- 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-grc2:6.24.1-6.24.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
The former ruler of Zancle, Scythes, fled to King Darius of Persia, who held him in high regard for his honesty, and he lived out his days in comfort. Meanwhile, the Samians, fleeing the Persians, effortlessly took possession of the beautiful city of Zancle.
Σκύθης δὲ ὁ τῶν Ζαγκλαίων μούναρχος ἐκ τῆς Ἴνυκος ἐκδιδρήσκει ἐς Ἱμέρην, ἐκ δὲ ταύτης παρῆν ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην καὶ ἀνέβη παρὰ βασιλέα Δαρεῖον· καί μιν1 ἐνόμισε Δαρεῖος πάντων ἀνδρῶν δικαιότατον εἶναι, ὅσοι ἐκ τῆς Ἑλλάδος παρʼ ἑωυτὸν ἀνέβησαν.
On the other hand, Scythes, the monarch of the Zancleans, escaped from Inyx to Himera, and from there he went to Asia and went up to King Darius; and Darius considered him to be the most honest of all the men who had come up to him from Greece.
καὶ γὰρ παραιτησάμενος2 βασιλέα ἐς Σικελίην ἀπίκετο καὶ αὖτις ἐκ τῆς Σικελίης ὀπίσω παρὰ βασιλέα, ἐς ὃ3 γήραϊ μέγα ὄλβιος ἐὼν ἐτελεύτησε ἐν Πέρσῃσι. Σάμιοι δὲ ἀπαλλαχθέντες Μήδων ἀπονητὶ πόλιν καλλίστην Ζάγκλην περιεβεβλέατο.4
For indeed, having asked leave of the king, he went to Sicily, and returned back again from Sicily to the king, until at last, being highly blessed in old age, he died among the Persians. Meanwhile, the Samians, having escaped from the Medes, had without effort gained possession of Zancle, a most beautiful city.
- 6.24.1μιν
The third person singular personal pronoun in the accusative case in the Ionic dialect (corresponding to αὐτόν in Attic). Here it functions as the subject of the accusative-with-infinitive construction (μιν ... εἶναι) governed by the verb ἐνόμισε.
- 6.24.2παραιτησάμενος
Aorist middle participle of the verb παραιτέομαι ('to ask for permission', 'to beg off'), taking the direct object βασιλέα ('the king'). It functions adverbially to express an action prior to that of the main verb.
- 6.24.2ἐς ὃ
An Ionic idiomatic conjunctional phrase (corresponding to Attic εἰς ὅ) meaning 'until', which introduces the following clause with the indicative past verb ἐτελεύτησε.
- 6.24.2περιεβεβλέατο
Third person plural pluperfect indicative middle of the verb περιβάλλω (meaning 'to gain possession of' in the middle voice). It features the Ionic pluperfect ending -ατο (equivalent to Attic -ντο). The pluperfect middle denotes the completed and lasting state of possession.