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    Herodotus, The Histories

    Editions and translations: Greek | English (ed. A. D. Godley)
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    XXIX. allou de oudenos ouden edunamên puthesthai. alla tosonde men allo epi makrotaton eputhomên, mechri men Elephantinês polios autoptês* elthôn, to de apo toutou akoêi êdê historeôn. [2] apo Elephantinês polios anô ionti anantes esti chôrion: tautêi ôn dei to ploion diadêsantas amphoterôthen kata per boun poreuesthai: ên de aporragêi to ploion oichetai pheromenon hupo ischuos tou rhoou. [3] to de chôrion touto esti ep' hêmeras tesseras ploos, skolios de tautêi kata per ho Maiandros esti ho Neilos: schoinoi de duôdeka eisi houtoi tous dei toutôi tôi tropôi diekplôsai. kai epeita apixeai es pedion leion, en tôi nêson perirreei ho Neilos: Tachompsô ounoma autêi esti. [4] oikeousi de ta apo Elephantinês anô Aithiopes êdê kai tês nêsou to hêmisu, to de hêmisu Aiguptioi. echetai de tês nêsou limnên megalê, tên perix nomades Aithiopes nemontai: tên diekplôsas es tou Neilou to rheethron hêxeis, to es tên limnên tautên ekdidoi. [5] kai epeita apobas para ton potamon hodoiporiên poiêseai hêmereôn tesserakonta: skopeloi* te gar en tôi Neilôi oxees anechousi kai choirades pollai eisi, di' hôn ouk hoia te esti pleein. [6] diexelthôn de en têisi tesserakonta hêmerêisi touto to chôrion, autis es heteron ploion esbas duôdeka hêmeras pleuseai, kai epeita hêxeis es polin megalên têi ounoma esti Meroê: legetai de hautê hê polis einai mêtropolis tôn allôn Aithiopôn. [7] hoi d' en tautêi Dia* theôn kai Dionuson mounous sebontai, toutous te megalôs timôsi, kai sphi mantêion Dios katestêke: strateuontai de epean spheas ho theos houtos keleuêi dia thespismatôn, kai têi an keleuêi, ekeise.


    There are a total of 14 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
    book 2 (general note)
    book 2, chapter 29 (general note)
    book 2, chapter 29, section 2 (general note)
    book 2, chapter 29, section 3 (general note)
    book 2, chapter 29, section 4 (general note)

    Cross references from Perseus Encyclopedia:
    herodotus-3 [Travels]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    353 [B. Prädikat.]
    389 [Konjunktiv, Optativ, Imperativ, Infinitiv und Partizip der Zeitformen.]

    Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
    685 [Infinitive in Indirect Discourse.]
    807 [Simple Infinitive and Infinitive with tou, after Verbs of Hindrance, etc.]

    Cross references from Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek:
    5, 81 [Ideal Second Person:]

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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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