Longus 3.2

[stephen]

{[Ὁ δὲ ἐξορμηθεὶς]} {[ἀγροὺς] μὲν [οὐκ ἐλεηλάτει] [τῶν Μηθυμναίων]} οὐδὲ {[ἀγέλας καὶ κτήματα] [ἥρπαζε] [γεωργῶν καὶ ποιμένων]}, {[λῃστοῦ] [νομίζων] [ταῦτα ἔργα]} [μᾶλλον] [ἢ] (not sure what is happening here - it may be a three part structure or an anomalous idiomatic structure) [στρατηγοῦ]}: ταχὺ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτὴν ἦγεν [2] ὡς ἐπιπεσούμενος ἀφρουρήτοις ταῖς πύλαις. Καὶ {[αὐτῷ] [σταδίους] <<[ὅσον ἑκατὸν]>> {[ἀπέχοντι](is tnis an example by definition of a dative absolute?)} {[κῆρυξ] [ἀπαντᾷ]} {[σπονδὰς] [κομίζων]}(why are these two-part structures?). [3] [{Οἱ γὰρ Μηθυμναῖοι] [μαθόντες]} {[παρὰ] [τῶν ἑαλωκότων] [ὡς]} {[οὐδὲν ἴσασι] (does this position suggest that οὐδὲν is adverbial or the object?) [Μυτιληναῖοι] [τῶν γεγενημένων]}, ἀλλὰ {[γεωργοὶ καὶ ποιμένες] ὑβρίζοντας {[τοὺς νεανίσκους] (is this phrase parenthetic) [ταῦτα] [ἔδρασαν]}, {[μετεγίνωσκον]} μὲν {[ὀξύτερα] [τολμήσαντες] [εἰς γείτονα πόλιν]} ἢ σωφρονέστερα (again, not quite so sure what is happening with the ἢ construction here), σπουδὴν δὲ εἶχον]} {[ἀποδόντες] [πᾶσαν] [τὴν ἁρπαγὴν]} {[ἀδεῶς] [ἐπιμίγνυσθαι] [καὶ]} (is this plural structure καὶ ever elsewhere spread across two speech styles?) {[κατὰ γῆν] [καὶ] [κατὰ θάλατταν]}. [4] {[Τὸν μὲν οὖν κήρυκα]} {[τοῖς Μυτιληναίοις] [ὁ Ἵππασος] [ἀποστέλλει]}, καίτοιγε {[αὐτοκράτωρ] [στρατηγὸς] [κεχειροτονημένος]}: {[αὐτὸς] δὲ [τῆς Μηθύμνης] [ὅσον]} {[ἀπὸ δέκα σταδίων] [στρατόπεδον] [βαλόμενος]} {[[τὰς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐντολὰς]] (this seems to be a combined construction that counts for two places without the usual structure) [ἀνέμενε]}. [5] Καὶ {[δύο] [διαγενομένων] [ἡμερῶν]} {[ἐλθὼν] [ὁ ἄγγελος]} {[τήν τε] (the τε seems to separate the article from its noun) [ἁρπαγὴν] [ἐκέλευσε]} {[κομίσασθαι]} καὶ {[ἀδικήσαντα μηδὲν] (in this case the μηδὲν is positioned as an object, rather than is an adverb - in this authour at least it was considered so - that would be the the basis of further exploration and analysis} {[ἀναχωρεῖν οἴκαδε]}: {[πολέμου γὰρ καὶ εἰρήνης] [ἐν αἱρέσει] [γενόμενοι]}, {[τὴν εἰρήνην] [εὕρισκον] [κερδαλεωτέραν]}. [p. 285]