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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 · 2026-11-09
Astyochus receives a request from the Lesbians to revolt again but abandons the plan due to opposition from his allies, returning to Chios after a storm. Meanwhile, Pedaritus arrives in Chios from Miletus by land with his army and refuses Astyochus's proposal to campaign against Lesbos.
ὄντος δ’ αὐτοῦ ἐνταῦθα1 Λεσβίων ἀφικνοῦνται πρέσβεις βουλόμενοι αὖθις ἀποστῆναι· καὶ αὐτὸν μὲν πείθουσιν, ὡς δ’ οἵ τε Κορίνθιοι καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ξύμμαχοι ἀπρόθυμοι ἦσαν2 διὰ τὸ πρότερον σφάλμα, ἄρας ἔπλει ἐπὶ τῆς Χίου. καὶ χειμασθεισῶν τῶν νεῶν ὕστερον ἀφικνοῦνται ἄλλαι ἄλλοθεν ἐς τὴν Χίον.
While he was there, ambassadors of the Lesbians arrived wishing to revolt again; and they persuaded him, but since the Corinthians and the other allies were reluctant because of the former failure, he set sail and steered for Chios. Later, after the ships had been scattered by a storm, they arrived at Chios, some from one place and some from another.
καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο Πεδάριτος, τότε παριὼν πεζῇ ἐκ τῆς Μιλήτου, γενόμενος ἐν Ἐρυθραῖς διαπεραιοῦται αὐτός τε καὶ ἡ στρατιὰ ἐς Χίον· ὑπῆρχον δὲ αὐτῷ3 καὶ ἐκ τῶν πέντε νεῶν στρατιῶται ὑπὸ Χαλκιδέως ἐς πεντακοσίους ξὺν ὅπλοις καταλειφθέντες.
After this, Pedaritus, who was at that time marching by land from Miletus, arrived at Erythrae and crossed over to Chios with his army; there were also available to him about five hundred armed soldiers who had been left behind by Chalcideus from the five ships.
ἐπαγγελλομένων δέ τινων Λεσβίων τὴν ἀπόστασιν, προσφέρει τῷ τε Πεδαρίτῳ καὶ τοῖς Χίοις ὁ Ἀστύοχος τὸν λόγον ὡς χρὴ παραγενομένους ταῖς ναυσὶν ἀποστῆσαι τὴν λέσβον·4 ἢ γὰρ ξυμμάχους πλείους σφᾶς ἕξειν,5 ἢ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους, ἤν τι σφάλλωνται,κακώσειν. οἱ δ᾽ οὐκ ἐσήκουον, οὐδὲ τὰς ναῦς ὁ Πεδάριτος ἔφη τῶν Χίων αὐτῷ προήσειν.
Since some Lesbians were offering to revolt, Astyochus proposed to Pedaritus and the Chians that they ought to go with their ships and bring about the revolt of Lesbos; for, he argued, they would either gain more allies, or, if the Athenians met with any failure, they would inflict damage upon them. But they would not listen, and Pedaritus said he would not surrender the Chian ships to him.
- 8.32.1ὄντος δ’ αὐτοῦ ἐνταῦθα
Genitive absolute. The pronoun αὐτοῦ refers to Astyochus, and the adverb ἐνταῦθα refers to the area of Phocaea and Cyme where he had retreated in the previous chapter (§8.31.3-4).
- 8.32.1ὡς δ’ οἵ τε Κορίνθιοι καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ξύμμαχοι ἀπρόθυμοι ἦσαν
The conjunction ὡς functions causally ("since" or "because"), explaining the reason why Astyochus had to sail for Chios despite having been persuaded (πείθουσιν) by the Lesbians.
- 8.32.2ὑπῆρχον δὲ αὐτῷ
The verb ὑπάρχω with the dative (αὐτῷ, referring to Pedaritus) means "to be at someone's disposal" or "to be available to someone." It indicates that the forces left behind by Chalcideus were now under Pedaritus's command.
- 8.32.3ὡς χρὴ παραγενομένους ταῖς ναυσὶν ἀποστῆσαι τὴν λέσβον
The ὡς clause explains the content of the proposal (τὸν λόγον). The accusative plural participle παραγενομένους serves as the subject of the infinitive ἀποστῆσαι and refers to Pedaritus and the Chians. The dative ταῖς ναυσὶν denotes accompaniment ("with the ships").
- 8.32.3ἢ γὰρ ξυμμάχους πλείους σφᾶς ἕξειν
Following the conjunction γάρ, the infinitives ἕξειν and κακώσειν are in indirect discourse, representing the reasons urged by Astyochus. The pronoun σφᾶς is the indirect reflexive in the accusative acting as the subject of ἕξειν, referring to the Peloponnesians.