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Herodotus · Histories §7.73.1

Equipment and Origins of the Phrygians and Armenians

Passage 1136 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

Describes the equipment and origins of the Phrygians and Armenians, noting that Artochmes, Darius' son-in-law, commanded both groups.

§7.73.1φρύγες δὲ ἀγχοτάτω τῆς Παφλαγονικῆς σκευὴν εἶχον, ὀλίγον παραλλάσσοντες.
The Phrygians had equipment very close to the Paphlagonian, differing only slightly.
οἱ δὲ Φρύγες, ὡς Μακεδόνες λέγουσι, ἐκαλέοντο Βρίγες χρόνον ὅσον Εὐρωπήιοι ἐόντες σύνοικοι ἦσαν Μακεδόσι, μεταβάντες δὲ ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην ἅμα τῇ χώρῃ καὶ τὸ οὔνομα μετέβαλον ἐς Φρύγας.
These Phrygians, as the Macedonians say, were called Briges for as long a time as they were in Europe and lived together with the Macedonians, but having migrated to Asia, they changed their name along with their country to Phrygians.
Ἀρμένιοι δὲ κατά περ Φρύγες ἐσεσάχατο, ἐόντες Φρυγῶν ἄποικοι.
The Armenians were equipped just like the Phrygians, being colonists of the Phrygians.
τούτων συναμφοτέρων ἦρχε Ἀρτόχμης Δαρείου ἔχων θυγατέρα.
Of both of these together, Artochmes, who had a daughter of Darius as his wife, was in command.

Notes

  1. §7.73.1τῆς Παφλαγονικῆς — The feminine genitive singular adjective implies the noun `σκευῆς` (corresponding to the preceding `σκευήν`), meaning '[the equipment] of the Paphlagonians'.
  2. §7.73.1ἐσεσάχατο — The third-person plural pluperfect passive in the Ionic dialect of the verb `σάττω` (to equip, arm), equivalent to Attic `σεσαγμένοι ἦσαν`.
  3. §7.73.1Δαρείου ἔχων θυγατέρα — The present participle `ἔχων` is used in the sense of 'having (as a wife),' meaning 'having a daughter of Darius as his wife.'

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Herodotus, Histories §7.73.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.73.1

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