- 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-grc2:5.51.1-5.51.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-03
In the following winter, a battle breaks out in Heraclea in Trachis against hostile neighboring tribes, in which the Lacedaemonian governor is killed, bringing the twelfth year of the war to an end.
τοῦ δ’ ἐπιγιγνομένου χειμῶνος Ἡρακλεώταις τοῖς ἐν Τραχῖνι μάχη ἐγένετο πρὸς Αἰνιᾶνας καὶ Δόλοπας καὶ Μηλιᾶς καὶ Θεσσαλῶν τινάς.
In the following winter, a battle took place between the Heracleots in Trachis and the Aenianians, Dolopes, Malians, and certain of the Thessalians.
προσοικοῦντα γὰρ τὰ ἔθνη ταῦτα τῇ πόλει πολέμια ἦν· οὐ γὰρ ἐπ’ ἄλλῃ τινὶ γῇ ἢ τῇ τούτων1 τὸ χωρίον ἐτειχίσθη. καὶ εὐθύς τε καθισταμένῃ τῇ πόλει2 ἠναντιοῦντο ἐς ὅσον ἐδύναντο φθείροντες καὶ τότε τῇ μάχῃ ἐνίκησαν τοὺς Ἡρακλεώτας, καὶ Ξενάρης ὁ Κνίδιος Λακεδαιμόνιος3 ἄρχων αὐτῶν ἀπέθανε, διεφθάρησαν δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι τῶν Ἡρακλεωτῶν. καὶ ὁ χειμὼν ἐτελεύτα, καὶ δωδέκατον ἔτος τῷ πολέμῳ ἐτελεύτα.
For these tribes, dwelling adjacent to the city, were hostile to it; for the place had been fortified on no other land than theirs. From the very beginning, while the city was being established, they had opposed it, doing damage as much as they could, and on this occasion they defeated the Heracleots in the battle; and Xenares, the son of Cnidius, their Lacedaemonian governor, was killed, and others of the Heracleots also perished. And the winter ended, and the twelfth year of the war came to an end.
- 5.51.2τῇ τούτων
Consisting of the feminine dative singular article τῇ (agreeing with the preceding γῇ) and the genitive plural τούτων, meaning 'their land'. Together with the comparative ἢ, it forms 'on no other land than theirs', emphasizing that the city was built precisely on their own territory.
- 5.51.2καθισταμένῃ τῇ πόλει
Present middle-passive participle of καθίστημι in the dative, describing the state of the city 'being established'. This dative is either governed by the verb ἠναντιοῦντο ('they opposed') or functions as a dative of time ('at the very time when the city was being established').
- 5.51.2Ξενάρης ὁ Κνίδιος Λακεδαιμόνιος
Since Xenares is explicitly called a 'Lacedaemonian (Λακεδαιμόνιος)', the attributive ὁ Κνίδιος cannot mean 'the Cnidian' (from Cnidus), but must be understood as a patronymic meaning 'the son of Cnidius' (Cnidius being the father's proper name).
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1