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Thucydides · History of the Peloponnesian War §5.62.1-5.62.2

Withdrawal of the Eleans and Preparation Against Tegea

Passage 562 of 917 · Greek

Summary

After taking Orchomenus, the allies disagreed over their next target, causing the Eleans to withdraw. The remaining allies prepared to march against Tegea, with some elements inside the city ready to betray it to them.

§5.62.1μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο ἔχοντες ἤδη τὸν Ὀρχομενὸν ἐβουλεύοντο οἱ ξύμμαχοι ἐφ’ ὅτι χρὴ πρῶτον ἰέναι τῶν λοιπῶν.
After this, holding Orchomenus already, the allies deliberated on which of the remaining places they ought to march against first.
καὶ Ἠλεῖοι μὲν ἐπὶ Λέπρεον ἐκέλευον, Μαντινῆς δὲ ἐπὶ Τεγέαν· καὶ προσέθεντο οἱ Ἀργεῖοι καὶ Ἀθηναῖοι τοῖς Μαντινεῦσιν.
And the Eleans urged going against Lepreum, but the Mantineans against Tegea; and the Argives and the Athenians sided with the Mantineans.
§5.62.2καὶ οἱ μὲν Ἠλεῖοι ὀργισθέντες ὅτι οὐκ ἐπὶ Λέπρεον ἐψηφίσαντο ἀνεχώρησαν ἐπ’ οἴκου· οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι ξύμμαχοι παρεσκευάζοντο ἐν τῇ Μαντινείᾳ ὡς ἐπὶ Τεγέαν ἰόντες.
And the Eleans, being angry because the others had not voted to go against Lepreum, returned home; but the other allies made preparations in Mantinea with the intention of marching against Tegea.
καί τινες αὐτοῖς καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐνεδίδοσαν τὰ πράγματα.
And some of those within the city itself were also trying to betray the affairs to them.

Notes

  1. 5.62.1τῶν λοιπῶν — Partitive genitive, depending on the relative/interrogative pronoun ἐφ’ ὅτι (against which). It limits the scope to 'which of the remaining places'.
  2. 5.62.2ὡς ἐπὶ Τεγέαν ἰόντες — The particle ὡς combined with the present participle ἰόντες (going). It expresses the subjective intention or purpose of the subjects ('with the intention of marching against Tegea').
  3. 5.62.2ἐνεδίδοσαν — Imperfect tense of the verb ἐνδίδωμι (to deliver up, betray), expressing conative action ('they were trying to betray' or 'attempting to hand over'). The dative αὐτοῖς refers to the allies as the recipients of this betrayal.

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Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War §5.62.1-5.62.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:5.62.1-5.62.2

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