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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-grc2:3.96.1-3.96.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
Describes the geographic sources of the tribute paid to Darius and explains the king's method of melting and storing the metal in earthenware jars, cutting off portions as needed.
οὗτος Δαρείῳ προσήιε φόρος ἀπὸ τῆς τε Ἀσίης καὶ τῆς Λιβύης ὀλιγαχόθεν.1 προϊόντος μέντοι τοῦ χρόνου καὶ ἀπὸ νήσων προσήιε ἄλλος φόρος καὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ μέχρι Θεσσαλίης οἰκημένων.2
This tribute came in to Darius from Asia and a small part of Libya. However, as time went on, other tribute also came in both from the islands and from those who dwelt in Europe as far as Thessaly.
τοῦτον τὸν φόρον θησαυρίζει βασιλεὺς τρόπῳ τοιῷδε· ἐς πίθους κεραμίνους τήξας καταχέει, πλήσας δὲ τὸ ἄγγος περιαιρέει τὸν κέραμον· ἐπεὰν δὲ δεηθῇ χρημάτων, κατακόπτει τοσοῦτο ὅσου ἂν ἑκάστοτε δέηται.3
The king stores this tribute in the following manner: he melts it down and pours it into earthenware jars, and when he has filled the vessel, he takes away the earthenware; and whenever he has need of money, he cuts off as much as he needs on each occasion.
- 3.96.1ὀλιγαχόθεν
An adverb meaning "from few places." Here it modifies the entire prepositional phrase ἀπὸ τῆς τε Ἀσίης καὶ τῆς Λιβύης, indicating that the territory then subject to Darius was limited to parts of Asia and Libya, rather than their entirety.
- 3.96.1τῶν ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ μέχρι Θεσσαλίης οἰκημένων
A substantive use of the participle οἰκημένων (perfect middle/passive participle genitive plural of οἰκέω, "to dwell"). It stands in parallel with ἀπὸ νήσων in the preceding clause and is governed by the same preposition ἀπό (i.e., ἀπὸ τῶν ... οἰκημένων).
- 3.96.2ὅσου ἂν ἑκάστοτε δέηται
The relative pronoun ὅσου refers back to the antecedent τοσοῦτο (accusative). The pronoun is in the genitive case as required by the verb δέηται (subjunctive of δέομαι, "to need") within the relative clause.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (2, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 2