Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley)

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I.[0] This is the display of the inquiry of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, so that things done by man not be forgotten in time, and that great and marvelous deeds, some displayed by the Hellenes, some by the barbarians, not lose their glory, including among others what was the cause of their waging war on each other.

The Persian learned men say that the Phoenicians were the cause of the dispute. These (they say) came to our seas from the sea which is called Red,¹ and having settled in the country which they still occupy, at once began to make long voyages. Among other places to which they carried Egyptian and Assyrian merchandise, they came to Argos, [2] which was at that time preeminent in every way among the people of what is now called Hellas. The Phoenicians came to Argos, and set out their cargo. [3] On the fifth or sixth day after their arrival, when their wares were almost all sold, many women came to the shore and among them especially the daughter of the king, whose name was Io (according to Persians and Greeks alike), the daughter of Inachus. [4] As these stood about the stern of the ship bargaining for the wares they liked, the Phoenicians incited one another to set upon them. Most of the women escaped: Io and others were seized and thrown into the ship, which then sailed away for Egypt.

¹ Not the modern Red Sea, but the Persian Gulf and adjacent waters.

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 1: hoi logioi
book 1, chapter 1, section 1: Phoinikas
book 1, chapter 1, section 1: Eruthrês thalassês
book 1, chapter 1, section 2: phorton
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: Antigone:
* [988-1114]: exempolêmenôn

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. ]

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