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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
This passage describes the battle positions of both sides at Salamis, the reaction of the Ionians to Themistocles' instructions, and the rewards given to the Samians Theomestor and Phylacus for their service to the Persian king.
κατὰ μὲν δὴ Ἀθηναίους ἐτετάχατο1 Φοίνικες (οὗτοι γὰρ εἶχον τὸ πρὸς Ἐλευσῖνός τε καὶ ἑσπέρης κέρας), κατὰ δὲ Λακεδαιμονίους Ἴωνες· οὗτοι δʼ εἶχον τὸ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ τε καὶ τὸν Πειραιέα. ἐθελοκάκεον μέντοι αὐτῶν κατὰ τὰς Θεμιστοκλέος ἐντολὰς ὀλίγοι, οἱ δὲ πλεῦνες οὔ.
Opposite the Athenians were stationed the Phoenicians (for these held the wing facing toward Eleusis and the west), and opposite the Lacedaemonians were the Ionians; these held the wing facing toward the east and the Piraeus. However, of them only a few, in accordance with the instructions of Themistocles, fought half-heartedly, but the majority did not.
ἔχω μέν νυν συχνῶν οὐνόματα τριηράρχων καταλέξαι2 τῶν νέας Ἑλληνίδας ἑλόντων, χρήσομαι δὲ αὐτοῖσι οὐδὲν πλὴν Θεομήστορός τε τοῦ Ἀνδροδάμαντος καὶ Φυλάκου τοῦ Ἱστιαίου, Σαμίων ἀμφοτέρων.
Now, though I am able to list the names of many trierarchs who captured Greek ships, I shall make no use of them except for Theomestor, the son of Androdamas, and Phylacus, the son of Histiaeus, both of whom were Samians.
τοῦδε δὲ εἵνεκα μέμνημαι τούτων μούνων, ὅτι Θεομήστωρ μὲν διὰ τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον Σάμου ἐτυράννευσε καταστησάντων τῶν Περσέων,3 Φύλακος δὲ εὐεργέτης βασιλέος ἀνεγράφη καὶ χώρῃ ἐδωρήθη πολλῇ. οἱ δʼ εὐεργέται βασιλέος ὀροσάγγαι καλέονται Περσιστί.
And I mention these two alone for this reason, because Theomestor, on account of this deed, became tyrant of Samos, established by the Persians, while Phylacus was registered as a benefactor of the king and was presented with much land. Now, the benefactors of the king are called ‘orosangae’ in Persian.
- 8.85.1ἐτετάχατο
Third-person plural pluperfect indicative passive of the verb τάσσω (to station). It features the characteristic Ionic ending -ατο, equivalent to τεταγμένοι ἦσαν in Attic.
- 8.85.2ἔχω ... καταλέξαι
The verb ἔχω followed by an infinitive (here, the aorist infinitive καταλέξαι) expresses ability, meaning "to be able to".
- 8.85.3καταστησάντων τῶν Περσέων
Genitive absolute construction formed by the active aorist participle of καθίστημι (to establish/appoint) and the genitive noun οἱ Πέρσαι (the Persians), denoting the agents behind the establishment of his tyranny.