- Source
- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
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- CTS URN
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:5.107.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
Histiaeus successfully deceives Darius, who permits him to depart for Ionia on the condition that he returns to Susa once his promises are fulfilled.
Ἱστιαῖος μὲν λέγων ταῦτα διέβαλλε,1 Δαρεῖος δὲ ἐπείθετο καί μιν ἀπίει, ἐντειλάμενος, ἐπεὰν τὰ ὑπέσχετό οἱ ἐπιτελέα ποιήσῃ,2 παραγίνεσθαί3 οἱ ὀπίσω ἐς τὰ Σοῦσα.
While Histiaeus was deceiving him by saying these things, Darius believed him and let him go, commanding him to return to him at Susa once he had accomplished what he had promised him.
- 5.107.1διέβαλλε
Imperfect of διαβάλλω, meaning 'to deceive' or 'to mislead'. The imperfect tense highlights the ongoing or attempted nature of the deception.
- 5.107.1ἐπεὰν ... ποιήσῃ
A conditional temporal clause introduced by ἐπεάν (meaning ἐπεὶ ἄν) followed by the aorist subjunctive ποιήσῃ, expressing a future-perfect action relative to the main clause ('once he should have accomplished').
- 5.107.1παραγίνεσθαί
Present infinitive functioning as an indirect command (object) dependent on the participle ἐντειλάμενος ('commanding him to return').