- 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-grc2:5.112.1-5.112.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
While the Ionian fleet defeats the Phoenicians at sea, the armies clash on land, where Onesilus and his shield-bearer work together to strike down Artybius and his horse.
ταῦτα εἶπε, καὶ μεταυτίκα συνέμισγε τὰ στρατόπεδα πεζῇ καὶ νηυσί. νηυσὶ μέν νυν Ἴωνες ἄκροι γενόμενοι ταύτην τὴν ἡμέρην ὑπερεβάλοντο τοὺς Φοίνικας, καὶ τούτων Σάμιοι ἠρίστευσαν· πεζῇ δέ, ὡς συνῆλθε τὰ στρατόπεδα, συμπεσόντα ἐμάχοντο.
He said these words, and immediately the armies clashed by land and by sea. Now, by sea, the Ionians, having proved themselves topmost on that day, overcame the Phoenicians, and among them the Samians distinguished themselves most. By land, when the armies came together, they clashed and fought.
κατὰ δὲ τοὺς στρατηγοὺς ἀμφοτέρους τάδε ἐγίνετο· ὡς προσεφέρετο πρὸς τὸν Ὀνήσιλον ὁ Ἀρτύβιος ἐπὶ τοῦ ἵππου κατήμενος, ὁ Ὀνήσιλος κατὰ τὰ συνεθήκατο1 τῷ ὑπασπιστῇ παίει προσφερόμενον αὐτὸν τὸν Ἀρτύβιον· ἐπιβαλόντος δὲ τοῦ ἵππου2 τοὺς πόδας ἐπὶ τὴν Ὀνησίλου ἀσπίδα, ἐνθαῦτα ὁ Κὰρ δρεπάνῳ πλήξας ἀπαράσσει τοῦ ἵππου τοὺς πόδας.
Meanwhile, at the position of both generals, the following happened: as Artybius rode against Onesilus sitting on his horse, Onesilus, according to what he had agreed upon with his shield-bearer, struck Artybius himself as he came on; and when the horse put its hooves upon Onesilus’ shield, thereupon the Karian struck with a sickle and sheared off the horse’s legs.
- 5.112.2κατὰ τὰ συνεθήκατο
Relative usage. In the Ionic dialect, τὰ here functions as the relative pronoun ἃ (or a relative pronoun with an implied antecedent ἐκεῖνα ἃ), meaning "according to what he had agreed upon."
- 5.112.2ἐπιβαλόντος δὲ τοῦ ἵππου
Genitive absolute construction. τοῦ ἵππου acts as the semantic subject and ἐπιβαλόντος (aorist active participle) acts as the participle, expressing time ("when the horse put...").