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    Herodotus, The Histories

    Editions and translations: Greek | English (ed. A. D. Godley)
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    XCI. apikomenoisi de toisi Ludoisi kai legousi ta entetalmena tên Puthiên legetai eipein tade. “tên peprômenên*+ moiran+ adunata esti+ apophugein+ kai theôi+: Kroisos+ de pemptou* goneos hamartada exeplêse, hos eôn doruphoros Hêrakleideôn, dolôi gunaikêiôi epispomenos ephoneuse ton despotea kai esche tên ekeinou timên ouden hoi prosêkousan. [2] prothumeomenou de Loxieô hokôs an kata tous paidas tou Kroisou genoito to Sardiôn pathos kai mê kat' auton Kroison, ouk hoion te egineto paragagein moiras. [3] hoson de enedôkan hautai, ênuse te kai echarisato hoi: tria gar etea epanebaleto tên Sardiôn halôsin, kai touto+ epistasthô+ Kroisos hôs husteron+ toisi etesi toutoisi halous+ tês peprômenês++. deutera de toutôn kaiomenôi autôi epêrkese. [4] kata de to mantêion to genomenon ouk orthôs Kroisos memphetai. proêgoreue gar hoi Loxiês, ên strateuêtai epi Persas, megalên archên auton katalusein. ton de pros tauta chrên eu mellonta bouleuesthai epeiresthai pempsanta kotera tên heôutou ê tên Kurou legoi archên. ou sullabôn de to rhêthen oud' epaneiromenos heôuton aition apophainetô: [5] tôi kai to teleutaion chrêstêriazomenôi eipe Loxiês peri hêmionou, oude touto sunelabe. ên gar dê ho Kuros houtos hêmionos: ek gar duôn ouk homoethneôn egegonee, mêtros ameinonos, patros de hupodeesterou: [6] hê men gar ên Mêdis kai Astuageos thugatêr tou Mêdôn basileos, ho de Persês te ên kai archomenos hup' ekeinoisi kai enerthe eôn toisi hapasi despoinêi têi heôutou sunoikee.” tauta men hê Puthiê hupekrinato toisi Ludoisi, hoi de anêneikan es Sardis kai apêngeilan Kroisôi. ho de akousas sunegnô heôutou einai tên hamartada+ kai ou tou theou. kata men dê tên Kroisou te archên kai Iôniês tên prôtên katastrophên esche houtô.


    There are a total of 20 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 91 (general note)
    book 1, chapter 91, section 2: Loxias
    book 1, chapter 91, section 5 (general note)
    book 1, chapter 91, section 6: hupo

    Cross references from Aristotle, Rhetoric (ed. W. D. Ross):
    3, 5, 4

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

    Cross references from Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges:
    1082 [COMPARATIVE]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    366 [VI. Prädikatives Adjektiv in der Neutralform des Plurals statt des Singulars.]
    442 [5) Hupo, unter.]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    488 [Hôs in Verbindung mit dem Partizipe.]
    552 [B. Substantivsätze der Wirkung, eingeleitet durch hopôs, hôs (negativ hopôs, hôs mê)).]

    Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
    173 [Indicative.]

    Cross references from Sir Richard C. Jebb, Selections from the Attic Orators:
    Isaeus, 8, 32 [Peri tou Kirônos klêrou]

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