- 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-grc2:9.57.1-9.57.3
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
Seeing that the main force has actually retreated, Amompharetus finally leads his company to follow and join them. Meanwhile, the barbarian cavalry, realizing that the Greek post has been vacated, immediately pursues and attacks them.
Ἀμομφάρετος δὲ ἀρχήν1 γε οὐδαμὰ δοκέων Παυσανίην τολμήσειν σφέας ἀπολιπεῖν, περιείχετο αὐτοῦ μένοντας μὴ ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν τάξιν· προτερεόντων δὲ τῶν σὺν Παυσανίῃ, καταδόξας αὐτοὺς ἰθέῃ τέχνῃ ἀπολείπειν αὐτόν, ἀναλαβόντα2 τὸν λόχον τὰ ὅπλα ἦγε βάδην πρὸς τὸ ἄλλο στῖφος·
Amompharetus, not thinking at all in the first place that Pausanias would ever dare to abandon them, insisted on remaining there and not leaving their post; but as those with Pausanias went forward, suspecting that they were leaving him in real earnest, he ordered his company to take up their arms and led them at a walk toward the rest of the body.
τὸ δὲ ἀπελθὸν ὅσον τε δέκα στάδια ἀνέμενε τὸν Ἀμομφαρέτου λόχον, περὶ ποταμὸν Μολόεντα ἱδρυμένον Ἀργιόπιόν τε χῶρον καλεόμενον, τῇ καὶ Δήμητρος Ἐλευσινίης ἱρὸν ἧσται. ἀνέμενε δὲ τοῦδε εἵνεκα, ἵνα ἢν μὴ ἀπολείπῃ τὸν χῶρον ἐν τῷ ἐτετάχατο ὁ Ἀμομφάρετός τε καὶ ὁ λόχος, ἀλλʼ αὐτοῦ μένωσι, βοηθέοι3 ὀπίσω παρʼ ἐκείνους.
The latter, having retreated about ten stades, was waiting for the company of Amompharetus, being posted by the river Moloeis and at the place called Argiopius, where also stands a temple of Eleusinian Demeter. And they were waiting for this reason, so that, if Amompharetus and his company should not leave the place where they had been drawn up but remain there, they might march back to assist them.
καὶ οἵ τε ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἀμομφάρετον παρεγίνοντό σφι καὶ ἡ ἵππος ἡ τῶν βαρβάρων προσέκειτο πᾶσα. οἱ γὰρ ἱππόται ἐποίευν οἷον καὶ ἐώθεσαν ποιέειν αἰεί, ἰδόντες δὲ τὸν χῶρον κεινὸν ἐν τῷ ἐτετάχατο οἱ Ἕλληνες τῇσι προτέρῃσι ἡμέρῃσι, ἤλαυνον τοὺς ἵππους αἰεὶ τὸ πρόσω καὶ ἅμα καταλαβόντες προσεκέατό σφι.
And just as Amompharetus and his men joined them, the entire cavalry of the barbarians pressed upon them. For the horsemen did what they had always been accustomed to do; seeing the place empty where the Greeks had been drawn up on the preceding days, they drove their horses ever forward, and as soon as they overtook them, they pressed upon them.
- 9.57.1ἀρχήν
The accusative ἀρχήν with the negative οὐδαμά functions adverbially to mean 'at all' or 'in the first place... not at all.'
- 9.57.1ἀναλαβόντα
The participle ἀναλαβόντα is in the accusative masculine singular, whereas it grammatically refers to the subject of the main verb ἦγε (Amompharetus, nominative). This is an instance of anacoluthon (case shift from nominative to accusative), likely influenced by the preceding accusatives (σφέας, αὐτούς, αὐτόν).
- 9.57.2βοηθέοι
The optative βοηθέοι is used in a purpose clause introduced by ἵνα, dependent on the historical main verb ἀνέμενε, which contains an embedded conditional clause (ἢν μὴ ἀπολείπῃ..., in the subjunctive). It represents the past intention of the main force to return and assist them if they should remain.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-22)
- 2026-09-22 AI review — source 1