- Source
- Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
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- CTS URN
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.65.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-07
Describes the equipment of the Indians, including garments made from trees and reed bows and arrows, as well as their commander Pharnazathres.
Ἰνδοὶ δὲ εἵματα μὲν ἐνδεδυκότες1 ἀπὸ ξύλων2 πεποιημένα, τόξα δὲ καλάμινα εἶχον καὶ ὀιστοὺς καλαμίνους· ἐπὶ δὲ σίδηρος ἦν. ἐσταλμένοι μὲν δὴ ἦσαν οὕτω Ἰνδοί, προσετετάχατο3 δὲ συστρατευόμενοι Φαρναζάθρῃ τῷ Ἀρταβάτεω.
The Indians wore garments made from trees, and they had reed bows and reed arrows; and on them was iron. Thus indeed were the Indians equipped, and they were assigned to march under the command of Pharnazathres son of Artabates.
- 7.65.1ἐνδεδυκότες
Perfect active (or middle) participle, understood with an ellipsis of the finite verb ἦσαν (forming a periphrastic construction: εἵματα ἐνδεδυκότες ἦσαν).
- 7.65.1ἀπὸ ξύλων
Literally 'from trees', but referring here to cotton (tree-wool), which was characteristic of India.
- 7.65.1προσετετάχατο
Third-person plural pluperfect passive of προστάσσω. In the Ionic dialect, the ending -ατο is used instead of -ντο after consonant stems (equivalent to Attic προσετεταγμένοι ἦσαν).