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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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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.55.1-7.55.3
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-07
The Persian army begins crossing the Hellespont using both bridges. Various divisions, the sacred chariot, and Xerxes himself cross over two days, while the fleet also sets sail.
ὡς δὲ ταῦτά οἱ ἐπεποίητο,1 διέβαινον κατὰ μὲν τὴν ἑτέρην τῶν γεφυρέων τὴν πρὸς τοῦ Πόντου ὁ πεζός τε καὶ ἡ ἵππος ἅπασα, κατὰ δὲ τὴν πρὸς τὸ Αἰγαῖον τὰ ὑποζύγια καὶ ἡ θεραπηίη.
When these things had been prepared for him, they began to cross; on the one of the bridges that was toward the Pontus crossed both the infantry and all the cavalry, and on the one toward the Aegean the baggage animals and the attendants.
ἡγέοντο δὲ πρῶτα μὲν οἱ μύριοι Πέρσαι, ἐστεφανωμένοι πάντες, μετὰ δὲ τούτους ὁ σύμμικτος στρατὸς παντοίων ἐθνέων. ταύτην μὲν τὴν ἡμέρην οὗτοι,2 τῇ δὲ ὑστεραίῃ πρῶτοι μὲν οἵ τε ἱππόται καὶ οἱ τὰς λόγχας κάτω τρέποντες· ἐστεφάνωντο δὲ καὶ οὗτοι.
First led the ten thousand Persians, all wearing wreaths, and after them the mixed army of all kinds of nations. On this day these crossed, and on the next day first both the horsemen and those who turned their spears downwards; and these also wore wreaths.
μετὰ δὲ οἵ τε ἵπποι οἱ ἱροὶ καὶ τὸ ἅρμα τὸ ἱρόν, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτός τε Ξέρξης καὶ οἱ αἰχμοφόροι καὶ οἱ ἱππόται οἱ χίλιοι, ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοισι ὁ ἄλλος στρατός. καὶ αἱ νέες ἅμα ἀνήγοντο ἐς τὴν ἀπεναντίον. ἤδη δὲ ἤκουσα καὶ ὕστατον διαβῆναι βασιλέα3 πάντων.
After them came the sacred horses and the sacred chariot, and next Xerxes himself and the spear-bearers and the thousand horsemen, and after these the rest of the army. At the same time the ships also put out to the opposite shore. But I have already heard another account that the king crossed last of all.
- 7.55.1ταῦτά οἱ ἐπεποίητο
The neuter plural subject ταῦτα takes the singular verb ἐπεποίητο (pluperfect passive 3rd person singular of ποιέω). The pronoun οἱ functions as a dative of agent.
- 7.55.2ταύτην μὲν τὴν ἡμέρην οὗτοι
The verb διέβαινον (were crossing) is omitted from the preceding context. The structure uses the contrastive μέν ... δέ to mean 'on this day these [crossed], but on the next day...'.
- 7.55.3διαβῆναι βασιλέα
An accusative with infinitive construction (indirect discourse) functioning as the object of the verb ἤκουσα (I heard). The subject of the infinitive is the accusative βασιλέα, accompanied by the adverbial adjective ὕστατον (last).