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    Herodotus, The Histories

    Editions and translations: Greek | English (ed. A. D. Godley)
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    XCIII. thômata* de gê hê Ludiê es sungraphên ou mala echei, hoia te kai allê chôrê, parex tou ek tou Tmôlou katapheromenou* psêgmatos. [2] hen de ergon pollon megiston parechetai chôris tôn te Aiguptiôn ergôn kai tôn Babulôniôn: esti autothi Aluatteô tou Kroisou patros sêma*, tou hê krêpis men esti lithôn megalôn, to de allo sêma chôma gês. exergasanto de min hoi agoraioi anthrôpoi kai hoi cheirônaktes kai hai energazomenai paidiskai. [3] ouroi* de pente eontes eti kai es eme êsan epi tou sêmatos anô, kai sphi grammata enekekolapto ta hekastoi exergasanto, kai ephaineto metreomenon to tôn paidiskeôn ergon eon megiston. [4] tou gar dê Ludôn dêmou hai thugateres porneuontai* pasai, sullegousai sphisi phernas, es ho an sunoikêsôsi touto poieousai: ekdidousi de autai heôutas. [5] hê men dê periodos tou sêmatos eisi stadioi hex kai duo plethra, to de euros esti plethra tria kai deka. limnê de echetai tou sêmatos megalê, tên legousi Ludoi aeinaon einai: kaleetai de hautê Gugaiê*. touto men dê toiouto esti.


    There are a total of 17 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 93 (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):
    163 [Neuionische Mundart.)]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    369 [IX. Attraktionsartige Kongruenzformen.]
    418 [Fortsetzung.]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    518 [Te als Adverb in der epischen Sprache.]

    Cross references from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
    2, 865 [Book 2 (B)]

    Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
    gygaeus-lacus [Gygaeus Lacus]

    Cross references from Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek:
    6, 5, 124 [Agreement of copula with predicate.]
    7, 8, 152 [autos heauton.]

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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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