- 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-grc2:4.121.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
The Scythians advanced to meet Darius's army, sending their best cavalry as scouts, and sent their families in wagons along with most of their livestock ahead to the north.
ταῦτα οἱ Σκύθαι βουλευσάμενοι ὑπηντίαζον τὴν Δαρείου στρατιήν, προδρόμους1 ἀποστείλαντες τῶν ἱππέων τοὺς ἀρίστους. τὰς δὲ ἁμάξας ἐν τῇσι σφι διαιτᾶτο2 τὰ τέκνα καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες πάσας3 καὶ τὰ πρόβατα πάντα, πλὴν ὅσα σφι ἐς φορβὴν ἱκανὰ ἦν τοσαῦτα ὑπολιπόμενοι,4 τὰ ἄλλα ἅμα τῇσι ἁμάξῃσι προέπεμψαν, ἐντειλάμενοι αἰεὶ τὸ πρὸς βορέω ἐλαύνειν.
Having resolved on these things, the Scythians went to meet the army of Darius, after sending out the best of their cavalry as scouts. But as for the wagons, in which their children and their wives lived, and all their flocks, leaving behind only as many as were sufficient for their food, they sent the rest forward together with the wagons, commanding them always to drive towards the north.
- 4.121.1προδρόμους
Predicate accusative ("as scouts"), describing the state of the direct object τοὺς ἀρίστους (the best [men]) of the participle ἀποστείλαντες.
- 4.121.1διαιτᾶτο
The verb is singular, although the subjects are τὰ τέκνα (neuter plural) and αἱ γυναῖκες (feminine plural). This is either an instance of a neuter plural subject taking a singular verb, with the verb agreeing with the nearest subject τὰ τέκνα, or a constructio ad sensum.
- 4.121.1πάσας
πάσας (feminine plural accusative) agrees with the preceding object τὰς δὲ ἁμάξας (feminine plural accusative), not with the subject αἱ γυναῖκες (feminine plural nominative). Thus, it means "all the wagons," not "all the wives."
- 4.121.1πλὴν ὅσα σφι ἐς φορβὴν ἱκανὰ ἦν τοσαῦτα ὑπολιπόμενοι
τοσαῦτα (so many) is the correlative to the preceding relative ὅσα (as many as). The literal sense is "except leaving behind so many as were sufficient for their food," indicating they kept a portion of the livestock for food while sending the rest away.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — translation 1