ch. 37
15.37.1While these things were going on, the Thebans made an expedition against Orchomenus with five hundred picked men and performed a memorable action. For as the Lacedaemonians maintained a garrison of many soldiers in Orchomenus and had drawn up their forces against the Thebans, a stiff battle took place in which the Thebans, attacking twice their number, defeated the Lacedaemonians. note Never indeed had such a thing occurred before; it had seemed enough if they won with many against few.
15.37.2The result was that the Thebans swelled with pride, became more and more renowned for their valour, and had manifestly put themselves in a position to compete for the supremacy of Greece.
15.37.3Of the historians, Hermeias of Methymne note brought to a close with this year his narrative of Sicilian affairs, having composed ten books, or, as some divide the work, twelve.
