§5.64.1πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ κατὰ γένη καὶ καθʼ ἡλικίαν διελόντες ἀνέδοσαν ἑκάστοις τοὺς ἐπιτηδείους καθοπλισμούς, ὀλιγωρήσαντες τῶν πρότερον αὐτοῖς ὑπαρχόντων· §5.64.2μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα συνέταξαν οἰκείως πρὸς τὴν παροῦσαν χρείαν, λύσαντες τὰ συστήματα καὶ τὰς ἐκ τῶν πρότερον ὀψωνιασμῶν καταγραφάς· §5.64.3ἑξῆς δὲ τούτοις ἐγύμναζον, συνήθεις ἑκάστους ποιοῦντες οὐ μόνον τοῖς παραγγέλμασιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῖς οἰκείαις τῶν καθοπλισμῶν κινήσεσιν. §5.64.4ἐποιοῦντο δὲ καὶ συναγωγὰς ἐπὶ τῶν ὅπλων καὶ παρακλήσεις, ἐν αἷς μεγίστην παρείχοντο χρείαν Ἀνδρόμαχος Ἀσπένδιος καὶ Πολυκράτης Ἀργεῖος, §5.64.5προσφάτως μὲν ἐκ τῆς Ἑλλάδος διαβεβηκότες, συνήθεις δʼ ἀκμὴν ὄντες ταῖς Ἑλληνικαῖς ὁρμαῖς καὶ ταῖς ἑκάστων ἐπινοίαις, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ἐπιφανεῖς ὑπάρχοντες ταῖς τε πατρίσι καὶ τοῖς βίοις, §5.64.6Πολυκράτης δὲ καὶ μᾶλλον διά τε τὴν τῆς οἰκίας ἀρχαιότητα καὶ διὰ τὴν Μνασιάδου τοῦ πατρὸς δόξαν ἐκ τῆς ἀθλήσεως. §5.64.7οἳ καὶ κατʼ ἰδίαν καὶ κοινῇ παρακαλοῦντες ὁρμὴν καὶ προθυμίαν ἐνειργάσαντο τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πρὸς τὸν μέλλοντα κίν
For first, dividing them according to their nationalities and ages, they distributed to each the appropriate arms, taking no account of those they previously possessed. After this they organized them in a manner suitable to the present need, having dissolved the previous units and the enrollment lists based on former pay-rolls. Next to this they trained them, making each familiar not only with the words of command, but also with the proper movements of their respective arms. They also held assemblies under arms and exhortations, in which Andromachus of Aspendus and Polycrates of Argos rendered the greatest service, having recently crossed over from Greece, and being still well acquainted with Greek military spirit and the tactical designs of each, and furthermore being distinguished both for their native cities and their lives, and Polycrates even more so, both because of the antiquity of his house and the reputation of his father Mnasiades in athletic contests. Who, exhorting them both individually and in common, inspired the men with passion and zeal for the coming danger...