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    Herodotus, The Histories

    Editions and translations: Greek | English (ed. A. D. Godley)
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    CXX. Harpagôi men Astuagês dikên tautên epethêke, Kupou de peri bouleuôn ekalee tous autous tôn Magôn hoi to enupnion hoi tautêi ekrinan. apikomenous de eireto ho Hastuagês têi ekrinan hoi tên opsin. hoi de kata tauta eipan legontes hôs basileusai chrên ton paida, ei epezôse* kai mê apethane proteron. [2] ho de ameibetai autous toiside. “esti te ho pais kai periesti, kai min ep' agrou diaitômenon hoi ek tês kômês paides estêsanto basilea. ho de panta hosa per hoi alêthei logôi basilees eteleôse poiêsas: kai gar doruphorous kai thurôrous kai angeliêphorous kai ta loipa panta diataxas êrche. [3] kai nun es ti humin tauta phainetai pherein;” eipan hoi Magoi “ei men periesti te kai ebasileuse ho pais mê ek pronoiês tinos, tharsee te toutou heineka kai thumon eche agathon: ou gar eti to deuteron archei. para* smikra gar kai tôn logiôn hêmin enia kechôrêke, kai ta ge tôn oneiratôn echomena teleôs es asthenes erchetai.” [4] ameibetai ho Astuagês toiside. “kai autos ô Magoi tautêi pleistos gnômên eimi, basileos onomasthentos tou paidos exêkein te ton oneiron kai moi ton paida touton einai deinon eti ouden. homôs men ge toi sumbouleusate moi eu periskepsamenoi ta mellei asphalestata einai oikôi te tôi emôi kai humin.” [5] eipan pros tauta hoi Magoi “ô basileu, kai autoisi hêmin peri pollou esti katorthousthai archên tên sên. keinôs men gar allotrioutai es ton paida touton periiousa eonta Persên, kai hêmeis eontes Mêdoi douloumetha te kai logou oudenos ginometha pros Perseôn, eontes xeinoi: seo d' enesteôtos basileos, eontos poliêteô, kai archomen to meros kai timas pros seo megalas echomen. [6] houtô ôn pantôs hêmin seo kai tês sês archês proopteon esti. kai nun ei phoberon ti enôrômen, pan an soi proephrazomen. nun de aposkêpsantos tou enupniou es phaulon, autoi te tharseomen kai soi hetera toiauta parakeleuometha. ton de paida touton ex ophthalmôn apopempsai es Persas te kai tous geinamenous+.”


    There are a total of 16 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
    book 1 (general note)
    book 1 (general note)
    book 1, chapter 120 (general note)

    Cross references from Perseus Encyclopedia:
    herodotus-3 [Herodotus and Homer (3)]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    138 [I. Abundantia.]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    403 [Ellipse des durch das Attributiv näher zu bestimmenden Substantivs.]
    417 [Fortsetzung.]
    440 [4) Para, bei, und pros, vor.]
    465 [Gebrauch des Artikels bei Pronomen und Zahlwörtern mit und ohne Substantiv.]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax:
    * [974-1184]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes:
    * [827-864]
    * [1218-1471]

    Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
    410 [2. With Supposition contrary to Fact.]

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    Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.
    OCLC: 1610641
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