- 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-grc2:1.201.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-02
After subduing Babylon, Cyrus desires to conquer the Massagetae, a great and warlike nation dwelling beyond the Araxes River.
ὡς δὲ τῷ Κύρῳ1 καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔθνος κατέργαστο, ἐπεθύμησε Μασσαγέτας ὑπʼ ἑωυτῷ ποιήσασθαι.2 τὸ δὲ ἔθνος τοῦτο καὶ μέγα λέγεται εἶναι καὶ ἄλκιμον, οἰκημένον δὲ πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς, πέρην τοῦ Ἀράξεω ποταμοῦ, ἀντίον δὲ Ἰσσηδόνων ἀνδρῶν. εἰσὶ δὲ οἵτινες3 καὶ Σκυθικὸν λέγουσι τοῦτο τὸ ἔθνος εἶναι.
When this nation also had been subdued by Cyrus, he desired to bring the Massagetae under his own dominion. This nation is said to be both great and warlike, dwelling towards the east and the rising of the sun, beyond the river Araxes, and opposite the Issedones. There are some who say that this nation is also Scythian.
- 1.201.1τῷ Κύρῳ
Dative of agent used with the pluperfect passive verb κατέργαστο.
- 1.201.1ὑπʼ ἑωυτῷ ποιήσασθαι
The middle infinitive of ποιέω with ὑπό and the dative reflexive pronoun, forming an idiomatic expression meaning 'to bring under one's own power' or 'to subject to oneself.'
- 1.201.1εἰσὶ δὲ οἵτινες
An idiomatic expression meaning 'there are some who...', equivalent to εἰσὶν οἵ, where the verb of existence εἰσί is followed by the relative pronoun οἵτινες.