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24. ὁρμήσαντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τάφρου οἱ Πλαταιῆς ἐχώρουν ἁθρόοι τὴν ἐς Θήβας φέρουσαν ὁδόν, ἐν δεξιᾷ ἔχοντες τὸ τοῦ Ἀνδροκράτους ἡρῷον, νομίζοντες ἥκιστ᾽ <ἂν> σφᾶς ταύτην αὐτοὺς ὑποτοπῆσαι τραπέσθαι τὴν ἐς τοὺς πολεμίους: καὶ ἅμα ἑώρων τοὺς Πελοποννησίους τὴν πρὸς Κιθαιρῶνα καὶ Δρυὸς κεφαλὰς τὴν ἐπ᾽ Ἀθηνῶν φέρουσαν μετὰ λαμπάδων διώκοντας. [2] καὶ ἐπὶ μὲν ἓξ ἑπτὰ σταδίους οἱ Πλαταιῆς τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν Θηβῶν ἐχώρησαν, ἔπειθ᾽ ὑποστρέψαντες ᾖσαν τὴν πρὸς τὸ ὄρος φέρουσαν ὁδὸν ἐς Ἐρύθρας καὶ Ὑσιάς, καὶ λαβόμενοι τῶν ὀρῶν διαφεύγουσιν ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας, ἄνδρες δώδεκα καὶ διακόσιοι ἀπὸ πλειόνων: εἰσὶ γάρ τινες αὐτῶν οἳ ἀπετράποντο ἐς τὴν πόλιν πρὶν ὑπερβαίνειν, εἷς δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῇ ἔξω τάφρῳ τοξότης ἐλήφθη. [3] οἱ μὲν οὖν Πελοποννήσιοι κατὰ χώραν ἐγένοντο τῆς βοηθείας παυσάμενοι: οἱ δ᾽ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Πλαταιῆς τῶν μὲν γεγενημένων εἰδότες οὐδέν, τῶν δὲ ἀποτραπομένων σφίσιν ἀπαγγειλάντων ὡς οὐδεὶς περίεστι, κήρυκα ἐκπέμψαντες, ἐπεὶ ἡμέρα ἐγένετο, ἐσπένδοντο ἀναίρεσιν τοῖς νεκροῖς, μαθόντες δὲ τὸ ἀληθὲς ἐπαύσαντο. οἱ μὲν δὴ τῶν Πλαταιῶν ἄνδρες οὕτως ὑπερβάντες ἐσώθησαν.

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  • Commentary references to this page (16):
    • W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus, 9.25
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.89
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 6, 6.46
    • E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 7, 7.2
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.106
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.109
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.112
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.23
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.27
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.52
    • Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3, 3.68
    • T. G. Tucker, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 8, 8.80
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER LXVII
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER IX
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5, 5.58
    • C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5, 5.59
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