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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-grc2:4.167.1-4.167.3
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
Aryandes pities Pheretime and provides her with the entire Egyptian army and navy under appointed generals. After inquiring about Arcesilaus' murder and receiving a collective admission of guilt from the Barcaeans, he dispatches the forces under the pretext of revenge, though his true aim is the conquest of Libya.
τότε δὲ οὗτος ὁ Ἀρυάνδης κατοικτείρας Φερετίμην διδοῖ αὐτῇ στρατὸν τὸν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἅπαντα καὶ τὸν πεζὸν καὶ τὸν ναυτικόν· στρατηγὸν δὲ τοῦ μὲν πεζοῦ Ἄμασιν ἀπέδεξε ἄνδρα Μαράφιον, τοῦ δὲ ναυτικοῦ Βάδρην ἐόντα Πασαργάδην γένος.1
At that time this Aryandes took pity on Pheretime and gave her the entire force from Egypt, both the land army and the navy. He appointed Amasis, a man of the Maraphians, as general of the land army, and Badres, who was of the tribe of the Pasargadae, as general of the navy.
πρὶν δὲ ἢ ἀποστεῖλαι τὴν στρατιήν, ὁ Ἀρυάνδης πέμψας ἐς τὴν Βάρκην κήρυκα ἐπυνθάνετο τίς εἴη ὁ Ἀρκεσίλεων ἀποκτείνας.2 οἱ δὲ Βαρκαῖοι αὐτοὶ ὑπεδέκοντο πάντες· πολλά τε γὰρ καὶ κακὰ πάσχειν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.3 πυθόμενος δὲ ταῦτα ὁ Ἀρυάνδης οὕτω δὴ τὴν στρατιὴν ἀπέστειλε ἅμα τῇ Φερετίμῃ.
But before sending the army, Aryandes sent a herald to Barca to inquire who it was that had killed Arcesilaus. The Barcaeans themselves all took the responsibility upon themselves, saying that they had suffered many evils at his hands. When Aryandes learned this, he then finally dispatched the army together with Pheretime.
αὕτη μέν νυν αἰτίη πρόσχημα τοῦ στόλου ἐγίνετο, ἀπεπέμπετο δὲ ἡ στρατιή, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν,4 ἐπὶ Λιβύης καταστροφῇ. Λιβύων γὰρ δὴ ἔθνεα πολλὰ καὶ παντοῖα ἐστι, καὶ τὰ μὲν αὐτῶν ὀλίγα βασιλέος ἦν ὑπήκοα, τὰ δὲ πλέω ἐφρόντιζε Δαρείου οὐδέν.
Now this cause became the pretext for the expedition, but the army was sent, as it seems to me, for the subjugation of Libya. For indeed the tribes of the Libyans are many and of all kinds, and while a few of them were subjects of the King, the greater part cared nothing for Darius.
- 4.167.1γένος
The word γένος in the phrase ἐόντα Πασαργάδην γένος (being of the Pasargadae tribe by birth) is an accusative of respect (or specification), meaning "by birth" or "with respect to family."
- 4.167.2τίς εἴη ὁ Ἀρκεσίλεων ἀποκτείνας
εἴη is the optative of indirect discourse (oblique optative), replacing an indicative of the direct question because it is dependent on the past-tense main verb ἐπυνθάνετο (was inquiring).
- 4.167.2πολλά τε γὰρ καὶ κακὰ πάσχειν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ
The infinitive πάσχειν stands in indirect discourse dependent on the sense of statement implied by ὑπεδέκοντο (they admitted/undertook), explaining their stated reason (that they had suffered many evils at his hands).
- 4.167.3ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν
The infinitive δοκέειν is an "absolute infinitive" used parenthetically, a common idiomatic expression meaning "as it seems to me" or "in my opinion."
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-22)
- 2026-09-22 AI review — source 1