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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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Because Pisistratus had intercourse with Megacles' daughter in an unnatural way, an angered Megacles reconciled with his rivals and expelled him again; Pisistratus and his sons then gathered external support to prepare for their return.
ἀπολαβὼν δὲ τὴν τυραννίδα τρόπῳ τῷ εἰρημένῳ ὁ Πεισίστρατος κατὰ τὴν ὁμολογίην τὴν πρὸς Μεγακλέα γενομένην γαμέει τοῦ Μεγακλέος τὴν θυγατέρα. οἷα δὲ παίδων τέ οἱ ὑπαρχόντων1 νεηνιέων καὶ λεγομένων ἐναγέων εἶναι τῶν Ἀλκμεωνιδέων, οὐ βουλόμενός οἱ γενέσθαι ἐκ τῆς νεογάμου γυναικὸς τέκνα ἐμίσγετό οἱ οὐ κατὰ νόμον.
Having recovered the tyranny in the manner described, Pisistratus, in accordance with the agreement made with Megacles, married the daughter of Megacles. But since he already had young sons, and the Alcmaeonids were said to be under a curse, he did not wish to have children by his newly married wife, and had intercourse with her in an unnatural way.
τὰ μέν νυν πρῶτα ἔκρυπτε ταῦτα ἡ γυνή, μετὰ δὲ εἴτε ἱστορεύσῃ εἴτε καὶ οὒ φράζει τῇ ἑωυτῆς μητρί, ἣ δὲ τῷ ἀνδρί. ὀργῇ δὲ ὡς εἶχε2 καταλλάσσετο τὴν ἔχθρην τοῖσι στασιώτῃσι. μαθὼν δὲ ὁ Πεισίστρατος τὰ ποιεύμενα ἐπʼ ἑωυτῷ ἀπαλλάσσετο ἐκ τῆς χώρης τὸ παράπαν, ἀπικόμενος δὲ ἐς Ἐρέτριαν ἐβουλεύετο ἅμα τοῖσι παισί.
At first the wife kept this secret, but later, whether she was questioned or not, she told her mother, and she in turn told her husband. And Megacles, in his rage, reconciled his enmity with his political rivals. When Pisistratus learned of what was being done against him, he departed entirely from the country; and having arrived at Eretria, he held counsel together with his sons.
Ἱππίεω δὲ γνώμῃ νικήσαντος ἀνακτᾶσθαι ὀπίσω τὴν τυραννίδα, ἐνθαῦτα ἤγειρον δωτίνας ἐκ τῶν πολίων αἵτινές σφι προαιδέοντό κού τι. πολλῶν δὲ μεγάλα παρασχόντων χρήματα, Θηβαῖοι ὑπερεβάλοντο τῇ δόσι τῶν χρημάτων.
When the opinion of Hippias prevailed, namely that they should win back the tyranny, they thereupon collected contributions from those cities which were under some prior obligation to them. Many contributed large sums of money, but the Thebans surpassed them all in the giving of money.
μετὰ δέ, οὐ πολλῷ λόγῳ εἰπεῖν,3 χρόνος διέφυ καὶ πάντα σφι ἐξήρτυτο ἐς τὴν κάτοδον· καὶ γὰρ Ἀργεῖοι μισθωτοὶ ἀπίκοντο ἐκ Πελοποννήσου, καὶ Νάξιός σφι ἀνὴρ ἀπιγμένος ἐθελοντής, τῷ οὔνομα ἦν Λύγδαμις, προθυμίην πλείστην παρείχετο, κομίσας καὶ χρήματα καὶ ἄνδρας.
Afterward, to speak briefly, time passed, and everything was prepared for their return; for indeed Argive mercenaries arrived from the Peloponnese, and a man of Naxos named Lygdamis, who had come of his own free will, showed the greatest zeal, bringing both money and men.
- 1.61.1οἷα δὲ παίδων τέ οἱ ὑπαρχόντων
The particle οἷα (equivalent to ἅτε), expressing an objective reason, governs the genitive absolute construction (παίδων ... ὑπαρχόντων). The subsequent phrase καὶ λεγομένων ... is also coordinated under this construction.
- 1.61.2ὡς εἶχε
An idiomatic expression consisting of the adverb ὡς and the past tense of ἔχω in its intransitive sense ('to be in a certain state'), meaning 'just as it was' or 'immediately'. Here it modifies ὀργῇ (dative of manner) to mean 'in the state of rage as he was'.
- 1.61.4οὐ πολλῷ λόγῳ εἰπεῖν
An absolute use of the infinitive εἰπεῖν, forming a parenthetical clause meaning 'to speak briefly' or 'in short'. οὐ πολλῷ λόγῳ is a dative of means or manner.