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Diodorus Siculus · Bibliotheca Historica §13.arg.0

Table of Contents for Book 13

Passage 179 of 723 · Greek

Summary

This is the table of contents for the thirteenth book of the Library of History, listing the major historical events covered in the book, including the Athenian expedition to Sicily, the developments of the Peloponnesian War, the Carthaginian invasion of Sicily, and the rise of Dionysius as tyrant.

§13.arg.0## τάδʼ ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τῶν Διοδώρου βύβλων. στρατεία Ἀθηναίων ἐπὶ Συρακοσίους μεγάλαις δυνάμεσι πεζικαῖς τε καὶ ναυτικαῖς.
The following are contained in the thirteenth book of Diodorus: The expedition of the Athenians against the Syracusans with great forces, both land and naval.
κατάπλους Ἀθηναίων εἰς Σικελίαν.
The arrival of the Athenians in Sicily.
κατάκλησις Ἀλκιβιάδου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ καὶ φυγὴ εἰς Λακεδαίμονα.
The recall of the general Alcibiades and his flight to Lacedaemon.
ὡς Ἀθηναῖοι διαπλεύσαντες εἰς τὸν μέγαν λιμένα τῶν Συρακοσίων κατελάβοντο τοὺς περὶ τὸ Ὀλύμπιον τόπους.
How the Athenians, having sailed into the Great Harbor of the Syracusans, occupied the regions around the Olympieum.
ὡς Ἀθηναῖοι τὰς Ἐπιπολὰς καταλαβόμενοι καὶ μάχῃ νικήσαντες ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν ἐπολιόρκησαν τὰς Συρακούσας.
How the Athenians, having occupied Epipolae and won a battle, besieged Syracuse from both sides.
ὡς Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ Κορινθίων πεμψάντων βοήθειαν ἐθάρρησαν οἱ Συρακόσιοι.
How, when the Lacedaemonians and Corinthians sent aid, the Syracusans took courage.
μάχη Συρακοσίων καὶ Ἀθηναίων καὶ νίκη Ἀθηναίων μεγάλη.
A battle of the Syracusans and Athenians, and a great victory of the Athenians.
μάχη τοῖς αὐτοῖς καὶ νίκη Συρακοσίων.
A battle of the same, and a victory of the Syracusans.
ὡς Συρακόσιοι τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν κρατήσαντες ἠνάγκασαν τοὺς Ἀθηναίους εἰς μίαν ἐλθεῖν παρεμβολὴν τὴν πρὸς τῷ Ὀλυμπίῳ.
How the Syracusans, having gained control of Epipolae, forced the Athenians to withdraw into a single camp near the Olympieum.
ὡς ναυτικὴν δύναμιν οἱ Συρακόσιοι κατασκευάσαντες ναυμαχεῖν διέγνωσαν.
How the Syracusans, having prepared a naval force, decided to fight a sea battle.
ὡς Ἀθηναῖοι Λαμάχου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τελευτήσαντος καὶ Ἀλκιβιάδου μετακληθέντος, ἀντὶ τούτων στρατηγοὺς ἔπεμψαν Εὐρυμέδοντα καὶ Δημοσθένην ἔχοντας δύναμιν καὶ χρήματα.
How the Athenians, when the general Lamachus had died and Alcibiades had been recalled, sent in their stead Eurymedon and Demosthenes as generals, having force and money.
διάλυσις σπονδῶν ὑπὸ Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ πόλεμος πρὸς Ἀθηναίους ὁ Πελοποννησιακὸς λεγόμενος.
The dissolution of the treaty by the Lacedaemonians, and the war against the Athenians, called the Peloponnesian.
ναυμαχία Συρακοσίων καὶ Ἀθηναίων καὶ νίκη Ἀθηναίων, καὶ ἅλωσις φρουρίων ὑπὸ Συρακοσίων καὶ κατὰ γῆν νίκη.
A naval battle of the Syracusans and Athenians and a victory of the Athenians, and the capture of forts by the Syracusans and a victory on land.
ναυμαχία πάσαις ταῖς ναυσὶν ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ λιμένι καὶ νίκη Συρακοσίων.
A naval battle with all the ships in the Great Harbor, and a victory of the Syracusans.
κατάπλους ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν Δημοσθένους καὶ Εὐρυμέδοντος μετὰ δυνάμεως ἀξιολόγου.
The arrival from Athens of Demosthenes and Eurymedon with a noteworthy force.
μάχη μεγάλη περὶ τὰς Ἐπιπολὰς καὶ νίκη Συρακοσίων.
A great battle around Epipolae, and a victory of the Syracusans.
δρασμὸς τῶν Ἀθηναίων καὶ ἅλωσις τῆς πάσης δυνάμεως.
The flight of the Athenians and the capture of their entire force.
ὡς Συρακόσιοι συνελθόντες εἰς ἐκκλησίαν προέθηκαν βουλήν, πῶς χρηστέον τοῖς αἰχμαλώτοις.
How the Syracusans, having assembled in assembly, proposed a discussion on how they should treat the prisoners.
οἱ ῥηθέντες λόγοι πρὸς ἑκάτερον μέρος τῆς ὑποθέσεως.
The speeches spoken on each side of the question.
τὰ ψηφισθέντα τοῖς Συρακοσίοις περὶ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων.
The measures decreed by the Syracusans concerning the prisoners.
ὡς Ἀθηναίων πταισάντων περὶ Σικελίαν πολλοὶ τῶν συμμάχων ἀπέστησαν.
How, when the Athenians suffered disaster in Sicily, many of the allies revolted.
ὡς ὁ δῆμος τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀθυμήσας παρεχώρησε τῆς δημοκρατίας καὶ τετρακοσίοις ἀνδράσι τὴν πολιτείαν ἐπέτρεψαν.
How the people of the Athenians, being disheartened, surrendered the democracy, and committed the government to four hundred men.
ὡς Λακεδαιμόνιοι ταῖς ναυμαχίαις τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐνίκησαν.
