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Herodotus · Histories §9.92.1-9.92.2

Alliance with the Samians and Enlisting Hegesistratus

Passage 1547 of 1577 · Greek

Summary

Leutychides immediately exchanges pledges of alliance with the Samians, who then set sail to return. He commands Hegesistratus to accompany the Greeks, taking his name as a favorable omen.

§9.92.1ταῦτά τε ἅμα ἠγόρευε καὶ τὸ ἔργον προσῆγε.
At the same time as he spoke these words, he also brought the deed to pass.
αὐτίκα γὰρ οἱ Σάμιοι πίστιν τε καὶ ὅρκια ἐποιεῦντο συμμαχίης πέρι πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας.
For immediately the Samians made pledges and oaths concerning an alliance with the Greeks.
§9.92.2ταῦτα δὲ ποιήσαντες οἳ μὲν ἀπέπλεον· μετὰ σφέων γὰρ ἐκέλευε πλέειν τὸν Ἡγησίστρατον, οἰωνὸν τὸ οὔνομα ποιεύμενος.
And having done these things, they sailed away; for he ordered Hegesistratus to sail with them, making an omen of his name.

Notes

  1. 9.92.1ταῦτά τε ἅμα ἠγόρευε καὶ τὸ ἔργον προσῆγε — The correlation ἅμα ... καί ... indicates simultaneous actions ('at the same time as ... also ...'). The subject is Leutychides, the Spartan king, continuing from the previous section, highlighting the promptness with which his words were followed by action (the conclusion of the alliance).
  2. 9.92.2μετὰ σφέων — The genitive of the personal pronoun σφέων (Ionic for σφῶν) functions here as an indirect reflexive pronoun referring to the subject of the main clause, Leutychides and the Greeks. Thus, it means 'with themselves' (i.e., with the Greeks).
  3. 9.92.2οἰωνὸν τὸ οὔνομα ποιεύμενος — The verb ποιέομαι (present middle participle ποιεύμενος) takes two accusatives (τὸ οὔνομα and οἰωνόν), forming a double accusative construction meaning 'making/treating his name (Hegesistratus, "leader of the army") as an omen'.

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Herodotus, Histories §9.92.1-9.92.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:9.92.1-9.92.2

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