- Source
- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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- CTS URN
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:4.173.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
It is narrated how the Psylli perished after being buried in the sand by the south wind, and how the neighboring Nasamones came to possess their land.
Νασαμῶσι δὲ προσόμουροι εἰσὶ Ψύλλοι. οὗτοι ἐξαπολώλασι τρόπῳ τοιῷδε· ὁ νότος σφι1 πνέων ἄνεμος τὰ ἔλυτρα τῶν ὑδάτων ἐξηύηνε, ἡ δὲ χώρη σφι ἅπασα ἐντὸς ἐοῦσα τῆς Σύρτιος ἦν ἄνυδρος. οἳ δὲ βουλευσάμενοι κοινῷ λόγῳ ἐστρατεύοντο ἐπὶ τὸν νότον (λέγω δὲ ταῦτα τὰ λέγουσι2 Λίβυες), καὶ ἐπείτε ἐγίνοντο ἐν τῇ ψάμμῳ, πνεύσας ὁ νότος κατέχωσε σφέας. ἐξαπολομένων δὲ τούτων ἔχουσι τὴν χώρην οἱ Νασαμῶνες.
The Psylli border on the Nasamones. These people perished in the following manner: the south wind, blowing, dried up their water reservoirs, and their entire land, being within the Syrtis, was without water. So they, having consulted together by common consent, marched against the south wind (I only repeat what the Libyans say), and when they came to the sand, the south wind blew and buried them. Since they have perished, the Nasamones possess their land.
- 4.173.1σφι
The pronoun σφι is the third-person dative plural (shortened from σφίσι), functioning here as a dative of possession (or dative of disadvantage) modifying 'their (reservoirs)' and 'their (land).'
- 4.173.1τὰ λέγουσι
The relative pronoun τά is the Ionic form corresponding to the Attic ἅ (neuter plural accusative). Its antecedent is the preceding demonstrative ταῦτα, serving as the direct object of the verb λέγουσι.