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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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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-07
This section describes the equipment of the Assyrians, including bronze or plaited helmets, Egyptian-style weapons, wooden clubs, and linen breastplates. It notes their names (Syrians by Greeks, Assyrians by foreigners), mentions the Chaldeans among them, and names Otaspes as their commander.
Ἀσσύριοι δὲ στρατευόμενοι περὶ μὲν τῇσι κεφαλῇσι εἶχον χάλκεά τε κράνεα καὶ πεπλεγμένα1 τρόπον τινὰ βάρβαρον οὐκ εὐαπήγητον,2 ἀσπίδας δὲ καὶ αἰχμὰς καὶ ἐγχειρίδια παραπλήσια τῇσι Αἰγυπτίῃσι εἶχον, πρὸς δὲ ῥόπαλα ξύλων τετυλωμένα σιδήρῳ, καὶ λινέους θώρηκας. οὗτοι δὲ ὑπὸ μὲν Ἑλλήνων καλέονται Σύριοι, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν βαρβάρων Ἀσσύριοι ἐκλήθησαν. τούτων δὲ μεταξὺ Χαλδαῖοι.3Ἦρχε δὲ σφέων Ὀτάσπης ὁ Ἀρταχαίεω.
The Assyrians who served in the army had on their heads helmets of bronze and others plaited in a certain foreign fashion that is not easy to describe; they also had shields, spears, and daggers very similar to those of the Egyptians, and furthermore wooden clubs studded with iron, and breastplates of linen. These people are called Syrians by the Greeks, but by the foreigners they were named Assyrians. Among these were the Chaldeans. They were commanded by Otaspes son of Artachaees.
- 7.63.1πεπλεγμένα
A perfect middle/passive participle, neuter plural accusative, modifying or in apposition to κράνεα, referring to helmets woven or plaited from leather or other materials.
- 7.63.1τρὸπον τινὰ βάρβαρον οὐκ εὐαπήγητον
τρὸπον is an adverbial accusative of manner ('in a ... way'), modified by the indefinite pronoun τινὰ and the adjectives βάρβαρον and οὐκ εὐαπήγητον ('not easy to describe'), detailing the specific style of the plaited helmets.
- 7.63.1τούτων δὲ μεταξὺ Χαλδαῖοι
The preposition μεταξὺ ('among', 'between') governs the genitive demonstrative pronoun τούτων. Here it does not mean geographical position in-between, but indicates that the Chaldeans were mixed or included among the Assyrian forces.