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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 · 2026-11-08
The barbarian army split into two after reaching Panopeus, and the main force led by Xerxes invaded Boeotia. The Boeotian cities were protected by Macedonian garrisons to demonstrate their allegiance to the Persians.
παραποταμίους1 δὲ παραμειβόμενοι οἱ βάρβαροι ἀπίκοντο ἐς Πανοπέας. ἐνθεῦτεν δὲ ἤδη διακρινομένη ἡ στρατιὴ αὐτῶν ἐσχίζετο. τὸ μὲν πλεῖστον καὶ δυνατώτατον τοῦ στρατοῦ ἅμα αὐτῷ Ξέρξῃ πορευόμενον ἐπʼ Ἀθήνας ἐσέβαλε ἐς Βοιωτούς, ἐς γῆν τὴν Ὀρχομενίων. Βοιωτῶν δὲ πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος ἐμήδιζε, τὰς δὲ πόλις αὐτῶν ἄνδρες Μακεδόνες διατεταγμένοι ἔσωζον, ὑπὸ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀποπεμφθέντες· ἔσωζον δὲ τῇδε,2 δῆλον βουλόμενοι ποιέειν Ξέρξῃ ὅτι τὰ Μήδων Βοιωτοὶ φρονέοιεν.3
Passing by Parapotamioi, the barbarians arrived at Panopeus. From there already their army, being divided, split. The largest and strongest part of the army, marching against Athens together with Xerxes himself, invaded Boeotia, into the land of the Orchomenians. The entire multitude of the Boeotians sided with the Medes, but their cities were protected by Macedonian men who had been stationed there, having been sent by Alexander; and they protected them for this reason, wishing to make it clear to Xerxes that the Boeotians favored the cause of the Medes.
- 8.34.1παραποταμίους
Although it could be taken as an appellative adjective referring to "river-dwellers" or "by-the-river areas," it is here interpreted as the proper noun referring to the town "Parapotamioi" listed in the previous section (§8.33.1).
- 8.34.1τῇδε
The demonstrative adverb τῇδε (in this way, for this reason) prospectively refers to the purpose or intention expressed by the following participle phrase δῆλον βουλόμενοι... (wishing to make it clear...).
- 8.34.1φρονέοιεν
A verb in the clause introduced by the conjunction ὅτι. Since the main verb is in a past tense (ἔσωζον), it is in the optative of indirect discourse (optativus obliquus).