Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Bloodbath
Dear Mike,
Re: A War That does Not Concern Us, as every schoolboy used to know, ships were sent and did not return. I don't know which grisly end was worse, starvation in the latomie, or slaughter in the river:
And just to be on the safe side, the Tellaro (candidate 2), slightly further south:
Best wishes,
Eric [Thomson]
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Re: A War That does Not Concern Us, as every schoolboy used to know, ships were sent and did not return. I don't know which grisly end was worse, starvation in the latomie, or slaughter in the river:
[Thucydides 7.84.5] The Peloponnesians also came down and butchered them, especially those in the water, which was thus immediately spoiled, but which they went on drinking just the same, mud and all, bloody as it was, most even fighting to have it.A stretch of the Fiume Assinaro (candidate 1):
οἵ τε Πελοποννήσιοι ἐπικαταβάντες τοὺς ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ μάλιστα ἔσφαζον. καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ εὐθὺς διέφθαρτο, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἐπίνετό τε ὁμοῦ τῷ πηλῷ ᾑματωμένον καὶ περιμάχητον ἦν τοῖς πολλοῖς.
Eric [Thomson]
