Herodotus of Halicarnassus. The Histories PDF
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HerodotusofHalicarnassus T H Anaccountofgreatandmarvelous deedsthroughthe1920translationof A.D.Godley. PL 2010 iseBookhasbeensourcedusingcontentmade availablebythePerseusDigitalLibraryunderthe CreativeCommonsAttribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike3.0UnitedStatesLicense.Asaconsequenceof saidlicensing,thisworkislicensedinturnunderthe CreativeCommonsAttribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike3.0License.epublisher,however,neither affirmsnordisputesthelegalityofrestrictingrightsover worksthatarepartofthepublicdomain. CoverandfrontispiecephotographoftheHerodotus reliefonthecourCarréeoftheLouvre©Marie-Lan Nguyen/WikimediaCommons DownloadothereBooksandothereditionsofthis eBookcustomizedforyoureReader’sdisplaysizeby visitingwww.PaxLibrorum.com.Pleasesupportour workbylinkingtotoourwebsite,andpurchasingthe paperbackcounterpartsofoureBookreleases. Customizedfordeviceswith5inchdisplays. Contents 1 BookI 6 2 BookII 225 3 BookIII 405 4 BookIV 560 5 BookV 733 6 BookVI 857 7 BookVII 981 8 BookVIII 1201 9 BookIX 1323 4 isisthedisplayoftheinquiryofHerodotusof H,sothatthingsdonebymannot beforgottenintime,andthatgreatandmarvelous deeds,somedisplayedbytheH,someby thebarbarians,notlosetheirglory,including amongotherswhatwasthecauseoftheirwaging waroneachother. I 1: 1)e P learned men say that the Pwerethecauseofthedispute.ese (they say) came to our seas from the sea which is calledRed,¹andhavingsettledinthecountrywhich ¹Ed.:NotthemodernRS,butthePG andadjacentwaters. 6 Herodotus TH theystilloccupy, atoncebegantomakelongvoy- ages. Among other places to which they carried EandAmerchandise,theycame toA,2)whichwasatthattimepreeminentin everywayamongthepeopleofwhatisnowcalled H.ePcametoA,and setouttheircargo. 3)Onthefihorsixthdayaer theirarrival,whentheirwareswerealmostallsold, manywomencametotheshoreandamongthemes- peciallythedaughteroftheking,whosenamewas Io(accordingtoPandGalike),the daughter of Inachus. 4)As these stood about the sternoftheshipbargainingforthewarestheyliked, thePincitedoneanothertosetupon them. Mostofthewomenescaped: Ioandothers were seized andthrown intothe ship, which then sailedawayforE. 2: 1)In this way, the P say (and not astheG), washowIocametoE, and this, according to them, was the first wrong that 7 Herodotus TH was done. Next, according to their story, some G (they cannot say who) landed at T in P and carried off the king’s daugh- ter Europa. ese G must, I suppose, have beenC. Sofar,then,theaccountbetween themwasbalanced. Butaerthis(theysay),itwas theGwhowereguiltyofthesecondwrong. 2)ey sailed in a long ship to A, a city of the C,andtotheriverP:² andwhen they had done the business for which they came, theycarriedofftheking’sdaughterMedea.3)When theCkingsentaheraldtodemandrepa- rationfortherobberyandrestitutionofhisdaugh- ter, theGrepliedthat, astheyhadbeenre- fusedreparationfortheabductionoftheA Io,theywouldnotmakeanytotheC. 3: 1)en(theysay),inthesecondgeneration aerthis,Alexandrus,sonofPriam,whohadheard thistale,decidedtogethimselfawifefromH ²Ed.:isisthelegendarycruiseoftheArgonauts. 8 Herodotus TH bycapture;forhewasconfidentthathewouldnot sufferpunishment. 2)SohecarriedoffHelen. e Gfirstresolvedtosendmessengersdemand- ing that Helen be restored and atonement made fortheseizure; butwhenthis proposalwas made, the T pleaded the seizure of Medea, and reminded the G that they asked reparation fromothers,yetmadenonethemselves,norgaveup thebootywhenasked. 4: 1)So far it was a matter of mere seizure on both sides. But aer this (the P say), the G were very much to blame; for they invaded A before the P attacked E- . 2)“We think,” they say, “that it is unjust to carry women off. But to be anxious to avenge rape is foolish: wise men take no notice of such things. For plainly the women would never have been carried away, had they not wanted it them- selves. 3)We of A did not deign to notice the seizureofourwomen;buttheG,forthesake 9 Herodotus TH of a L woman, recruited a great armada,cametoA,anddestroyedthepowerof Priam.4)EversincethenwehaveregardedG asourenemies.” ForthePclaimAfor theirown, andtheforeignpeoplesthatinhabitit; EandtheGpeopletheyconsidertobe separatefromthem. 5: 1)Such is the P account; in their opinion, it was the taking of T which began their hatred of the G. 2)But the P- do not tell the same story about Io as the P. ey say that they did not carry her offtoEbyforce. ShehadintercourseinA- with the captain of the ship. en, finding herselfpregnant,shewasashamedtohaveherpar- entsknowit, andso, lesttheydiscoverhercondi- tion,shesailedawaywiththePofher ownaccord.3)esearethestoriesoftheP and the P. For my part, I shall not saythatthisorthatstoryistrue,butIshallidentify 10
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