Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.47.2 · 2.47.2
The second invasion of Attica
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τοῦ δὲ θέρους εὐθὺς ἀρχομένου Πελοποννήσιοι καὶ οἱ ξύμμαχοι τὰ δύο μέρη ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ πρῶτον ἐσέβαλον ἐς τὴν Ἀττικήν ( ἡγεῖτο δὲ Ἀρχίδαμος ὁ Ζευξιδάμου Λακεδαιμονίων βασιλεύς), καὶ καθεζόμενοι ἐδῄουν τὴν γῆν.
At the very beginning of summer the Peloponnesians and their allies, with two thirds of their force as before, invaded Attica. Archidamus son of Zeuxidamus, king of the Spartans, led them. They settled down and ravaged the land.
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At the start of the second summer, the Peloponnesians and their allies invade Attica again, led by king Archidamus.
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The new campaign is dated by tou de theirous euthys archomenou, "summer just beginning," which opens the second year the way the first was opened. The invaders are hoi Peloponnēsioi kai hoi xymmachoi, and the phrase ta duo merē, "the two parts," means two thirds of the allied army, the same proportion as in the first invasion. The force is the same, and so is the route: hōsper kai to prōton, "just as the first time."
Archidamos ho Zeuxidamou, "Archidamus, the son of Zeuxidamus," names the commander by his father, the usual Greek way; he was one of Sparta's two kings. The last two verbs describe what an invasion means in practice: kathezomenoi, "sitting down" in the country, and edēioun, "they were laying it waste." The imperfect makes the ravaging a continuing job.
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