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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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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:2.153.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
Describes how Psammetichus, after gaining control of all Egypt, built the southern gateway for Hephaestus and a court for Apis in Memphis, detailing its architectural features.
κρατήσας δὲ Αἰγύπτου πάσης ὁ Ψαμμήτιχος ἐποίησε τῷ Ἡφαίστῳ προπύλαια ἐν Μέμφι τὰ πρὸς νότον ἄνεμον τετραμμένα, αὐλήν τε τῷ Ἄπι, ἐν τῇ τρέφεται ἐπεὰν φανῇ ὁ Ἆπις, οἰκοδόμησε ἐναντίον τῶν προπυλαίων, πᾶσάν τε περίστυλον ἐοῦσαν1 καὶ τύπων πλέην· ἀντὶ δὲ κιόνων ὑπεστᾶσι2 κολοσσοὶ δυωδεκαπήχεες τῇ αὐλῇ. ὁ δὲ Ἆπις κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλήνων γλῶσσαν ἐστὶ Ἔπαφος.
Having gained control of all Egypt, Psammetichus made for Hephaestus the propylaea in Memphis that face towards the south wind, and built for Apis, opposite the propylaea, a court in which Apis is kept whenever he appears; this court was entirely surrounded by colonnades and full of relief-carvings. Instead of pillars, colossi of twelve cubits support the court. Now Apis, in the language of the Greeks, is Epaphus.
- 2.153.1πᾶσάν τε περίστυλον ἐοῦσαν
The participle ἐοῦσαν (Ionic present participle active feminine accusative singular of εἰμί) modifies the preceding noun αὐλήν (in the accusative). It serves to describe the architectural characteristics of the court.
- 2.153.1ὑπεστᾶσι
The 3rd person plural perfect active form of the compound verb ὑφίστημι, here used intransitively to mean 'to stand under to support.' It takes the dative τῇ αὐλῇ, indicating that the colossi stand under and support the structure of the court in place of pillars.