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    Herodotus, The Histories

    Editions and translations: Greek | English (ed. A. D. Godley)
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    CLV. puthomenos de kat' hodon tauta ho Kuros eipe pros Kroison tade. “Kroise, ti estai telos tôn ginomenôn toutôn emoi; ou pausontai Ludoi, hôs oikasi, prêgmata parechontes kai autoi echontes. phrontizô mê ariston êi exandrapodisasthai spheas. homoiôs gar moi nun ge phainomai pepoiêkenai hôs ei tis patera apokteinas tôn paidôn autou pheisato: [2] hôs de kai egô Ludôn ton men pleon ti ê patera eonta se labôn agô, autoisi de Ludoisi tên polin paredôka, kai epeita thômazô ei moi apestasi.” ho men dê ta per enoee elege, ho d' ameibeto toiside, deisas mê anastatous poiêsêi tas Sardis. [3] “ô basileu, ta men oikota eirêkas, su mentoi mê panta thumôi chreo, mêde polin archaiên exanastêsêis anamartêton eousan kai tôn proteron kai tôn nun hesteôtôn. ta men gar proteron egô te eprêxa kai egô kephalêi anamaxas* pherô: ta de nun pareonta Paktuês gar esti ho adikeôn, tôi su epetrepsas Sardis, houtos dotô toi dikên. [4] Ludoisi de sungnômên echôn tade autoisi epitaxon, hôs mête aposteôsi mête deinoi toi eôsi: apeipe men sphi pempsas hopla arêia mê ektêsthai, keleue de spheas kithônas te hupodunein toisi heimasi kai kothornous hupodeesthai, proeipe d' autoisi kitharizein te kai psallein kai kapêleuein paideuein tous paidas. kai tacheôs spheas ô basileu gunaikas ant' andrôn opseai gegonotas, hôste ouden deinoi toi esontai mê aposteôsi.”


    There are a total of 11 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 155 (general note)
    book 1, chapter 155, section 1 (general note)
    book 1, chapter 155, section 4 (general note)

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

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    421 [Schluss.]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    553b [Substantivsätze der Befürchtung, eingeleitet durch mê).]
    553b [Substantivsätze der Befürchtung, eingeleitet durch mê).]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra:
    * [251-471]

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    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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