§5.8.1ἀνύσας δὲ τοὺς προειρημένους τόπους, καὶ παραγενόμενος πρὸς τὴν καλουμένην κώμην Παμφίαν, ὁμοίως καὶ ταύτην ἀσφαλισάμενος φρουρᾷ προέβαινε πρὸς τὸν Θέρμον, ὁδὸν οὐ μόνον προσάντη καὶ τραχεῖαν διαφερόντως, ἀλλὰ καὶ κρημνοὺς ἐξ ἑκατέρου τοῦ μέρους ἔχουσαν βαθεῖς, §5.8.2ὥστε καὶ λίαν ἐπισφαλῆ καὶ στενὴν τὴν πάροδον εἶναι κατʼ ἐνίους τόπους, τῆς πάσης ἀναβάσεως οὔσης σχεδὸν ἐπὶ τριάκοντα στάδια.
Having traversed the aforementioned places, and having arrived at the village called Pamphia, he secured this also likewise with a garrison and continued to advance towards Thermum, along a road that was not only steep and exceedingly rugged, but also had deep precipices on either side, so that the passage was extremely dangerous and narrow in some places, the whole ascent being nearly thirty stades.
§5.8.3διανύσας δὲ καὶ ταύτην ἐν βραχεῖ χρόνῳ διὰ τὸ τοὺς Μακεδόνας ἐνεργὸν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν πορείαν, §5.8.4ἧκε πολλῆς ὥρας ἐπὶ τὸν Θέρμον, καὶ καταστρατοπεδεύσας ἐφῆκε τὴν δύναμιν τάς τε περιοικίδας κώμας πορθεῖν καὶ τὸ τῶν Θερμίων πεδίον ἐπιτρέχειν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὰς οἰκίας τὰς ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ Θέρμῳ διαρπάζειν, οὔσας πλήρεις οὐ μόνον σίτου καὶ τῆς τοιαύτης χορηγίας, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατασκευῆς διαφερούσης τῶν παρʼ Αἰτωλῶν.
Having completed this too in a short time because the Macedonians made their march with great energy, he arrived at Thermum late in the day, and having encamped, he permitted his army to plunder the surrounding villages and overrun the plain of Thermum, and likewise to pillage the houses in Thermum itself, which were full not only of corn and similar provisions, but also of furniture far superior to what was common among the Aetolians.
§5.8.5καθʼ ἕκαστον γὰρ ἔτος ἀγοράς τε καὶ πανηγύρεις ἐπιφανεστάτας, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰς τῶν ἀρχαιρεσίων καταστάσεις ἐν τούτῳ τῷ τόπῳ συντελούντων, ἕκαστοι πρὸς τὰς ὑποδοχὰς καὶ τὰς εἰς ταῦτα παρασκευὰς τὰ πολυτελέστατα τῶν ἐν τοῖς βίοις ὑπαρχόντων εἰς τοῦτον ἀπετίθεντο τὸν τόπον.
For since they held their most splendid markets and festivals, and moreover their elections of magistrates in this place every year, everyone deposited in this spot the most costly of their possessions for the purpose of receptions and the preparations for these events.
§5.8.6χωρὶς δὲ τῆς χρείας καὶ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν ἤλπιζον ἐνταυθοῖ βεβαιοτάτην αὑτοῖς ὑπάρχειν, διὰ τὸ μήτε πολέμιον τετολμηκέναι μηδένα πώποτε εἰς τοὺς τόπους τούτους ἐμβαλεῖν, εἶναί τε τῇ φύσει τοιούτους ὥστε τῆς συμπάσης Αἰτωλίας οἷον ἀκροπόλεως ἔχειν τάξιν.
And apart from its utility, they hoped that their security here would be most assured for them, because no enemy had ever yet dared to invade these districts, and the place was by nature such as to hold the rank, as it were, of an acropolis for the whole of Aetolia.
§5.8.7διότιπερ εἰρηνευομένης ἐκ παλαιοῦ τῆς χώρας πλήρεις ἦσαν ἀγαθῶν πολλῶν αἵ τε περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν οἰκίαι καὶ πάντες οἱ πέριξ τόποι.
Therefore, as the country had been at peace from of old, the houses around the temple and all the surrounding places were full of many goods.
§5.8.8ἐκείνην μὲν οὖν τὴν νύκτα παντοδαπῆς γέμοντες ὠφελείας αὐτοῦ κατηυλίσθησαν· τῇ δʼ ἐπαύριον τῆς μὲν κατασκευῆς τὰ πολυτελέστατα καὶ τὰ δυνατὰ κομίζεσθαι διέλεγον, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ σωρεύοντες πρὸ τῶν σκηνῶν ἐνεπίμπρασαν.
That night, then, they encamped on the spot, laden with all kinds of booty; and on the following day they selected the most costly of the furniture and such as they could carry away, and piling up the rest before their tents, they set fire to it.
§5.8.9ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τῶν ὅπλων τῶν ἐν ταῖς στοαῖς ἀνακειμένων τὰ μὲν πολυτελῆ καθαιροῦντες ἀπεκόμιζον, τινὰ δʼ ὑπήλλαττον, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ συναθροίσαντες πῦρ ἐνέβαλον.
In like manner also, taking down the costly of the arms dedicated in the porticoes, they carried them off, and some they exchanged, while the rest they gathered together and set on fire.
ἦν δὲ ταῦτα πλείω τῶν μυρίων καὶ πεντακισχιλίων.
These were more than fifteen thousand.