- 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 · 2026-10-27
Eurylochus, with the Spartan army assembled at Delphi, negotiates with the Ozolian Locrians to secure passage to Naupactus; with the active assistance of the Amphissians, he obtains hostages from most of the tribes and coerces the reluctant ones into submission.
ξυλλεγέντος δὲ τοῦ στρατεύματος ἐς Δελφοὺς ἐπεκηρυκεύετο Εὐρύλοχος Λοκροῖς τοῖς Ὀζόλαις· διὰ τούτων γὰρ ἡ ὁδὸς ἦν ἐς Ναύπακτον, καὶ ἅμα τῶν Ἀθηναίων1 ἐβούλετο ἀποστῆσαι αὐτούς.
When the army had assembled at Delphi, Eurylochus sent heralds to the Ozolian Locrians; for the road to Naupactus lay through their territory, and at the same time he wished to detach them from the Athenians.
ξυνέπρασσον δὲ μάλιστα αὐτῷ τῶν Λοκρῶν Ἀμφισσῆς διὰ τὸ τῶν Φωκέων2 ἔχθος δεδιότες· καὶ αὐτοὶ πρῶτοι δόντες ὁμήρους καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἔπεισαν δοῦναι φοβουμένους τὸν ἐπιόντα στρατόν, πρῶτον μὲν οὖν τοὺς ὁμόρους αὐτοῖς Μυονέας (ταύτῃ γὰρ δυσεσβολώτατος ἡ Λοκρίς), ἔπειτα Ἰπνέας καὶ Μεσσαπίους καὶ Τριταιέας καὶ Χαλαίους καὶ Τολοφωνίους καὶ Ἡσσίους καὶ Οἰανθέας. οὗτοι καὶ ξυνεστράτευον πάντες. Ὀλπαῖοι δὲ ὁμήρους μὲν ἔδοσαν, ἠκολούθουν δὲ οὔ· καὶ Ὑαῖοι οὐκ ἔδοσαν ὁμήρους πρὶν αὐτῶν εἷλον κώμην3 Πόλιν ὄνομα ἔχουσαν.
The Amphissians, of the Locrians, cooperated with him most of all, fearing on account of their enmity with the Phocians; and they, having been the first to give hostages, also persuaded the others to give them, who were afraid of the approaching army: first, therefore, their neighbors, the Myoneans (for in this direction Locris is hardest to invade), then the Ipneans, Messapians, Tritaeans, Chalaeans, Tolophonians, Hessians, and Oeantheans. All of these also joined the campaign. The Olpaeans gave hostages indeed, but did not follow; and the Hyaeans did not give hostages until they captured a village of theirs named Polis.
- 3.101.1τῶν Ἀθηναίων
Functions as a genitive of separation with the verb ἀποστῆσαι ('to detach, make revolt'), meaning 'to detach them from the Athenians.'
- 3.101.2τῶν Φωκέων
An objective genitive depending on the noun ἔχθος ('enmity, hatred'), meaning 'enmity toward the Phocians.' Although a subjective genitive ('the enmity felt by the Phocians') is grammatically possible, the context of long-standing border hostility makes the objective reading more natural, indicating the Amphissians' hostility toward and fear of the Phocians.
- 3.101.2πρὶν αὐτῶν εἷλον κώμην
Since the main clause is negative (οὐκ ἔδοσαν) and refers to a specific historical fact in the past (εἷλον, 'they captured'), the conjunction πρὶν is used with the indicative past to mean 'did not... until.'