Herodotus, The Histories

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I.[0] Hêrodotou Halikarnêsseos historiês apodexis hêde, hôs mête ta genomena ex anthrôpôn tôi chronôi exitêla genêtai, mête erga megala te kai thômasta, ta men Hellêsi ta de barbaroisi apodechthenta, aklea genêtai, ta te alla kai di' hên aitiên epolemêsan allêloisi.

Perseôn men nun hoi logioi^* Phoinikas^* aitious phasi genesthai tês diaphorês. toutous gar apo tês Eruthrês^* kaleomenês thalassês^* apikomenous epi tênde tên thalassan, kai oikêsantas touton ton chôron ton kai nun oikeousi, autika nautiliêisi makrêisi epithesthai, apagineontas de phortia Aiguptia te kai Assuria têi te allêi esapikneesthai kai dê kai es Argos. [2] to de Argos touton ton chronon proeiche hapasi tôn en têi nun Helladi kaleomenêi chôrêi. apikomenous de tous Phoinikas es dê to Argos touto diatithesthai ton phorton^*. [3] pemptêi de ê hektêi hêmerêi ap' hês apikonto, exempolêmenôn⁺ sphi schedon pantôn, elthein epi tên thalassan gunaikas allas te pollas kai dê kai tou basileos thugatera: to de hoi ounoma einai, kata tôuto to kai Hellênes legousi, Ioun tên Inachou: [4] tautas stasas kata prumnên tês neos ôneesthai tôn phortiôn tôn sphi ên thumos malista: kai tous Phoinikas diakeleusamenous hormêsai ep' autas. tas men dê pleunas tôn gunaikôn apophugein, tên de Ioun sun allêisi harpasthênai. esbalomenous de es tên nea oichesthai apopleontas ep' Aiguptou.

Further comments from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
book 1 (general note)
book 1 (general note)
book 1, chapter 1 (general note)
book 1, chapter 1, section 3 (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):
50 [A. Kontraktion der Vokale.]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
460 [d) Ho, hê, to als Relativpronomen.]
462 [Weglassung des Artikels.]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
555 [Kasus des Relativs. — Attraktion oder Assimilation des Kasus.]
594 [a) Optativ und Infinitiv.]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra:
* [4-8]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes:
* [219-675]

Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
triopas [Triŏpas]

Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
757 [Infinitive in Indirect Discourse.]

Cross references from Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek:
6, 5, 127 [Attraction of the demonstrative by the predicate.]
42, 538 [National appellatives, etc. ]
42, 540 [Appositive proper name without article. ]
42, 547 [Article with names of countries. ]
42, 548 [Addition Thuc. of chôra, gê, moira.]
42, 555 [Article with names of towns. ]

This text is based on the following book(s):
Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.
OCLC: 1610641
ISBN: 0674991303, 0674991311, 0674991338, 0674991346

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