- 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 · 2026-10-23
The Plataean envoys arrange a temporary truce to consult with the Athenians, who urge them to maintain the alliance and promise their assistance.
οἱ δ’ ἀκούσαντες ἐσῆλθον αὖθις ἐς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ βουλευσάμενοι μετὰ τοῦ πλήθους ἔλεξαν ὅτι βούλονται ἃ προκαλεῖται Ἀθηναίοις κοινῶσαι πρῶτον, καὶ ἢν πείθωσιν αὐτούς, ποιεῖν1 ταῦτα· μέχρι δὲ τούτου σπείσασθαι σφίσιν ἐκέλευον καὶ τὴν γῆν μὴ δῃοῦν. ὁ δὲ ἡμέρας τε ἐσπείσατο ἐν αἷς εἰκὸς ἦν κομισθῆναι,2 καὶ τὴν γῆν οὐκ ἔτεμνεν.
Having heard this, they went back into the city, and after deliberating with the multitude, they answered that they wished first to communicate his proposals to the Athenians, and if they could persuade them, to do these things; in the meantime, they requested him to make a truce with them and not to ravage their land. He then granted a truce for as many days as they were likely to take to return, and did not ravage their land.
ἐλθόντες δὲ οἱ [Πλαταιῆς ] πρέσβεις ὡς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους καὶ βουλευσάμενοι μετ’ αὐτῶν πάλιν ἦλθον ἀπαγγέλλοντες τοῖς ἐν τῇ πόλει τοιάδε·
And the Plataean envoys went to the Athenians, and after deliberating with them, they came back and reported to those in the city as follows:
‘οὔτ’ ἐν τῷ πρὸ τοῦ χρόνῳ, ὦ ἄνδρες Πλαταιῆς, ἀφ’ οὗ ξύμμαχοι ἐγενόμεθα, Ἀθηναῖοί φασιν ἐν οὐδενὶ ὑμᾶς προέσθαι3 ἀδικουμένους οὔτε νῦν περιόψεσθαι, βοηθήσειν δὲ κατὰ δύναμιν. ἐπισκήπτουσί τε ὑμῖν πρὸς τῶν ὅρκων οὓς οἱ πατέρες ὤμοσαν μηδὲν νεωτερίζειν περὶ τὴν ξυμμαχίαν.’
‘Plataeans, the Athenians say that neither in the past, since we became allies, have they ever abandoned you when you were being wronged, nor will they overlook you now, but they will assist you to the best of their power. And they adjure you, by the oaths which your fathers swore, to make no change in respect to the alliance.’
- 2.73.1ποιεῖν
Present infinitive in indirect discourse dependent on the verb of speaking ἔλεξαν, serving as the apodosis to the conditional clause ἢν πείθωσιν. It represents a future intention ('we will do these things') in direct speech.
- 2.73.1κομισθῆναι
Aorist passive infinitive of κομίζω (to carry, bring), here used in an intransitive or middle sense meaning 'to return' (referring to the envoys). It depends on the impersonal expression εἰκὸς ἦν ('it was likely').
- 2.73.3προέσθαι
Second aorist middle infinitive of προΐημι (to abandon, betray), taking ὑμᾶς (you) as its direct object, which is modified by the present passive participle ἀδικουμένους (being wronged).