Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 63

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ὡς ὦν δὴ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι λέγουσι, οὗτοι οἱ ἄνδρες ἐν Δελφοῖσι κατήμενοι ἀνέπειθον τὴν Πυθίην χρήμασι, ὅκως ἔλθοιεν Σπαρτιητέων ἄνδρες εἴτε ἰδίῳ στόλῳ εἴτε δημοσίῳ χρησόμενοι, προφέρειν σφι τὰς Ἀθήνας ἐλευθεροῦν. [2] Λακεδαιμόνιοι δέ, ὥς σφι αἰεὶ τὠυτὸ πρόφαντον ἐγίνετο, πέμπουσι Ἀγχιμόλιον τὸν Ἀστέρος, ἐόντα τῶν ἀστῶν ἄνδρα δόκιμον, σὺν στρατῷ ἐξελῶντα Πεισιστρατίδας ἐξ Ἀθηνέων ὅμως καὶ ξεινίους σφι ἐόντας τὰ μάλιστα: τὰ γὰρ τοῦ θεοῦ πρεσβύτερα ἐποιεῦντο ἢ τὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν: πέμπουσι δὲ τούτους κατὰ θάλασσαν πλοίοισι. [3] ὃ μὲν δὴ προσσχὼν ἐς Φάληρον τὴν στρατιὴν ἀπέβησε, οἱ δὲ Πεισιστρατίδαι προπυνθανόμενοι ταῦτα ἐπεκαλέοντο ἐκ Θεσσαλίης ἐπικουρίην: ἐπεποίητο γάρ σφι συμμαχίη πρὸς αὐτούς. Θεσσαλοὶ δέ σφι δεομένοισι ἀπέπεμψαν κοινῇ γνώμῃ χρεώμενοι χιλίην τε ἵππον καὶ τὸν βασιλέα τὸν σφέτερον Κινέην ἄνδρα Κονιαῖον: τοὺς ἐπείτε ἔσχον συμμάχους οἱ Πεισιστρατίδαι, ἐμηχανῶντο τοιάδε: [4] κείραντες τῶν Φαληρέων τὸ πεδίον καὶ ἱππάσιμον ποιήσαντες τοῦτον τὸν χῶρον ἐπῆκαν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ τὴν ἵππον: ἐμπεσοῦσα δὲ διέφθειρε ἄλλους τε πολλοὺς τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ δὴ καὶ τὸν Ἀγχιμόλιον: τοὺς δὲ περιγενομένους αὐτῶν ἐς τὰς νέας κατεῖρξαν. ὁ μὲν δὴ πρῶτος στόλος ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος οὕτω ἀπήλλαξε, καὶ Ἀγχιμολίου εἰσὶ ταφαὶ τῆς Ἀττικῆς Ἀλωπεκῆσι, ἀγχοῦ τοῦ Ἡρακλείου τοῦ ἐν Κυνοσάργεϊ.

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

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- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, 942
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax, 1090
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 7, 7.12
Cross-references to this page (10):
- Harper's, Clisthĕnes
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), E´PHORI
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), MERCENA´RII
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), ORA´CULUM
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), TAGUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ATHE´NAE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), A´TTICA
- Smith's Bio, Anchimo'lius
- Smith's Bio, Clei'sthenes
- Smith's Bio, Peisi'stratus
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Herodotus, The Histories, Hdt. 5.90
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (27):
- LSJ, Κυ^νόσαργες
- LSJ, Θεσσαλ-ός
- LSJ, ἀνήρ
- LSJ, ἀπαλλάσσω
- LSJ, ἀποβαίνω
- LSJ, ξέν-ιος
- LSJ, ἐξελ-αύνω
- LSJ, ἐφίημι
- LSJ, ἐπικα^λέω
- LSJ, ἐπικουρ-ία
- LSJ, φάληρον
- LSJ, ἱππ-άσιμος
- LSJ, ἴδιος
- LSJ, κάθημαι
- LSJ, κατείργω
- LSJ, κείρω
- LSJ, μηχα^ν-άομαι
- LSJ, ὅμως
- LSJ, πρέσβυ^ς
- LSJ, πρόφαν-τος
- LSJ, προφέρω
- LSJ, προπυνθάνομαι
- LSJ, θάλασσα
- LSJ, στόλος
- LSJ, στρα^τόπεδ-ον
- LSJ, ταφ-ή
- LSJ, χίλιοι

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