Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 46

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Κροῖσος δὲ ἐπὶ δύο ἔτεα ἐν πένθεϊ μεγάλῳ κατῆστο τοῦ παιδὸς ἐστερημένος. μετὰ δὲ ἡ Ἀστυάγεος τοῦ Κυαξάρεω ἡγεμονίη καταιρεθεῖσα ὑπὸ Κύρου τοῦ Καμβύσεω καὶ τὰ τῶν Περσέων πρήγματα αὐξανόμενα πένθεος μὲν Κροῖσον ἀπέπαυσε, ἐνέβησε δὲ ἐς φροντίδα, εἴ κως δύναιτο, πρὶν μεγάλους γενέσθαι τοὺς Πέρσας, καταλαβεῖν αὐτῶν αὐξανομένην τὴν δύναμιν. [2] μετὰ ὦν τὴν διάνοιαν ταύτην αὐτίκα ἀπεπειρᾶτο τῶν μαντείων τῶν τε ἐν Ἕλλησι καὶ τοῦ ἐν Λιβύῃ, διαπέμψας ἄλλους ἄλλῃ, τοὺς μὲν ἐς Δελφοὺς ἰέναι, τοὺς δὲ ἐς Ἄβας τὰς Φωκέων, τοὺς δὲ ἐς Δωδώνην: οἳ δὲ τινὲς ἐπέμποντο παρὰ τε Ἀμφιάρεων καὶ παρὰ Τροφώνιον, οἳ δὲ τῆς Μιλησίης ἐς Βραγχίδας. [3] ταῦτα μέν νυν τὰ Ἑλληνικὰ μαντήια ἐς τὰ ἀπέπεμψε μαντευσόμενος Κροῖσος: Λιβύης δὲ παρὰ Ἄμμωνα ἀπέστελλε ἄλλους χρησομένους. διέπεμπε δὲ πειρώμενος τῶν μαντηίων ὅ τι φρονέοιεν, ὡς εἰ φρονέοντα τὴν ἀληθείην εὑρεθείη, ἐπείρηται σφέα δεύτερα πέμπων εἰ ἐπιχειρέοι ἐπὶ Πέρσας στρατεύεσθαι.

Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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Cross-references to this page (10):
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, ABAI Phokis, Greece.
- Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, I. Personalpronomina. Substantivische Personalpronomina (ἀντωνυμίαι αἱ πρωτότυποι).
- Harper's, Cambȳses
- Harper's, Dodōna
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), ORA´CULUM
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ABAE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), BRA´NCHIDAE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), DODO´NA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), LEBADEIA
- Smith's Bio, Tropho'nius
Cross-references in notes to this page (4):
- Herodotus, The Histories, Hdt. 5.36
- Herodotus, The Histories, Hdt. 6.19
- Strabo, Geography, Strab. 14.1
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, Clash Between Greeks and Persians
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (18):
- LSJ, Κῦρος
- LSJ, Λι^βύη
- LSJ, Τροφώνιος
- LSJ, ἄλλη
- LSJ, ἀπο-παύω
- LSJ, ἀπο-πειράομαι
- LSJ, ἀποστέλλω
- LSJ, διάνοια^
- LSJ, ἐμβαίνω
- LSJ, φρον-έω
- LSJ, φροντ-ίς
- LSJ, κάθημαι
- LSJ, καταλαμβάνω
- LSJ, μαντ-εῖον
- LSJ, μαντ-εύομαι
- LSJ, σφεῖς
- LSJ, στερέω
- LSJ, χράω

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