- 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-grc2:9.115.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
As the Athenians besiege Sestos, people from the surrounding areas and the Persian Oeobazus, who had brought the bridge cables, gather in Sestos because of its strong fortifications.
ἐς δὲ τὴν Σηστὸν ταύτην, ὡς ἐόντος ἰσχυροτάτου τείχεος1 τῶν ταύτῃ, συνῆλθον,2 ὡς ἤκουσαν παρεῖναι τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐς τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον, ἔκ τε τῶν ἀλλέων τῶν περιοικίδων, καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐκ Καρδίης πόλιος Οἰόβαζος ἀνὴρ Πέρσης, ὃς τὰ ἐκ τῶν γεφυρέων ὅπλα3 ἐνθαῦτα ἦν κεκομικώς. εἶχον δὲ ταύτην ἐπιχώριοι Αἰολέες, συνῆσαν δὲ Πέρσαι τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων συμμάχων συχνὸς ὅμιλος.
Into this Sestos, as it was the strongest fortress in these parts, they gathered when they heard that the Greeks were present in the Hellespont, both from the other neighboring places, and especially from the city of Cardia, Oeobazus, a Persian, who had brought thither the cables of the bridges. Local Aeolians held this city, but there were also with them Persians and a great crowd of the other allies.
- 9.115.1ὡς ἐόντος ἰσχυροτάτου τείχεος
Genitive absolute with the conjunction ὡς, with the subject (αὐτοῦ, referring to Sestos) omitted. ὡς expresses a subjective or alleged reason ("on the ground that...", "as being...").
- 9.115.1συνῆλθον
Although the verb is in the third-person plural, the only explicitly named subject is the singular proper noun Οἰόβαζος (Oeobazus). The plural verb is used because the action implies multiple people gathering from the surrounding areas, among whom Oeobazus is specifically highlighted.
- 9.115.1τὰ ἐκ τῶν γεφυρέων ὅπλα
The noun ὅπλα (plural of ὅπλον), which usually means "arms" or "weapons", is used here in the sense of "tackle", "cables", or "ropes" used for ships or bridges.