- 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-grc2:7.201.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-06
King Xerxes of Persia encamps in Trachis while the Greeks encamp in the pass of Thermopylae, with a description of the territories each side controls.
βασιλεὺς μὲν δὴ Ξέρξης ἐστρατοπεδεύετο τῆς Μηλίδος ἐν τῇ Τρηχινίῃ,1 οἱ δὲ δὴ Ἕλληνες ἐν τῇ διόδῳ. καλέεται δὲ ὁ χῶρος οὗτος ὑπὸ μὲν τῶν πλεόνων Ἑλλήνων Θερμοπύλαι, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων καὶ περιοίκων Πύλαι. ἐστρατοπεδεύοντο μέν νυν ἑκάτεροι ἐν τούτοισι τοῖσι χωρίοισι, ἐπεκράτεε δὲ ὃ μὲν τῶν πρὸς βορέην ἄνεμον ἐχόντων2 πάντων μέχρι Τρηχῖνος, οἳ δὲ3 τῶν πρὸς νότον καὶ μεσαμβρίην φερόντων τὸ ἐπὶ ταύτης τῆς ἠπείρου.4
Now King Xerxes was encamped in Trachis in the territory of Malis, and the Greeks in the pass. This place is called Thermopylae by most of the Greeks, but Pylae by the local inhabitants and neighbors. Now both sides were encamped in these places; and the one was master of all that lay to the north as far as Trachis, and the others of all that tended toward the south and midday on this continent.
- 7.201.1τῆς Μηλίδος ἐν τῇ Τρηχινίῃ
τῆς Μηλίδος (Malis) is a partitive genitive depending on ἐν τῇ Τρηχινίῃ (in Trachis), meaning 'in Trachis within the territory of Malis'.
- 7.201.1τῶν πρὸς βορέην ἄνεμον ἐχόντων
ἐχόντων is used intransitively to mean 'lying, tending (in a certain direction)' (πρὸς ... ἔχειν). The entire phrase is in the genitive plural because the governing verb ἐπεκράτεε takes a genitive object. It modifies an omitted noun (like χωρίων 'places' or ἔθνεων 'peoples') or is used substantively.
- 7.201.1ὃ μὲν ... οἳ δὲ
Demonstrative pronouns expressing contrast between the subjects: the singular ὃ μὲν refers to King Xerxes, while the plural οἳ δὲ refers to the Greeks. The verb ἐπεκράτεε (was master of) is singular, and for the second clause, the plural ἐπεκράτεον is understood to be omitted to agree with οἳ δὲ.
- 7.201.1τὸ ἐπὶ ταύτης τῆς ἠπείρου
The neuter singular accusative article τὸ, accompanied by the prepositional phrase ἐπὶ ταύτης τῆς ἠπείρου (on this continent), functions as an adverbial accusative (accusative of respect), meaning 'as far as regards this continent' or 'on this continent'.