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- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
Following the conquest of the Paeonians, Megabazus sends Persian envoys to Amyntas in Macedonia, and the short route from Lake Prasias to Macedonia via a rich mine is described.
παιόνων μὲν δὴ οἱ χειρωθέντες ἤγοντο ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην. Μεγάβαζος δὲ ὡς ἐχειρώσατο τοὺς Παίονας, πέμπει ἀγγέλους ἐς Μακεδονίην ἄνδρας ἑπτὰ Πέρσας, οἳ μετʼ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον ἦσαν δοκιμώτατοι ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ· ἐπέμποντο δὲ οὗτοι παρὰ Ἀμύντην αἰτήσοντες1 γῆν τε καὶ ὕδωρ Δαρείῳ βασιλέι.
Thus, those of the Paeonians who had been conquered were led away into Asia. And when Megabazus had conquered the Paeonians, he sent as messengers to Macedonia seven Persian men, who after himself were the most highly esteemed in the army. These were sent to Amyntas to demand earth and water for King Darius.
ἔστι δὲ ἐκ τῆς Πρασιάδος λίμνης σύντομος κάρτα ἐς τὴν Μακεδονίην· πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἔχεται2 τῆς λίμνης τὸ μέταλλον ἐξ οὗ ὕστερον τούτων3 τάλαντον ἀργυρίου Ἀλεξάνδρῳ ἡμέρης ἑκάστης ἐφοίτα, μετὰ δὲ τὸ μέταλλον Δύσωρον καλεόμενον ὄρος ὑπερβάντα4 εἶναι ἐν Μακεδονίῃ.
Now, there is a very short route from Lake Prasias into Macedonia. For first, bordering on the lake is the mine, from which at a later time than these events a talent of silver came in every day to Alexander; and after the mine, for one who has crossed the mountain called Dysorum, one is in Macedonia.
- 5.17.1αἰτήσοντες
Future active participle, expressing the purpose of the main verb ἐπέμποντο ('in order to demand').
- 5.17.2ἔχεται
Middle voice of ἔχω, which takes the genitive (τῆς λίμνης) to mean 'to border on' or 'be close to'.
- 5.17.2ὕστερον τούτων
The comparative adverb ὕστερον ('later') is construed with the genitive of comparison τούτων ('these things'), meaning 'at a time later than these events'.
- 5.17.2ὑπερβάντα
An aorist active participle in the accusative singular masculine. It functions as the indefinite subject of the infinitive εἶναι ('for one who has crossed' or 'after crossing'), representing a general traveler.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
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