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Thucydides · History of the Peloponnesian War §2.82.1

Retreat of Cnemus and Disbandment of His Army

Passage 228 of 917 · Greek

Summary

During the night, Cnemus retreated to the river Anapus, recovered his dead the next day under a truce, and then withdrew to Oeniadae before his forces disbanded for home. The Stratians erected a trophy for their victory.

§2.82.1ἐπειδὴ δὲ νὺξ ἐγένετο, ἀναχωρήσας ὁ Κνῆμος τῇ στρατιᾷ κατὰ τάχος ἐπὶ τὸν Ἄναπον ποταμόν, ὃς ἀπέχει σταδίους ὀγδοήκοντα Στράτου, τούς τε νεκροὺς κομίζεται τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ ὑποσπόνδους, καὶ Οἰνιαδῶν ξυμπαραγενομένων κατὰ φιλίαν ἀναχωρεῖ παρ’ αὐτοὺς πρὶν τὴν ξυμβοήθειαν ἐλθεῖν.
When night came, Cnemus retreated in haste with his army to the river Anapus, which is eighty stades distant from Stratos; on the following day he recovered his dead under a truce, and since the Oeniadae had joined him out of friendship, he retreated to them before the reinforcement arrived.
κἀκεῖθεν ἐπ’ οἴκου ἀπῆλθον ἕκαστοι.
From there, they all returned to their respective homes.
οἱ δὲ Στράτιοι τροπαῖον ἔστησαν τῆς μάχης τῆς πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους.
Meanwhile, the Stratians erected a trophy for the battle against the barbarians.

Notes

  1. §2.82.1τῇ στρατιᾷ — Dative of accompaniment (dativus sociativus), meaning "with his army" or "leading his army." It is commonly used without the preposition σύν in military contexts.
  2. §2.82.1ὑποσπόνδους — Accusative masculine plural of the adjective ὑπόσπονδος ("under a truce"), used predicatively with the object τοὺς νεκρούς to describe the condition under which the dead were recovered.
  3. §2.82.1Οἰνιαδῶν ξυμπαραγενομένων — A genitive absolute construction consisting of the noun Οἰνιάδαι and the aorist participle of ξυμπαραγίγνομαι, expressing cause: "since the Oeniadae had joined them."
  4. §2.82.1πρὶν τὴν ξυμβοήθειαν ἐλθεῖν — The conjunction πρίν is followed by the infinitive ἐλθεῖν because the governing clause is affirmative, meaning "before... arrived." The accusative τὴν ξυμβοήθειαν functions as the subject of the infinitive.

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Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War §2.82.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:2.82.1

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