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Thucydides · History of the Peloponnesian War §8.59.1

Tissaphernes Prepares to Summon the Phoenician Fleet

Passage 867 of 917 · Greek

Summary

After the conclusion of these treaties, Tissaphernes makes preparations to bring the Phoenician ships and fulfill his other promises, wishing at least to make his preparation obvious to others.

§8.59.1αἱ μὲν σπονδαὶ αὗται ἐγένοντο, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα παρεσκευάζετο Τισσαφέρνης τάς τε Φοινίσσας ναῦς ἄξων, ὥσπερ εἴρητο, καὶ τἆλλα ὅσαπερ ὑπέσχετο, καὶ ἐβούλετο παρασκευαζόμενος γοῦν δῆλος εἶναι·
These treaties were made; and after this Tissaphernes made preparations to bring the Phoenician ships, as had been agreed, and to perform all the other things he had promised, and he wished at least to make it obvious that he was preparing.

Notes

  1. §8.59.1ἄξων — Future active participle of the verb ἄγω, masculine nominative singular, expressing the purpose of the main subject, Tissaphernes ('in order to bring').
  2. §8.59.1παρασκευαζόμενος γοῦν δῆλος εἶναι — This is the construction of δῆλός εἰμι ('it is clear that...') with a participle. Since the subject of the infinitive εἶναι is identical to the subject of the main verb ἐβούλετο (Tissaphernes), both the adjective δῆλος and the participle παρασκευαζόμενος remain in the nominative case (masculine singular). Literally, 'he wished at least to be obvious preparing,' meaning he wanted to make it clearly visible to others that he was making preparations.

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Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War §8.59.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:8.59.1

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