- 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-grc2:2.164.1-2.164.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
The text lists the seven classes of Egyptians and begins to explain that the warrior class, consisting of the Calasiries and Hermotybies, belongs to specific nomes.
ἔστι δὲ Αἰγυπτίων ἑπτὰ γένεα, καὶ τούτων οἳ μὲν ἱρέες οἳ δὲ1 μάχιμοι κεκλέαται,2 οἳ δὲ βουκόλοι οἳ δὲ συβῶται, οἳ δὲ κάπηλοι, οἳ δὲ ἑρμηνέες, οἳ δὲ κυβερνήται. γένεα μὲν Αἰγυπτίων τοσαῦτα ἐστί, οὐνόματα δέ σφι κέεται ἀπὸ τῶν τεχνέων.
There are seven classes of Egyptians, and of these some are called priests, some warriors, some cowherds, some swineherds, some tradesmen, some interpreters, and some pilots. There are this many classes of Egyptians, and their names are derived from their occupations.
οἱ δὲ μάχιμοι αὐτῶν καλέονται μὲν Καλασίριές τε καὶ Ἑρμοτύβιες, ἐκ νομῶν δὲ τῶνδε εἰσί· κατὰ γὰρ δὴ νομοὺς Αἴγυπτος ἅπασα διαραίρηται.3
The warriors among them are called Calasiries and Hermotybies, and they come from the following nomes; for all Egypt is divided into nomes.
- 2.164.1οἳ μὲν... οἳ δὲ...
An occurrence of the relative pronoun ὅς, ἥ, ὅ used as a demonstrative pronoun ('some... others...'). The subsequent instances of οἳ δὲ are in the same construction, sharing (by ellipsis) the verb κεκλέαται.
- 2.164.1κεκλέαται
Third-person plural perfect indicative passive of καλέω, an Ionic dialectal form for κέκληνται.
- 2.164.2διαραίρηται
Third-person singular perfect indicative passive of διαιρέω ('to divide'), showing the Ionic dialectal development (equivalent to Attic διῄρηται).