- 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-grc2:3.70.1-3.70.3
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
Otanes reveals the truth to Aspathines and Gobryas, and they agree to each recruit their most trusted Persian ally, forming a league of six. Darius then arrives from Persia and is also admitted into the conspiracy.
ὁ δὲ Ὀτάνης παραλαβὼν Ἀσπαθίνην καὶ Γοβρύην, Περσέων τε πρώτους ἐόντας καὶ ἑωυτῷ ἐπιτηδεοτάτους ἐς πίστιν, ἀπηγήσατο πᾶν τὸ πρῆγμα· οἳ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἄρα ὑπώπτευον οὕτω τοῦτο ἔχειν, ἀνενείκαντος1 δὲ τοῦ Ὀτάνεω τοὺς λόγους ἐδέξαντο, καὶ ἔδοξέ σφι ἕκαστον ἄνδρα Περσέων προσεταιρίσασθαι2 τοῦτον ὅτεῳ πιστεύει μάλιστα. Ὀτάνης μέν νυν ἐσάγεται Ἰνταφρένεα, Γοβρύης δὲ Μεγάβυζον, Ἀσπαθίνης δὲ Ὑδάρνεα.
Otanes, taking with him Aspathines and Gobryas, who were foremost among the Persians and most trustworthy to him, related the whole matter to them. And they themselves also suspected that this was indeed the case, and when Otanes brought forward the proposal, they accepted it, and they resolved that each man of them should associate with himself whichever Persian he trusted most. Otanes then brought in Intaphernes, Gobryas brought in Megabyzus, and Aspathines brought in Hydarnes.
γεγονότων δὲ τούτων ἓξ3 παραγίνεται ἐς τὰ Σοῦσα Δαρεῖος ὁ Ὑστάσπεος ἐκ Περσέων ἥκων· τούτων γὰρ δὴ ἦν οἱ ὁ πατὴρ ὕπαρχος. ἐπεὶ ὦν οὗτος ἀπίκετο, τοῖσι ἓξ τῶν Περσέων ἔδοξε καὶ Δαρεῖον προσεταιρίσασθαι.
When these had become six, Darius the son of Hystaspes arrived at Susa, coming from Persia; for his father was governor of that country. When he had arrived, therefore, the six Persians resolved to associate Darius also with themselves.
- 3.70.1ἀνενείκαντος
Genitive singular of the active aorist participle of the compound verb ἀναφέρω, forming a genitive absolute construction with τοῦ Ὀτάνεω. While ἀναφέρω often means 'to carry up', here it is used in the sense of 'to bring forward, disclose' (a matter or proposal).
- 3.70.2προσεταιρίσασθαι
Aorist middle infinitive serving as the subject of the impersonal verb ἔδοξε ('it seemed good to them', 'they resolved'). Its subject accusative is ἕκαστον ἄνδρα, and its object is the demonstrative pronoun τοῦτον, which is modified by the relative clause ὅτεῳ πιστεύει μάλιστα.
- 3.70.3γεγονότων δὲ τούτων ἓξ
A genitive absolute construction consisting of the perfect active participle γεγονότων (from γίνομαι), the pronoun τούτων acting as the subject ('these [men]'), and the numeral ἓξ as the predicate ('having become six').