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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-grc2:7.86.1-7.86.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-07
After referencing the Sagartians' tactics and deployment, the passage details the equipment and various mounts—such as riding-horses, chariots, wild asses, and camels—used by the other cavalry contingents, including the Medes, Indians, Bactrians, Libyans, and Arabians.
τούτων μὲν αὕτη ἡ μάχη, καὶ ἐπετετάχατο1 ἐς τοὺς Πέρσας· Μῆδοι δὲ τήν περ ἐν τῷ πεζῷ εἶχον σκευήν, καὶ Κίσσιοι ὡσαύτως. Ἰνδοὶ δὲ σκευῇ μὲν ἐσεσάχατο τῇ αὐτῇ καὶ ἐν τῷ πεζῷ, ἤλαυνον δὲ κέλητας καὶ ἅρματα· ὑπὸ δὲ τοῖσι ἅρμασι ὑπῆσαν ἵπποι καὶ ὄνοι ἄγριοι. Βάκτριοι δὲ ἐσκευάδατο ὡσαύτως καὶ ἐν τῷ πεζῷ, καὶ Κάσπιοι ὁμοίως.
Such was the manner of fighting of these men, and they had been marshalled with the Persians. The Medes had the very same equipment as they had in the infantry, and the Cissians likewise. The Indians were equipped in the same manner as in the infantry, and they rode riding-horses and chariots; and under their chariots were yoked horses and wild asses. The Bactrians were equipped likewise as in the infantry, and the Caspians in like manner.
Λίβυες δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ κατά περ ἐν τῷ πεζῷ· ἤλαυνον δὲ καὶ οὗτοι πάντες ἅρματα. ὣς δʼ αὕτως Κάσπιοι καὶ Παρικάνιοι ἐσεσάχατο ὁμοίως καὶ ἐν τῷ πεζῷ. Ἀράβιοι δὲ σκευὴν μὲν εἶχον τὴν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐν τῷ πεζῷ, ἤλαυνον δὲ πάντες καμήλους ταχυτῆτα οὐ λειπομένας ἵππων.2
The Libyans also themselves were equipped just as in the infantry, and these too all drove chariots. In the selfsame manner, the Caspians and the Paricanians were equipped likewise as in the infantry. The Arabians had the same equipment as in the infantry, and they all rode camels which in speed were not inferior to horses.
- 7.86.1ἐπετετάχατο
The 3rd person plural pluperfect indicative passive of ἐπιτάσσω. As a characteristic of the Ionic dialect, the ending -ατο is attached directly to consonant-stem verbs, instead of the periphrastic construction (participle + ἦσαν) used in Attic. The subsequent forms ἐσεσάχατο (from σάττω) and ἐσκευάδατο (from σκευάζω) in this chapter are formed in the same manner.
- 7.86.2ταχυτῆτα οὐ λειπομένας ἵππων
ταχυτῆτα is an accusative of respect ('in speed'), modifying the participle λειπομένας (present middle/passive participle, feminine plural accusative, agreeing with the preceding noun καμήλους). ἵππων is a genitive of comparison governed by the verb λείπομαι ('to fall short of', 'be inferior to'), meaning 'than horses'.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1