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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 · 2026-11-06
The passage explains the exceptional status of Mascames, the governor left in Doriscus, who received yearly gifts from the Persian king, and notes that while all other Persian governors in Thrace and the Hellespont were driven out by the Greeks, Mascames successfully defended his post.
κατέλιπε δὲ ἄνδρα τοιόνδε Μασκάμην γενόμενον, τῷ1 μούνῳ Ξέρξης δῶρα πέμπεσκε2 ὡς ἀριστεύοντι πάντων ὅσους αὐτὸς κατέστησε ἢ Δαρεῖος ὑπάρχους, πέμπεσκε δὲ ἀνὰ πᾶν ἔτος· ὣς δὲ καὶ Ἀρτοξέρξης ὁ Ξέρξεω τοῖσι Μασκαμείοισι ἐκγόνοισι.3 κατέστασαν γὰρ ἔτι πρότερον ταύτης τῆς ἐλάσιος ὕπαρχοι ἐν τῇ Θρηίκῃ καὶ τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου πανταχῇ.
And he left Mascames, who had proved himself to be a man of such character, to whom alone Xerxes used to send gifts, as to the one who excelled all the governors whom he himself or Darius had appointed, and he used to send them every year; and in like manner also Artaxerxes, the son of Xerxes, to the descendants of Mascames. For even before this expedition, governors had been established throughout Thrace and the Hellespont.
οὗτοι ὦν πάντες οἵ τε ἐκ Θρηίκης καὶ τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου, πλὴν τοῦ ἐν Δορίσκῳ, ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων ὕστερον ταύτης τῆς στρατηλασίης ἐξαιρέθησαν· τὸν δὲ ἐν Δορίσκῳ Μασκάμην οὐδαμοί κω ἐδυνάσθησαν ἐξελεῖν πολλῶν πειρησαμένων.4 διὰ τοῦτο δή οἱ τὰ δῶρα πέμπεται παρὰ τοῦ βασιλεύοντος αἰεὶ ἐν Πέρσῃσι.
Now all of these, both from Thrace and the Hellespont, except the one in Doriscus, were later driven out by the Greeks after this expedition; but as for Mascames in Doriscus, though many attempted, no one was ever yet able to drive him out. For this very reason, gifts are always sent to him from the reigning king among the Persians.
- 7.106.1τῷ
An instance of the definite article functioning as a relative pronoun in the Ionic dialect, referring back to the antecedent Mascames.
- 7.106.1πέμπεσκε
An iterative imperfect form characterized by the Ionic suffix '-ske', emphasizing the habitual and repeated action of the king sending gifts every year.
- 7.106.1ὣς δὲ καὶ Ἀρτοξέρξης ὁ Ξέρξεω τοῖσι Μασκαμείοισι ἐκγόνοισι
An elliptical expression using the adverb 'hōs' (= houtōs). The verb 'pempeske' (or more generally 'epempe') from the preceding clause must be supplied: 'and in like manner Artaxerxes, the son of Xerxes, [sent gifts] to the descendants of Mascames.'
- 7.106.2πολλῶν πειρησαμένων
A genitive absolute construction with the participle 'peirasamenōn', here conveying a concessive force ('although many attempted').