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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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The specific names of the leaders and tyrants from the Hellespont, Ionia, and Aeolis who were held in high esteem by King Darius are listed.
ἦσαν δὲ οὗτοι οἱ διαφέροντές τε τὴν ψῆφον1 καὶ ἐόντες λόγου πρὸς βασιλέος,2 Ἑλλησποντίων μὲν τύραννοι Δάφνις τε Ἀβυδηνὸς καὶ Ἵπποκλος Λαμψακηνὸς καὶ Ἡρόφαντος Παριηνὸς καὶ Μητρόδωρος Προκοννήσιος καὶ Ἀρισταγόρης Κυζικηνὸς καὶ Ἀρίστων Βυζάντιος.
These were the ones who gave their vote and were held in estimation by the King: of the tyrants of the Hellespont, Daphnis of Abydos, Hippoclus of Lampsacus, Herophantus of Parium, Metrodorus of Proconnesus, Aristagoras of Cyzicus, and Ariston of Byzantium.
οὗτοι μὲν ἦσαν οἱ ἐξ Ἑλλησπόντου, ἀπʼ Ἰωνίης δὲ Στράττις τε Χῖος καὶ Αἰάκης Σάμιος καὶ Λαοδάμας Φωκαιεὺς καὶ Ἱστιαῖος Μιλήσιος, τοῦ ἦν γνώμη3 ἡ προκειμένη ἐναντίη τῇ Μιλτιάδεω. Αἰολέων δὲ παρῆν λόγιμος μοῦνος Ἀρισταγόρης, Κυμαῖος.
These were those from the Hellespont; and from Ionia, Strattis of Chios, Aeaces of Samos, Laodamas of Phocaea, and Histiaeus of Miletus, whose opinion was the one proposed in opposition to that of Miltiades. And of the Aeolians, the only man of note present was Aristagoras of Cyme.
- 4.138.1διαφέροντες τὴν ψῆφον
Literally "giving the vote" or "carrying the vote". This does not imply a formal voting process with physical ballots, but rather that they declared their opinions and played a decisive role in the decision-making process.
- 4.138.1λόγου πρὸς βασιλέος
With the participle ἐόντες (equivalent to ὄντες), meaning "held in estimation by the King" or "of account to the King". λόγου is a genitive of value or esteem, and πρός with the genitive indicates the source of estimation ("from the side of the King").
- 4.138.2τοῦ ἦν γνώμη
The relative pronoun τοῦ is the genitive of the masculine relative pronoun ὅς, referring back to Ἱστιαῖος as a possessive genitive ("whose opinion was..."), introducing a non-restrictive relative clause.