2.1.4 – Sinis and Periphetes

ἔστι δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ τῆς ἀρχῆς, ἔνθα ὁ λῃστὴς Σίνις λαμβανόμενος πιτύων ἦγεν ἐς τὸ κάτω σφᾶς: ὁπόσων δὲ μάχῃ κρατήσειεν, ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν δήσας ἀφῆκεν ἂν τὰ δένδρα ἄνω φέρεσθαι: ἐνταῦθα ἑκατέρα τῶν πιτύων τὸν δεθέντα ἐφ᾽ αὑτὴν εἷλκε, καὶ τοῦ δεσμοῦ μηδετέρωσε εἴκοντος ἀλλ᾽ ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἐπ᾽ ἴσης βιαζομένου διεσπᾶτο ὁ δεδεμένος. τοιούτῳ διεφθάρη τρόπῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπὸ Θησέως ὁ Σίνις: ἐκάθηρε γὰρ Θησεὺς τῶν κακούργων τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐς Ἀθήνας ἐκ Τροιζῆνος, οὕς τε πρότερον κατηρίθμησα ἀνελὼν καὶ ἐν Ἐπιδαύρῳ τῇ ἱερᾷ Περιφήτην Ἡφαίστου νομιζόμενον, κορύνῃ χαλκῇ χρώμενον ἐς τὰς μάχας.
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Review words for binding:

*δέω δήσω ἔδησα δέδεκα δέδεμαι ἐδέθην to bind, tie, fasten

δεσμός -οῦ, ὁ, bond, fetter, chain

Complete the worksheet reviewing the active, middle, and passive.

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Theseus ties Sinis to a pine tree
Theseus ties Sinis to a pine tree.
Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums, 1990. Harvard 1927.148
Theseus with Periphetes' club
Theseus with Periphetes’ club.
Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, October 1991. Philadelphia L-64-191.