History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Henry Dale (Translator). London. 1851.
Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.
History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. Henry Dale (Translator). London. 1851.
Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.
History of the Peloponnesian War (English) (Thucydides. The history of the Peloponnesian War, Volume 1-2. Dale, Henry, translator. London: Heinemann and Henry G. Bohn, 1851-1852.)
Ἰδομενήν —twin heights in the hills, the exact site uncertain.
ἐπὶ τῆς ἐσβολῆς —to the pass that led to Ambracia.
διὰ τῶν Ἀμφιλοχικῶν ὀρῶν —i.e. inland, among the hills, in order to stop up the roads.
ἅμα ὄρθρῳ —the time between first cock-crow and the dawn: ὄρθρος ἐστὶν ἡ ὥρα τῆς νυκτὸς καθ’ ἢν ἀλεκτρυόνες ᾄδουσιν. ἄρχεται δὲ ἑνάτης ὥρας ( circa 2 A.M.) καὶ τελευτᾷ εἰς διαγελῶσαν ἡμἐραν (Phrynichus).
Δωρίδα τε γλῶσσαν —it was only thirty years since the Naupactian Messenians had left the Peloponnese. The Ambraciots spoke Doric.
τῇ ὄψει —‘with the eyes,’ pointing the contrast with what they heard. Here as in other passages (e.g. VII. 75, 2) it is disputed whether the phrase means this or ‘by their appearance.’
τῶν δὲ . . ἀνεπιστημόνων —for the gen. abs. though it refers to the subj. of the verb see c. 13, 7, 55. 1.
παραπλεούσας . . ξυντυχίᾳ —‘sailing along the coast from Olpae) just at the time when the action (the fighting) occurred.’
σκυλεύσαντες —the Athenians themselves were not above this on occasions