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    Herodotus, The Histories

    Editions and translations: Greek | English (ed. A. D. Godley)
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    CLIX. epi men nun Battou te tou oikisteô* tês zoês, arxantos epi tesserakonta etea, kai tou paidos autou Arkesileô arxantos hekkaideka etea, oikeon hoi Kurênaioi eontes tosoutoi* hosoi archên es tên apoikiên estalêsan. [2] epi de tou tritou, Battou tou eudaimonos kaleomenou, Hellênas pantas hôrmêse chrêsasa hê Puthiê pleein sunoikêsontas Kurênaioisi Libuên: epekaleonto gar hoi Kurênaioi epi gês anadasmôi: [3] echrêse de hôde echonta.

    hos de ken es Libuên poluêraton husteron elthêi
    gas anadaiomenas*, meta hoi poka phami melêsein.
    [4] sullechthentos de homilou pollou es tên Kurênên, peritamnomenoi gên pollên hoi perioikoi Libues kai ho basileus hautôn tôi ounoma ên Adikran, hoia tês te chôrês steriskomenoi kai periubrizomenoi hupo tôn Kurênaiôn, pempsantes es Aigupton edosan spheas autous Apriêi* tôi Aiguptou basilei. [5] ho de sullexas straton Aiguptiôn pollon epempse epi tên Kurênên. hoi de Kurênaioi ekstrateusamenoi es Irasa chôron kai epi krênên Thestên sunebalon te toisi Aiguptioisi kai enikêsan têi sumbolêi. [6] hate gar ou pepeirêmenoi proteron hoi Aiguptioi Hellênôn kai parachreômenoi diephtharêsan houtô hôste oligoi tines autôn apenostêsan es Aigupton. anti toutôn Aiguptioi kai tauta epimemphomenoi Apriêi apestêsan ap' autou.


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    Further comments from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
    book 4 (general note)
    book 4, chapter 159 (general note)
    book 4, chapter 159 (general note)
    book 4, chapter 159, section 2: gês anadasmos

    Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
    arcesilaus [Arcesilāus]
    perioeci [Perioeci]

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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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