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The history of Herodotus — Volume 2 by Herodotus
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writing and read it, and after that they sent notice to the other
Hellenes. These things are said to have come to pass in this
manner.[242]
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NOTES TO BOOK VII

1. {kai ploia}, for transport of horses and also of provisions:
however these words are omitted in some of the best MSS.

2. {all ei}: this is the reading of the better class of MSS. The rest
have {alla}, which with {pressois} could only express a wish for
success, and not an exhortation to action.

3. {outos men oi o logos en timoros}: the words may mean "this manner
of discourse was helpful for his purpose."

4. {khresmologon e kai diatheten khresmon ton Mousaiou}.

5. {aphanizoiato}, representing the present tense {aphanizontai} in
the oracle.

6. {ton thronon touton}: most MSS. have {ton thronon, touto}.

7. {epistasthe kou pantes}: the MSS. have {ta epistasthe kou pantes},
which is given by most Editors. In that case {oia erxan} would be
an exclamation, "What evils they did to us, . . . things which ye
all know well, I think."

8. {touton mentoi eineka}: it is hardly possible here to give
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