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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
Scerdilaidas of Illyria, dissatisfied with Philip, dispatches a fleet to plunder and capture ships, while the Achaean commanders invade Elis and rout the pursuing Eleans with an ambush, accompanied by further Achaean naval successes.
ἅμα δὲ τοῖς προειρημένοις Σκερδιλαΐδας, νομίζων ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀδικεῖσθαι διὰ τό τινα τῶν χρημάτων ἐλλείπειν αὐτῷ1 τῶν κατὰ τὰς συντάξεις ὁμολογηθέντων, ἃς ἐποιήσατο πρὸς Φίλιππον, ἐξαπέστειλε λέμβους πεντεκαίδεκα, μετὰ δόλου ποιούμενος τὴν ἐπιβολὴν τῆς κομιδῆς τῶν χρημάτων·
Simultaneously with the aforementioned events, Scerdilaidas, believing that he was being treated unjustly by the king because some of the funds agreed upon in the treaty he had made with Philip were missing, dispatched fifteen light vessels, making his attempt to recover the money by means of deceit.
οἳ καὶ κατέπλευσαν εἰς Λευκάδα, πάντων αὐτοὺς ὡς φιλίους προσδεχομένων διὰ τὴν γεγενημένην κοινοπραγίαν.
These sailed into Leucas, where everyone received them as friends because of the joint operations that had taken place.
ἄλλο μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἔφθασαν οὐδὲν ἐργάσασθαι κακὸν2 οὐδʼ ἐδυνήθησαν, Ἀγαθίνῳ δὲ καὶ Κασσάνδρῳ τοῖς Κορινθίοις ἐπιπλέουσι ταῖς Ταυρίωνος ναυσὶ καὶ συγκαθορμισθεῖσιν ὡς φίλοις μετὰ τεττάρων πλοίων, παρασπονδήσαντες ἐπέθεντο, καὶ συλλαβόντες αὐτούς τε καὶ τὰ πλοῖα πρὸς Σκερδιλαΐδαν ἀπέπεμψαν.
Now, they did not manage to do any other mischief nor were they able to, but when Agathinus and Cassander the Corinthians sailed in with four ships, using Taurion’s vessels and anchoring with them as friends, they broke the treaty and attacked them, and having captured both the men and the ships, they sent them off to Scerdilaidas.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ποιησάμενοι τὴν ἀναγωγὴν ἐκ τῆς Λευκάδος καὶ πλεύσαντες ὡς ἐπὶ Μαλέας ἐλῄζοντο καὶ κατῆγον τοὺς ἐμπόρους. ἤδη δὲ τοῦ θερισμοῦ συνάπτοντος, καὶ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ταυρίωνα κατολιγωρούντων3 τῆς τῶν ἄρτι ῥηθεισῶν πόλεων προφυλακῆς, Ἄρατος μὲν ἔχων τοὺς ἐπιλέκτους ἐφήδρευε τῇ τοῦ σίτου κομιδῇ περὶ τὴν Ἀργείαν, Εὐριπίδας δὲ τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς ἔχων ἐξώδευσε, βουλόμενος κατασῦραι τὴν τῶν Τριταιέων χώραν.
After this, putting out to sea from Leucas and sailing towards Malea, they began to plunder and bring in the merchantmen. Since the harvest was already approaching, and since Taurion and his men were neglecting the defense of the recently mentioned cities, Aratus, with his select troops, was watching over the harvesting of the grain around the Argolid. Meanwhile, Euripidas marched out with the Aetolians, wishing to ravage the territory of the Tritaeans.
οἱ δὲ περὶ Λύκον καὶ Δημόδοκον τὸν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἱππάρχην συνέντες τὴν ἐκ τῆς Ἤλιδος τῶν Αἰτωλῶν ἔξοδον, ἐπισυναγαγόντες τοὺς Δυμαίους καὶ τοὺς Πατρεῖς καὶ Φαραιεῖς, σὺν δὲ τούτοις ἔχοντες τοὺς μισθοφόρους, ἐνέβαλον εἰς τὴν Ἠλείαν.
