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Herodotus · Histories §6.20.1

Resettlement of the Milesians and Division of Their Land

Passage 922 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

The captive Milesians were led to Susa and settled by King Darius in the city of Ampe on the Red Sea. The territory of Miletus was divided between the Persians themselves and the Carians of Pedasa.

§6.20.1ἐνθεῦτεν οἱ ζωγρηθέντες τῶν Μιλησίων ἤγοντο ἐς Σοῦσα.
From there, those of the Milesians who had been taken alive were led to Susa.
βασιλεὺς δὲ σφέας Δαρεῖος κακὸν οὐδὲν ἄλλο ποιήσας κατοίκισε ἐπὶ τῇ Ἐρυθρῇ καλεομένῃ θαλάσσῃ ἐν Ἄμπῃ πόλι, παρʼ ἣν Τίγρης ποταμὸς παραρρέων ἐς θάλασσαν ἐξιεῖ.
And King Darius, doing them no other harm, settled them by the so-called Red Sea in the city of Ampe, past which the river Tigris flows as it empties into the sea.
τῆς δὲ Μιλησίων χώρης αὐτοὶ μὲν οἱ Πέρσαι εἶχον τὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸ πεδίον, τὰ δὲ ὑπεράκρια ἔδοσαν Καρσὶ Πηδασεῦσι ἐκτῆσθαι.
Of the territory of the Milesians, the Persians themselves held the parts around the city and the plain, while they gave the mountainous parts to the Carians of Pedasa to possess.

Notes

  1. §6.20.1ἐξιεῖ — Third-person singular present indicative of ἐξίημι (to flow out, empty) in the Ionic dialect, corresponding to the Attic ἐξίησι.
  2. §6.20.1τῆς δὲ Μιλησίων χώρης — A partitive genitive placed at the beginning of the sentence for emphasis, indicating the whole from which the following accusatives (τὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν and τὰ δὲ ὑπεράκρια) are divided.
  3. §6.20.1ἐκτῆσθαι — Perfect infinitive of κτάομαι (to acquire, possess), functioning here as an infinitive of purpose or result ('to possess', 'for them to hold').

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Herodotus, Histories §6.20.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.20.1

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