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Herodotus · Histories §5.61.1-5.61.2

The Third Tripod and the Migration of the Gephyraeans

Passage 830 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

The author quotes the inscription on the third tripod and describes the expulsion of the Cadmeans during the reign of Laodamas, as well as the migration of the Gephyraeans to Athens and their distinct religious rites.

§5.61.1τρίτος δὲ τρίπους λέγει καὶ οὗτος ἐν ἑξαμέτρῳ " Λαοδάμας τρίποδʼ αὐτὸς ἐυσκόπῳ Ἀπόλλωνι μουναρχέων ἀνέθηκε τεῒν περικαλλὲς ἄγαλμα. "
And a third tripod says, this one too in hexameter: "Laodamas himself, while ruling, dedicated this tripod to far-seeing Apollo, a most beautiful offering to you.
§5.61.2ἐπὶ τούτου δὴ τοῦ Λαοδάμαντος τοῦ Ἐτεοκλέος μουναρχέοντος ἐξανιστέαται Καδμεῖοι ὑπʼ Ἀργείων καὶ τρέπονται ἐς τοὺς Ἐγχελέας.
"During the reign of this very Laodamas, the son of Eteocles, the Cadmeans were expelled by the Argives and fled to the Encheleis.
οἱ δὲ Γεφυραῖοι ὑπολειφθέντες ὕστερον ὑπὸ Βοιωτῶν ἀναχωρέουσι ἐς Ἀθήνας· καί σφι ἱρά ἐστι ἐν Ἀθήνῃσι ἱδρυμένα, τῶν οὐδὲν μέτα τοῖσι λοιποῖσι Ἀθηναίοισι, ἄλλα τε κεχωρισμένα τῶν ἄλλων ἱρῶν καὶ δὴ καὶ Ἀχαιίης Δήμητρος ἱρόν τε καὶ ὄργια.
The Gephyraeans, having been left behind, were later driven out by the Boeotians and withdrew to Athens; and they have temples established in Athens, in which the rest of the Athenians have no share, both others that are distinct from the other temples, and in particular the temple and rites of Achaean Demeter.

Notes

  1. §5.61.2ἐπὶ τούτου δὴ τοῦ Λαοδάμαντος τοῦ Ἐτεοκλέος μουναρχέοντος — The preposition ἐπί with the genitive expresses the time, meaning 'during the reign of...'. μουναρχέοντος is a present participle in the genitive modifying Λαоδάμαντος.
  2. §5.61.2ὑπολειφθέντες ὕστερον ὑπὸ Βοιωτῶν — The phrase ὑπὸ Βοιωτῶν ('by the Boeotians') placed between the participle ὑπολειφθέντες ('having been left behind') and the verb ἀναχωρέουσι ('they withdrew') functions as the agent of an implied passive action, such as being expelled or driven out by the Boeotians, which prompted their withdrawal.
  3. §5.61.2τῶν οὐδὲν μέτα — The relative pronoun τῶν (neuter plural genitive, referring to ἱρά) is governed by the impersonal verb μέτεστι (to have a share in, here appearing in the apocopated form μέτα). The syntactical structure is οὐδὲν μέτεστι τοῖσι λοιποῖσι Ἀθηναίοισι τῶν ('the rest of the Athenians have no share in them').

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Herodotus, Histories §5.61.1-5.61.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:5.61.1-5.61.2

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