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96.
Hippocrates had got half through the army
with his exhortation, when the Boeotians, after a few more hasty words from
Pagondas, struck up the paean, and came against them from the hill; the Athenians advancing to meet them, and closing at a run.
[2]
The extreme wing of neither army came into action, one like the other being
stopped by the water-courses in the way; the rest engaged with the utmost obstinacy, shield against shield.
[3]
The Boeotian left, as far as the center, was worsted by the Athenians.
The Thespians in that part of the field suffered most severely.
The troops alongside them having given way, they were surrounded in a
narrow space and cut down fighting hand to hand; some of the Athenians also fell into confusion in surrounding the enemy and
mistook and so killed each other.
[4]
In this part of the field the Boeotians were beaten, and retreated upon the
troops still fighting; but the right, where the Thebans were, got the better of the Athenians and
shoved them further and further back, though gradually at first.
[5]
It so happened also that Pagondas, seeing the distress of his left, had
sent two squadrons of horse, where they could not be seen, round the hill,
and their sudden appearance struck a panic into the victorious wing of the
Athenians, who thought that it was another army coming against them.
[6]
At length in both parts of the field, disturbed by this panic, and with
their line broken by the advancing Thebans, the whole Athenian army took to
flight.
[7]
Some made for Delium and the sea, some for Oropus, others for Mount Parnes,
or wherever they had hopes of safety,
[8]
pursued and cut down by the Boeotians, and in particular by the cavalry,
composed partly of Boeotians and partly of Locrians, who had come up just as
the rout began.
Night however coming on to interrupt the pursuit, the mass of the fugitives
escaped more easily than they would otherwise have done.
[9]
The next day the troops at Oropus and Delium returned home by sea, after
leaving a garrison in the latter place, which they continued to hold
notwithstanding the defeat.
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- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF NUMBER
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, ADJECTIVES
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