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The History of Herodotus — Volume 2

NOTES TO BOOK VI.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Herodotus and Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
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114 (return) [ {katekhon pollon tous allous}.]
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115 (return) [ i.e. "though the dancing may be good."]
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116 (return) [ {aponostesein}: some MSS. have {apanastesein}, "he would not take away his army thence."]
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117 (return) [ {upozakoron}.]
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118 (return) [ {ton khthonion theon}, i.e. Demeter and Persephone: cp. vii. 153.]
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119 (return) [ {thesmophorou}.]
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120 (return) [ {to megaron}.]
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121 (return) [ {sphi autoi}: a conjectural rendering of {sphisi autoisi}, which can only be taken with {eousan}, meaning "belonging to them" i.e. the Athenians, and involves the insertion of {Pelasgoisi} or something equivalent with {edosan}.]
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122 (return) [ {ktesamenoi}: some MSS. and editions have {stesamenoi}, "set fifty-oared galleys in place."]

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The History of Herodotus — Volume 2, Project Gutenberg eBook #2456

BOOK VI. THE SIXTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED ERATO BOOK VII. THE SEVENTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED POLYMNIA