἦν ἀγὼν οἷον εἰκός, ἅτε τῶν μὲν ὑπὲρ πατρίδος καὶ τέκνων, τῶν δʼ ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας ἀγωνιζομένων· τέλος γε μὴν ἐτράπησαν οἱ παρεισπεπτωκότες τῶν Αἰτωλῶν.
Since the citadel was unfortified, and the engagement was hand-to-hand and man-to-man, at first the struggle was such as might be expected, inasmuch as the one side fought for their country and children, and the other for their own safety; but in the end, those of the Aetolians who had broken in were routed.
§4.58.8οἱ δʼ Αἰγειρᾶται, λαβόντες ἀφορμὴν ἐγκλίματος, ἐνεργῶς ἐπέκειντο καὶ καταπληκτικῶς τοῖς πολεμίοις. ἐξ οὗ συνέβη τοὺς πλείστους τῶν Αἰτωλῶν διὰ τὴν πτοίαν αὐτοὺς ὑφʼ αὑτῶν φεύγοντας ἐν ταῖς πύλαις συμπατηθῆναι.
And the Aegeirans, taking advantage of the enemy's retreat, pressed upon them actively and formidably; whence it happened that the majority of the Aetolians, in their panic, were trampled to death by one another at the gates as they fled.
§4.58.9ὁ μὲν οὖν Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ κατʼ αὐτὸν ἔπεσε τὸν κίνδυνον, ὁ δʼ Ἀρχίδαμος ἐν τῷ περὶ τὰς πύλας ὠθισμῷ καὶ πνιγμῷ διεφθάρη.
Thus Alexander fell in the hand-to-hand combat in the midst of the danger itself, while Archidamus perished in the crush and suffocation around the gates.
§4.58.10τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν πλῆθος τῶν Αἰτωλῶν τὸ μὲν συνεπατήθη, τὸ δὲ κατὰ τῶν κρημνῶν φεῦγον ταῖς ἀνοδίαις ἐξετραχηλίσθη.
As for the rest of the multitude of the Aetolians, some were trampled to death, and others, fleeing down the cliffs by pathless ways, broke their necks.
§4.58.11τὸ δὲ καὶ διασωθὲν αὐτῶν μέρος πρὸς τὰς ναῦς, ἐρριφὸς τὰ ὅπλα παναίσχρως, ἅμα δʼ ἀνελπίστως ἐποιήσατο τὸν ἀπόπλουν.
But that part of them which did escape to the ships, having cast away their arms in a most shameful manner, made their voyage home beyond expectation.
§4.58.12Αἰγειρᾶται μὲν οὖν, διὰ τὴν ὀλιγωρίαν ἀποβαλόντες τὴν πατρίδα, διὰ τὴν εὐψυχίαν καὶ γενναιότητα πάλιν ἔσωσαν παραδόξως.
Thus the Aegeirans, having lost their country through their negligence, saved it again, contrary to all expectation, through their courage and nobility.