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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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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.49.1-6.49.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
Many mainland Greeks and all the islanders, especially the Aeginetans, surrendered earth and water to Persia. Suspicious of Aegina's hostile intentions, Athens accused them of treason before Sparta.
οὗτοί τε δὴ παρεσκευάζοντο ταῦτα, καὶ τοῖσι ἥκουσι ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα κήρυξι πολλοὶ μὲν ἠπειρωτέων ἔδοσαν τὰ προΐσχετο αἰτέων ὁ Πέρσης, πάντες δὲ νησιῶται ἐς τοὺς ἀπικοίατο αἰτήσοντες.1 οἵ τε δὴ ἄλλοι νησιῶται διδοῦσι γῆν τε καὶ ὕδωρ Δαρείῳ καὶ δὴ καὶ Αἰγινῆται.
So they were preparing these things; and as for the heralds who had come to Greece, many of the mainlanders gave what the Persian demanded by his proposal, and all the islanders did so, to whomsoever the heralds had come to make the demand. Thus the other islanders gave earth and water to Darius, and in particular the Aeginetans.
ποιήσασι δέ σφι ταῦτα ἰθέως Ἀθηναῖοι ἐπεκέατο, δοκέοντές τε ἐπὶ σφίσι ἐπέχοντας2 τοὺς Αἰγινήτας δεδωκέναι ὡς ἅμα τῷ Πέρσῃ ἐπὶ σφέας στρατεύωνται, καὶ ἄσμενοι προφάσιος ἐπελάβοντο, φοιτέοντές τε ἐς τὴν Σπάρτην κατηγόρεον τῶν Αἰγινητέων τὰ πεποιήκοιεν3 προδόντες τὴν Ἑλλάδα.
When they had done this, the Athenians immediately turned against them, thinking that the Aeginetans had given it with a design against them, so that they might campaign against them together with the Persian; and they gladly seized the pretext, and frequently going to Sparta, they accused the Aeginetans of what they had done in betraying Greece.
- 6.49.1ἐς τοὺς ἀπικοίατο αἰτήσοντες
The antecedent of the relative pronoun τοὺς is νησιῶται. The verb ἀπικοίατο is the Ionic form of the optative 3rd person plural (corresponding to ἀπίκοιντο), representing an oblique optative in a relative clause depending on a historical main verb, or expressing repetition. The future active participle αἰτήσοντες expresses purpose ('in order to demand').
- 6.49.2ἐπέχοντας
The accusative plural present participle of ἐπέχω ('to direct', 'to have a design'), agreeing with τοὺς Αἰγινήτας, which is the subject accusative of the infinitive δεδωκέναι. It implies an ellipsis of νοῦν (mind, intention), meaning 'holding a hostile design' against them (ἐπὶ σφίσι, i.e., the Athenians).
- 6.49.2τὰ πεποιήκοιεν
The perfect active optative 3rd person plural of ποιέω. Since the governing verb of the main clause κατηγόρεον is in a past tense (imperfect), the oblique optative is used in the indirect relative clause.