- 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 · 2026-11-01
Both the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians, motivated by the desire to recover prisoners and their recent military setbacks, agreed to a one-year truce as a preliminary step toward lasting peace.
ταῦτ’ οὖν ἀμφοτέροις αὐτοῖς λογιζομένοις1 ἐδόκει ποιητέα εἶναι ἡ ξύμβασις, καὶ οὐχ ἧσσον τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις, ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἐκ τῆς νήσου κομίσασθαι· ἦσαν γὰρ οἱ Σπαρτιᾶται αὐτῶν πρῶτοί τε καὶ † ὁμοίως † σφίσι ξυγγενεῖς.
Therefore, as both sides considered these matters, it seemed to them that the treaty ought to be made, and not least to the Lacedaemonians, because of their desire to recover the men from the island; for those of them who were Spartans were of the highest rank and likewise related to them.
ἤρξαντο μὲν οὖν καὶ εὐθὺς μετὰ τὴν ἅλωσιν αὐτῶν πράσσειν, ἀλλ’ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι οὔπως ἤθελον, εὖ φερόμενοι, ἐπὶ τῇ ἴσῃ καταλύεσθαι. σφαλέντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τῷ Δηλίῳ παραχρῆμα οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, γνόντες νῦν μᾶλλον ἂν ἐνδεξαμένους,2 ποιοῦνται τὴν ἐνιαύσιον ἐκεχειρίαν, ἐν ᾗ ἔδει ξυνιόντας3 καὶ περὶ τοῦ πλέονος χρόνου βουλεύεσθαι.
Indeed, they had begun to negotiate immediately after their capture, but the Athenians, as they were doing well, were not yet willing to come to terms on equal status. But when the Athenians met with disaster at Delium, the Lacedaemonians immediately, realizing that they would now be more likely to accept terms, made the one-year truce, during which they were to meet and deliberate also concerning a longer period.
- 5.15.1ἀμφοτέροις αὐτοῖς λογιζομένοις
It functions as a dative of interest/judgment with ἐδόκει, or as a quasi-absolute dative expressing background circumstance. The dative present participle λογιζομένοις agrees with ἀμφοτέροις αὐτοῖς.
- 5.15.2ἂν ἐνδεξαμένους
The construction of ἄν with a participle in indirect discourse after the verb of knowing γνόντες. It modifies the omitted accusative subject (the Athenians), representing a potential optative or past indicative with ἄν (originally ἂν ἐνδέξαιντο 'they would accept') turned into a participle.
- 5.15.2ξυνιόντας
Accusative present participle agreeing with the omitted subject of the impersonal verb ἔδει (in the accusative, here meaning 'both parties'). It functions as the subject of the infinitive βουλεύεσθαι.