- Source
- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:8.18.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
After both sides part and return to their anchorages, the Greeks—especially the Athenians who lost half of their ships—contemplate a retreat into the interior of Greece due to their heavy damage.
ὡς δὲ διέστησαν,1 ἄσμενοι ἑκάτεροι ἐς ὅρμον ἠπείγοντο. οἱ δὲ Ἕλληνες ὡς διακριθέντες ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίης ἀπηλλάχθησαν, τῶν2 μὲν νεκρῶν καὶ τῶν ναυηγίων ἐπεκράτεον, τρηχέως δὲ περιεφθέντες,3 καὶ οὐκ ἥκιστα Ἀθηναῖοι τῶν αἱ ἡμίσεαι τῶν νεῶν τετρωμέναι ἦσαν, δρησμὸν δὴ ἐβούλευον ἔσω ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα.
And when they parted, both sides gladly hastened to their anchorage. But the Greeks, when they had withdrawn, having separated from the sea-fight, though they remained in possession of the dead and the wrecks, yet having been roughly handled—and not least the Athenians, half of whose ships were damaged—began to plan indeed a retreat into the interior of Greece.
- 8.18.1διέστησαν
An aorist form used intransitively, meaning "to part" or "to separate," indicating that the two opposing fleets broke off the engagement and withdrew.
- 8.18.1τῶν
The genitive plural form of the relative pronoun in the Ionic dialect (= ὧν), with the preceding Ἀθηναῖοι as its antecedent. The genitive is a possessive genitive qualifying αἱ ἡμίσεαι τῶν νεῶν (half of their ships).
- 8.18.1περιεφθέντες
Passive aorist participle of περιέπω (to treat, handle) in the Ionic dialect, meaning "to be treated roughly" or "to suffer severely." Combined with the adverb τρηχέως (harshly, roughly), it describes the heavy damage sustained by the Greek fleet.