τῷ τὸν βασιλέᾱ μὴ θῦσαι τῇ θεῷ τὴν θυγατέρα ἐκεκώλυτο ὁ πόλεμος ὥστ' εἰρήνην ἤγομεν.

[jmorsay]

I think this means "The war pervented the king from not sacrificing his daughter to the god and goddes so we were leading the peace."


Is this right?

Thank you

[billberg23]

τῷ τὸν βασιλέᾱ μὴ θῦσαι:  "By means of the king not sacrificiing ..," "Because of the king not sacrificing ..."  Literally, "by the the king not to sacrifice ..."

τῇ θεῷ:  again, JM, feminine singular.  "Goddess" could be either first declension (θεά) or second declension (θεός), preceded in either case by the feminine article ἡ.

ἐϰεϰώλῡτο:  third person singular, pluperfect passive indicative:  "had been prevented."

εἰρήνην ἤγομεν:  "we were keeping/enjoying peace."

[jmorsay]

Is it "The war was pervented because of the king not to sacrifice his daughter to the goddess so we were keeping the peace."

Thank you

[billberg23]

You could polish it up a bit following the natural word order (as usual, the best practice):  "Because of the king's not sacrificing his daughter, war had been (pluperfect) prevented (note spelling), with the result that we continued to (imperfect) keep peace."

[jmorsay]

Thank you for the excellent advice.