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Chapter 10.2

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10.2.1 1 historical high ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐς τὴν Εὐρώπην ὁ Περσῶν στρατὸς διέβη, λέγεται τοὺς Φωκέας φρονῆσαι μὲν ὑπὸ ἀνάγκης τὰ βασιλέως, αὐτομολῆσαι δὲ ἐκ τῶν Μήδων καὶ ἐς τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν παρὰ τὸ ἔργον τὸ Πλαταιᾶσι παρατάξασθαι. When the Persian army crossed into Europe, it is said that the Phokians, compelled by necessity, initially sided with the Persian king, but later deserted from the Medes and joined the Greeks just before the battle at Plataea. Refers to the Persian invasion and the Phokians' conduct before Plataea, a post-500 BC historical event.
10.2.1 2 historical high χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον κατέλαβεν αὐτοὺς ζημιωθῆναι χρήμασιν ὑπὸ Ἀμφικτυόνων· At a later time, they were penalized by the Amphictyons with a monetary fine. A fine imposed by the Amphictyons is a post-mythic historical action.
10.2.1 3 historical medium οὐδὲ ἔχω τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀληθὲς ἐξευρεῖν εἴτε ἀδικήσασιν ἐπεβλήθη σφίσιν εἴτε Θεσσαλοὶ κατὰ τὸ ἐκ παλαιοῦ μῖσος γενέσθαι τὴν ζημίαν τοῖς Φωκεῦσιν ἦσαν οἱ πράξαντες. However, I cannot determine with certainty whether this penalty was imposed on them because they genuinely committed wrongdoing, or whether, due to old enmity, it was the Thessalians who arranged for this punishment against the Phokians. Refers to a punishment imposed by the Thessalians on the Phokians, a post-mythic political conflict and its consequences.
10.2.2 1 historical high ἐχόντων δὲ ἀθύμως αὐτῶν πρὸς τῆς ζημίας τὸ μέγεθος, Φιλόμηλος σφᾶς ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Θεοτίμου, Since they were disheartened by the magnitude of their penalty, Philomelus son of Theotimus addressed them. Refers to Philomelus and a penalty in a historical narrative, not mythic or descriptive.
10.2.2 2 other high Φωκέων οὐδενὸς ἀξιώματι ὕστερος—πατρὶς δὲ αὐτῷ Λέδων τῶν ἐν Φωκεῦσιν ἦν πόλεων— No one among the Phokians exceeded him in honor; his homeland was Ledon, one of the Phocian cities. Identifies a person's homeland and a Phocian city; purely genealogical/geographical description, not mythic or historical event.
10.2.2 3 historical high οὗτος οὖν ὁ Φιλόμηλος τήν τε ἔκτισιν αὐτοῖς ἀδύνατον ἀπέφηνε τῶν χρημάτων This Philomelus then declared to them that repayment of the debt was impossible. Refers to Philomelus and repayment of a debt, a historical/political event rather than myth or geography.
10.2.2 4 historical medium καὶ ἀνέπειθε τὸ ἱερὸν καταλαβεῖν τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς, λέγων καὶ ἄλλα ἐπαγωγὰ καὶ ὡς τὰ Ἀθηναίων καὶ ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος ἐπιτήδεια ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐστιν αὐτοῖς, He persuaded them instead to seize possession of the sanctuary at Delphi, adding other persuasive arguments, in particular that from the beginning they might rely upon friendship from Athens and assistance from Sparta. Refers to persuading others to seize Delphi, a historical action involving sanctuary control and political alliances, not a mythic event.
10.2.2 5 historical high Θηβαίων δὲ καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλος κατασταίη σφίσιν ἐς πόλεμον, περιέσεσθαι καὶ ἀρετῇ σφᾶς καὶ δαπάνῃ χρημάτων. Even if the Thebans or any others chose war against them, they would prevail through their own courage and financial resources. Refers to conflict with Thebans and military resources in a historical civic context, not myth.
10.2.3 1 historical high ταῦτα τοῦ Φιλομήλου λέγοντος οὐκ ἐγίνετο ἀκούσια τῷ πλήθει τῶν Φωκέων, εἴτε τὴν γνώμην σφίσι τοῦ θεοῦ βλάπτοντος εἴτε καὶ αὐτοῖς πεφυκόσιν ἐπίπροσθεν εὐσεβείας τὰ κέρδη ποιεῖσθαι. This speech of Philomelus did not seem disagreeable to the mass of the Phokians, either because the god had impaired their judgment, or because they were naturally prone in the first place to prefer profit to piety. Refers to Philomelus and the Phokians in a historical fourth-century BCE context, with no mythic event described.
