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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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The other Ionians, except the Milesians, resist Harpagus but are defeated and submit, and the islanders also surrender out of fear, leading to the second subjugation of Ionia.
οὗτοὶ μέν νυν Ἰώνων μοῦνοι τὴν δουλοσύνην οὐκ ἀνεχόμενοι ἐξέλιπον τὰς πατρίδας· οἱ δʼ ἄλλοι Ἴωνες πλὴν Μιλησίων διὰ μάχης μὲν ἀπίκοντο Ἁρπάγῳ1 κατά περ οἱ ἐκλιπόντες, καὶ ἄνδρες ἐγένοντο ἀγαθοὶ περὶ τῆς ἑωυτοῦ ἕκαστος μαχόμενοι,2 ἑσσωθέντες δὲ καὶ ἁλόντες ἔμενον κατὰ χώρην ἕκαστοι καὶ τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ἐπετέλεον.
These, then, were the only ones of the Ionians who, not enduring slavery, abandoned their homelands; but the other Ionians, except the Milesians, did indeed come to battle with Harpagus, just like those who had abandoned their cities, and proved themselves brave men, each fighting for his own land; but being defeated and captured, they remained each in their own country and performed what was commanded of them.
Μιλήσιοι δέ, ὡς καὶ πρότερόν μοι ἔρηται,3 αὐτῷ Κύρῳ ὅρκιον ποιησάμενοι ἡσυχίην ἦγον. οὕτω δὴ τὸ δεύτερον Ἰωνίη ἐδεδούλωτο. ὡς δὲ τοὺς ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ Ἴωνας ἐχειρώσατο Ἅρπαγος, οἱ τὰς νήσους ἔχοντες Ἴωνες καταρρωδήσαντες ταῦτα σφέας αὐτοὺς ἔδοσαν Κύρῳ.
As for the Milesians, as I have also said before, they had made a treaty with Cyrus himself and kept quiet. Thus indeed was Ionia enslaved for the second time. And when Harpagus had subdued the Ionians on the mainland, the Ionians who inhabited the islands, becoming terrified of these things, gave themselves up to Cyrus.
- 1.169.1διὰ μάχης μὲν ἀπίκοντο Ἁρπάγῳ
The expression διὰ μάχης ἀπικέσθαι τινί is an idiom meaning "to come to blows with someone" or "to engage in battle with someone." The preposition διά with the genitive noun indicates entering into a state of conflict, while the dative Ἁρπάγῳ specifies the opponent.
- 1.169.1περὶ τῆς ἑωυτοῦ ἕκαστος μαχόμενοι
ἑωυτοῦ (Ionic for ἑαυτοῦ) is a feminine singular genitive, implying the feminine noun πατρίς (homeland) from the preceding πατρίδας. Additionally, the singular pronoun ἕκαστος is placed in partitive apposition with the plural participle μαχόμενοι (a construction known as partitive apposition).
- 1.169.2ἔρηται
This is the Ionic form corresponding to the Attic εἴρηται (third-person singular perfect passive indicative of λέγω or ἐρῶ), used impersonally to mean "it has been said."