Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 93

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θώματα δὲ γῆ ἡ Λυδίη ἐς συγγραφὴν οὐ μάλα ἔχει, οἷά τε καὶ ἄλλη χώρη, πάρεξ τοῦ ἐκ τοῦ Τμώλου καταφερομένου ψήγματος. [2] ἓν δὲ ἔργον πολλὸν μέγιστον παρέχεται χωρὶς τῶν τε Αἰγυπτίων ἔργων καὶ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων: ἔστι αὐτόθι Ἀλυάττεω τοῦ Κροίσου πατρὸς σῆμα, τοῦ ἡ κρηπὶς μὲν ἐστὶ λίθων μεγάλων, τὸ δὲ ἄλλο σῆμα χῶμα γῆς. ἐξεργάσαντο δέ μιν οἱ ἀγοραῖοι ἄνθρωποι καὶ οἱ χειρώνακτες καὶ αἱ ἐνεργαζόμεναι παιδίσκαι. [3] οὖροι δὲ πέντε ἐόντες ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦσαν ἐπὶ τοῦ σήματος ἄνω, καί σφι γράμματα ἐνεκεκόλαπτο τὰ ἕκαστοι ἐξεργάσαντο, καὶ ἐφαίνετο μετρεόμενον τὸ τῶν παιδισκέων ἔργον ἐὸν μέγιστον. [4] τοῦ γὰρ δὴ Λυδῶν δήμου αἱ θυγατέρες πορνεύονται πᾶσαι, συλλέγουσαι σφίσι φερνάς, ἐς ὃ ἂν συνοικήσωσι τοῦτο ποιέουσαι: ἐκδιδοῦσι δὲ αὐταὶ ἑωυτάς. [5] ἡ μὲν δὴ περίοδος τοῦ σήματός εἰσὶ στάδιοι ἓξ καὶ δύο πλέθρα, τὸ δὲ εὖρος ἐστὶ πλέθρα τρία καὶ δέκα. λίμνη δὲ ἔχεται τοῦ σήματος μεγάλη, τὴν λέγουσι Λυδοὶ ἀείναον εἶναι: καλέεται δὲ αὕτη Γυγαίη. τοῦτο μὲν δὴ τοιοῦτο ἐστί.

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

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Commentary references to this page (1):
- Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), 2.865
Cross-references to this page (10):
- Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, I. Personalpronomina. Substantivische Personalpronomina (ἀντωνυμίαι αἱ πρωτότυποι).
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.1.1
- Harper's, Gygaeus Lacus
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), GYGAEUS LACUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), LY´DIA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), TMOLUS
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Concord
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Forms of the verbal predicate
- Smith's Bio, Alyattes
Cross-references in notes to this page (2):
- Strabo, Geography, Strab. 13.4
- 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 (24):
- LSJ, ἀέ-να^ος
- LSJ, ἀγοραῖος
- LSJ, αὐτόθι^
- LSJ, ἐξεργ-άζομαι
- LSJ, ἐνεργ-άζομαι
- LSJ, εἰμί
- LSJ, εἰς
- LSJ, εὖρος
- LSJ, φερν-ή
- LSJ, καταφέρω
- LSJ, κρηπίς
- LSJ, μάλα
- LSJ, ὅρος
- LSJ, παιδίσκ-η
- LSJ, παρέχω
- LSJ, πορν-εύω
- LSJ, σῆμα
- LSJ, συγγρα^φ-ή
- LSJ, συλλέγω
- LSJ, συνοικ-έω
- LSJ, χείρων-αξ
- LSJ, χῶμα
- LSJ, χωρίς
- LSJ, ψῆγ-μα

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