- 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-grc2:7.76.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
Seeing the dispirited state of the army during the retreat, Nicias goes along the ranks, raising his voice with great zeal to encourage and comfort the soldiers as much as possible.
ὁρῶν δὲ ὁ Νικίας τὸ στράτευμα ἀθυμοῦν καὶ ἐν μεγάλῃ μεταβολῇ ὄν, ἐπιπαριὼν ὡς ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων1 ἐθάρσυνέ τε καὶ παρεμυθεῖτο, βοῇ τε χρώμενος ἔτι μᾶλλον ἑκάστοις καθ’ οὓς γίγνοιτο2 ὑπὸ προθυμίας καὶ βουλόμενος ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον γεγωνίσκων3 ὠφελεῖν τι.
And Nicias, seeing the army dispirited and in a state of great change, went along the ranks and encouraged and comforted them as well as the circumstances permitted, raising his voice still louder to each group as he came up to them out of his zeal, and wishing, by making his voice reach as far as possible, to be of some benefit.
- 7.76.1ὡς ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων
An idiomatic phrase meaning "as well as the present circumstances allowed" or "from what was available," expressing the idea of doing one's best under extremely difficult conditions.
- 7.76.1καθ’ οὓς γίγνοιτο
The optative in the relative clause expressing repeated action in past time ("whenever he came up to them").
- 7.76.1ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον γεγωνίσκων
ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ("as far as possible") is an adverbial phrase modifying the participle γεγωνίσκων ("making one's voice reach" or "shouting aloud"), emphasizing the physical range to which Nicias wished his voice to carry.