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Herodotus · Histories §7.93.1

Ships and Arms of the Asian Dorians and Carians

Passage 1156 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

This section records the number of ships and the armor of the Dorians of Asia and the Carians, noting that the former name of the Carians was mentioned in the earlier part of the history.

§7.93.1Δωριέες δὲ οἱ ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίης τριήκοντα παρείχοντο νέας, ἔχοντές τε Ἑλληνικὰ ὅπλα καὶ γεγονότες ἀπὸ Πελοποννήσου.
The Dorians of Asia provided thirty ships; they had Greek armor and were of Peloponnesian origin.
Κᾶρες δὲ ἑβδομήκοντα παρείχοντο νέας, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα κατά περ Ἕλληνες ἐσταλμένοι, εἶχον δὲ καὶ δρέπανα καὶ ἐγχειρίδια.
The Carians provided seventy ships; they were equipped in other respects like the Greeks, but they also had falchions and daggers.
οὗτοι δὲ οἵτινες πρότερον ἐκαλέοντο, ἐν τοῖσι πρώτοισι τῶν λόγων εἴρηται.
Who these were called formerly has been told in the first part of my history.

Notes

  1. 7.93.1τὰ μὲν ἄλλα — Accusative of respect (specification) meaning "in other respects," limiting the scope of the following phrase κατά περ Ἕλληνες ἐσταλμένοι (equipped like the Greeks).
  2. 7.93.1οὗτοι δὲ οἵτινες — The word οὗτοι at the beginning of the clause is a case of prolepsis (anticipation) or nominativus pendens, where the pronoun that should function as the subject of the relative clause is placed first for emphasis. Since the main verb εἴρηται is impersonal ("it has been told"), οὗτοι does not grammatically depend on it but serves to introduce the topic ("as for these men").

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