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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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While the subjected peoples endure the burden of provisions, Xerxes orders the fleet to proceed to Therma and divides his land army into three divisions to march there.
οἳ μὲν δὴ πιεζόμενοι ὅμως τὸ ἐπιτασσόμενον ἐπετέλεον. Ξέρξης δὲ ἐκ τῆς Ἀκάνθου, ἐντειλάμενος τοῖσι στρατηγοῖσι τοῦ ναυτικοῦ στρατοῦ ὑπομένειν ἐν Θέρμῃ, ἀπῆκε ἀπʼ ἑωυτοῦ πορεύεσθαι τὰς νέας, Θέρμῃ δὲ1 τῇ ἐν τῷ Θερμαίῳ κόλπῳ οἰκημένῃ, ἀπʼ ἧς καὶ ὁ κόλπος οὗτος τὴν ἐπωνυμίην ἔχει· ταύτῃ2 γὰρ ἐπυνθάνετο συντομώτατον εἶναι.
They, indeed, although hard pressed, nevertheless performed what was enjoined upon them. And Xerxes from Acanthus, having ordered the commanders of the fleet to wait for him at Therma, dismissed the ships from his presence to proceed to Therma, which is situated on the Thermaic Gulf, from which also this gulf takes its name; for he heard that by this way was the shortest route.
μέχρι μὲν γὰρ Ἀκάνθου ὧδε τεταγμένος ὁ στρατὸς ἐκ Δορίσκου τὴν ὁδὸν ἐποιέετο· τρεῖς μοίρας ὁ Ξέρξης δασάμενος πάντα τὸν πεζὸν στρατόν,3 μίαν αὐτέων ἔταξε παρὰ θάλασσαν ἰέναι ὁμοῦ τῷ ναυτικῷ·
For as far as Acanthus, the army had made its march from Doriscus marshalled in the following manner: Xerxes, having divided his whole land force into three divisions, appointed one of them to go along the sea, keeping company with the fleet;
ταύτης μὲν δὴ ἐστρατήγεον Μαρδόνιός τε καὶ Μασίστης, ἑτέρη δὲ τεταγμένη ἤιε τοῦ στρατοῦ τριτημορὶς τὴν μεσόγαιαν, τῆς ἐστρατήγεον Τριτανταίχμης τε καὶ Γέργις· ἡ δὲ τρίτη τῶν μοιρέων, μετʼ ἧς ἐπορεύετο αὐτὸς Ξέρξης, ἤιε μὲν τὸ μέσον αὐτῶν, στρατηγοὺς δὲ παρείχετο Σμερδομένεά τε καὶ Μεγάβυζον.
of this division Mardonius and Masistes were the commanders; another third part of the army, being marshalled, went through the inland country, and of this Tritantaechmes and Gergis were the commanders; while the third of the divisions, with which Xerxes himself marched, went in the middle of them, and had for its commanders Smerdomenes and Megabyzus.
- 7.121.1Θέρμῃ δὲ
As indicated by manuscript variants such as Θέρμην δὲ or Θέρμηδε, the δὲ here is not the conjunction but the directional suffix -δε attached to the place name Θέρμη. It functions as the destination ('to Therma') of the preceding infinitive πορεύεσθαι (to proceed).
- 7.121.1ταύτῃ
The feminine singular dative of the demonstrative pronoun οὗτος. The feminine noun ὁδός (way, route) is omitted, and it functions as a dative of route/manner, meaning 'by this way' or 'along this route.'
- 7.121.2τρεῖς μοίρας ὁ Ξέρξης δασάμενος πάντα τὸν πεζὸν στρατόν
A double accusative construction with the verb δατέομαι (to divide), which takes both the object being divided (πάντα τὸν πεζὸν στρατόν) and the resulting parts (τρεῖς μοίρας) in the accusative case.