- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:5.8.1-5.8.9
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
King Philip arrived at the Aetolian sacred site of Thermum after overcoming difficult passes, plundering the immense wealth, furniture, and dedicated weapons accumulated over years of peace and festivals, and burning whatever could not be carried away.
ἀνύσας δὲ τοὺς προειρημένους τόπους, καὶ παραγενόμενος πρὸς τὴν καλουμένην κώμην Παμφίαν, ὁμοίως καὶ ταύτην ἀσφαλισάμενος φρουρᾷ προέβαινε πρὸς τὸν Θέρμον, ὁδὸν1 οὐ μόνον προσάντη καὶ τραχεῖαν διαφερόντως, ἀλλὰ καὶ κρημνοὺς ἐξ ἑκατέρου τοῦ μέρους ἔχουσαν βαθεῖς, ὥστε καὶ λίαν ἐπισφαλῆ καὶ στενὴν τὴν πάροδον εἶναι κατʼ ἐνίους τόπους, τῆς πάσης ἀναβάσεως οὔσης σχεδὸν ἐπὶ τριάκοντα στάδια.
Having traversed the aforementioned places, and having arrived at the village called Pamphia, he secured this also likewise with a garrison and continued to advance towards Thermum, along a road that was not only steep and exceedingly rugged, but also had deep precipices on either side, so that the passage was extremely dangerous and narrow in some places, the whole ascent being nearly thirty stades.
διανύσας δὲ καὶ ταύτην ἐν βραχεῖ χρόνῳ διὰ τὸ τοὺς Μακεδόνας ἐνεργὸν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν πορείαν, ἧκε πολλῆς ὥρας2 ἐπὶ τὸν Θέρμον, καὶ καταστρατοπεδεύσας ἐφῆκε τὴν δύναμιν τάς τε περιοικίδας κώμας πορθεῖν καὶ τὸ τῶν Θερμίων πεδίον ἐπιτρέχειν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὰς οἰκίας τὰς ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ Θέρμῳ διαρπάζειν, οὔσας πλήρεις οὐ μόνον σίτου καὶ τῆς τοιαύτης χορηγίας, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατασκευῆς διαφερούσης τῶν παρʼ Αἰτωλῶν.
Having completed this too in a short time because the Macedonians made their march with great energy, he arrived at Thermum late in the day, and having encamped, he permitted his army to plunder the surrounding villages and overrun the plain of Thermum, and likewise to pillage the houses in Thermum itself, which were full not only of corn and similar provisions, but also of furniture far superior to what was common among the Aetolians.
καθʼ ἕκαστον γὰρ ἔτος ἀγοράς τε καὶ πανηγύρεις ἐπιφανεστάτας, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰς τῶν ἀρχαιρεσίων καταστάσεις ἐν τούτῳ τῷ τόπῳ συντελούντων,3 ἕκαστοι πρὸς τὰς ὑποδοχὰς καὶ τὰς εἰς ταῦτα παρασκευὰς τὰ πολυτελέστατα τῶν ἐν τοῖς βίοις ὑπαρχόντων εἰς τοῦτον ἀπετίθεντο τὸν τόπον.
For since they held their most splendid markets and festivals, and moreover their elections of magistrates in this place every year, everyone deposited in this spot the most costly of their possessions for the purpose of receptions and the preparations for these events.
χωρὶς δὲ τῆς χρείας καὶ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν ἤλπιζον ἐνταυθοῖ βεβαιοτάτην αὑτοῖς ὑπάρχειν, διὰ τὸ μήτε πολέμιον τετολμηκέναι μηδένα πώποτε εἰς τοὺς τόπους τούτους ἐμβαλεῖν, εἶναί τε τῇ φύσει τοιούτους ὥστε τῆς συμπάσης Αἰτωλίας οἷον ἀκροπόλεως ἔχειν τάξιν.
And apart from its utility, they hoped that their security here would be most assured for them, because no enemy had ever yet dared to invade these districts, and the place was by nature such as to hold the rank, as it were, of an acropolis for the whole of Aetolia.
διότιπερ εἰρηνευομένης ἐκ παλαιοῦ τῆς χώρας πλήρεις ἦσαν ἀγαθῶν πολλῶν αἵ τε περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν οἰκίαι καὶ πάντες οἱ πέριξ τόποι.
Therefore, as the country had been at peace from of old, the houses around the temple and all the surrounding places were full of many goods.
ἐκείνην μὲν οὖν τὴν νύκτα παντοδαπῆς γέμοντες ὠφελείας αὐτοῦ κατηυλίσθησαν· τῇ δʼ ἐπαύριον τῆς μὲν κατασκευῆς τὰ πολυτελέστατα καὶ τὰ δυνατὰ κομίζεσθαι διέλεγον, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ σωρεύοντες πρὸ τῶν σκηνῶν ἐνεπίμπρασαν.
That night, then, they encamped on the spot, laden with all kinds of booty; and on the following day they selected the most costly of the furniture and such as they could carry away, and piling up the rest before their tents, they set fire to it.
ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τῶν ὅπλων τῶν ἐν ταῖς στοαῖς ἀνακειμένων τὰ μὲν πολυτελῆ καθαιροῦντες ἀπεκόμιζον, τινὰ δʼ ὑπήλλαττον,4 τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ συναθροίσαντες πῦρ ἐνέβαλον. ἦν δὲ ταῦτα πλείω τῶν μυρίων καὶ πεντακισχιλίων.
In like manner also, taking down the costly of the arms dedicated in the porticoes, they carried them off, and some they exchanged, while the rest they gathered together and set on fire. These were more than fifteen thousand.
- 5.8.1ὁδὸν
This accusative functions as an accusative of space traversed (or cognate accusative) after the intransitive verb προέβαινε, describing the nature of the path along which the army advanced.
- 5.8.4πολλῆς ὥρας
A genitive of time within which, forming an idiomatic expression meaning 'late in the day' or 'at a late hour' as the day was drawing to a close.
- 5.8.5συντελούντων
A genitive absolute construction where the logical subject (the Aetolians, i.e., αὐτῶν or τῶν Αἰτωλῶν) is omitted because it is obvious from the context.
- 5.8.9ὑπήλλαττον
An imperfect verb meaning 'they exchanged', implying that the Macedonian soldiers substituted their own older or inferior weapons for the superior dedicated arms they found in the porticoes.