- 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-grc2:4.174.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
Describes the Garamantes living in the beast-infested inland south of the Nasamones, highlighting their avoidance of other humans and lack of weapons.
τούτων δὲ κατύπερθε1 πρὸς νότον ἄνεμον ἐν τῇ θηριώδεϊ οἰκέουσι Γαράμαντες, οἳ πάντα ἄνθρωπον φεύγουσι καὶ παντὸς ὁμιλίην, καὶ οὔτε ὅπλον ἐκτέαται2 ἀρήιον οὐδὲν οὔτε ἀμύνεσθαι ἐπιστέαται.3
Above these to the south, in the land of wild beasts, dwell the Garamantes, who avoid all men and association with anyone; they possess no weapon of war, nor do they know how to defend themselves.
- 4.174.1τούτων δὲ κατύπερθε
The demonstrative pronoun τούτων refers to the Nasamones, who occupied the land of the Psylli in the preceding section. The adverb κατύπερθε ('above') is used by Herodotus to denote the 'inland' region, away from the coast.
- 4.174.1ἐκτέαται
Ionic 3rd person plural perfect middle/passive of the verb κτάομαι, corresponding to Attic κέκτηνται. It functions as a present tense meaning 'possess' or 'own'.
- 4.174.1ἐπιστέαται
Ionic 3rd person plural present middle/passive of the verb ἐπίσταμαι, corresponding to Attic ἐπίστανται.