10.2.3 2 historical high τὴν δὲ τῶν Δελφῶν κατάληψιν ἐποιήσαντο οἱ Φωκεῖς Ἡρακλείδου μὲν πρυτανεύοντος ἐν Δελφοῖς καὶ Ἀγαθοκλέους Ἀθήνῃσιν ἄρχοντος, τετάρτῳ δὲ ἔτει πέμπτης Ὀλυμπιάδος ἐπὶ ταῖς ἑκατόν, ἣν Πρῶρος ἐνίκα Κυρηναῖος στάδιον. The Phokians seized Delphi when Heracleides was prytanis at Delphi, and Agathocles was archon at Athens, in the fourth year of the hundred and fifth Olympiad, in which Prorus of Cyrene won the stadion. A dated event in the 4th year of the 105th Olympiad, describing the Phokian seizure of Delphi after 500 BC.
10.2.4 1 historical high καταλαβοῦσι δὲ αὐτοῖς τὸ ἱερὸν ξενικά τε αὐτίκα τὰ ἰσχυρότατα τῶν ἐν Ἕλλησιν ἠθροίσθη καὶ οἱ Θηβαῖοί σφισιν ἐς πόλεμον ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ καθεστήκεσαν, διάφοροι καὶ τὰ πρότερα ὄντες. When they had seized the sanctuary, immediately the strongest available foreign mercenary forces of the Greeks gathered against them, and the Thebans openly declared war upon them, being already previously at variance. Describes a concrete military-political event involving Thebans and mercenaries, not myth.
10.2.4 2 historical high χρόνος μὲν δὴ ἐγένετο ὃν ἐπολέμησαν δέκα ἔτη συνεχῶς, καὶ ἐν τοσούτῳ πολέμου μήκει πολλάκις μὲν οἱ Φωκεῖς καὶ τὰ παρʼ αὐτοῖς ξενικὰ ἐνίκησε, πολλάκις δὲ ἦν τὰ τῶν Θηβαίων ἐπικρατέστερα· They then waged war continuously for ten years, and during this lengthy period of warfare the Phokians with their mercenaries repeatedly prevailed, while at other times the Thebans had the upper hand. Describes a ten-year war between the Phokians and Thebans, a post-500 BC historical conflict.
10.2.4 3 historical high γενομένης δὲ κατὰ Νεῶνα πόλιν συμβολῆς ἐτράποντο οἱ Φωκεῖς, καὶ ὁ Φιλόμηλος ῥίπτει τε αὑτὸν ἐν τῇ φυγῇ κατὰ ὑψηλοῦ καὶ ἀποτόμου κρημνοῦ καὶ ἀφίησιν οὕτω τὴν ψυχήν· Eventually, in a battle fought near the city Neon, the Phokians were routed, and in flight Philomelus threw himself from a high, precipitous cliff, thus ending his life. Describes Philomelus and the Phokian defeat in a battle of the 4th century BC, i.e. a historical event.
10.2.4 4 historical high ἐτέτακτο δὲ καὶ ἄλλως τοῖς Ἀμφικτύοσιν ἐς τοὺς συλῶντας αὕτη ἡ δίκη. Furthermore, this very penalty had also been appointed by the Amphictyons as punishment upon those who plundered the sanctuary. Refers to the Amphictyons' institutional penalty for sanctuary plunder, a post-mythic historical/legal arrangement.
10.2.5 1 historical high μετὰ δὲ Φιλόμηλον τελευτήσαντα Ὀνομάρχῳ μὲν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν διδόασιν οἱ Φωκεῖς, ἐς δὲ τῶν Θηβαίων τὴν συμμαχίαν προσεχώρησε Φίλιππος ὁ Ἀμύντου· After the death of Philomelus, the Phokians granted the command to Onomarchus, while Philip, son of Amyntas, entered into alliance with the Thebans. Refers to Philip II and the Phokian War era, a post-500 BC historical event.
10.2.5 2 historical high καὶ ---ἐκράτησε γὰρ Φίλιππος τῆς συμβολῆς---φεύγων ὁ Ὀνόμαρχος καὶ ἐπὶ θάλασσαν ἀφικόμενος ἐνταῦθα ὑπὸ τῶν στρατιωτῶν κατηκοντίσθη τῶν οἰκείων, ὡς τὴν ἧσσάν σφισιν ὑπὸ ἀτολμίας συμβᾶσαν τῆς ἐκείνου καὶ ἐς τὸ στρατηγεῖν ἀπειρίας. Philip won the ensuing engagement; Onomarchus fled and, upon reaching the sea, was there slain by missiles thrown by his own troops, who believed their defeat had been caused by his cowardice and his inexperience in military command. Philip and Onomarchus are historical figures, and the sentence describes a battle outcome from the 4th century BC.
