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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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Describes the territory of the Giligamae, the locations of Platea island and Aziris within this region, and the geographic distribution of the silphium plant.
τούτων δὲ ἔχονται1 Γιλιγάμαι, νεμόμενοι τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρην χώρην2 μέχρι Ἀφροδισιάδος νήσου. ἐν δὲ τῷ μεταξὺ τούτου χώρῳ ἥ τε Πλατέα νῆσος ἐπικέεται, τὴν ἔκτισαν οἱ Κυρηναῖοι, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ Μενέλαος λιμήν ἐστι καὶ Ἄζιρις, τὴν οἱ Κυρηναῖοι οἴκεον,3 καὶ τὸ σίλφιον ἄρχεται ἀπὸ τούτου·
Bordering on these are the Giligamae, who occupy the country toward the west as far as the island of Aphrodisias. In the space between this, the island of Platea lies off the coast, which the Cyrenaeans founded, and on the mainland are the harbor of Menelaus and Aziris, which the Cyrenaeans used to inhabit, and the silphium starts from this point.
παρήκει δὲ ἀπὸ Πλατέης νήσου μέχρι τοῦ στόματος τῆς Σύρτιος τὸ σίλφιον. νόμοισι δὲ χρέωνται οὗτοι παραπλησίοισι τοῖσι ἑτέροισι.
The silphium extends from the island of Platea as far as the mouth of the Syrtis. These people practice customs similar to those of the others.
- 4.169.1τούτων δὲ ἔχονται
The middle voice verb ἔχομαι takes the genitive (τούτων) in the sense of 'bordering on' or 'being next to'. Here it indicates geographical adjacency to the Adyrmachidae mentioned in the previous chapter.
- 4.169.1τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρην χώρην
An accusative expression modifying χώρην ('land/country'). The article τὸ combined with the prepositional phrase πρὸς ἑσπέρην ('toward the west') defines the direction and region, acting as the object of the participle νεμόμενοι.
- 4.169.1τὴν οἱ Κυρηναῖοι οἴκεον
The feminine accusative singular relative pronoun τὴν refers back to the preceding feminine noun Ἄζιris. The verb οἴκεον is the Ionic unaugmented imperfect (equivalent to Attic ᾤκουν), expressing their past continued habitation there.
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