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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 · 2026-11-09
After the sea-battle of Miletus, the Persians restore Aeaces to Samos, which is spared from destruction as a reward for its desertion, while the Persians proceed to subjugate Caria.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν ναυμαχίην τὴν ὑπὲρ Μιλήτου γενομένην Φοίνικες κελευσάντων Περσέων κατῆγον ἐς Σάμον Αἰάκεα τὸν Συλοσῶντος ὡς πολλοῦ τε ἄξιον γενόμενον σφίσι1 καὶ μεγάλα κατεργασάμενον·
After the sea-battle which took place off Miletus, the Phoenicians, by order of the Persians, restored to Samos Aeaces the son of Syloson, as one who had been of great value to them and had performed great services.
καὶ Σαμίοισι μούνοισι2 τῶν ἀποστάντων ἀπὸ Δαρείου διὰ τὴν ἔκλειψιν τῶν νεῶν ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίῃ οὔτε ἡ πόλις οὔτε τὰ ἱρὰ ἐνεπρήσθη. Μιλήτου δὲ ἁλούσης αὐτίκα Καρίην ἔσχον οἱ Πέρσαι, τὰς μὲν ἐθελοντὴν τῶν πολίων ὑποκυψάσας, τὰς δὲ ἀνάγκῃ προσηγάγοντο.3
And for the Samians alone of those who revolted from Darius, because of the desertion of their ships in the sea-battle, neither their city nor their temples were burnt. Now when Miletus had been taken, the Persians straightway possessed themselves of Caria, some of the cities submitting of their own accord, and others they brought over by force.
- 6.25.1ὡς πολλοῦ τε ἄξιον γενόμενον σφίσι
The combination of the particle ὡς with the accusative participles γενόμενον and κατεργασάμενον expresses the subjective reason or allegation of the agents (here, the Persians who gave the order). The reflexive pronoun σφίσι refers to the Persians, the logical subjects of the main clause.
- 6.25.2Σαμίοισι μούνοισι
Dative of interest or reference. It specifies the persons affected by the passive verbal action 'neither their city nor their temples were burnt,' meaning 'for the Samians alone, neither their city nor their temples were burnt.'
- 6.25.2τὰς μὲν ... ὑποκυψάσας, τὰς δὲ ... προσηγάγοντο
There is an asymmetrical structure (anacoluthon) between the two contrasted clauses. The first part (τὰς μὲν ... ὑποκυψάσας) is a participial phrase modifying the preceding verb ἔσχον, while the second part (τὰς δὲ ... προσηγάγοντο) is an independent clause with a finite verb, where the accusative τὰς δὲ serves as its direct object.