- 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-grc2:7.109.1-7.109.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-06
Xerxes crosses the dry bed of the Lisus and passes various Greek cities, lakes, and the river Nestus, eventually reaching Pistyros, where a salt lake was dried up solely by his baggage animals drinking from it.
διαβὰς δὲ τοῦ Λίσου ποταμοῦ τὸ ῥέεθρον ἀπεξηρασμένον πόλιας Ἑλληνίδας τάσδε παραμείβετο, Μαρώνειαν Δίκαιαν Ἄβδηρα. ταύτας τε δὴ παρεξήιε καὶ κατὰ ταύτας λίμνας ὀνομαστὰς τάσδε, Μαρωνείης μὲν μεταξὺ καὶ Στρύμης κειμένην Ἰσμαρίδα, κατὰ δὲ Δίκαιαν Βιστονίδα, ἐς τὴν ποταμοὶ δύο ἐσιεῖσι τὸ ὕδωρ, Τραῦός τε καὶ Κόμψαντος. κατὰ δὲ Ἄβδηρα λίμνην μὲν οὐδεμίαν ἐοῦσαν ὀνομαστὴν παραμείψατο Ξέρξης, ποταμὸν δὲ Νέστον ῥέοντα ἐς θάλασσαν.
Having crossed the dried-up bed of the river Lisus, Xerxes passed by the following Greek cities: Maroneia, Dikaia, and Abdera. He indeed passed along these, and by them the following famous lakes: Ismaris, situated between Maroneia and Stryme; and by Dikaia, Bistonis, into which two rivers empty their waters, the Trauus and the Compsantus. By Abdera Xerxes passed by no famous lake, since there was none, but he passed by the river Nestus flowing into the sea.
μετὰ δὲ ταύτας τὰς χώρας ἰὼν τὰς ἠπειρώτιδας πόλις παρήιε, τῶν ἐν μιῇ λίμνη ἐοῦσα τυγχάνει1 ὡσεὶ τριήκοντα σταδίων μάλιστά κῃ τὴν περίοδον,2 ἰχθυώδης τε καὶ κάρτα ἁλμυρή· ταύτην τὰ ὑποζύγια μοῦνα ἀρδόμενα3 ἀνεξήρηνε. τῇ δὲ πόλι ταύτῃ οὔνομα ἐστὶ Πίστυρος.
Going on past these mainland regions, he passed by other cities, in one of which there happened to be a lake about thirty stades in circumference, full of fish and very salty; this lake the baggage animals alone, merely by being watered, dried up. The name of this city is Pistyros.
- 7.109.2ἐοῦσα τυγχάνει
The combination of the verb τυγχάνω with the present participle ἐοῦσα forming the construction 'happens to be' or 'actually exists'. Here it means 'a lake happened to be there'.
- 7.109.2τὴν περίοδον
An accusative of specification (or respect) used alongside the genitive of measure τριήκοντα σταδίων, meaning 'about thirty stades in respect to its circumference'.
- 7.109.2ἀρδόμενα
Present passive participle of the verb ἄρδω (to water, irrigate), agreeing with the subject τὰ ὑποζύγια (baggage animals). It means 'being watered' or 'having water supplied to them', which in this context is understood actively as 'by drinking water'.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — translation 1