How the Lacedaemonians defeated the Athenians in naval battles.
ὡς Συρακόσιοι τοὺς ἀνδραγαθήσαντας κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἀξιολόγοις δωρεαῖς ἐτίμησαν.
How the Syracusans honored those who had distinguished themselves in the war with noteworthy gifts.
ὡς Διοκλῆς νομοθέτης αἱρεθεὶς ἔγραψε τοὺς νόμους Συρακοσίοις.
How Diocles, having been chosen lawgiver, wrote the laws for the Syracusans.
ὡς Συρακόσιοι τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις δύναμιν ἀξιόλογον ἔπεμψαν.
How the Syracusans sent a noteworthy force to the Lacedaemonians.
ὡς Ἀθηναῖοι τὸν τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ναύαρχον καταναυμαχήσαντες Κύζικον ἐξεπολιόρκησαν.
How the Athenians, having defeated the Lacedaemonian admiral in a naval battle, took Cyzicus by siege.
ὡς Λακεδαιμονίων ἐξ Εὐβοίας πεντήκοντα ναῦς ἀποστειλάντων ἐπὶ βοήθειαν τοῖς ἡττημένοις, ἅπασαι περὶ τὸν Ἄθω μετὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν διεφθάρησαν ὑπὸ τοῦ χειμῶνος.
How, when the Lacedaemonians dispatched fifty ships from Euboea to aid those who had been defeated, all were destroyed with their men by the storm around Athos.
Ἀλκιβιάδου κάθοδος καὶ στρατηγία.
The return and generalship of Alcibiades.
πόλεμος Αἰγεσταίοις καὶ Σελινουντίοις περὶ τῆς ἀμφισβητουμένης χώρας.
War between the Aegestaeans and Selinuntines concerning the disputed territory.
ὡς Λακεδαιμόνιοι τὸν Εὔριπον χώσαντες τὴν Εὔβοιαν ἤπειρον ἐποίησαν.
How the Lacedaemonians, having filled up the Euripus, made Euboea a part of the mainland.
περὶ τῆς ἐν Κορκύρᾳ γενομένης στάσεως καὶ σφαγῆς.
Concerning the sedition and slaughter that occurred in Corcyra.
ναυμαχία Ἀθηναίων καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων περὶ τὸ Σίγειον καὶ νίκη Ἀθηναίων.
A naval battle of the Athenians and Lacedaemonians around Sigeum, and a victory of the Athenians.
ὡς Ἀλκιβιάδης καὶ Θηραμένης ἐνίκησαν Λακεδαιμονίους ἅμα πεζῇ καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν ἐπιφανέστατα.
How Alcibiades and Theramenes defeated the Lacedaemonians most illustriously, both by land and by sea.
ὡς Καρχηδόνιοι μεγάλας δυνάμεις διαβιβάσαντες ἐν Σικελίᾳ Σελινοῦντα καὶ Ἱμέραν κατὰ κράτος εἷλον.
How the Carthaginians, having transported great forces, took Selinus and Himera by force in Sicily.
ὡς εἰς τὸν Πειραιέα καταπλεύσας μετὰ πολλῶν λαφύρων μεγάλης ἔτυχεν ἀποδοχῆς Ἀλκιβιάδης.
How Alcibiades, having sailed into the Piraeus with much booty, met with a great reception.
ὡς Ἆγις ὁ βασιλεὺς μεγάλῃ δυνάμει τὰς Ἀθήνας πολιορκεῖν ἐπιβαλόμενος ἐξέπεσεν.
How King Agis, having attempted to besiege Athens with a great force, was repulsed.
Ἀλκιβιάδου φυγή, καὶ κτίσις Θέρμων ἐν Σικελίᾳ.
The flight of Alcibiades, and the founding of Thermae in Sicily.
ναυμαχία Συρακοσίων πρὸς Καρχηδονίους καὶ νίκη Συρακοσίων.
A naval battle of the Syracusans against the Carthaginians, and a victory of the Syracusans.
περὶ τῆς ἐν Ἀκράγαντι εὐδαιμονίας καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ κατασκευασμάτων.
Concerning the prosperity in Acragas and the buildings in it.
ὡς Καρχηδόνιοι τριάκοντα μυριάσι στρατεύσαντες εἰς Σικελίαν ἐπολιόρκησαν Ἀκράγαντα.
How the Carthaginians, having campaigned with thirty tens of thousands against Sicily, besieged Acragas.
ὡς Συρακόσιοι παραλαβόντες τοὺς συμμάχους μυρίοις στρατιώταις ἐβοήθουν τοῖς Ἀκραγαντίνοις.
How the Syracusans, taking their allies with them, came to the aid of the Acragantines with ten thousand soldiers.
ὡς τετρακισμυρίων Καρχηδονίων ἀπαντησάντων ἐνίκησαν οἱ Συρακόσιοι καὶ πλείους τῶν ἑξακισχιλίων κατέκοψαν.
How, when forty thousand Carthaginians met them, the Syracusans won and cut down more than six thousand.
ὡς Καρχηδονίων τὰς ἀγορὰς παραιρουμένων οἱ Ἀκραγαντῖνοι διὰ τὴν σπάνιν τῆς τροφῆς ἠναγκάσθησαν ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν πατρίδα.
How, when the Carthaginians intercepted their supplies, the Acragantines were forced because of the scarcity of food to abandon their fatherland.
ὡς Διονύσιος στρατηγὸς αἱρεθεὶς ἐτυράννησε τῶν Συρακοσίων.
How Dionysius, having been chosen general, became tyrant of the Syracusans.
ὡς Ἀθηναῖοι ἐν Ἀργινούσαις ἐπιφανεστάτῃ ναυμαχίᾳ νικήσαντες τοὺς στρατηγοὺς ἀδίκως ἐθανάτωσαν.
How the Athenians, having won a most illustrious naval battle at Arginusae, unjustly put the generals to death.
ὡς Ἀθηναῖοι μεγάλῃ ναυμαχίᾳ λειφθέντες ἠναγκάσθησαν ἐφʼ οἷς δυνατὸν ἦν συνθέσθαι τὴν εἰρήνην, καὶ οὕτως ὁ Πελοποννησιακὸς πόλεμος κατελύθη.
How the Athenians, having been defeated in a great naval battle, were forced to make peace on whatever terms were possible, and thus the Peloponnesian War was ended.
ὡς Καρχηδόνιοι λοιμικῇ νόσῳ περιπεσόντες ἠναγκάσθησαν συνθέσθαι τὴν εἰρήνην πρὸς Διονύσιον τὸν τύραννον.
How the Carthaginians, having fallen into a pestilential disease, were forced to make peace with the tyrant Dionysius.

