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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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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-06
This chunk describes the third and cheapest method of embalming, used for the poor, which involves purging the belly with radish-juice, salting for seventy days, and returning the body.
ἡ δὲ τρίτη ταρίχευσις ἐστὶ ἥδε, ἣ τοὺς χρήμασι1 ἀσθενεστέρους σκευάζει· συρμαίῃ διηθήσαντες τὴν κοιλίην ταριχεύουσι τὰς ἑβδομήκοντα ἡμέρας καὶ ἔπειτα ἀπʼ ὦν ἔδωκαν2 ἀποφέρεσθαι.3
The third method of embalming is this, which prepares those who are poorer in means: having purged the cavity with radish-juice, they salt it for seventy days and then give it back to be carried away.
- 2.88.1χρήμασι
Dative of respect ("with respect to means/wealth"), modifying the comparative ἀσθενεστέρους ("weaker", meaning poorer).
- 2.88.1ἀπʼ ὦν ἔδωκαν
An example of tmesis, where the Ionic particle ὦν (equivalent to Attic οὖν) is inserted between the preposition ἀπό and the verb ἔδωκαν (3rd person plural aorist of ἀποδίδωμι, "to give back").
- 2.88.1ἀποφέρεσθαι
An infinitive of purpose used with ἀπέδωκαν. It can be interpreted as middle ("to carry away for themselves") or passive ("to be carried away"), indicating that the relatives take the body back.