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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
While Histiaeus and his associates operate, the Persian generals concentrate their massive land and naval forces against Miletus, putting aside other towns, with the fleet joined by the Phoenicians and others.
Ἱστιαῖος μέν νυν καὶ Μυτιληναῖοι ἐποίευν ταῦτα. ἐπὶ δὲ Μίλητον αὐτὴν ναυτικὸς πολλὸς καὶ πεζὸς ἦν στρατὸς προσδόκιμος·1 συστραφέντες γὰρ οἱ στρατηγοὶ τῶν Περσέων καὶ ἓν ποιήσαντες στρατόπεδον ἤλαυνον ἐπὶ τὴν Μίλητον, τἆλλα πολίσματα περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιησάμενοι.2 τοῦ δὲ ναυτικοῦ Φοίνικες μὲν ἦσαν προθυμότατοι, συνεστρατεύοντο δὲ καὶ Κύπριοι νεωστὶ κατεστραμμένοι καὶ Κίλικές τε καὶ Αἰγύπτιοι.
Histiaeus and the Mytilenaeans, then, were doing these things. But against Miletus itself, a large naval force and land army were expected; for the Persian generals, having united and formed a single army, were marching against Miletus, holding the other towns of less account. Of the fleet, the Phoenicians were the most eager, and the Cyprians, who had been recently subdued, as well as both the Cilicians and the Egyptians, campaigned with them.
- 6.6.1προσδόκιμος
The adjective προσδόκιμος (expected) is used predicatively with the copula ἦν, referring to the subject ναυτικὸς πολλὸς καὶ πεζὸς ... στρατὸς (a large naval force and land army), meaning 'was expected to arrive'.
- 6.6.1περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιησάμενοι
The middle participle ποιησάμενοι from ποιέομαι, combined with the preposition περί and a genitive of value (ἐλάσσονος), forms an idiomatic expression meaning 'holding in less estimation' or 'considering of less importance,' taking τἆλλα πολίσματα as its direct object.