The foremost of them were conquered, and then all of them dispersed and Plutarch took to flight, while some of the enemy gained the ramparts and tried to cut them away and destroy them, supposing themselves to be entirely victorious.
Edition :
Plutarch's Lives VIII: Sertorius and Eumenes, Phocion and Cato the Younger, ed. Bernadotte Perrin, Harvard University Press: Cambridge/MA - William Heinemann Ltd.: London 1919 (The Loeb Classical Library 100).
Remark :
thirdperson: Phocion led the Athenian army, but he was making sacrifices in camp when the cavalry first attacked.
Notes :
Because Philip II was gaining power in Euboea, Plutarch the Eretrian called Phocion for help against his supporters; in this battle, Plutarch's army of mercenaries attacks too soon and Phocion's cavalry, impatient, joins in in disorderly fashion. After the battle, Phocion expels Plutarch for his cowardice.
