| 11. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the aorist participial clause anachthentes {Ἀναχθέντες | anachthéntes} ‘having set sail’, which functions as a temporal circumstance introducing the main voyage. The conjunction oun {οὖν | oûn} ‘therefore’ links this action to the preceding narrative. The prepositional phrase apo Troados {ἀπὸ Τρῳάδος | apó Trōádos} ‘from Troas’ specifies the departure point. The verb euthydromesamen {εὐθυδρομήσαμεν | euthydromḗsamen} ‘we ran a straight course’ in the aorist indicative describes the completed direct voyage to the first destination. The goal is marked by eis Samothráikēn {εἰς Σαμοθρᾴκην | eis Samothráikēn} ‘to Samothrace’. The temporal dative construction tē̂ de epioúsē {τῇ δὲ ἐπιούσῃ | tē̂ dè epioúsē} ‘on the following day’ uses the article-plus-participle in the dative to indicate time, with the postpositive de coordinating the clauses. A parallel eis phrase marks the next destination: eis Néan Pólin {εἰς Νέαν Πόλιν | eis Néan Pólin} ‘to New City (Neapolis)’, thereby preserving the sequence of departure, direct navigation, and sequential arrival. |