- Source
- 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-grc2:8.124.1-8.124.3
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
Although denied the first prize due to the jealousy of the Greeks, Themistocles' reputation flourishes, and he receives unprecedented honors and the prize for wisdom from the Spartans.
οὐ βουλομένων δὲ ταῦτα κρίνειν τῶν Ἑλλήνων φθόνῳ, ἀλλʼ ἀποπλεόντων ἑκάστων ἐς τὴν ἑωυτῶν ἀκρίτων,1 ὅμως Θεμιστοκλέης ἐβώσθη τε καὶ ἐδοξώθη εἶναι ἀνὴρ πολλὸν Ἑλλήνων σοφώτατος ἀνὰ πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα.
Although the Greeks, out of jealousy, were unwilling to decide this matter, and each sailed away to their own lands without making a decision, nevertheless Themistocles was celebrated and deemed throughout the whole of Greece to be by far the wisest man among the Greeks.
ὅτι δὲ νικῶν2 οὐκ ἐτιμήθη πρὸς τῶν ἐν Σαλαμῖνι ναυμαχησάντων, αὐτίκα μετὰ ταῦτα ἐς Λακεδαίμονα ἀπίκετο θέλων τιμηθῆναι· καὶ μιν Λακεδαιμόνιοι καλῶς μὲν ὑπεδέξαντο, μεγάλως δὲ ἐτίμησαν. ἀριστήια μέν νυν ἔδοσαν Εὐρυβιάδῃ ἐλαίης στέφανον, σοφίης δὲ καὶ δεξιότητος Θεμιστοκλέι καὶ τούτῳ στέφανον ἐλαίης· ἐδωρήσαντό τέ μιν ὄχῳ τῷ ἐν Σπάρτῃ καλλιστεύσαντι.
And because, despite being the victor, he was not honored by those who had fought the sea-battle at Salamis, immediately after this he went to Lacedaemon, wishing to be honored; and the Lacedaemonians received him handsomely and honored him greatly. They gave the prize of valor, indeed, to Eurybiades, a crown of olive, and for wisdom and cleverness to Themistocles, to him also a crown of olive; and they presented him with the chariot that was the finest in Sparta.
αἰνέσαντες δὲ πολλά, προέπεμψαν ἀπιόντα τριηκόσιοι Σπαρτιητέων λογάδες, οὗτοι οἵ περ ἱππέες3 καλέονται, μέχρι οὔρων τῶν Τεγεητικῶν. μοῦνον δὴ τοῦτον πάντων ἀνθρώπων τῶν ἡμεῖς ἴδμεν4 Σπαρτιῆται προέπεμψαν.
And having praised him greatly, three hundred chosen Spartans, those who are called the Knights, escorted him on his departure as far as the borders of Tegea. He is indeed the only man of all those whom we know whom the Spartans have ever escorted.
- 8.124.1ἀκρίτων
Genitive plural agreeing with ἑκάστων in a predicative sense, meaning 'they, without having made a decision,' or 'without the matter being decided.'
- 8.124.2νικῶν
Present active participle of νικάω, masculine singular nominative. Here it functions contrastively/concessively ('although he was victorious'), agreeing with the omitted subject (Themistocles) of the ὅτι clause.
- 8.124.3ἱππέες
Nominative plural Ionic form of ἱππεύς (equivalent to Attic ἱππεῖς). Although meaning 'knights' or 'cavalry,' in Sparta this was a technical term for the royal elite bodyguard of 300 heavy infantrymen.
- 8.124.3τῶν ἡμεῖς ἴδμεν
ἴδμεν is the Ionic form of ἴσμεν (first-person plural of οἶδα, 'to know'). The relative pronoun τῶν is attracted to the genitive of its antecedent πάντων ἀνθρώπων, meaning 'of all those whom we know.'