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ταχθέντες, ‘under orders’ (from Pausanias); cf. vii. 169. 1; viii. 7. 2, 13. 1. Grundy (p. 504) rightly holds that the Athenians were posted on the Asopus Ridge, and descended its western slope into the plain, thus starting their march in the opposite direction to the Spartans (τὰ ἔμπαλιν, cf. vii. 58. 1).

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