- Source
- Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-26
Sighting the twenty Athenian reinforcement ships, the Corinthians begin to retreat, followed by the Corcyraeans, bringing the naval battle to an end at nightfall. The Athenian reinforcements arrive at the Corcyraean camp after navigating through corpses and wreckage.
ταύτας οὖν προϊδόντες οἱ Κορίνθιοι καὶ ὑποτοπήσαντες ἀπ’ Ἀθηνῶν εἶναι οὐχ ὅσας ἑώρων ἀλλὰ πλείους1 ὑπανεχώρουν.
Therefore, the Corinthians, having sighted these ships from afar and suspecting that they were from Athens and were not merely as many as they saw but more, began to withdraw.
τοῖς δὲ Κερκυραίοις ἐπέπλεον γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς οὐχ ἑωρῶντο,2 καὶ ἐθαύμαζον τοὺς Κορινθίους πρύμναν κρουομένους, πρίν τινες ἰδόντες εἶπον ὅτι νῆες ἐκεῖναι ἐπιπλέουσιν. τότε δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀνεχώρουν· ξυνεσκόταζε γὰρ ἤδη, καὶ οἱ Κορίνθιοι ἀποτραπόμενοι τὴν διάλυσιν ἐποιήσαντο.
But they were not seen by the Corcyraeans, for they were sailing up rather from a direction out of sight, and they were wondering at the Corinthians backing water, until some, having sighted them, said, “Those ships are sailing up.” Then indeed they also themselves began to withdraw; for it was already growing dark, and the Corinthians, turning away, broke off the action.
οὕτω μὲν ἡ ἀπαλλαγὴ ἐγένετο ἀλλήλων, καὶ ἡ ναυμαχία ἐτελεύτα ἐς νύκτα.
In this manner they parted from one another, and the naval battle ended as night came on.
τοῖς δὲ Κερκυραίοις στρατοπεδευομένοις3 ἐπὶ τῇ Λευκίμμῃ αἱ εἴκοσι νῆες αἱ ἐκ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν αὗται, ὧν ἦρχε Γλαύκων τε ὁ Λεάγρου καὶ † Ἀνδοκίδης ὁ Λεωγόρου †, διὰ τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ ναυαγίων προσκομισθεῖσαι κατέπλεον ἐς τὸ στρατόπεδον οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον ἢ ὤφθησαν.
While the Corcyraeans were encamped at Leukimme, these twenty ships from Athens, of which Glaucon son of Leagros and †Andocides son of Leogoras† were in command, having made their way through the corpses and wrecks, sailed down into the camp not long after they had been sighted.
οἱ δὲ Κερκυραῖοι (ἦν γὰρ νύξ) ἐφοβήθησαν μὴ πολέμιαι ὦσιν, ἔπειτα δὲ ἔγνωσαν· καὶ ὡρμίσαντο.
The Corcyraeans (for it was night) feared lest they should be hostile ships, but later they recognized them; and they came to anchor.
- 1.51.1οὐχ ὅσας ἑώρων ἀλλὰ πλείους
Meaning "not merely as many as they saw, but more." πλείους is the contracted form of πλείονας (accusative feminine plural), functioning as the predicate accusative modifying the omitted subject of the infinitive εἶναι.
- 1.51.2τοῖς δὲ Κερκυραίοις ... οὐχ ἑωρῶντο
The dative τοῖς Κερκυραίοις functions as the dative of agent (or dative of reference) with the passive verb οὐχ ἑωρῶντο ("were not seen"), meaning "they were not seen by the Corcyraeans."
- 1.51.4τοῖς δὲ Κερκυραίοις στρατοπεδευομένοις
This dative phrase is placed at the beginning of the sentence and depends on the main verb κατέπλεον ("sailed down"). It functions as a dative of interest/reference, presenting the situation: "for the Corcyraeans who were encamped at Leukimme."