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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 passage describes the equipment and commander of the Arians, as well as the equipment and respective commanders of the Parthians, Chorasmians, Sogdians, Gandarians, and Dadikans, who were equipped similarly to the Bactrians.
ἄριοι δὲ τόξοισι μὲν ἐσκευασμένοι ἦσαν Μηδικοῖσι, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα κατά περ Βάκτριοι.1 Ἀρίων δὲ ἦρχε Σισάμνης ὁ Ὑδάρνεος. Πάρθοι δὲ καὶ Χοράσμιοι καὶ Σόγδοι τε καὶ Γανδάριοι καὶ Δαδίκαι τὴν αὐτὴν σκευὴν ἔχοντες τὴν καὶ Βάκτριοι2 ἐστρατεύοντο.
The Arians were equipped with Median bows, but in other respects they were just like the Bactrians. Sisamnes son of Hydarnes commanded the Arians. The Parthians, Chorasmians, Sogdians, Gandarians, and Dadikans marched having the same equipment as the Bactrians.
τούτων δὲ ἦρχον οἵδε. Πάρθων μὲν καὶ Χορασμίων Ἀρτάβαζος ὁ Φαρνάκεος, Σόγδων δὲ Ἀζάνης ὁ Ἀρταίου, Γανδαρίων δὲ καὶ Δαδικέων Ἀρτύφιος ὁ Ἀρταβάνου.
These ruled them: of the Parthians and Chorasmians, Artabazus son of Pharnaces; of the Sogdians, Azanes son of Artaeus; and of the Gandarians and Dadikans, Artyphius son of Artabanus.
- 7.66.1τὰ δὲ ἄλλα κατά περ Βάκτριοι
The accusative of respect τὰ ἄλλα ("in other respects") is used with the comparative phrase κατά περ ("just as"). Βάκτριοι ("Bactrians") is in the nominative case, functioning as the subject of an implied verb corresponding to ἐσκευασμένοι ἦσαν.
- 7.66.1τὴν αὐτὴν σκευὴν ἔχοντες τὴν καὶ Βάκτριοι
The definite article τὴν is used here as a relative pronoun (equivalent to Attic ἣν), referring back to τὴν αὐτὴν σκευὴν. The particle καί functions comparatively ("which the Bactrians also [had]").