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Herodotus · Histories §7.232.1

The Fate of Pantites the Messenger

Passage 1295 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

This section relates the story of Pantites, another survivor of the Three Hundred who had been sent to Thessaly, but hanged himself upon returning to Sparta due to the dishonor he faced.

§7.232.1λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἄλλον ἀποπεμφθέντα ἄγγελον ἐς Θεσσαλίην τῶν τριηκοσίων τούτων περιγενέσθαι, τῷ οὔνομα εἶναι Παντίτην· νοστήσαντα δὲ τοῦτον ἐς Σπάρτην, ὡς ἠτίμωτο, ἀπάγξασθαι.
It is also said that another of these three hundred, who had been sent as a messenger to Thessaly, survived, whose name was Pantites; and that this man, having returned to Sparta, because he was held in dishonor, hanged himself.

Notes

  1. 7.232.1τῷ — Ionic relative pronoun (equivalent to Attic ᾧ), functioning as a dative of possession. The antecedent is ἄλλον.
  2. 7.232.1εἶναι — An infinitive used in a relative clause due to the continuation of the indirect discourse introduced by the main verb λέγεται.
  3. 7.232.1ἀπάγξασθαι — An infinitive dependent on the main verb λέγεται, with its subject accusative being τοῦτον. The middle voice (aorist middle infinitive of ἀπάγχω) has a reflexive sense, meaning 'to hang oneself'.

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Herodotus, Histories §7.232.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.232.1

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