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    Herodotus, The Histories

    Editions and translations: Greek | English (ed. A. D. Godley)
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    XXXVII. tauta+ ameipsato: apochreômenôn de toutoisi tôn Musôn, epeserchetai ho tou Kroisou pais akêkoôs tôn edeonto hoi Musoi. ou phamenou de tou Kroisou ton ge paida sphi sumpempsein, legei pros auton ho neêniês tade. [2] “ô pater, ta kallista proteron kote kai gennaiotata hêmin ên es te polemous kai es agras phoiteontas eudokimeein: nun de amphoterôn me toutôn+ apoklêisas+ echeis+, oute+ tina+ deiliên+ moi paridôn oute athumiên nun te teoisi me chrê ommasi es te agorên kai ex agorês phoiteonta phainesthai+; [3] koios men tis toisi poliêtêisi doxô einai, koios de tis têi neogamôi gunaiki; koiôi de ekeinê doxei andri sunoikeein; eme ôn su ê metes ienai epi tên thêrên, ê logôi anapeison hokôs moi ameinô+ esti+ tauta houtô+ poieomena.”


    There are a total of 13 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 37 (general note)
    book 1, chapter 37, section 2 (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):
    482 [Fortsetzung über das ergänzende Partizip.]
    484 [Bemerkungen über den Wechsel des ergänzenden Partizips und des ergänzenden Infinitivs.]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae:
    * [971-1278]

    Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
    706 [hopôs, ho, houneka, and hothouneka, in Indirect Quotations.]

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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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