- 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-grc2:6.55.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
Herodotus declares that he will omit the story of how the Dorians' kings obtained their thrones despite being of Egyptian origin, since other writers have already covered it, and will instead focus on what others have left unrecorded.
καὶ ταῦτα μέν νυν περὶ τούτων εἰρήσθω. ὅ τι1 δὲ ἐόντες Αἰγύπτιοι καὶ ὅ τι ἀποδεξάμενοι2 ἔλαβον τὰς Δωριέων βασιληίας, ἄλλοισι3 γὰρ περὶ αὐτῶν εἴρηται, ἐάσομεν αὐτά· τὰ δὲ ἄλλοι οὐ κατελάβοντο, τούτων μνήμην ποιήσομαι.
And let these things indeed now be said concerning these matters. But as to how they, being Egyptians, and by what achievement they received the kingships of the Dorians, since this has been told by others, we shall pass it over; but of those things which others have not recorded, I will make mention.
- 6.55.1ὅ τι ... ὅ τι
The two indirect interrogatives ὅ τι introduce an indirect question clause dependent on ἐάσομεν (or referring to its object αὐτά). The first ὅ τι functions adverbially ("how" or "for what reason"), and the second ὅ τι serves as the direct object of the participle ἀποδεξάμενοι ("by displaying what").
- 6.55.1ἀποδεξάμενοι
The aorist middle participle of ἀποδείκνυμι (Ionic form for ἀποδείκνυμι, corresponding to Attic ἀποδειξάμενοι), meaning "to display, perform, or achieve (deeds)." It takes the preceding ὅ τι as its object, yielding the sense of "by performing what achievement."
- 6.55.1ἄλλοισι
The dative plural ἄλλοισι acts as the dative of agent with the perfect passive verb εἴρηται, equivalent to ὑπʼ ἄλλων ("by others").