- 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-grc2:7.30.1-7.30.3
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
The Thebans march to the rescue and inflict heavy casualties on the retreating Thracians, but Mycalessus is left with a tragedy of unparalleled scale considering its size.
οἱ δὲ Θηβαῖοι αἰσθόμενοι ἐβοήθουν, καὶ καταλαβόντες προκεχωρηκότας ἤδη τοὺς Θρᾷκας οὐ πολὺ τήν τε λείαν ἀφείλοντο καὶ αὐτοὺς φοβήσαντες καταδιώκουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν Εὔριπον καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, οὗ αὐτοῖς τὰ πλοῖα ἃ ἤγαγεν ὥρμει.
The Thebans, having perceived this, marched to the rescue, and having overtaken the Thracians who had already advanced not very far, they both took away their booty and, having put them to flight, pursued them to the Euripus and the sea, where the ships that had brought them were riding at anchor.
καὶ ἀποκτείνουσιν αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ἐσβάσει τοὺς πλείστους οὔτε ἐπισταμένους1 νεῖν τῶν τε ἐν τοῖς πλοίοις, ὡς ἑώρων τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὁρμισάντων ἔξω τοξεύματος τὰ πλοῖα, ἐπεὶ ἔν γε τῇ ἄλλῃ ἀναχωρήσει οὐκ ἀτόπως οἱ Θρᾷκες πρὸς τὸ τῶν Θηβαίων ἱππικόν, ὅπερ πρῶτον προσέκειτο, προεκθέοντές τε καὶ ξυστρεφόμενοι ἐν ἐπιχωρίῳ τάξει τὴν φυλακὴν ἐποιοῦντο, καὶ ὀλίγοι αὐτῶν ἐν τούτῳ διεφθάρησαν. μέρος δέ τι καὶ ἐν τῇ πόλει αὐτῇ δι’ ἁρπαγὴν ἐγκαταληφθὲν ἀπώλετο. οἱ δὲ ξύμπαντες τῶν Θρᾳκῶν πεντήκοντα καὶ διακόσιοι ἀπὸ τριακοσίων καὶ χιλίων ἀπέθανον.
And they killed most of them during the embarkation; for they did not know how to swim, and those on board the ships, when they saw what was happening on land, had anchored the vessels out of bowshot. Indeed, during the rest of the retreat, the Thracians, against the Theban cavalry which had first attacked them, made a not unskilful defense, charging forward and closing their ranks in their native fashion, and few of them were destroyed during this part. However, a certain part of them, left behind in the city itself for the sake of plunder, perished. In all, two hundred and fifty of the thirteen hundred Thracians were killed.
διέφθειραν δὲ καὶ τῶν Θηβαίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων οἳ ξυνεβοήθησαν ἐς εἴκοσι μάλιστα ἱππέας τε καὶ ὁπλίτας ὁμοῦ καὶ Θηβαίων τῶν βοιωταρχῶν Σκιρφώνδαν· τῶν δὲ Μυκαλησσίων μέρος τι ἀπανηλώθη. τὰ μὲν κατὰ τὴν Μυκαλησσὸν πάθει χρησαμένην οὐδενὸς ὡς ἐπὶ μεγέθει2 τῶν κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἧσσον ὀλοφύρασθαι ἀξίῳ τοιαῦτα ξυνέβη.
But they also killed, of the Thebans and the others who had joined in the rescue, about twenty in all, both cavalry and hoplites together, and among the Thebans, Scirphondas, one of the Boeotarchs; and of the Mycalessians, a certain part was destroyed. Such were the events that befell Mycalessus, which suffered a disaster no less worthy of lamentation, considering its size, than any other in the war.
- 7.30.2οὔτε ἐπισταμένους
An asymmetrical expression of the two main causes of the high death toll. The first clause οὔτε ἐπισταμένους is an accusative participle modifying the accusative object τοὺς πλείστους, whereas the second clause τῶν τε ... ὁρμισάντων is a genitive absolute.
- 7.30.3ὡς ἐπὶ μεγέθει
A restrictive adverbial phrase meaning 'considering its size' or 'in proportion to its size'. Used in conjunction with the comparative ἧσσον, it emphasizes that although Mycalessus was a small city, the tragedy was proportionally as devastating as any other in the war.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1