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Herodotus · Histories §6.90.1

Exile of Nicodromus and Raids from Sunium

Passage 996 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

Because the Athenians failed to arrive on time, Nicodromus and other Aeginetans fled the island, were settled by the Athenians in Sunium, and used it as a base to plunder Aegina.

§6.90.1Νικόδρομος δέ, ὡς οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐς τὸν καιρὸν οὐ παρεγίνοντο, ἐς πλοῖον ἐσβὰς ἐκδιδρήσκει ἐκ τῆς Αἰγίνης· σὺν δέ οἱ καὶ ἄλλοι ἐκ τῶν Αἰγινητέων εἵποντο, τοῖσι Ἀθηναῖοι Σούνιον οἰκῆσαι ἔδοσαν.
And Nicodromus, as the Athenians did not arrive at the critical time, embarked on a boat and escaped from Aegina; and with him went others of the Aeginetans also, to whom the Athenians gave Sunium to inhabit.
ἐνθεῦτεν δὲ οὗτοι ὁρμώμενοι ἔφερόν τε καὶ ἦγον τοὺς ἐν τῇ νήσῳ Αἰγινήτας.
And setting out from there, these men plundered and ravaged the Aeginetans in the island.

Notes

  1. §6.90.1οἱ — Dative singular of the third-person pronoun, here used with the preposition σύν, referring to Nicodromus. This is an Ionic usage equivalent to the Attic αὐτῷ.
  2. §6.90.1τοῖσι — Dative plural of the relative pronoun in the Ionic dialect, equivalent to Attic οἷς, referring back to the other Aeginetans (ἄλλοι ἐκ τῶν Αἰγινητέων). The following infinitive οἰκῆσαι expresses the purpose of ἔδοσαν (infinitive of purpose).
  3. §6.90.1ἔφερόν τε καὶ ἦγον — A traditional idiomatic expression combining 'carrying off' (for inanimate goods, φέρω) and 'driving away' (for livestock or people, ἄγω), collectively meaning 'to plunder' or 'to ravage' (corresponding to the Latin 'ferre et agere').

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