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Herodotus · Histories §5.92.1

Speech of Socles of Corinth Against the Spartan Proposal

Passage 861 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

The majority of the allies reject the Spartan proposal and remain silent, but Socles of Corinth stands up to speak.

§5.92.1οἳ μὲν ταῦτα ἔλεγον, τῶν δὲ συμμάχων τὸ πλῆθος οὐκ ἐνεδέκετο τοὺς λόγους.
Thus they spoke, but the majority of the allies did not accept their words.
οἱ μέν νυν ἄλλοι ἡσυχίην ἦγον, Κορίνθιος δὲ Σωκλέης ἔλεξε τάδε.
Now the others kept silence, but Socles of Corinth spoke as follows.

Notes

  1. §5.92.1οἳ μὲν — An archaic use of the relative pronoun as a demonstrative pronoun in the nominative, referring here to the Spartans who made the proposal in the previous section. It stands in contrast with the following τῶν δὲ (συμμάχων).
  2. §5.92.1οὐκ ἐνεδέκετο — Imperfect indicative of the verb ἐνδέχομαι (to accept, admit). The subject is the collective singular noun τὸ πλῆθος (the majority) with the genitive τῶν συμμάχων, thus taking a singular verb. The imperfect expresses a continuing or repeated attitude of refusal ('would not accept').

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Herodotus, Histories §5.92.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:5.92.1

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