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- 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 marches through Locris to Naupactus but abandons the siege after Demosthenes successfully persuades the Acarnanians to reinforce the town. Prompted by the Ambraciots, Eurylochus withdraws to waiting positions to prepare for an attack on Amphilochian Argos.
ἐπειδὴ δὲ παρεσκεύαστο πάντα καὶ τοὺς ὁμήρους κατέθετο ἐς Κυτίνιον τὸ Δωρικόν, ἐχώρει τῷ στρατῷ ἐπὶ τὴν Ναύπακτον διὰ τῶν Λοκρῶν, καὶ πορευόμενος Οἰνεῶνα αἱρεῖ αὐτῶν καὶ Εὐπάλιον· οὐ γὰρ προσεχώρησαν.
When everything had been prepared and he had deposited the hostages at Cytinium in Doris, Eurylochus marched with his army towards Naupactus through the territory of the Locrians, and on his way he captured Oeneon and Eupalion of theirs; for they did not submit.
γενόμενοι δ’ ἐν τῇ Ναυπακτίᾳ καὶ οἱ Αἰτωλοὶ ἅμα ἤδη προσβεβοηθηκότες ἐδῄουν τὴν γῆν καὶ τὸ προάστειον ἀτείχιστον ὂν εἷλον· ἐπί τε Μολύκρειον ἐλθόντες τὴν Κορινθίων μὲν ἀποικίαν, Ἀθηναίων δὲ ὑπήκοον, αἱροῦσιν.
When they were in the territory of Naupactus, the Aetolians also having already come to help them, they began to ravage the land and captured the suburb, which was unfortified; and going against Molycreum, a Corinthian colony but subject to the Athenians, they captured it.
Δημοσθένης δὲ ὁ Ἀθηναῖος (ἔτι γὰρ ἐτύγχανεν ὢν μετὰ τὰ ἐκ τῆς Αἰτωλίας περὶ Ναύπακτον) προαισθόμενος τοῦ στρατοῦ καὶ δείσας περὶ αὐτῆς, ἐλθὼν πείθει Ἀκαρνᾶνας, χαλεπῶς1 διὰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς Λευκάδος ἀναχώρησιν, βοηθῆσαι Ναυπάκτῳ.
But Demosthenes the Athenian (for he happened to be still around Naupactus after the events in Aetolia), having perceived beforehand the approach of the army and fearing for the town, went and persuaded the Acarnanians, with difficulty because of the retreat from Leucas, to come to the aid of Naupactus.
καὶ πέμπουσι μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν νεῶν χιλίους ὁπλίτας, οἳ ἐσελθόντες περιεποίησαν τὸ χωρίον· δεινὸν γὰρ ἦν μὴ μεγάλου ὄντος τοῦ τείχους, ὀλίγων δὲ τῶν ἀμυνομένων, οὐκ ἀντίσχωσιν.2
And they sent with him on ships a thousand hoplites, who entered and preserved the place; for there was a fear that, since the wall was not large and the defenders were few, they might not hold out.
Εὐρύλοχος δὲ καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ὡς ᾔσθοντο τὴν στρατιὰν ἐσεληλυθυῖαν καὶ ἀδύνατον ὂν3 τὴν πόλιν βίᾳ ἑλεῖν, ἀνεχώρησαν οὐκ ἐπὶ Πελοποννήσου, ἀλλ’ ἐς τὴν Αἰολίδα τὴν νῦν καλουμένην Καλυδῶνα καὶ Πλευρῶνα καὶ ἐς τὰ ταύτῃ χωρία καὶ ἐς Πρόσχιον τῆς Αἰτωλίας.
When Eurylochus and those with him perceived that the army had entered and that it was impossible to take the city by force, they retreated, not towards the Peloponnese, but into Aeolis, now called Calydon and Pleuron, and into the places in that region, and to Proschium in Aetolia.
οἱ γὰρ Ἀμπρακιῶται ἐλθόντες πρὸς αὐτοὺς πείθουσιν ὥστε μετὰ σφῶν Ἄργει τε τῷ Ἀμφιλοχικῷ καὶ Ἀμφιλοχίᾳ τῇ ἄλλῃ ἐπιχειρῆσαι καὶ Ἀκαρνανίᾳ ἅμα, λέγοντες ὅτι, ἢν τούτων κρατήσωσι, πᾶν τὸ ἠπειρωτικὸν Λακεδαιμονίοις ξύμμαχον καθεστήξει.
For the Ambraciots came to them and persuaded them to make an attempt with them on the Amphilochian Argos, the rest of Amphilochia, and Acarnania at the same time, saying that if they conquered these, the whole mainland would become allied with the Lacedaemonians.
καὶ ὁ μὲν Εὐρύλοχος πεισθεὶς καὶ τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς ἀφεὶς ἡσύχαζε τῷ στρατῷ περὶ τοὺς χώρους τούτους, ἕως τοῖς Ἀμπρακιώταις ἐκστρατευσαμένοις περὶ τὸ Ἄργος δέοι βοηθεῖν. καὶ τὸ θέρος ἐτελεύτα.
And Eurylochus, being persuaded and having dismissed the Aetolians, remained quiet with his army around these parts, until it should be necessary to assist the Ambraciots when they had marched out against Argos. And the summer ended.
- 3.102.3χαλεπῶς
The adverb χαλεπῶς (with difficulty) modifies the act of persuasion (πείθει). It concisely indicates, through grammatical ellipsis, that Demosthenes' effort to persuade the Acarnanians was extremely difficult due to the resentment and distrust caused by the sudden Athenian retreat from Leucas.
- 3.102.4δεινὸν γὰρ ἦν μὴ ... οὐκ ἀντίσχωσιν
A construction where the μή clause with the subjunctive ἀντίσχωσιν depends on the expression of fear δεινὸν ἦν (there was a fear). The negation οὐκ inside this μή clause denotes a negative apprehension ("fearing that they might not hold out"). Two genitive absolute phrases, μεγάλου ὄντος τοῦ τείχους and ὀλίγων δὲ τῶν ἀμυνομένων, are inserted between the main introductory expression and the subjunctive verb.
- 3.102.5ἀδύνατον ὄν
An accusative absolute of an impersonal expression. It is coordinated as a complement to the verb of perception ᾔσθοντο (perceived), parallel to the preceding accusative participle construction τὴν στρατιὰν ἐσεληλυθυῖαν. Instead of a standard accusative and infinitive construction (ἀδύνατον εἶναι), the neuter singular participle ὄν is used, resulting in an anacoluthon.