10.2.6 1 historical high Ὀνομάρχῳ μὲν τέλος τοῦ βίου τοιοῦτον ἐπήγαγεν ὁ δαίμων, στρατηγὸν δὲ αὐτοκράτορα εἵλοντο ἀδελφὸν τοῦ Ὀνομάρχου Φάυλον. Such was the fate brought by divine providence upon Onomarchus at the end of his life; thereupon, the Phokians chose as their supreme commander Phayllus, the brother of Onomarchus. Refers to Onomarchus and the Phokians, a historical 4th-century BC event and its consequence.
10.2.6 2 historical high λέγουσι δὲ τοῦτον τὸν Φάυλον παρεληλυθέναι τε δὴ ἄρτι ἐπὶ τῶν Φωκέων τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ ὄψιν ὀνείρατος ἰδεῖν τοιάνδε. It is said that as soon as this Phayllus assumed his rule over the Phokians, he experienced a certain dream vision. Refers to Phayllus taking power over the Phokians, a post-500 BC historical event, and the dream is part of that historical narrative.
10.2.6 3 other high ἐν τοῖς ἀναθήμασι τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος μίμημα ἦν χαλκοῦν ἀνδρὸς χρονιωτέρου, κατερρυηκότος τε ἤδη τὰς σάρκας καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ ὑπολειπομένου μόνα· Among the dedications in Apollo's sanctuary there was a bronze statue representing an elderly man whose flesh had already wasted away, leaving only the bones. Purely descriptive inventory of a dedication in Apollo's sanctuary; no mythic or post-500 BC historical event.
10.2.6 4 other high ἀνάθημα δὲ ὑπὸ Δελφῶν Ἱπποκράτους ἐλέγετο εἶναι τοῦ ἰατροῦ. It was said to have been set up by the Delphians, depicting Hippocrates the physician. An antiquarian note identifying a dedicatory offering and its subject; not a mythic event or historical event after 500 BC.
10.2.6 5 other high τούτῳ δὴ ἑαυτὸν ἐοικέναι τῷ ἀναθήματι ἔδοξεν ὁ Φάυλος· Phayllus dreamed that he resembled this dedication. A dream and comparison to a dedication are antiquarian/descriptive, not a mythic event or historical event.
10.2.6 6 other high αὐτίκα δὲ ὑπολαβοῦσα αὐτὸν φθοώδης νόσος ἐπετέλει τοῦ ἐνυπνίου τὴν μαντείαν. Immediately afterwards an ulcerative disease took hold of him, fulfilling thereby the prophecy of his dream. Reports a disease fulfilling a dream's prophecy; this is a descriptive narrative detail, not a mythic or historical event.
10.2.7 1 historical high Φαύλου δὲ ἀποθανόντος ἐς Φάλαικον τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ περιεχώρησεν ἡ ἐν Φωκεῦσι δυναστεία· After the death of Phayllus, power among the Phokians passed to his son Phalaecus. Refers to succession of Phalaecus after Phayllus; an 4th-century BC historical event.
10.2.7 2 historical high καὶ ἐπεὶ ἔσχεν ὁ Φάλαικος αἰτίαν ἰδίᾳ περιποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἱερῶν χρημάτων, ἐπαύθη τῆς ἀρχῆς. But when Phalaecus was accused of privately appropriating sacred funds, he was removed from power. Refers to Phalaecus’ removal from power over misappropriated sacred funds, a post-500 BC historical event.
10.2.7 3 historical high διαβὰς δὲ ναυσὶν ἐς Κρήτην ὁμοῦ Φωκέων τοῖς ᾑρημένοις τὰ ἐκείνου καὶ μοίρᾳ τοῦ ξενικοῦ, Κυδωνίᾳ προσκαθήμενος--- οὐ γάρ οἱ διδόναι χρήματα ἐβούλοντο αἰτοῦντι--- τῆς στρατιᾶς τὸ πολὺ ἀπόλλυσι καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπώλετο. He then sailed to Crete along with a selection of Phokians loyal to him and a portion of his mercenary troops. Describes a campaign movement and military action in Crete, clearly a post-500 BC historical event.