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Herodotus · Histories §6.71.1-6.71.2

Accession and Family Lineage of Leotychides

Passage 973 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

Following the deposition of Demaratus, Leotychides succeeds to the Spartan kingship. His son Zeuxidamus dies before him, leaving a son Archidamus, who later marries Leotychides' daughter Lampito.

§6.71.1Λευτυχίδης δὲ ὁ Μενάρεος Δημαρήτου καταπαυσθέντος διεδέξατο τὴν βασιληίην, καί οἱ γίνεται παῖς Ζευξίδημος, τὸν δὴ Κυνίσκον μετεξέτεροι Σπαρτιητέων ἐκάλεον.
Upon the deposition of Demaratus, Leotychides, the son of Menares, succeeded to the kingship; and to him was born a son, Zeuxidamus, whom indeed some of the Spartans called Cyniscus.
οὗτος ὁ Ζευξίδημος οὐκ ἐβασίλευσε Σπάρτης· πρὸ Λευτυχίδεω γὰρ τελευτᾷ, λιπὼν παῖδα Ἀρχίδημον.
This Zeuxidamus did not rule over Sparta, for he died before Leotychides, leaving behind a son, Archidamus.
§6.71.2Δευτυχίδης δὲ στερηθεὶς Ζευξιδήμου γαμέει δευτέρην γυναῖκα Εὐρυδάμην τὴν ἐοῦσαν Μενίου ἀδελφεὴν Διακτορίδεω δὲ θυγατέρα, ἐκ τῆς οἱ ἔρσεν μὲν γίνεται οὐδέν, θυγάτηρ δὲ Λαμπιτώ, τὴν Ἀρχίδημος ὁ Ζευξιδήμου γαμέει δόντος αὐτῷ Λευτυχίδεω.
Leotychides, having been bereaved of Zeuxidamus, married a second wife, Eurydame, who was the sister of Menius and daughter of Diactorides. By her no male issue was born to him, but a daughter, Lampito, whom Archidamus, the son of Zeuxidamus, married, Leotychides having given her to him.

Notes

  1. §6.71.1Δημαρήτου καταπαυσθέντος — Genitive absolute construction, expressing time ("after Demaratus was deposed") or cause ("since Demaratus was deposed").
  2. §6.71.1τὸν δὴ Κυνίσκον — Double accusative with the verb of calling ἐκάλεον ("were calling"). The relative pronoun in the accusative τὸν acts as the direct object, while progress-limiting Κυνίσκον serves as the object complement.
  3. §6.71.2στερηθεὶς Ζευξιδήμου — The passive participle στερηθεὶς (from στερέω, "to deprive, bereave") governs the genitive of separation/deprivation Ζευξιδήμου, meaning "having been bereaved of Zeuxidamus" (i.e., having lost him).
  4. §6.71.2δόντος αὐτῷ Λευτυχίδεω — Genitive absolute construction. The aorist participle δόντος and the noun Λευτυχίδεω (genitive) form the absolute structure, while the dative αὐτῷ ("to him," referring to Archidamus) functions as the indirect object. It expresses attendant circumstance or condition: "Leotychides having given [her] to him."

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Herodotus, Histories §6.71.1-6.71.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.71.1-6.71.2

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