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Contents of the Sixteenth Book of Diodorus
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When it was clear that
the Boeotians would take the field with a large army against the Phocians, Philomelus decided
to gather a great number of mercenaries. Since the war required ampler funds he was compelled
to lay his hands1 on the sacred dedications and to plunder the oracle. By setting the base pay for
the mercenaries at half as much again as was usual he quickly assembled a large number of
mercenaries, since many answered the summons to the campaign on account of the size of the pay.
[2]
Now no men of honourable character enrolled for the campaign
because of their reverence for the gods, but the worst knaves, and those who despised the gods,
because of their own greed, eagerly gathered about Philomelus and quickly a strong army was
formed out of those whose object it was to plunder the shrine.
[3]
So Philomelus, because of the magnitude of his resources, soon had prepared a considerable
army. He immediately advanced into the territory of the Locrians with soldiers both foot and
horse amounting to more than ten thousand. When the Locrians marshalled their forces to meet
him and the Boeotians came to the support of the Locrians, a cavalry battle ensued in which the
Phocians had the superiority.
[4]
After this the Thessalians
together with the allies from neighbouring districts, having assembled to the number of six
thousand, arrived in Locris and joining battle with the Phocians met with a defeat by a hill
called Argolas.2 When the
Boeotians put in an appearance with thirteen thousand men and the Achaeans from the
Peloponnesus came to the support of the Phocians with fifteen hundred, the armies encamped over
against one another, both assembled in one place.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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