- Source
- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:1.101.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-30
Deioces unites and rules over only the Median nation, and the names of the six tribes constituting the Medes are listed.
Δηιόκης μέν νυν τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔθνος συνέστρεψε μοῦνον1 καὶ τοῦτον ἦρξε·2 ἔστι δὲ Μήδων τοσάδε γένεα, Βοῦσαι Παρητακηνοὶ Στρούχατες Ἀριζαντοὶ Βούδιοι Μάγοι. γένεα μὲν δὴ Μήδων ἐστὶ τοσάδε.
Thus Deioces united the Median nation alone and ruled over it. Now the tribes of the Medes are these: the Busae, the Paretaceni, the Struchates, the Arizanti, the Budii, and the Magi. These, then, are the tribes of the Medes.
- 1.101.1μοῦνον
An adjective used adverbially, meaning 'only' or 'alone', emphasizing that Deioces achieved the internal unification of the Median nation alone, without including other nations.
- 1.101.1τοῦτον ἦρξε
The verb ἦρξε (aorist active indicative of ἄρχω, 'to rule') usually governs the genitive, but here it takes the accusative τοῦτον. Furthermore, the masculine accusative singular τοῦτον is used instead of the neuter to agree with the neuter antecedent τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔθνος, which is an instance of 'agreement according to sense' (syntaxis ad sensum), treating the 'nation' as a body of people.