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§4.49.1

Capture of Anactorium by Athens and the Acarnanians

At the close of the summer, the Athenians from Naupactus and the Acarnanians captured the Corinthian city of Anactorium through treachery, and the Acarnanians settled the place. Thus ended the summer.

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§4.49.1

καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ Ναυπάκτῳ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ Ἀκαρνᾶνες ἅμα τελευτῶντος τοῦ θέρους1 στρατευσάμενοι Ἀνακτόριον Κορινθίων πόλιν, ἣ κεῖται ἐπὶ τῷ στόματι τοῦ Ἀμπρακικοῦ κόλπου, ἔλαβον προδοσίᾳ· καὶ ἐκπέμψαντες [Κορινθίους ]αὐτοὶ Ἀκαρνᾶνες οἰκήτορας ἀπὸ πάντων2 ἔσχον τὸ χωρίον. καὶ τὸ θέρος ἐτελεύτα.

​At the end of the same summer, the Athenians at Naupactus and the Acarnanians made an expedition against Anactorium, a Corinthian city which lies at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf, and took it by treachery; and having expelled [the Corinthians], the Acarnanians themselves occupied the place, sending settlers from all their districts. And the summer ended.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 4.49.1ἅμα τελευτῶντος τοῦ θέρους

    The adverb ἅμα functions prepositionally with the genitive absolute (τελευτῶντος τοῦ θέρους), meaning "at the very end of the summer" or "coinciding with the end of the summer."

  2. 4.49.1ἀπὸ πάντων

    The noun is omitted; from the context of Ἀκαρνᾶνες, it implies "from all [the Acarnanian] districts or towns."

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25)urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:4.49.1