Histories

The Thessalian sentinels were the first to see these men and to flee for fear, supposing falsely that it was something supernatural, and after the sentinels the whole army fled as well. The Phocians made themselves masters of four thousand dead, and their shields, of which they dedicated half at Abai [22.9583,38.5917] (Perseus)Abae and the rest at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi.

A tithe of what they won in that fight went to the making of the great statues that stand around the tripod in front of the shrine at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi, and there are others like them dedicated at Abai [22.9583,38.5917] (Perseus)Abae.

This is what the besieged Phocians did with the Thessalian footsoldiers. When the Thessalian horsemen rode into their country, the Phocians did them mortal harm; they dug a great pit in the pass near +Hyampolis [22.9,38.6] (Perseus) Hyampolis and put empty jars inside it. They then covered it with earth till all was like the rest of the ground and awaited the onset of the Thessalians. These rode on intending to sweep the Phocians before them, and fell in among the jars, whereby their horses' legs were broken.