- 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-grc2:1.121.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-31
Pleased with the advice of the Magi, Astyages summons Cyrus and decides to send him back safely to his real parents in Persia.
ἀκούσας ταῦτα ὁ Ἀστυάγης ἐχάρη τε καὶ καλέσας τὸν Κῦρον ἔλεγέ οἱ τάδε. ὦ παῖ, σὲ γὰρ ἐγὼ διʼ ὄψιν ὀνείρου οὐ τελέην1 ἠδίκεον, τῇ σεωυτοῦ δὲ μοίρῃ περίεις· νῦν ὦν ἴθι χαίρων2 ἐς Πέρσας, πομποὺς δὲ ἐγὼ ἅμα πέμψω. ἐλθὼν δὲ ἐκεῖ πατέρα τε καὶ μητέρα εὑρήσεις οὐ κατὰ3 Μιτραδάτην τε τὸν βουκόλον καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ.
Having heard this, Astyages was pleased, and having called Cyrus, he said to him these words: “My child, for I did you wrong because of a dream vision that was not fulfilled, but by your own fate you survive. Go now, therefore, with a glad heart to Persia, and I will send escorts along with you. And when you arrive there, you will find a father and a mother who are not of the class of Mitradates the herdsman and his wife.”
- 1.121.1οὐ τελέην
Meaning "not fulfilled" or "incomplete." The adjective τέλειος (Ionic form τελέη) here indicates that the dream did not reach its full, original prophetic realization (or was fulfilled only in an incomplete/trivial manner, as the Magi suggested).
- 1.121.1ἴθι χαίρων
A combination of the imperative ἴθι (from εἶμι) and the participle χαίρων (from χαίρω). It is an idiomatic formula of farewell, meaning "go in peace" or "go with a glad heart."
- 1.121.1οὐ κατὰ
The preposition κατά with the accusative denotes standard or comparison; when negated by οὐ, it indicates that the object is "not of the same standard as" or "far superior to" the herdsman and his wife.