Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 1

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μετὰ δὲ τὴν Βαβυλῶνος αἵρεσιν ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Σκύθας αὐτοῦ Δαρείου ἔλασις: ἀνθεύσης γὰρ τῆς Ἀσίης ἀνδράσι καὶ χρημάτων μεγάλων συνιόντων, ἐπεθύμησε ὁ Δαρεῖος τίσασθαι Σκύθας, ὅτι ἐκεῖνοι πρότεροι ἐσβαλόντες ἐς τὴν Μηδικὴν καὶ νικήσαντες μάχῃ τοὺς ἀντιουμένους ὑπῆρξαν ἀδικίης. [2] τῆς γὰρ ἄνω Ἀσίης ἦρξαν, ὡς καὶ πρότερον μοι εἴρηται, Σκύθαι ἔτεα δυῶν δέοντα τριήκοντα. Κιμμερίους γὰρ ἐπιδιώκοντες ἐσέβαλον ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην, καταπαύσαντες τῆς ἀρχῆς Μήδους: οὗτοι γὰρ πρὶν ἢ Σκύθας ἀπικέσθαι ἦρχον τῆς Ἀσίης. [3] τοὺς δὲ Σκύθας ἀποδημήσαντας ὀκτὼ καὶ εἴκοσι ἔτεα καὶ διὰ χρόνου τοσούτου κατιόντας ἐς τὴν σφετέρην ἐξεδέξατο οὐκ ἐλάσσων πόνος τοῦ Μηδικοῦ: εὗρον γὰρ ἀντιουμένην σφίσι στρατιήν οὐκ ὀλίγην. αἱ γὰρ τῶν Σκυθέων γυναῖκες, ὥς σφι οἱ ἄνδρες ἀπῆσαν χρόνον πολλόν, ἐφοίτεον παρὰ τοὺς δούλους.

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

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Commentary references to this page (1):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes, 123
Cross-references to this page (3):
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Tenses
- Smith's Bio, Dareius I.
Cross-references in notes to this page (2):
- Herodotus, The Histories, Hdt. 4.82
- Herodotus, The Histories, Hdt. 7.20
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (14):
- LSJ, ἄπειμι
- LSJ, ἀδικ-ία
- LSJ, ἀνθέω
- LSJ, ἀντιόομαι
- LSJ, ἀποδημ-έω
- LSJ, αἵρεσις
- LSJ, ἔλα^σις
- LSJ, ἐκδέχομαι
- LSJ, ἐπιδι^-ώκω
- LSJ, φοιτ-άω
- LSJ, κατα-παύω
- LSJ, πόνος
- LSJ, σύνειμι
- LSJ, ὑπάρχω

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