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Herodotus · Histories §7.91.1

Ships and Origins of Cilicians and Pamphylians

Passage 1154 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

Describes the number of ships provided by the Cilicians and Pamphylians, their unique armor, and their historical origins and namings.

§7.91.1Κίλικες δὲ ἑκατὸν παρείχοντο νέας.
The Cilicians provided one hundred ships.
οὗτοι δʼ αὖ περὶ μὲν τῇσι κεφαλῇσι κράνεα ἐπιχώρια, λαισήια δὲ εἶχον ἀντʼ ἀσπίδων ὠμοβοέης πεποιημένα, καὶ κιθῶνας εἰρινέους ἐνδεδυκότες· δύο δὲ ἀκόντια ἕκαστος καὶ ξίφος εἶχον, ἀγχοτάτω τῇσι Αἰγυπτίῃσι μαχαίρῃσι πεποιημένα.
These, in turn, wore native helmets on their heads, and instead of shields they had light shields made of raw ox-hide, and wore woollen tunics; each man had two javelins and a sword made very like the Egyptian daggers.
οὗτοι δὲ τὸ παλαιὸν Ὑπαχαιοὶ ἐκαλέοντο, ἐπὶ δὲ Κίλικος τοῦ Ἀγήνορος ἀνδρὸς Φοίνικος ἔσχον τὴν ἐπωνυμίην.
These in ancient times were called Hypachaeans, but they took their name after Cilix, the son of Agenor, a Phoenician.
Πάμφυλοι δὲ τριήκοντα παρείχοντο νέας Ἑλληνικοῖσι ὅπλοισι ἐσκευασμένοι.
The Pamphylians provided thirty ships, equipped with Greek arms.
οἱ δὲ Πάμφυλοι οὗτοι εἰσὶ τῶν ἐκ Τροίης ἀποσκεδασθέντων ἅμα Ἀμφιλόχῳ καὶ Κάλχαντι.
These Pamphylians are descendants of those who were dispersed from Troy along with Amphilochus and Calchas.

Notes

  1. §7.91.1κράνεα ἐπιχώρια — There is no verb in the clause following the prepositional phrase περὶ μὲν τῇσι κεφαλῇσι. The verb εἶχον from the subsequent clause λαισήια δὲ εἶχον is either shared, or a verb meaning 'wore' is omitted.
  2. §7.91.1ἐπὶ δὲ Κίλικος — The preposition ἐπί with the genitive case expresses the origin or basis of a name, meaning 'named after' or 'derived from'.
  3. §7.91.1τῶν ἐκ Τροίης ἀποσκεδασθέντων — Partitive genitive. Combined with the verb εἰσί, it means 'are of those who' or 'are descendants of those who were dispersed...'

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Herodotus, Histories §7.91.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.91.1

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