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3.
However, the Athenians, distressed by the
plague, and by the war that had recently broken out and was now raging,
thought it a serious matter to add Lesbos with its fleet and untouched
resources to the list of their enemies; and at first would not believe the charge, giving too much weight to their
wish that it might not be true.
But when an embassy which they sent had failed to persuade the Mitylenians
to give up the union and preparations complained of, they became alarmed,
and resolved to strike the first blow.
[2]
They accordingly suddenly sent off forty ships that had been got ready to
sail round Peloponnese, under the command of Cleippides, son of Deinias, and
two others;
[3]
word having been brought them of a festival in honor of the Malean Apollo
outside the town, which is kept by the whole people of Mitylene, and at
which, if haste were made, they might hope to take them by surprise.
If this plan succeeded, well and good; if not, they were to order the Mitylenians to deliver up their ships and to
pull down their walls, and if they did not obey, to declare war.
[4]
The ships accordingly set out; the ten triremes, forming the contingent of the Mitylenians present with
the fleet according to the terms of the alliance, being detained by the
Athenians, and their crews placed in custody.
[5]
However, the Mitylenians were informed of the expedition by a man who
crossed from Athens to Euboea, and going overland to Geraestus, sailed from
thence by a merchantman which he found on the point of putting to sea, and
so arrived at Mitylene the third day after leaving Athens.
The Mitylenians accordingly refrained from going out to the temple at
Malea, and moreover barricaded and kept guard round the half-finished parts
of their walls and harbors.
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
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- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.4.1
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- LSJ, ἀκέραι-ος
- LSJ, ἀκμ-άζω
- LSJ, ἀποδέχομαι
- LSJ, ἔργον
- LSJ, ἐξαπι?́ν-αιος
- LSJ, ἐπιτυγχάνω
- LSJ, εἰ
- LSJ, εἰσαγγέλ-λω
- LSJ, ἡμιτέλ-εστος
- LSJ, πεῖρα
- LSJ, πλόος
- LSJ, ποιέω
- LSJ, προκατα-λαμβάνω
- LSJ, προσπολεμ-όομαι
- LSJ, συμβαίνω
- LSJ, συνοίκ-ι^σις
- LSJ, τα^λαιπωρ-έω
- LSJ, τρι^τ-αῖος
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