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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
The military equipment and commanders of the Caspians, Sarangians, and Pactyes are described.
Κάσπιοι δὲ σισύρνας τε ἐνδεδυκότες καὶ τόξα ἐπιχώρια καλάμινα ἔχοντες καὶ ἀκινάκας1 ἐστρατεύοντο. οὗτοι μὲν οὕτω ἐσκευάδατο, ἡγεμόνα παρεχόμενοι Ἀριόμαρδον2 τὸν Ἀρτυφίου ἀδελφεόν, Σαράγγαι δὲ εἵματα μὲν βεβαμμένα ἐνέπρεπον ἔχοντες,3 πέδιλα δὲ ἐς γόνυ ἀνατείνοντα εἶχον, τόξα δὲ καὶ αἰχμὰς Μηδικάς. Σαραγγέων δὲ ἦρχε Φερενδάτης ὁ Μεγαβάζου.
The Caspians marched wearing coats of skin, and having native bows of cane and short swords. They were equipped in this way, presenting Ariomardus, the brother of Artyphius, as their commander. The Sarangians stood out, wearing dyed garments, and they had boots reaching up to the knee, and Median bows and lances. Pherendates son of Megabazus commanded the Sarangians.
Πάκτυες δὲ σισυρνοφόροι τε ἦσαν καὶ τόξα ἐπιχώρια εἶχον καὶ ἐγχειρίδια. Πάκτυες δὲ ἄρχοντα παρείχοντο Ἀρταΰντην τὸν Ἰθαμίτρεω.
The Pactyes were wearers of skin coats and had native bows and daggers. The Pactyes presented Artayntes son of Ithamitres as their commander.
- 7.67.1ἀκινάκας
The accusative plural 'ἀκινάκας' (short swords) is coordinated with 'τόξα' as the object of the preceding active participle 'ἔχοντες', rather than being directly governed by the main verb 'ἐστρατεύοντο'.
- 7.67.1ἡγεμόνα παρεχόμενοι Ἀριόμαρδον
The middle participle 'παρεχόμενοι' takes a double accusative construction consisting of the object 'Ἀριόμαρδον' and the predicative accusative 'ἡγεμόνα'. The middle voice yields an indirect reflexive sense ('presenting for themselves'). The same structure is repeated in §7.67.2 with 'ἄρχοντα παρείχοντο Ἀρταΰντην'.
- 7.67.1εἵματα μὲν βεβαμμένα ἐνέπρεπον ἔχοντες
The active participle 'ἔχοντες' functions adverbially to express the manner or cause ('by wearing dyed garments' or 'wearing dyed garments') in relation to the main verb 'ἐνέπρεπον' ('they were conspicuous').