Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 146

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τούτων δὴ εἵνεκα καὶ οἱ Ἴωνες δυώδεκα πόλιας ἐποιήσαντο: ἐπεὶ ὥς γέ τι μᾶλλον οὗτοι Ἴωνες εἰσὶ τῶν ἄλλων Ἰώνων ἢ κάλλιόν τι γεγόνασι, μωρίη πολλὴ λέγειν: τῶν Ἄβαντες μὲν ἐξ Εὐβοίες εἰσὶ οὐκ ἐλαχίστη μοῖρα, τοῖσι Ἰωνίης μέτα οὐδὲ τοῦ οὐνόματος οὐδέν, Μινύαι δὲ Ὀρχομένιοί σφι ἀναμεμίχαται καὶ Καδμεῖοι καὶ Δρύοπες καὶ Φωκέες ἀποδάσμιοι καὶ Μολοσσοὶ καὶ Ἀρκάδες Πελασγοὶ καὶ Δωριέες Ἐπιδαύριοι, ἄλλα τε ἔθνεα πολλὰ ἀναμεμίχαται: [2] οἱ δὲ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πρυτανηίου τοῦ Ἀθηναίων ὁρμηθέντες καὶ νομίζοντες γενναιότατοι εἶναι Ἰώνων, οὗτοι δὲ οὐ γυναῖκας ἠγάγοντο ἐς τὴν ἀποικίην ἀλλὰ Καείρας ἔσχον, τῶν ἐφόνευσαν τοὺς γονέας. [3] διὰ τοῦτὸν δὲ τὸν φόνον αἱ γυναῖκες αὗται νόμον θέμεναι σφίσι αὐτῇσι ὅρκους ἐπήλασαν καὶ παρέδοσαν τῇσι θυγατράσι, μή κοτε ὁμοσιτῆσαι τοῖσι ἀνδράσι μηδὲ οὐνόματι βῶσαι τὸν ἑωυτῆς ἄνδρα, τοῦδε εἵνεκα ὅτι ἐφόνευσαν σφέων τοὺς πατέρας καὶ ἄνδρας καὶ παῖδας καὶ ἔπειτα ταῦτα ποιήσαντες αὐτῇσι συνοίκεον.

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

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Commentary references to this page (3):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus, 1-150
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae, 255
- Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), 2.542
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- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, PHOKAIA (Foça) Turkey.
- Harper's, Helĭcé
- Harper's, Pelasgi
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), COLO´NIA
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), JUSJURANDUM
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), MATRIMO´NIUM
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), AEGEIRA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), EUBOEA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), MILE´TUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PELASGI
- Smith's Bio, Damon
- Smith's Bio, Mi'nyae
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Herodotus, The Histories, Hdt. 7.94
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (18):
- LSJ, Μι^νύαι
- LSJ, Μολοσσός
- LSJ, ἀναμείγνυ_μι
- LSJ, ἀνήρ
- LSJ, ἀποδάσ-μιος
- LSJ, ἀποικ-ία
- LSJ, βοάω
- LSJ, ἔπειτε
- LSJ, ἐπελαύνω
- LSJ, φωκεύς
- LSJ, γίγνομαι
- LSJ, μείγνυμι
- LSJ, μοῖρα
- LSJ, μωρ-ία
- LSJ, ὅρκος
- LSJ, ὁμο-σι_τέω
- LSJ, οὗτος
- LSJ, πρυ^τα^ν-εῖον

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