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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-grc2:6.94.1-6.94.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
While the war between Athens and Aegina continued, the Persian king Darius planned an expedition against Greece under this pretext. He relieved Mardonius of his command, appointed Datis and Artaphernes as new generals, and dispatched them with orders to enslave Athens and Eretria.
Ἀθηναίοισι μὲν δὴ πόλεμος συνῆπτο πρὸς Αἰγινήτας. ὁ δὲ Πέρσης τὸ ἑωυτοῦ ἐποίεε, ὥστε1 ἀναμιμνήσκοντός τε αἰεὶ τοῦ θεράποντος μεμνῆσθαί μιν τῶν Ἀθηναίων, καὶ Πεισιστρατιδέων προσκατημένων καὶ διαβαλλόντων Ἀθηναίους, ἅμα δὲ βουλόμενος ὁ Δαρεῖος ταύτης ἐχόμενος τῆς προφάσιος2 καταστρέφεσθαι τῆς Ἑλλάδος τοὺς μὴ δόντας3 αὐτῷ γῆν τε καὶ ὕδωρ.
So war was joined for the Athenians against the Aeginetans. Meanwhile, the Persian king was doing his own part, inasmuch as his servant was constantly reminding him to remember the Athenians, and the Peisistratidae were sitting by and slandering the Athenians; and at the same time Darius, clinging to this pretext, wished to subdue those of Greece who had not given him earth and water.
Μαρδόνιον μὲν δὴ φλαύρως πρήξαντα τῷ στόλῳ παραλύει τῆς στρατηγίης, ἄλλους δὲ στρατηγοὺς ἀποδέξας ἀπέστειλε ἐπὶ τε Ἐρέτριαν καὶ Ἀθήνας, Δᾶτίν τε ἐόντα Μῆδον γένος καὶ Ἀρταφρένεα τὸν Ἀρταφρένεος παῖδα, ἀδελφιδέον ἑωυτοῦ· ἐντειλάμενος δὲ ἀπέπεμπε ἐξανδραποδίσαντας Ἀθήνας καὶ Ἐρέτριαν ἀνάγειν4 ἑωυτῷ ἐς ὄψιν τὰ ἀνδράποδα.
He therefore relieved Mardonius of his command, since he had fared miserably with his fleet, and having appointed other generals, he dispatched them against Eretria and Athens—namely Datis, who was a Mede by birth, and Artaphernes, the son of Artaphernes and his own nephew. Sending them off, he gave them orders to enslave Athens and Eretria and bring the captives before his eyes.
- 6.94.1ὥστε
ὥστε introduces the infinitive μεμνῆσθαι of result (or purpose). μιν is the Ionic form of the third-person singular accusative pronoun αὐτόν, serving as the subject of the infinitive (the Persian king Darius).
- 6.94.1ταύτης ἐχόμενος τῆς προφάσιος
The middle participle ἐχόμενος governs the genitive (ταύτης τῆς προφάσιος), meaning "clinging to" or "holding onto" this pretext (i.e., using it as a pretext).
- 6.94.1τῆς Ἑλλάδος τοὺς μὴ δόντας
τῆς Ἑλλάδος is a partitive genitive qualifying the substantivized participle phrase τοὺς μὴ δόντας (those who did not give), meaning "those of Greece who did not give."
- 6.94.2ἀνάγειν
ἀνάγειν (to bring back) is an infinitive of command/purpose dependent on the participle ἐντειλάμενος (having ordered). The participle ἐξανδραποδίσαντας (having enslaved) is in the accusative plural to agree with the implied subject of the infinitive (the generals), rather than the subject of the main verb (Darius).