- 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-grc2:7.21.1-7.21.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
Xerxes' expedition far surpassed all past historical campaigns in scale, mobilizing every nation in Asia and assigning various duties such as providing ships, troops, and provisions.
αὗται αἱ πᾶσαι οὐδʼ εἰ ἕτεραι πρὸς ταύτῃσι προσγενόμεναι στρατηλασίαι μιῆς τῆσδε1 οὐκ ἄξιαι. τί γὰρ οὐκ ἤγαγε ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίης ἔθνος ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα Ξέρξης; κοῖον δὲ πινόμενόν μιν2 ὕδωρ οὐκ ἐπέλιπε, πλὴν τῶν μεγάλων ποταμῶν;
All these expeditions, even if others were added to them, are not worthy to be compared with this single one. For what nation did Xerxes not lead out of Asia against Greece? And what water, except that of the great rivers, did not fail them when it was drunk?
οἳ μὲν γὰρ νέας παρείχοντο, οἳ δὲ ἐς πεζὸν ἐτετάχατο, τοῖσι3 δὲ ἵππος προσετέτακτο, τοῖσι δὲ ἱππαγωγὰ πλοῖα ἅμα στρατευομένοισι, τοῖσι δὲ ἐς τὰς γεφύρας μακρὰς νέας παρέχειν, τοῖσι δὲ σῖτά τε καὶ νέας.
For some provided ships, others were appointed to serve as infantry, to others cavalry was assigned, to others horse-transports while they served in the campaign, to others to provide long ships for the bridges, and to others food and ships.
- 7.21.1μιῆς τῆσδε
Genitive of value governed by the adjective ἄξιαι. The noun στρατηλασίας is understood from the context, meaning "not worthy of this single one [expedition]".
- 7.21.1μιν
Ionic third-person singular accusative pronoun (equivalent to Attic αὐτόν). Here it refers to Xerxes (or his army as a collective unit) and functions as the direct object of the transitive verb ἐπέλιπε ("failed him/them").
- 7.21.2τοῖσι
Ionic dative plural of the demonstrative pronoun (equivalent to Attic τοῖς). It continues the enumerative construction started by οἳ μὲν ... οἳ δὲ ..., functioning as a dative of interest ("for some/to others, it was assigned...").