Herodotus · Histories §1.168.1

Flight of the Teians and Foundation of Abdera

Passage 168 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

This chunk concludes the account of Phocaea in Ionia and describes the Teians, who similarly fled from Harpagus' siege to found the city of Abdera in Thrace, which had been previously attempted by Timesius.

§1.168.1Φωκαίης μέν νυν πέρι τῆς ἐν Ἰωνίῃ οὕτω ἔσχε παραπλήσια δὲ τούτοισι καὶ Τήιοι ἐποίησαν.

Now, such was the case concerning Phocaea in Ionia. And the Teians also did very similarly to these.

ἐπείτε γὰρ σφέων εἷλε χώματι τὸ τεῖχος Ἅρπαγος, ἐσβάντες πάντες ἐς τὰ πλοῖα οἴχοντο πλέοντες ἐπὶ τῆς Θρηίκης, καὶ ἐνθαῦτα ἔκτισαν πόλιν Ἄβδηρα, τὴν πρότερος τούτων Κλαζομένιος Τιμήσιος κτίσας οὐκ ἀπόνητο, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ Θρηίκων ἐξελασθεὶς τιμὰς νῦν ὑπὸ Τηίων τῶν ἐν Ἀβδήροισι ὡς ἥρως ἔχει.

For when Harpagus took their wall by a mound, they all embarked on their ships and went sailing for Thrace, and there they founded the city of Abdera, which Timesius of Clazomenae had founded before them but did not enjoy, being driven out by the Thracians; however, he now receives honors as a hero from the Teians who are in Abdera.

Notes

1.168.1οὕτω ἔσχε — Meaning 'so it was' or 'it turned out thus.' The intransitive use of ἔχω with the adverb οὕτω means 'to be in a certain state,' here used impersonally to describe the outcome of the situation.
1.168.1οἴχοντο πλέοντες — The verb οἴχομαι ('to have gone') combined with a participle (πλέοντες) denotes that an action has already occurred and the subjects are gone. It means 'they sailed away.'
1.168.1οὐκ ἀπόνητο — The third-person singular aorist in the Ionic dialect of the verb ἀπονίναμαι (middle: 'to derive benefit from,' 'to enjoy'). It means 'he did not enjoy [the fruit of his labor],' referring to his inability to benefit from the city he founded due to his expulsion.

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Herodotus, Histories §1.168.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:1.168.1

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