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Appian · Macedonian Affairs §X

Philip Killing Sea Travelers to Conceal Macedonian Weakness

Passage 5 of 9 · Greek

Summary

Philip killed those who arrived by sea to prevent them from reporting the exhausted state of Macedonian resources to the Romans.

§X"ὁ δὲ Φίλιππος τοὺς ἐπιπλέοντας διέφθειρεν, ἵνα μὴ Ῥωμαίοις λέγοιεν τὰ Μακεδόνων ἐκτετρῦσθαι. "
But Philip was putting to death those who arrived by sea, so that they might not tell the Romans that the resources of the Macedonians were exhausted.

Notes

  1. §Xτοὺς ἐπιπλέοντας — Substantiated present participle of ἐπιπλέω (to sail upon, visit by sea), referring to travelers, merchants, or envoys arriving in Macedonia by ship.
  2. §Xτὰ Μακεδόνων ἐκτετρῦσθαι — Accusative with infinitive construction acting as the object of the verb λέγοιεν (to tell). τὰ Μακεδόνων (the affairs/resources of the Macedonians) is the subject accusative of the infinitive ἐκτετρῦσθαι (perfect passive infinitive of ἐκτρύω, 'to wear out, exhaust'), meaning 'that the resources of the Macedonians were exhausted'.

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Appian, Macedonian Affairs §X. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg011.humanitext-grc2:X

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