If we conquer, the Peloponnesians will never again invade your native soil with the help of the Boeotian horsemen. In just a single battle, you will win not only this ground here, but also ensure the freedom of your own. So charge out against them in a manner worthy both of your city—the most preeminent in Greece which as your fatherland each of you adore—and of your fathers who once vanquished these same men at the battle of Oenophyta under Myronides and so became the lords of Boeotia.