- Source
- 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 · 2026-11-08
Two thousand Lacedaemonian troops depart Sparta after the full moon and reach Attica with incredible speed, but arriving too late for the battle, they visit Marathon to view the enemy casualties before returning home.
Λακεδαιμονίων1 δὲ ἧκον ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας δισχίλιοι μετὰ τὴν πανσέληνον, ἔχοντες σπουδὴν πολλὴν καταλαβεῖν,2 οὕτω ὥστε τριταῖοι3 ἐκ Σπάρτης ἐγένοντο ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ. ὕστεροι δὲ ἀπικόμενοι τῆς συμβολῆς4 ἱμείροντο ὅμως θεήσασθαι τοὺς Μήδους· ἐλθόντες δὲ ἐς τὸν Μαραθῶνα ἐθεήσαντο. μετὰ δὲ αἰνέοντες Ἀθηναίους καὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτῶν ἀπαλλάσσοντο ὀπίσω.
And two thousand of the Lacedaemonians came to Athens after the full moon, having great haste to arrive in time, so that they were in Attica on the third day after leaving Sparta. Although they arrived too late for the battle, they nevertheless desired to see the Medes; and having gone to Marathon, they viewed them. Afterward, praising the Athenians and their achievement, they departed for home.
- 6.120.1Λακεδαιμονίων
Partitive genitive depending on δισχίλιοι ("two thousand of the Lacedaemonians").
- 6.120.1καταλαβεῖν
Epexegetical infinitive modifying the noun σπουδὴν, meaning "to catch up" or "to be in time (for the battle)."
- 6.120.1τριταῖοι
Predicative adjective used adverbially to denote the time of the action, meaning "on the third day" after departure from Sparta.
- 6.120.1ὕστεροι... τῆς συμβολῆς
The adjective ὕστεροι, which carries a comparative sense ("later"), takes the genitive of comparison τῆς συμβολῆς, meaning "later than the battle" (i.e., too late for the conflict).