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§5.117.1

Daurises' Hellespont Campaign and March to Caria

Daurises captures several cities in the Hellespont one after another, but upon receiving news of the Carians' rebellion, he redirects his army toward Caria.

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§5.117.1

Δαυρίσης μὲν τραπόμενος πρὸς τὰς ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ πόλις εἷλε μὲν Δάρδανον, εἷλε δὲ Ἄβυδόν τε καὶ Περκώτην καὶ Λάμψακον καὶ Παισόν. ταύτας μὲν ἐπʼ ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ αἵρεε, ἀπὸ δὲ Παισοῦ ἐλαύνοντί οἱ1 ἐπὶ Πάριον πόλιν ἦλθε ἀγγελίη τοὺς Κᾶρας τὠυτὸ Ἴωσι φρονήσαντας2 ἀπεστάναι3 ἀπὸ Περσέων. ἀποστρέψας ὦν ἐκ τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου ἤλαυνε τὸν στρατὸν ἐπὶ τὴν Καρίην.

​Daurises, turning to the cities in the Hellespont, captured Dardanus, and captured Abydos, Percote, Lampsacus, and Paesus. These he captured at the rate of one each day, but as he was marching from Paesus against the city of Parium, news came to him that the Carians, having come to the same mind as the Ionians, had revolted from the Persians. Turning back, therefore, from the Hellespont, he marched his army against Caria.

Syntax notes3 items
  1. 5.117.1ἐλαύνοντί οἱ

    Meaning "as he was marching." The dative pronoun οἱ (to him) is qualified by the dative present participle ἐλαύνοντι, functioning as a dative of reference with the main verb ἦλθε and the noun ἀγγελίη ("news came to him as he was marching").

  2. 5.117.1τὠυτὸ Ἴωσι φρονήσαντας

    A combination of the verb φρονέω with the contracted neuter accusative object τὠυτό (= τὸ αὐτό, "the same thing") and the dative of association Ἴωσι ("with the Ionians"). It literally means "having thought the same thing as the Ionians," translating to "having made common cause with the Ionians." The aorist participle in the accusative plural modifies τοὺς Κᾶρας.

  3. 5.117.1ἀπεστάναι

    The perfect active infinitive of ἀφίστημι. It is used in indirect discourse (accusative and infinitive construction) representing the content of the noun ἀγγελίη (news), with τοὺς Κᾶρας as its subject accusative ("news that the Carians had revolted").

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25)urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:5.117.1