- 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-grc2:8.60C.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
Themistocles explains the strategic benefits of a victory at Salamis, mentioning the favorable oracle, and emphasizes that success and divine favor generally follow reasonable planning.
ἢν δέ γε καὶ τὰ ἐγὼ ἐλπίζω γένηται καὶ νικήσωμεν τῇσι νηυσί, οὔτε ὑμῖν1 ἐς τὸν Ἰσθμὸν παρέσονται οἱ βάρβαροι οὔτε προβήσονται ἑκαστέρω τῆς Ἀττικῆς, ἀπίασί τε οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ, Μεγάροισί τε κερδανέομεν περιεοῦσι2 καὶ Αἰγίνῃ καὶ Σαλαμῖνι, ἐν τῇ ἡμῖν καὶ λόγιον ἐστὶ τῶν ἐχθρῶν κατύπερθε γενέσθαι. οἰκότα μέν νυν βουλευομένοισι ἀνθρώποισι ὡς τὸ ἐπίπαν ἐθέλει3 γίνεσθαι· μὴ δὲ οἰκότα βουλευομένοισι οὐκ ἐθέλει οὐδὲ ὁ θεὸς προσχωρέειν πρὸς τὰς ἀνθρωπηίας γνώμας.
But if indeed what I hope for comes to pass and we win with our ships, the barbarians will neither come to the Isthmus to face you nor advance any further than Attica, and they will retreat in utter disarray. We shall also gain Megara, which survives, as well as Aegina and Salamis, in which very place it is foretold by oracle that we shall get the better of our enemies. Now, for men who plan what is reasonable, reasonable results are generally wont to follow; but for those who do not plan what is reasonable, not even God is willing to accommodate himself to human designs.
- 8.60C.1ὑμῖν
Dative of reference or disadvantage with the verb παρέσονται ("to face you" or "to your disadvantage").
- 8.60C.1Μεγάροισί τε κερδανέομεν περιεοῦσι
Μεγάροισι is the Ionic dative plural of the neuter plural noun τὰ Μέγαρα, agreeing with the present participle περιεοῦσι (from περίειμι, "to survive"). The verb κερδαίνω here takes the dative, meaning "to gain from" or "to acquire (Megara which survives)."
- 8.60C.1ἐθέλει
When used with an inanimate subject and an infinitive, ἐθέλω expresses a natural tendency or habit ("to be wont to", "generally to happen").