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- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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After Cyrus's departure from Sardis, Pactyes initiated a Lydian revolt, gathered mercenaries from the coastal regions, and besieged Tabalus in the acropolis of Sardis.
ὡς δὲ ἀπήλασε ὁ Κῦρος ἐκ τῶν Σαρδίων, τοὺς Λυδοὺς ἀπέστησε1 ὁ Πακτύης ἀπό τε Ταβάλου καὶ Κύρου, καταβὰς δὲ ἐπὶ θάλασσαν, ἅτε τὸν χρυσὸν ἔχων2 πάντα τὸν ἐκ τῶν Σαρδίων, ἐπικούρους τε ἐμισθοῦτο καὶ τοὺς ἐπιθαλασσίους ἀνθρώπους ἔπειθε σὺν ἑωυτῷ στρατεύεσθαι. ἐλάσας δὲ ἐπὶ τὰς Σάρδις ἐπολιόρκεε Τάβαλον ἀπεργμένον3 ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλι.
As soon as Cyrus had marched away from Sardis, Pactyes made the Lydians revolt from Tabalus and Cyrus; and going down to the sea, since he had all the gold from Sardis, he began to hire mercenaries and persuaded the coastal inhabitants to join his campaign. Then, marching against Sardis, he besieged Tabalus, who was shut up in the acropolis.
- 1.154.1ἀπέστησε
The first aorist active 3rd person singular of ἀφίστημι, functioning transitively to mean "caused to revolt" or "alienated," which is distinguished from its intransitive use ("revolted," found in the second aorist forms like ἀπέστην).
- 1.154.1ἅτε τὸν χρυσὸν ἔχων
The participle ἔχων accompanied by ἅτε expresses an objective, actual reason or ground ("since," "inasmuch as"), presented as a matter of fact by the narrator.
- 1.154.1ἀπεργμένον
The perfect passive participle (masculine accusative singular) of ἀπείργω (Ionic ἀπέργω, "to shut up/exclude"), modifying the preceding Τάβαλον and expressing his state of being cooped up or besieged in the acropolis.