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] ---------- 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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