- 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-grc2:5.92.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
The majority of the allies reject the Spartan proposal and remain silent, but Socles of Corinth stands up to speak.
οἳ μὲν1 ταῦτα ἔλεγον, τῶν δὲ συμμάχων τὸ πλῆθος οὐκ ἐνεδέκετο2 τοὺς λόγους. οἱ μέν νυν ἄλλοι ἡσυχίην ἦγον, Κορίνθιος δὲ Σωκλέης ἔλεξε τάδε.
Thus they spoke, but the majority of the allies did not accept their words. Now the others kept silence, but Socles of Corinth spoke as follows.
- 5.92.1οἳ μὲν
An archaic use of the relative pronoun as a demonstrative pronoun in the nominative, referring here to the Spartans who made the proposal in the previous section. It stands in contrast with the following τῶν δὲ (συμμάχων).
- 5.92.1οὐκ ἐνεδέκετο
Imperfect indicative of the verb ἐνδέχομαι (to accept, admit). The subject is the collective singular noun τὸ πλῆθος (the majority) with the genitive τῶν συμμάχων, thus taking a singular verb. The imperfect expresses a continuing or repeated attitude of refusal ('would not accept').