- Source
- Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:4.71.1-4.71.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-30
Fearing for their safety and the destruction of the city, the two Megarian factions refused to admit Brasidas, choosing instead to remain neutral and join whichever side emerged victorious, prompting Brasidas to withdraw.
αἱ δὲ1 τῶν Μεγαρέων στάσεις φοβούμεναι, οἱ μὲν μὴ τοὺς φεύγοντας σφίσιν ἐσαγαγὼν αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλῃ, οἱ δὲ μὴ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὁ δῆμος δείσας ἐπίθηται σφίσι καὶ ἡ πόλις ἐν μάχῃ καθ’ αὑτὴν οὖσα ἐγγὺς ἐφεδρευόντων Ἀθηναίων ἀπόληται, οὐκ ἐδέξαντο, ἀλλ’ ἀμφοτέροις ἐδόκει ἡσυχάσασι τὸ μέλλον περιιδεῖν.2
But the factions of the Megarians, being afraid—the one party lest he should introduce the exiles and expel themselves, the other lest the commons, fearing this very thing, should attack them, and the city, being in conflict with itself, should perish while the Athenians were lying in wait nearby—did not receive him; instead, it seemed best to both parties to remain quiet and await the event.
ἤλπιζον γὰρ καὶ μάχην ἑκάτεροι ἔσεσθαι τῶν τε Ἀθηναίων καὶ τῶν προσβοηθησάντων, καὶ οὕτω σφίσιν ἀσφαλεστέρως ἔχειν, οἷς τις εἴη εὔνους, κρατήσασι προσχωρῆσαι·3 ὁ δὲ Βρασίδας ὡς οὐκ ἔπειθεν, ἀνεχώρησε πάλιν ἐς τὸ ἄλλο στράτευμα.
For both sides expected that there would be a battle between the Athenians and those who had come to the rescue, and that it would thus be safer for them to join the victors, whichever of them was well-disposed to them. Brasidas, therefore, since he could not persuade them, withdrew again to the rest of the army.
- 4.71.1αἱ δὲ τῶν Μεγαρέων στάσεις φοβούμεναι, οἱ μὲν ... οἱ δὲ ...
A construction of partitive apposition (schema partitivum). The feminine plural subject αἱ ... στάσεις is followed by the masculine plural appositives οἱ μὲν and οἱ δὲ, which specify the two factions, before resolving into the main verb οὐκ ἐδέξαντο.
- 4.71.1ἡσυχάσασι τὸ μέλλον περιιδεῖν
The infinitive περιιδεῖν (aorist of περιοράω) is used here in the sense of "waiting to see how things turn out" rather than simply "overlooking." The participle ἡσυχάσασι agrees with ἀμφοτέροις (to both sides, dative).
- 4.71.2οἷς τις εἴη εὔνους, κρατήσασι προσχωρῆσαι
κρατήσασι (the victors, dative) serves as the complement of the infinitive προσχωρῆσαι (to join). In the relative clause οἷς τις εἴη εὔνους, οἷς refers to κρατήσασι, and τις (indefinite pronoun) means "whichever of the two." The dative pronoun (σφίσιν, "to them") governed by εὔνους (well-disposed) is omitted.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1