The Thebans turned about before him, and fled from the
smooth plains on which they stood, till they reached the rugged
borders of the river Ismenos ; and hidden by-ways led them
astray, and there was a copious very deep flood in the river
when they reached it. Short was their stay there when Hippo-
medon arrived to attack them, and he menaced them without
dismounting or leaping from his horse, but kept rounding up
and gathering them. Then the Thebans leaped into the fords
and estuaries of the river, and dropped their arms down the
stream owing to the haste of the flight; and such was their
eagerness for flight that they were pressing against the gravel
and sand of the river while concealing themselves for fear of
Hippomedon. For they preferred to be quickly drowned rather
than to remain suffering tribulation from that man. Every one
of them that was expert in water proceeded to swim over the
stream, till the bound baldrics and very narrow cuirasses carried
them to the bottom. He turned himself about upon them like
a great huge sea-monster upon little speckled salmon till they

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E. 44b 15 TOG AIL NA TEBE Eg. 229b 29

remi co hochraib^ cuan -] calath. Is andsin, rocomraic fer do j^ '
munteV IpometioMi .i. I6n, -\ Cromis do Tiabandaib ar lar na
haband, -] rothoit andsiw I6n risin Tiabanda. Nir-bo echt cen
aitbi sin, tra, uair thuc^ AntipMS do Grecaib coscwr Cromis fo 252

3525 ehetoir. Ni head sin [do]no nach taras ar AnntopMs', uair rothoit
re hIpseMs mac Asopas do Tiahandaib, •] ba cend* ssegail sin do
Astiages 1 do Linws do Grecaib, uair rothoitsed andsin com-
thoitim re hlpsews Tiabanda. Is andsin rotrascair, -j rothoiriwd 256
Ipomerfon sluagu toirrseach[a] na Tebi. Robuaidir immorro 'na

353ohaigid^ Ipseits na buidni Grecda badar marasn re Ipomedon,
coma forruad fuilidi* sruth alaind Ismen isinn uair sin, ger-ba
tonda tibreacha tsebglana intan tangadar na catha sin. Deithbir'
on ba drochad^^ comnart comimtheachta d'armaib imda arbristi"
uachtwr na haband* on bruach co 'raill, -j ba hacaireda comdaifigni

3535 conairi laich leadharthacha lanbaiti re grian 1 re gainem ichtair
na haband.
