Humanitext Reader

Herodotus · Histories §7.182.1

Grounding of the Athenian Ship and Crew's Escape

Passage 1245 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

While two of the three Greek ships are captured by the Persians, the third Athenian ship runs aground at the mouth of the Peneios, and its crew escapes on foot through Thessaly back to Athens.

§7.182.1αἱ μὲν δὴ δύο τῶν νεῶν οὕτω ἐχειρώθησαν· ἡ δὲ τρίτη, τῆς ἐτριηράρχεε Φόρμος ἀνὴρ Ἀθηναῖοις, φεύγουσα ἐξοκέλλει ἐς τὰς ἐκβολὰς τοῦ Πηνειοῦ, καὶ τοῦ μὲν σκάφεος ἐκράτησαν οἱ βάρβαροι, τῶν δὲ ἀνδρῶν οὔ·
Thus indeed two of the ships were captured; but the third, which Phormos, an Athenian, commanded, running away ran aground at the mouth of the Peneios, and the barbarians captured the hull indeed, but not the men.
ὡς γὰρ δὴ τάχιστα ἐπώκειλαν τὴν νέα οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀποθορόντες κατὰ Θεσσαλίην πορευόμενοι ἐκομίσθησαν ἐς Ἀθήνας.
For as soon as the Athenians ran the ship aground, they leaped ashore and, journeying through Thessaly, made their way back to Athens.

Notes

  1. §7.182.1τῆς ἐτριηράρχεε — The relative pronoun `τῆς` is in the genitive case because it is governed by the verb `ἐτριηράρχεε` (from τριηραρχέω, "to command a trireme"), which takes the genitive of the ship commanded.
  2. §7.182.1ὡς γὰρ δὴ τάχιστα — The combination of the conjunction `ὡς` and the superlative adverb `τάχιστα` (along with the particles `γὰρ δή`) introduces a temporal clause meaning "as soon as," indicating that the action in the main clause immediately followed.

Cite this passage

Herodotus, Histories §7.182.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.182.1

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.