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§7.182.1

Grounding of the Athenian Ship and Crew's Escape

While two of the three Greek ships are captured by the Persians, the third Athenian ship runs aground at the mouth of the Peneios, and its crew escapes on foot through Thessaly back to Athens.

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§7.182.1

αἱ μὲν δὴ δύο τῶν νεῶν οὕτω ἐχειρώθησαν· ἡ δὲ τρίτη, τῆς ἐτριηράρχεε1 Φόρμος ἀνὴρ Ἀθηναῖος, φεύγουσα ἐξοκέλλει ἐς τὰς ἐκβολὰς τοῦ Πηνειοῦ, καὶ τοῦ μὲν σκάφεος ἐκράτησαν οἱ βάρβαροι, τῶν δὲ ἀνδρῶν οὔ· ὡς γὰρ δὴ τάχιστα2 ἐπώκειλαν τὴν νέα οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀποθορόντες κατὰ Θεσσαλίην πορευόμενοι ἐκομίσθησαν ἐς Ἀθήνας.

​Thus indeed two of the ships were captured; but the third, which Phormos, an Athenian, commanded, running away ran aground at the mouth of the Peneios, and the barbarians captured the hull indeed, but not the men. For as soon as the Athenians ran the ship aground, they leaped ashore and, journeying through Thessaly, made their way back to Athens.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 7.182.1τῆς ἐτριηράρχεε

    The relative pronoun τῆς is in the genitive case because it is governed by the verb ἐτριηράρχεε (from τριηραρχέω, "to command a trireme"), which takes the genitive of the ship commanded.

  2. 7.182.1ὡς γὰρ δὴ τάχιστα

    The combination of the conjunction ὡς and the superlative adverb τάχιστα (along with the particles γὰρ δή) introduces a temporal clause meaning "as soon as," indicating that the action in the main clause immediately followed.

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