- Source
- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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- CTS URN
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:1.40.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-28
Croesus admits that his son's argument is reasonable, changes his mind, and permits him to go to the hunt.
ἀμείβεται Κροῖσος ὦ παῖ, ἔστι τῇ1 με νικᾷς γνώμην ἀποφαίνων περὶ τοῦ ἐνυπνίου. ὡς ὦν νενικημένος ὑπὸ σέο2 μεταγινώσκω, μετίημί τε σὲ ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἄγρην.
Croesus answered: “My child, there is a point in which you defeat me, by expressing your opinion about the dream. Since, therefore, I have been defeated by you, I change my mind, and I let you go to the hunt.”
- 1.40.1ἔστι τῇ
An expression using the relative adverb τῇ (equivalent to Attic ᾗ) to mean "there is a point in which...". Here, it indicates the "point" that the son defeats the father (με νικᾷς) by expressing his opinion (γνώμην ἀποφαίνων) about the dream.
- 1.40.1σέο
The Ionic dialect form of σοῦ, the genitive of the second-person singular pronoun. Used with the preposition ὑπό, it indicates the agent (by you) of the perfect passive participle νενικημένος (having been defeated).