The tactics of Demosthenes had divided them into companies of two hundred, more or less, and made them occupy the highest points in order to paralyse the enemy by surrounding him on every side and thus leaving him without any tangible adversary, exposed to the cross-fire of their host;
Hirurogeita hamar baino gutxi gehiago ziren ontzietatik behealdeko arraunlariak izan ezik beste guztiak lehorreratu ziren, nor bere taldearekin, zortziehun arkulari, beste hainbeste inguru peltasta, etorri ziren meseniarrak eta Pilosen zeuden gainerako guztiak, gotorlekuaren zaintzaileak izan ezik.