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Herodotus · Histories §5.123.1

Capture of Clazomenae and Cyme by Artaphernes and Otanes

Passage 899 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

Following the death of Hymees, Artaphernes and Otanes were ordered to march against Ionia and Aeolis, where they captured Clazomenae and Cyme.

§5.123.1οὗτος μὲν δὴ οὕτω ἐτελεύτησε, Ἀρταφρένης δὲ ὁ Σαρδίων ὕπαρχος καὶ Ὀτάνης ὁ τρίτος στρατηγὸς ἐτάχθησαν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰωνίην καὶ τὴν προσεχέα Αἰολίδα στρατεύεσθαι.
This man indeed thus died, but Artaphernes, the governor of Sardis, and Otanes, the third general, were ordered to march against Ionia and the adjacent Aeolis.
Ἰωνίης μέν νυν Κλαζομενὰς αἱρέουσι, Αἰολέων δὲ Κύμην.
Now, of Ionia they captured Clazomenae, and of the Aeolians, Cyme.

Notes

  1. §5.123.1ἐτάχθησαν ... στρατεύεσθαι — The verb ἐτάχθησαν (were ordered/appointed) is followed by the infinitive στρατεύεσθαι (to march/campaign), which expresses the content of the command or assignment.
  2. §5.123.1Ἰωνίης ... Αἰολέων — The genitives Ἰωνίης and Αἰολέων are partitive genitives depending on the accusative direct objects Κλαζομενὰς and Κύμην respectively, meaning 'Clazomenae of (the cities of) Ionia' and 'Cyme of the Aeolians.'

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Herodotus, Histories §5.123.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:5.123.1

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