Notes

  1. 13.arg.0ὡς — The conjunction ὡς, used repeatedly in this chapter, introduces a noun clause equivalent to an indirect question ("how..."). In Greek arguments or summaries, topics are usually represented by noun phrases, but here clauses starting with ὡς + indicative are extensively employed to describe historical events.
  2. 13.arg.0ἔχοντας — The present participle ἔχοντας (from ἔχω, "to have" or "to hold") functions here either attributively modifying the proper names (Eurymedon and Demosthenes) or adverbially to express attendant circumstance ("with" or "having"). It denotes that they were dispatched equipped with forces and money.
  3. 13.arg.0ἐφʼ οἷς δυνατὸν ἦν — The combination of the preposition ἐπί with the dative relative pronoun οἷς (neuter plural). The preposition ἐπί with the dative case expresses condition. With the antecedent omitted, the phrase means "on those terms which were possible," signifying that they were forced to conclude peace on the best possible terms available at the time.
  4. 13.arg.0περὶ τῆς ἐν Κορκύρᾳ γενομένης στάσεως — The prepositional phrase ἐν Κορκύρᾳ ("in Corcyra") is placed in the attributive position between the article τῆς and the participle γενομένης ("which occurred"). This nesting clearly structures the modifier of the noun στάσεως ("sedition").

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