- 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-grc2:8.133.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
While the Greeks remain at Delos and Mardonius winters in Thessaly, Mardonius sends a man named Mys to consult various oracles, an act which the author conjectures was intended to inquire about their present situation.
οἱ μὲν δὴ Ἕλληνες ἔπλεον ἐς τὴν Δῆλον, Μαρδόνιος δὲ περὶ τὴν Θεσσαλίην ἐχείμαζε. ἐνθεῦτεν δὲ ὁρμώμενος ἔπεμπε κατὰ τὰ χρηστήρια ἄνδρα Εὐρωπέα1 γένος, τῷ οὔνομα ἦν Μῦς, ἐντειλάμενος πανταχῇ μιν χρησόμενον ἐλθεῖν, τῶν2 οἷά τε ἦν σφι ἀποπειρήσασθαι. ὅ τι μὲν βουλόμενος ἐκμαθεῖν πρὸς τῶν χρηστηρίων ταῦτα ἐνετέλλετο, οὐκ ἔχω3 φράσαι· οὐ γὰρ ὦν λέγεται· δοκέω δʼ ἔγωγε περὶ τῶν παρεόντων πρηγμάτων καὶ οὐκ ἄλλων πέρι πέμψαι.4
While the Greeks, then, were sailing to Delos, Mardonius was wintering in the region of Thessaly. Setting out from there, he sent to the oracle centers a man of Europus by birth, whose name was Mys, having instructed him to go and consult them everywhere, as far as it was possible for them to make trial of them. What it was that he wished to learn from the oracles when he gave these instructions, I cannot say; for it is not told. But I, for my part, believe that he sent him concerning the present affairs and not about anything else.
- 8.133.1Εὐρωπέα
Accusative singular of the adjective Εὐρωπεύς, meaning "inhabitant of Europus" (a town in Macedonia or Caria). Together with the subsequent accusative of respect γένος, it means "of Europus by birth."
- 8.133.1τῶν
Genitive plural neuter of the relative pronoun. The antecedent is the implied "oracle centers" (χρηστήρια), and it is in the genitive case because it is governed by the verb ἀποπειρήσασθαι ("to make trial of").
- 8.133.1οὐκ ἔχω
The verb ἔχω combined with an infinitive (here φράσαι) means "to be able to" (equivalent to "can"). With the negative οὐ, it means "I cannot say."
- 8.133.1πέμψαι
An aorist infinitive forming the complement of the verb δοκέω ("to think"), representing a past action relative to the main verb. Its subject is Mardonius, meaning "(I think) he sent."