- Source
- 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-grc2:5.110.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
Following the Ionians' reply, the Persian army reaches the plain of Salamis, and the kings of Cyprus array their forces, with Onesilus volunteering to face the Persian general Artybius.
Ἴωνες μὲν τούτοισι ἀμείψαντο· μετὰ δε ἡκόντων ἐς τὸ πεδίον τὸ Σαλαμινίων τῶν Περσέων,1 διέτασσον οἱ βασιλέες τῶν Κυπρίων, τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους Κυπρίους κατὰ τοὺς ἄλλους στρατιώτας ἀντιτάσσοντες, Σαλαμινίων δὲ2 καὶ Σολίων ἀπολέξαντες τὸ ἄριστον ἀντέτασσον Πέρσῃσι· Ἀρτυβίῳ δὲ τῷ στρατηγῷ τῶν Περσέων ἐθελοντὴς3 ἀντετάσσετο Ὀνήσιλος.
The Ionians gave this answer. After this, when the Persians had come into the plain of the Salaminians, the kings of Cyprus marshalled their forces, posturing the other Cypriots against the other soldiers of the enemy, but selecting the best of the Salaminians and Solians, they arrayed them against the Persians. Against Artybius, the general of the Persians, Onesilus arrayed himself by his own choice.
- 5.110.1ἡκόντων ... τῶν Περσέων
A genitive absolute construction. The present participle ἡκόντων (from ἥκω) and the noun phrase τῶν Περσέων agree in the genitive case, indicating a temporal circumstance ('when the Persians had come') prior to or concurrent with the main action, with a subject distinct from that of the main clause (οἱ βασιλέες).
- 5.110.1μετὰ δὲ
Here, μετὰ is used adverbially rather than as a preposition, meaning 'afterward' or 'after this.' The connective particle δέ is placed after it as the second word in the clause.
- 5.110.1ἐθελοντής
A nominative noun used predicatively with the subject Ὀνήσιλος, functioning adverbially to mean 'willingly' or 'of his own free will.'