Lycus and Demodocus, the commander of the Achaean cavalry, having perceived the departure of the Aetolians from Elis, collected the people of Dyme, Patrae, and Pharae, and having the mercenaries with them in addition to these, invaded Elis.
παραγενόμενοι δʼ ἐπὶ τὸ Φύξιον καλούμενον τοὺς μὲν εὐζώνους καὶ τοὺς ἱππεῖς ἐφῆκαν εἰς τὴν καταδρομήν, τὰ δὲ βαρέα τῶν ὅπλων ἔκρυψαν περὶ τὸν προειρημένον τόπον.
Arriving at the place called Phyxium, they sent out the light-armed troops and the cavalry to plunder, but hid the heavy-armed soldiers around the aforementioned place.
ἐκβοηθησάντων δὲ πανδημεὶ τῶν Ἠλείων ἐπὶ τοὺς κατατρέχοντας καὶ προσκειμένων τοῖς ἀποχωροῦσιν, ἐξαναστάντες οἱ περὶ τὸν Λύκον ἐπέθεντο τοῖς προπεπτωκόσι.4
When the Eleans came out in full force to rescue against the plunderers and were pressing upon those who were retreating, Lycus and his men rose from ambush and fell upon those who had advanced.
τῶν δʼ Ἠλείων οὐ δεξαμένων τὴν ὁρμήν, ἀλλʼ ἐξ ἐπιφανείας τραπέντων, ἀπέκτειναν μὲν αὐτῶν εἰς διακοσίους, ζωγρίᾳ δʼ ἔλαβον ὀγδοήκοντα, συνεκόμισαν δὲ καὶ τὴν περιελαθεῖσαν λείαν ἀσφαλῶς.
Since the Eleans did not withstand the charge but turned to flight as soon as they appeared, they killed about two hundred of them, took eighty alive, and safely brought back the booty that had been driven off.
ἅμα δὲ τούτοις ὁ ναύαρχος τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ποιησάμενος ἀποβάσεις πλεονάκις εἴς τε τὴν Καλυδωνίαν καὶ Ναυπακτίαν τήν τε χώραν κατέσυρε καὶ τὴν βοήθειαν αὐτῶν συνέτριψε δίς.
Simultaneously with these events, the admiral of the Achaeans, making frequent landings both in Calydonia and Naupactia, ravaged the country and twice routed their rescue forces.
ἔλαβε δὲ καὶ Κλεόνικον τὸν Ναυπάκτιον, ὃς διὰ τὸ πρόξενος ὑπάρχειν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν παραυτὰ μὲν οὐκ ἐπράθη, μετὰ δέ τινα χρόνον ἀφείθη χωρὶς λύτρων.
He also captured Cleonicus of Naupactus, who, because he was a proxenos of the Achaeans, was not sold at once, but after some time was released without ransom.
- 5.95.1διὰ τό τινα τῶν χρημάτων ἐλλείπειν αὐτῷ
An articular infinitive construction (τό + infinitive) introduced by the preposition διὰ. The indefinite pronoun τινα (accusative) serves as the subject of the intransitive infinitive ἐλλείπειν (to be missing/lacking), meaning 'because of some of the money being missing for him'.
- 5.95.3οὐκ ἔφθασαν οὐδὲν ἐργάσασθαι κακὸν
The verb φθάνω combined with an infinitive, expressing the idea of doing something beforehand or managing to do something. Here, with the negation οὐκ, it means they did not succeed in or manage to commit any other mischief.
- 5.95.5τῶν περὶ τὸν Ταυρίωνα κατολιγωρούντων
A genitive absolute construction. The present participle κατολιγωρούντων (genitive plural masculine) has its logical subject in the phrase τῶν περὶ τὸν Ταυρίωνα ('those around Taurion', i.e., Taurion and his men), which is independent of the main subject Aratus.
- 5.95.9τοῖς προπεπτωκόσι
The perfect participle προπεπτωκόσι (dative plural masculine, from προπίπτω, 'to fall forward, rush ahead') serves as the dative object of the verb ἐπέθεντο (attacked). It refers to the enemy soldiers who had advanced too far ahead or rushed forward in pursuit.