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Herodotus · Histories §1.40.1

Croesus Grants Permission for His Son to Hunt

Passage 40 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

Croesus admits that his son's argument is reasonable, changes his mind, and permits him to go to the hunt.

§1.40.1ἀμείβεται Κροῖσος ὦ παῖ, ἔστι τῇ με νικᾷς γνώμην ἀποφαίνων περὶ τοῦ ἐνυπνίου.
Croesus answered: "My child, there is a point in which you defeat me, by expressing your opinion about the dream.
ὡς ὦν νενικημένος ὑπὸ σέο μεταγινώσκω, μετίημί τε σὲ ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἄγρην.
Since, therefore, I have been defeated by you, I change my mind, and I let you go to the hunt."

Notes

  1. §1.40.1ἔστι τῇ — An expression using the relative adverb τῇ (equivalent to Attic ᾗ) to mean "there is a point in which...". Here, it indicates the "point" that the son defeats the father (με νικᾷς) by expressing his opinion (γνώμην ἀποφαίνων) about the dream.
  2. §1.40.1σέο — The Ionic dialect form of σοῦ, the genitive of the second-person singular pronoun. Used with the preposition ὑπό, it indicates the agent (by you) of the perfect passive participle νενικημένος (having been defeated).

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Herodotus, Histories §1.40.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:1.40.1

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