17. The Defeat of the Minyae 17\. The Defeat of the Minyas 17\. La derrota de los Minyas 17\. A Derrota dos Minyas

Erginus, rex Minyarum, ob haec vehementer iratus statim cum omnibus copiis in fines Thebanorum contendit. Erglnus, king of Minyae, with all their forces into the territories of the Thebans on account of these things, deeply angry, and as soon as he contends.

Creon adventum eius per exploratores cognovit. Creon learned of his arrival by scouts.

Ipse tamen pugnare noluit, nam magno timore adfectus erat; Thebani igitur Herculem imperatorem creaverunt. He himself, however, refused to fight, for he was greatly alarmed; The Thebans, therefore, created Hercules as emperor.

Ille nuntios in omnes partes dimisit, et copias coegit; tum proximo die cum magno exercitu profectus est. He dispatched messengers to all parts of the taken down, and the forces of his power; as well as it is, the next day he set out with a large army.

Locum idoneum delegit et aciem instruxit. Chose a suitable place and the line.

Tum Thebani e superiore loco impetum in hostes fecerunt. They made an attack on the enemy from the higher ground Then the Thebans. Illi autem impetum sustinere non potuerunt; itaque acies hostium pulsa est atque in fugam conversa. Those, however, were not able to withstand the attack; And so, and put to flight the enemy's lines, was banished from.