Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 58

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οἱ δὲ Φοίνικες οὗτοι οἱ σὺν Κάδμῳ ἀπικόμενοι, τῶν ἦσαν οἱ Γεφυραῖοι, ἄλλα τε πολλὰ οἰκήσαντες ταύτην τὴν χώρην ἐσήγαγον διδασκάλια ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας καὶ δὴ καὶ γράμματα, οὐκ ἐόντα πρὶν Ἕλλησι ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν, πρῶτα μὲν τοῖσι καὶ ἅπαντες χρέωνται Φοίνικες: μετὰ δὲ χρόνου προβαίνοντος ἅμα τῇ φωνῇ μετέβαλλον καὶ τὸν ῥυθμὸν τῶν γραμμάτων. [2] περιοίκεον δὲ σφέας τὰ πολλὰ τῶν χώρων τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον Ἑλλήνων Ἴωνες, οἳ παραλαβόντες διδαχῇ παρὰ τῶν Φοινίκων τὰ γράμματα, μεταρρυθμίσαντες σφέων ὀλίγα ἐχρέωντο, χρεώμενοι δὲ ἐφάτισαν, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ δίκαιον ἔφερε, ἐσαγαγόντων Φοινίκων ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, Φοινικήια κεκλῆσθαι. [3] καὶ τὰς βύβλους διφθέρας καλέουσι ἀπὸ τοῦ παλαιοῦ οἱ Ἴωνες, ὅτι κοτὲ ἐν σπάνι βύβλων ἐχρέωντο διφθέρῃσι αἰγέῃσί τε καὶ οἰέῃσι: ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὸ κατ᾽ ἐμὲ πολλοὶ τῶν βαρβάρων ἐς τοιαύτας διφθέρας γράφουσι.

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

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- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, PRONOUNS
- Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, KG 1.1.1
- Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, I. Personalpronomina. Substantivische Personalpronomina (ἀντωνυμίαι αἱ πρωτότυποι).
- Harper's, Alphabet
- Harper's, Palaeography
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), LIBER
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PHOENI´CIA
- Smith's Bio, Cadmus
- Smith's Bio, Home'rus
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (13):
- LSJ, αἴγεος
- LSJ, βύβλος
- LSJ, δι^δασκα?́λ-ιον
- LSJ, διφθέρα
- LSJ, φα^τίζω
- LSJ, φέρω
- LSJ, φοινι_κ-ήϊος
- LSJ, γράφω
- LSJ, γράμμα
- LSJ, μεταρρυθμ-ίζω
- LSJ, οἴεος
- LSJ, ῥυθμός
- LSJ, σπάν-ις

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