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Thucydides · History of the Peloponnesian War §7.9.1

Euetion's Unsuccessful Campaign against Amphipolis

Passage 730 of 917 · Greek

Summary

Reports that the Athenian general Euetion, along with Perdiccas and Thracian forces, campaigned against Amphipolis but failed to capture it, blockading it from the Strymon River instead, and marks the end of the summer.

§7.9.1ἐν δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ θέρει τελευτῶντι καὶ Εὐετίων στρατηγὸς Ἀθηναίων μετὰ Περδίκκου στρατεύσας ἐπ’ Ἀμφίπολιν Θρᾳξὶ πολλοῖς τὴν μὲν πόλιν οὐχ εἷλεν, ἐς δὲ τὸν Στρυμόνα περικομίσας τριήρεις ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐπολιόρκει ὁρμώμενος ἐξ Ἱμεραίου.
At the end of the same summer, Euetion, an Athenian general, marched against Amphipolis with Perdiccas and a large force of Thracians. He did not capture the city, but having brought triremes round into the Strymon, he blockaded it from the river, making Himeraeum his base.
καὶ τὸ θέρος ἐτελεύτα.
And so the summer ended.

Notes

  1. §7.9.1τελευτῶντι — The present participle in agreement with the noun θέρει denotes 'at the end of [the summer]' (literally, 'when the summer is ending').
  2. §7.9.1Θρᾳξὶ πολλοῖς — Dative of military accompaniment. In military contexts, the dative is frequently used without the preposition σύν to indicate accompanying forces.
  3. §7.9.1ὁρμώμενος — Present participle of the middle-passive verb ὁρμάομαι, meaning 'making [a place] one's base' or 'setting out from,' indicating the base of military operations.

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Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War §7.9.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.9.1

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