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Herodotus · Histories §7.110.1

Thracian Tribes En Route and Their Conscription

Passage 1173 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

Xerxes passes by the coastal Greek cities on his left and moves through the territories of various Thracian tribes. The coastal tribes follow by sea, while the inland tribes, except the Satrae, are forced to follow on foot.

§7.110.1ταύτας μὲν δὴ τὰς πόλιας τὰς παραθαλασσίας τε καὶ Ἑλληνίδας ἐξ εὐωνύμου χειρὸς ἀπέργων παρεξήιε·
Xerxes passed along, keeping these coastal Greek cities on his left hand.
ἔθνεα δὲ Θρηίκων διʼ ὧν τῆς χώρης ὁδὸν ἐποιέετο τοσάδε, Παῖτοι Κίκονες Βίστονες Σαπαῖοι Δερσαῖοι Ἠδωνοὶ Σάτραι.
The tribes of the Thracians through whose territory he made his way were these: the Paeti, Cicones, Bistones, Sapaei, Dersaei, Edoni, and Satrae.
τούτων οἱ μὲν παρὰ θάλασσαν κατοικημένοι ἐν τῇσι νηυσὶ εἵποντο· οἱ δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν μεσόγαιαν οἰκέοντες καταλεχθέντες τε ὑπʼ ἐμεῦ, πλὴν Σατρέων, οἱ ἄλλοι πάντες πεζῇ ἀναγκαζόμενοι εἵποντο.
Of these, those who dwelt along the sea followed him in the ships; but those of them who inhabited the inland country and were enumerated by me, except for the Satrae, all the others followed on foot under compulsion.

Notes

  1. §7.110.1ἐξ εὐωνύμου χειρὸς ἀπέργων — The participle ἀπέργων (from ἀπέργω, "to shut off, exclude") combined with ἐξ εὐωνύμου χειρὸς ("on the left hand") indicates that Xerxes kept these cities on his left, excluding them from his path of march as he moved forward.
  2. §7.110.1διʼ ὧν τῆς χώρης — The relative pronoun ὧν is a genitive plural referring back to the antecedent ἔθνεα Θρηίκων (the Thracian tribes), and modifies the following noun τῆς χώρης ("territory"), meaning "through the territory of whom."
  3. §7.110.1καταλεχθέντες τε ὑπʼ ἐμεῦ — The passive participle καταλεχθέντες (from καταλέγω, "to list, enumerate") functions in apposition to or modifies οἱ δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν μεσόγαιαν οἰκέοντες ("those of them who inhabit the inland"), referring to the tribes just enumerated by Herodotus.

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Herodotus, Histories §7.110.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.110.1

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