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Herodotus · Histories §3.144.1

Maeandrius Agrees to Evacuate Before Persian Forces

Passage 548 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

When the Persian army arrived in Samos with Syloson, Maeandrius and his faction agreed to withdraw from the island without resistance under a treaty, and the high-ranking Persians took their seats opposite the acropolis.

§3.144.1ἐπειδὴ ὦν ἀπίκοντο ἐς τὴν Σάμον οἱ Πέρσαι κατάγοντες Συλοσῶντα, οὔτε τίς σφι χεῖρας ἀνταείρεται, ὑπόσπονδοί τε ἔφασαν εἶναι ἕτοιμοι οἱ τοῦ Μαιανδρίου στασιῶται καὶ αὐτὸς Μαιάνδριος ἐκχωρῆσαι ἐκ τῆς νήσου.
\nSo when the Persians arrived in Samos, bringing back Syloson, no one raised a hand against them; moreover, the partisans of Maeandrius and Maeandrius himself declared that they were ready to withdraw from the island under a treaty.
καταινέσαντος δʼ ἐπὶ τούτοισι Ὀτάνεω καὶ σπεισαμένου, τῶν Περσέων οἱ πλείστου ἄξιοι θρόνους θέμενοι κατεναντίον τῆς ἀκροπόλιος κατέατο.
And when Otanes agreed to this and made a treaty, those of the Persians who were of the highest rank set up seats and sat down opposite the acropolis.

Notes

  1. §3.144.1ὑπόσπονδοί — Nominative masculine plural of the adjective `ὑπόσπονδος`, modifying the subject (the partisans of Maeandrius and Maeandrius himself) and functioning adverbially to mean 'under a treaty of truce' or 'with a guarantee of safety'.
  2. §3.144.1Ὀτάνεω — Ionic genitive singular of the proper name `Ὀτάνης`, corresponding to the Attic `Ὀτάνου`. Here it forms a genitive absolute construction with the participles `καταινέσαντος` and `σπεισαμένου`.
  3. §3.144.1κατέατο — Third-person plural imperfect Ionic form of the verb `κάθημαι` (to sit), corresponding to the Attic `καθῆντο`. In the Ionic dialect, the ending `-ατο` is commonly used instead of `-ντο` in the third-person plural passive/middle.

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Herodotus, Histories §3.144.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:3.144.1

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