- 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-grc2:2.58.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-05
The author explains, with chronological evidence, that the Egyptians were the first to establish festivals, processions, and assemblies, and that the Greeks learned these practices from them.
πανηγύρις1 δὲ ἄρα καὶ πομπὰς καὶ προσαγωγὰς πρῶτοι ἀνθρώπων Αἰγύπτιοι εἰσὶ οἱ ποιησάμενοι, καὶ παρὰ τούτων Ἕλληνες μεμαθήκασι. τεκμήριον δέ μοι τούτου τόδε· αἱ μὲν2 γὰρ φαίνονται ἐκ πολλοῦ τευ χρόνου ποιεύμεναι,3 αἱ δὲ Ἑλληνικαὶ νεωστὶ ἐποιήθησαν.
Indeed, the Egyptians are the first of men to have established solemn assemblies, processions, and services of approach, and the Greeks have learned these from them. And for me, this is the proof of it: for the former are clearly celebrated from a long time ago, whereas the Greek ones were established but recently.
- 2.58.1πανηγύρις
Accusative plural, standing in coordination with πομπὰς and προσαγωγὰς. In the Ionic dialect, the accusative plural of -is stem nouns can take the ending -ις in addition to -ιας.
- 2.58.1αἱ μὲν
The feminine plural nominative article, serving as the first part of the contrast αἱ μὲν ... αἱ δὲ Ἑλληνικαὶ. In this context, it refers back to the feminine nouns πανηγύρις, πομπὰς, and προσαγωγὰς (specifically those of the Egyptians).
- 2.58.1φαίνονται ... ποιεύμεναι
The verb φαίνομαι here takes the participle ποιεύμεναι (present middle-passive participle, feminine plural, Ionic form). While φαίνομαι with an infinitive means "seems to do" (but perhaps does not), with a participle it means "is clearly doing/manifestly done."