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Herodotus · Histories §1.28.1

Croesus's Subjugation of Nations West of the Halys

Passage 28 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

Describes how Croesus subjugated almost all nations within the Halys River, except for the Cilicians and Lycians, and expanded the Lydian territory.

§1.28.1χρόνου δὲ ἐπιγινομένου καὶ κατεστραμμένων σχεδὸν πάντων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἅλυος ποταμοῦ οἰκημένων· πλὴν γὰρ Κιλίκων καὶ Λυκίων τοὺς ἄλλους πάντας ὑπʼ ἑωυτῷ εἶχε καταστρεψάμενος ὁ Κροῖσος.
As time went on and almost all those dwelling within the Halys river had been subdued; for except for the Cilicians and Lycians, Croesus held all the others subdued under his power.
εἰσὶ δὲ οἵδε, Λυδοί, Φρύγες, Μυσοί, Μαριανδυνοί, Χάλυβες, Παφλαγόνες, Θρήικες οἱ Θυνοί τε καὶ Βιθυνοί, Κᾶρες, Ἴωνες, Δωριέες, Αἰολέες, Πάμφυλοι κατεστραμμένων δὲ τούτων καὶ προσεπικτωμένου Κροίσου Λυδοῖσι,
These were as follows: Lydians, Phrygians, Mysians, Mariandynians, Chalybes, Paphlagonians, Thracians—both Thynians and Bithynians—Carians, Ionians, Dorians, Aeolians, Pamphylians; when these had been subdued and Croesus was acquiring more for the Lydians,

Notes

  1. §1.28.1εἶχε καταστρεψάμενος — A periphrastic construction combining ἔχω with a participle (here the aorist middle), expressing that an action has been completed and the resulting state is maintained. It emphasizes the continuation of the state of subjugation more strongly than a simple aorist or perfect.
  2. §1.28.1προσεπικτωμένου Κροίσου Λυδοῖσι — The dative Λυδοῖσι (to the Lydians) depends on the prefix πρός in the compound verb προσεπικτάομαι (to acquire in addition), representing addition ("acquiring in addition to what the Lydians already had"). Alternatively, it can be understood as a dative of advantage (for the benefit of the Lydians).

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Herodotus, Histories §1.28.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:1.28.1

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