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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 · 2026-11-06
The Athenian assembly votes to grant the generals full powers over the expedition, and preparations proceed rapidly as Athens has recovered its population and financial resources during the peace.
ἀκούσαντες δ’ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐψηφίσαντο εὐθὺς αὐτοκράτορας εἶναι καὶ περὶ στρατιᾶς πλήθους καὶ περὶ τοῦ παντὸς πλοῦ τοὺς στρατηγοὺς1 πράσσειν ᾗ ἂν αὐτοῖς δοκῇ ἄριστα εἶναι [Ἀθηναίοις2 ].
On hearing this, the Athenians immediately voted that the generals should have full powers both in regard to the size of the army and in regard to the whole voyage, to act in whatever way seemed best to them [for the Athenians].
καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἡ παρασκευὴ ἐγίγνετο, καὶ ἔς τε τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἔπεμπον καὶ αὐτόθεν καταλόγους ἐποιοῦντο, ἄρτι δ’ ἀνειλήφει ἡ πόλις ἑαυτὴν ἀπὸ τῆς νόσου καὶ τοῦ ξυνεχοῦς πολέμου ἔς τε ἡλικίας πλῆθος ἐπιγεγενημένης3 καὶ ἐς χρημάτων ἅθροισιν διὰ τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν, ὥστε ῥᾷον πάντα ἐπορίζετο. καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐν παρασκευῇ ἦσαν.
And after this the preparation was being made; they both sent to the allies and made levies at home. The city had just recovered itself from the plague and the continuous war, both in respect of the number of young men who had grown up and in respect of the accumulation of money because of the truce, so that everything was provided more easily. And they indeed were in preparation.
- 6.26.1τοὺς στρατηγοὺς
The accusative τοὺς στρατηγοὺς is the common subject of the infinitives εἶναι and πράσσειν. Accordingly, the predicate αὐτοκράτορας is also in the accusative plural to agree with it.
- 6.26.1[Ἀθηναίοις]
The bracketed [Ἀθηναίοις] is a variant reading often suspected of being a later gloss and thus deleted. If retained, it is interpreted as "for the Athenians" to clarify or contrast with αὐτοῖς (them, i.e., the generals) in the phrase ᾗ ἂν αὐτοῖς δοκῇ ("as should seem best to them").
- 6.26.2ἐπιγεγενημένης
The perfect participle ἐπιγεγενημένης (genitive feminine singular) modifies ἡλικίας ("military age" or "youth of military age"), meaning "having grown up/accumulated additionally" during the peace, forming the noun phrase introduced by the preposition ἐς.