Ἐάν
if
Translated by Anne Mahoney8 Jun 1999Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Those who deal with Thucydides unanimously say that [this e)a/n spelling occurs] when h)\ ["or"] precedes it, but that when [the words] are not in this order he uses the contraction [h)/n ]. In the second [sc. book there is an example of the first of these phenomena]: "or if the enemy [does not] attack with a fleet".1 "Or, if forced to, [the demos becomes] hostile to the rebels."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐάν· ὁλοκλήρως οἱ περὶ Θουκυδίδην τότε λέγουσιν ὅτε προτέτακται ὁ η, ὅταν δὲ μὴ οὕτως ἔχῃ τάξεως, συνῃρημένως λέγει. ἐν δευτέρᾳ· ἢ ἐὰν οἱ πολέμιοι νηΐτῃ στρατῷ ἐπιπλέωσιν. ἢ ἐὰν βιασθῇ ὑπάρχει τοῖς ἀποστήσασι πολεμίοις.