§5.82.1οἱ δὲ βασιλεῖς πένθʼ ἡμέρας ἀντιστρατοπεδεύσαντες ἀλλήλοις, ἔγνωσαν ἀμφότεροι διὰ μάχης κρίνειν τὰ πράγματα. §5.82.2καταρχομένων δὲ τῶν περὶ τὸν Πτολεμαῖον κινεῖν τὴν δύναμιν ἐκ τοῦ χάρακος, εὐθέως οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀντίοχον ἀντεξῆγον.
The kings, having remained encamped opposite to each other for five days, both resolved to decide the issue by a battle. As Ptolemy's forces began to move their army out of the camp, Antiochus' men immediately led out theirs in response.
καὶ τὰς μὲν φάλαγγας ἀμφότεροι καὶ τοὺς ἐπιλέκτους τοὺς εἰς τὸν Μακεδονικὸν τρόπον καθωπλισμένους κατὰ πρόσωπον ἀλλήλων ἔταξαν, §5.82.3τὰ δὲ κέρατα Πτολεμαίῳ μὲν ἑκάτερα τουτονὶ συνίστατο τὸν τρόπον. Πολυκράτης μὲν εἶχε μετὰ τῶν ὑφʼ ἑαυτὸν ἱππέων τὸ λαιὸν κέρας· §5.82.4τούτου δὲ καὶ τῆς φάλαγγος μεταξὺ Κρῆτες ἦσαν παρʼ αὐτοὺς τοὺς ἱππεῖς, ἑξῆς δὲ τούτοις τὸ βασιλικὸν ἄγημα, μετὰ δὲ τούτους οἱ μετὰ Σωκράτους πελτασταί, συνάπτοντες τοῖς Λίβυσι τοῖς εἰς τὸν Μακεδονικὸν τρόπον καθωπλισμένοις. §5.82.5ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρως Ἐχεκράτης ἦν ὁ Θετταλός, ἔχων τοὺς ὑφʼ αὑτὸν ἱππεῖς· παρὰ δὲ τοῦτον ἐκ τῶν εὐωνύμων. §5.82.6ἵσταντο Γαλάται καὶ Θρᾷκες· ἑξῆς δὲ τούτοις Φοξίδας εἶχε τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος μισθοφόρους, συνάπτοντας τοῖς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων φαλαγγίταις. §5.82.7τῶν δὲ θηρίων τὰ μὲν τετταράκοντα κατὰ τὸ λαιὸν ἦν, ἐφʼ οὗ Πτολεμαῖος αὐτὸς ἔμελλε ποιεῖσθαι τὸν κίνδυνον, τὰ δὲ τριάκοντα καὶ τρία πρὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρατος ἐτέτακτο κατʼ αὐτοὺς τοὺς μισθοφόρους ἱππεῖς. §5.82.8Ἀντίοχος δὲ τοὺς μὲν ἑξήκοντα τῶν ἐλεφάντων, ἐφʼ ὧν ἦν Φίλιππος ὁ σύντροφος αὐτοῦ, πρὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρατος προέστησε, καθʼ ὃ ποιεῖσθαι τὸν κίνδυνον αὐτὸς ἔμελλε πρὸς τοὺς περὶ τὸν Πτολεμαῖον· §5.82.9τούτων δὲ κατόπιν δισχιλίους μὲν ἱππεῖς τοὺς ὑπʼ Ἀντίπατρον ταττομένους ἐπέστησε, δισχιλίους δʼ ἐν ἐπικαμπίῳ παρενέβαλε. §5.82.10παρὰ δὲ τοὺς ἱππεῖς ἐν μετώπῳ τοὺς Κρῆτας ἔστησε· τούτοις δʼ ἑξῆς ἔταξε τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος μισθοφόρους· μετὰ δὲ τούτων καὶ τῶν εἰς τὸν Μακεδονικὸν τρόπον καθωπλισμένων τοὺς μετὰ Βυττάκου τοῦ Μακεδόνος ὄντας πεντακισχιλίους παρενέβαλε. §5.82.11τῆς δʼ εὐωνύμου τάξεως ἐπʼ αὐτὸ μὲν τὸ κέρας ἔθηκε δισχιλίους ἱππεῖς, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Θεμίσων, παρὰ δὲ τούτους Κάρδακας καὶ Λυδοὺς ἀκοντιστάς, ἑξῆς δὲ τούτοις τοὺς ὑπὸ Μενέδημον εὐζώνους, ὄντας εἰς τρισχιλίους, §5.82.12μετὰ δὲ τούτους Κισσίους καὶ Μήδους καὶ Καρμανίους, παρὰ δὲ τούτους Ἄραβας ἅμα τοῖς προσχώροις, συνάπτοντας τῇ φάλαγγι. §5.82.13τὰ δὲ κατάλοιπα τῶν θηρίων τοῦ λαιοῦ κέρατος προεβάλετο, τῶν βασιλικῶν τινα γεγονότα παίδων ἐπιστήσας Μυΐσκον.
And both of them drew up their phalanxes and their elite troops armed in the Macedonian fashion, opposite to each other. On Ptolemy's side, both wings were drawn up in the following manner: Polycrates held the left wing with the cavalry under his command; between this and the phalanx were the Cretans, next to the cavalry themselves, and next to them the royal agema, and after them the peltasts under Socrates, adjoining the Libyans who were armed in the Macedonian fashion. On the right wing was Echecratis the Thessalian, commanding the cavalry under him; and next to him, on the left, were stationed the Galatians and Thracians; next to these Phoxidas held the mercenaries from Greece, adjoining the Egyptian phalangites. Of the elephants, forty were on the left wing, where Ptolemy himself was about to take part in the danger, while thirty-three were stationed in front of the right wing, opposite the mercenary cavalry themselves. Antiochus placed sixty of the elephants, commanded by his foster-brother Philip, in front of his right wing, on which he himself was about to fight against Ptolemy's forces; behind these he stationed two thousand cavalry drawn up under Antipater, and posted another two thousand in a potence. Next to the cavalry, on the front, he placed the Cretans; and next to them he drew up the mercenaries from Greece; and between these and those armed in the Macedonian fashion, he posted the five thousand under Byttacus the Macedonian. On the left wing, he placed two thousand cavalry at the extremity of the wing itself, commanded by Themison, and next to them Cardaces and Lydian javelin-throwers, and next to these the light-armed troops under Menedemus, numbering about three thousand, and after these Cissians, Medes, and Carmanians, and next to them Arabs with their neighbors, adjoining the phalanx. The remainder of the elephants he posted in front of his left wing, placing over them Myiscus, one of those who had been royal pages.