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§5.116.1

Re-enslavement of Cyprus and Persian Counteroffensive

This section records how the Cyprians were again enslaved after a year of freedom, and how the Persian generals, sons-in-law of Darius, defeated the Ionians and began dividing and plundering the cities.

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§5.116.1

Κύπριοι μὲν δὴ ἐνιαυτὸν1 ἐλεύθεροι γενόμενοι αὖτις ἐκ νέης κατεδεδούλωντο. Δαυρίσης δὲ ἔχων2 Δαρείου θυγατέρα καὶ Ὑμαίης τε καὶ Ὀτάνης ἄλλοι Πέρσαι στρατηγοί, ἔχοντες καὶ οὗτοι Δαρείου θυγατέρας, ἐπιδιώξαντες τοὺς ἐς Σάρδις στρατευσαμένους Ἰώνων καὶ ἐσαράξαντες3 σφέας ἐς τὰς νέας, τῇ μάχῃ ὡς ἐπεκράτησαν, τὸ ἐνθεῦτεν4 ἐπιδιελόμενοι τὰς πόλις ἐπόρθεον.

​The Cyprians, then, having been free for a year, were once again reduced to servitude. Meanwhile, Daurises, who was married to a daughter of Darius, and Hymaees and Otanes, other Persian generals who were also married to daughters of Darius, pursued those of the Ionians who had marched against Sardis, and having driven them back into their ships, after they had prevailed in the battle, from then on divided the cities among themselves and began to lay them waste.

Syntax notes4 items
  1. 5.116.1ἐνιαυτὸν

    An accusative of duration of time, meaning 'for a year'.

  2. 5.116.1ἔχων

    Present participle, used here in the sense of 'having as a wife' or 'being married to'. The subsequent plural form ἔχοντες is used in the same way.

  3. 5.116.1ἐσαράξαντες

    Aorist active participle of the verb ἐσαράσσω (Attic εἰσαράσσω, 'to dash in, drive headlong into'), describing the urgent action of driving the defeated enemies back into their ships.

  4. 5.116.1τὸ ἐνθεῦτεν

    The Ionic dialectal form of τὸ ἐντεῦθεν, used adverbially to mean 'thereafter' or 'from then on'.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25)urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:5.116.1