§5.18.1Τεγεατῶν γίνεσθαι πόλει.
be in the city of the Tegeans.
ταῦτα δὲ διαπραξάμενος, καὶ μείνας οὐδένα χρόνον ἐν τῇ Κορίνθῳ, παρήγγειλε τοῖς Μακεδόσιν ἀναζυγήν.
Having accomplished this, and having stayed in Corinth for no time at all, he ordered the Macedonians to strike camp.
ποιησάμενος δὲ τὴν πορείαν διʼ Ἄργους ἧκε δευτεραῖος εἰς Τεγέαν. §5.18.2προσαναλαβὼν δὲ τοὺς ἡθροισμένους τῶν Ἀχαιῶν προῆγε διὰ τῆς ὀρεινῆς, σπουδάζων λαθεῖν τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἐμβαλὼν εἰς τὴν χώραν. §5.18.3περιελθὼν δὲ ταῖς ἐρημίαις, τεταρταῖος ἐπέβαλε τοῖς καταντικρὺ τῆς πόλεως λόφοις, καὶ παρῄει δεξιὸν ἔχων τὸ Μενελάιον ἐπʼ αὐτὰς τὰς Ἀμύκλας. §5.18.4οἱ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, θεωροῦντες ἐκ τῆς πόλεως παράγουσαν τὴν δύναμιν, ἐκπλαγεῖς ἐγένοντο καὶ περίφοβοι, θαυμάζοντες τὸ συμβαῖνον. §5.18.5ἀκμὴν γὰρ ἦσαν μετέωροι ταῖς διανοίαις ἐκ τῶν προσπιπτόντων ὑπὲρ τοῦ Φιλίππου περὶ τὴν καταφθορὰν τοῦ Θέρμου καὶ καθόλου ταῖς ἐν Αἰτωλίᾳ πράξεσι, καί τις ἐνεπεπτώκει θροῦς παρʼ αὐτοῖς ὑπὲρ τοῦ τὸν Λυκοῦργον ἐκπέμπειν βοηθήσοντα τοῖς Αἰτωλοῖς. §5.18.6ὑπὲρ δὲ τοῦ τὸ δεινὸν ἥξειν ἐπὶ σφᾶς οὕτως ὀξέως ἐκ τηλικούτου διαστήματος οὐδὲ διενοεῖτο παράπαν αὐτῶν οὐδείς, ἅτε καὶ τῆς ἡλικίας ἐχούσης ἀκμὴν εὐκαταφρόνητόν τι τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως.
Having made his march through Argos, he arrived on the second day at Tegea. also with him the assembled forces of the Achaeans, he advanced through the mountainous region, anxious to escape the notice of the Lacedaemonians as he invaded their country. round through desert places, on the fourth day he reached the hills opposite the city, and passed on to Amyclae itself, keeping the Menelaium on his right. the Lacedaemonians, seeing from the city the force passing by, were struck with amazement and filled with fear, wondering at what was happening. they were still in suspense in their minds owing to the reports arriving about Philip concerning the destruction of Thermus and in general his actions in Aetolia, and a rumor had spread among them that they should send out Lycurgus to assist the Aetolians. that the danger would come upon them so swiftly from so great a distance not one of them had even imagined at all, especially as the king's age was still at an eligible point for being somewhat despised.
διὸ καὶ παρὰ δόξαν αὐτοῖς τῶν πραγμάτων συγκυρούντων εἰκότως ἦσαν ἐκπλαγεῖς. §5.18.7ὁ γὰρ Φίλιππος τολμηρότερον καὶ πρακτικώτερον ἢ κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν χρώμενος ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς εἰς ἀπορίαν καὶ δυσχρηστίαν ἅπαντας ἦγε τοὺς πολεμίους. §5.18.8ἀναχθεὶς γὰρ ἐκ μέσης Αἰτωλίας, καθάπερ ἐπάνω προεῖπον, καὶ διανύσας ἐν νυκτὶ τὸν Ἀμβρακικὸν κόλπον, εἰς Λευκάδα κατῆρε. §5.18.9δύο δὲ μείνας ἡμέρας ἐνταῦθα, τῇ τρίτῃ ποιησάμενος ὑπὸ τὴν ἑωθινὴν τὸν ἀνάπλουν, δευτεραῖος πορθήσας ἅμα τὴν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν παραλίαν ἐν Λεχαίῳ καθωρμίσθη. §5.18.10μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς ποιούμενος τὰς πορείας ἑβδομαῖος ἐπέβαλε τοῖς ὑπὲρ τὴν πόλιν κειμένοις παρὰ τὸ Μενελάιον λόφοις, ὥστε τοὺς πλείστους ὁρῶντας τὸ γεγονὸς μὴ πιστεύειν τοῖς συμβαίνουσιν.
Therefore, as events turned out contrary to their expectation, they were naturally struck with amazement. Philip, by executing his plans with a boldness and activity greater than was to be expected from his age, brought all his enemies into perplexity and distress. having set out from the heart of Aetolia, as I said above, and having traversed the Ambracian gulf in a single night, he arrived at Leucas. having remained there two days, on the third day making his departure before dawn, and at the same time plundering the coast of the Aetolians, on the second day he anchored in Lechaeum. after this, making his marches continuously, on the seventh day he reached the hills lying above the city along the Menelaium, so that most of those who saw what had happened could not believe the events.
οἱ μὲν οὖν Λακεδαιμόνιοι, §5.18.11περιδεεῖς γεγονότες διὰ τὸ παράδοξον, ἠπόρουν καὶ δυσχρήστως διέ
Now, the Lacedaemonians, become terrified due to the unexpectedness of the event, were at a loss and in a difficult...