Herodotus, The Histories

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CXCVI. hautê men dê sphi artisis peri to sôma esti: nomoi de autoisi hôde katestasi, ho men sophôtatos hode kata gnômên tên hêmeterên, tôi kai Illuriôn Enetous punthanomai chrasthai. kata kômas hekastas hapax tou eteos hekastou epoieeto^* tade: hôs an hai parthenoi genoiato gamôn hôraiai, tautas hokôs sunagagoien pasas, es hen chôrion esageskon haleas, perix de autas histato homilos andrôn, [2] anistas de kata mian hekastên kêrux pôleeske, prôta men tên eueidestatên ek paseôn: meta de, hokôs hautê heurousa pollon chrusion prêtheiê, allên an ekêrusse hê met' ekeinên eske eueidestatê: epôleonto de epi sunoikêsi^*. hosoi men dê eskon eudaimones tôn Babulôniôn epigamoi, huperballontes allêlous exôneonto tas kallisteuousas: hosoi de tou dêmou eskon epigamoi, houtoi de eideos men ouden edeonto chrêstou, hoi d' an chrêmata te kai aischionas parthenous elambanon. [3] hôs gar dê diexelthoi ho kêrux pôleôn tas eueidestatas tôn parthenôn anistê an tên amorphestatên, ê ei tis auteôn empêros eiê, kai tautên an ekêrusse, hostis theloi elachiston chrusion labôn sunoikeein autêi, es ho tôi to elachiston hupistamenôi prosekeito. to de an chrusion egineto apo tôn eueideôn parthenôn kai houtô hai eumorphoi tas amorphous kai empêrous exedidosan. ekdounai de tên heôutou thugatera hoteôi bouloito hekastos ouk exên, oude aneu enguêteô apagesthai tên parthenon priamenon, all' enguêtas chrên katastêsanta hê men sunoikêsein autêi, houtô apagesthai. [4] ei de mê sumpheroiato, apopherein^* to chrusion ekeito nomos. exên de kai ex allês elthonta kômês ton boulomenon ôneesthai. [5] ho men nun kallistos nomos houtos sphi ên, ou mentoi nun ge diateleei eôn, allo de ti exeurêkasi neôsti genesthai⁺ [hina mê adikoien autas mêd' eis heteran polin agôntai]:¹ epeite gar halontes ekakôthêsan kai oikophthorêthêsan, pas tis tou dêmou biou spanizôn kataporneuei ta thêlea tekna.

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Further comments from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
book 1 (general note)
book 1 (general note)
book 1, chapter 196 (general note)
book 1, chapter 196, section 5 (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):
414 [Verbindung des Genetivs mit einem Substantive oder substantivierten Adjektive und Adverb.]

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

Cross references from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
2, 190 [Book 2 (b)]

Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
* [Diagram of the Italic Peoples.]
venetia [Venetia]

Cross references from Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek:
33, 431 [Indicative with an of intermittent action.]
41, 519 [Substantive Use]

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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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