- 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-grc2:5.43.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
Dorieus is advised by Antichares of Eleon to found Heraclea in Sicily, and after receiving a favorable oracle from Delphi, he sets out for Italy with the same expeditionary force he had previously led to Libya.
ἐνθαῦτα δέ οἱ Ἀντιχάρης ἀνὴρ Ἐλεώνιος συνεβούλευσε ἐκ τῶν Λαΐου χρησμῶν Ἡρακλείην τὴν ἐν Σικελίῃ κτίζειν, φὰς τὴν Ἔρυκος χώρην πᾶσαν εἶναι Ἡρακλειδέων αὐτοῦ Ἡρακλέος κτησαμένου.1 ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας ταῦτα ἐς Δελφοὺς οἴχετο χρησόμενος τῷ χρηστηρίῳ, εἰ αἱρέει ἐπʼ ἣν στέλλεται χώρην·2 ἡ δὲ Πυθίη οἱ χρᾷ αἱρήσειν. παραλαβὼν δὲ Δωριεὺς τὸν στόλον τὸν καὶ ἐς Λιβύην ἦγε,3 ἐκομίζετο παρὰ τὴν Ἰταλίην.
There, Antichares, a man of Eleon, advised him on the basis of the oracles of Laius to found Heraclea in Sicily, saying that all the land of Eryx belonged to the Heraclidae, since Heracles himself had acquired it. Having heard this, Dorieus went to Delphi to consult the oracle as to whether he would capture the land to which he was setting out; and the Pythia prophesied to him that he would capture it. Then Dorieus, taking with him the expeditionary force which he had also led to Libya, coasted along Italy.
- 5.43.1αὐτοῦ Ἡρακλέος κτησαμένου
Genitive absolute construction, explaining the ground or reason for the claim that the entire land of Eryx belonged to the Heraclidae (φὰς... εἶναι Ἡρακλειδέων).
- 5.43.1εἰ αἱρέει ἐπʼ ἣν στέλλεται χώρην
The conjunction εἰ introduces an indirect question ('whether'). The verb αἱρέει is a present indicative (Ionic uncontracted form) used with a future force (futuristic present). The noun χώρην is the antecedent attracted into the relative clause ἐπʼ ἣν στέλλεται.
- 5.43.1τὸν καὶ ἐς Λιβύην ἦγε
The article τὸν functions as a relative pronoun (a characteristic feature of the Ionic dialect in Herodotus) modifying τὸν στόλον. The adverbial καί means 'also' or 'previously', indicating continuity with his previous expedition.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1