§5.96.1κατὰ δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς χρόνους Ἀγήτας ὁ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν στρατηγὸς συναγαγὼν πανδημεὶ τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς ἐλεηλάτησε μὲν τὴν τῶν Ἀκαρνάνων χώραν, ἐπεπορεύθη δὲ πορθῶν πᾶσαν ἀδεῶς τὴν Ἤπειρον. §5.96.2οὗτος μὲν οὖν ταῦτα πράξας ἐπανελθὼν διαφῆκε τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις. §5.96.3οἱ δʼ Ἀκαρνᾶνες ἀντεμβαλόντες εἰς τὴν Στρατικὴν καὶ πανικῷ περιπεσόντες αἰσχρῶς μέν, ἀβλαβῶς γε μὴν ἐπανῆλθον, οὐ τολμησάντων αὐτοὺς ἐπιδιῶξαι τῶν ἐκ τοῦ Στράτου διὰ τὸ νομίζειν ἐνέδρας ἕνεκα ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀποχώρησιν. §5.96.4ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ περὶ Φανοτεῖς παλιμπροδοσία τοιόνδε τινὰ τρόπον.
Around the same time, Agetas, the general of the Aetolians, having assembled the Aetolians in full force, ravaged the territory of the Acarnanians, and marched through the whole of Epirus, plundering without fear. He, then, having done these things, returned and dismissed the Aetolians to their respective cities. But the Acarnanians, having invaded the territory of Stratus in retaliation, fell into a panic and returned shamefully, indeed, yet without loss, since the people of Stratus did not dare to pursue them because they believed that they were making their retreat for the sake of an ambush. There occurred also around Phanoteus a counter-treachery in some such manner.
Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ τεταγμένος ἐπὶ τῆς Φωκίδος ὑπὸ Φιλίππου συνεστήσατο πρᾶξιν ἐπὶ τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς διά τινος Ἰάσονος, ὃς ἐτύγχανεν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ τεταγμένος ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν Φανοτέων πόλεως· §5.96.5ὃς διαπεμψάμενος πρὸς Ἀγήταν τὸν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν στρατηγὸν ὡμολόγησε τὴν ἄκραν αὐτοῖς παραδώσειν τὴν ἐν τοῖς Φανοτεῦσι, καὶ περὶ τούτων ὅρκους ἐποιήσατο καὶ συνθήκας. §5.96.6παραγενομένης δὲ τῆς ταχθείσης ἡμέρας ὁ μὲν Ἀγήτας ἧκεν ἔχων τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς νυκτὸς πρὸς τοὺς Φανοτεῖς, καὶ τοὺς μὲν λοιποὺς ἐν ἀποστήματι κρύψας ἔμεινε, τοὺς δʼ ἐπιτηδειοτάτους ἑκατὸν ἐπιλέξας ἀπέστειλε πρὸς τὴν ἄκραν, §5.96.7ὁ δʼ Ἰάσων τὸν μὲν Ἀλέξανδρον ἕτοιμον εἶχε μετὰ στρατιωτῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει, τοὺς δὲ νεανίσκους παραλαβὼν κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους εἰσήγαγε πάντας εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν. §5.96.8τῶν δὲ περὶ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον εὐθέως ἐπεισπεσόντων, οἱ μὲν ἐπίλεκτοι τῶν Αἰτωλῶν ἑάλωσαν, ὁ δʼ Ἀγήτας ἐπιγενομένης τῆς ἡμέρας συνεὶς τὸ γεγονὸς αὖτις ἐπανῆγε τὴν δύναμιν, οὐκ ἀνοικείῳ πράγματι περιπεπτωκὼς τοῖς πολλάκις ὑφʼ αὑτοῦ πραττομένοις.
Alexander, who had been stationed over Phocis by Philip, set on foot a plot against the Aetolians through a certain Jason, who happened to have been stationed by him over the city of Phanoteus. He, having sent a message to Agetas, the general of the Aetolians, promised to deliver to them the citadel in Phanoteus, and made oaths and treaties concerning these matters. When the appointed day arrived, Agetas came with the Aetolians by night to Phanoteus, and having hidden the rest at a distance, he remained there, but having selected a hundred of the most suitable men, he sent them to the citadel. And Jason held Alexander ready with his soldiers in the city, and having received the young men, introduced them all into the acropolis in accordance with the oaths. Since those with Alexander immediately rushed in, the select of the Aetolians were captured, and Agetas, when day came, having understood what had happened, led back his army again, having met with an experience not foreign to those things often done by himself.