Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 179

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ἔστι δὲ καὶ ὅδε λόγος λεγόμενος. Ἰήσονα, ἐπείτε οἱ ἐξεργάσθη ὑπὸ τῷ Πηλίῳ ἡ Ἀργώ, ἐσθέμενον ἐς αὐτὴν ἄλλην τε ἑκατόμβην καὶ δὴ καὶ τρίποδα χάλκεον περιπλώειν Πελοπόννησον, βουλόμενον ἐς Δελφοὺς ἀπικέσθαι. [2] καί μιν, ὡς πλέοντα γενέσθαι κατὰ Μαλέην, ὑπολαβεῖν ἄνεμον βορέην καὶ ἀποφέρειν πρὸς τὴν Λιβύην: πρὶν δὲ κατιδέσθαι γῆν, ἐν τοῖσι βράχεσι γενέσθαι λίμνης τῆς Τριτωνίδος. καί οἱ ἀπορέοντι τὴν ἐξαγωγὴν λόγος ἐστὶ φανῆναι Τρίτωνα καὶ κελεύειν τὸν Ἰήσονα ἑωυτῷ δοῦναι τὸν τρίποδα, φάμενόν σφι καὶ τὸν πόρον δέξειν καὶ ἀπήμονας ἀποστελέειν. [3] πειθομένου δὲ τοῦ Ἰήσονος, οὕτω δὴ τόν τε διέκπλοον τῶν βραχέων δεικνύναι τὸν Τρίτωνά σφι καὶ τὸν τρίποδα θεῖναι ἐν τῷ ἑωυτοῦ ἱρῷ, ἐπιθεσπίσαντά τε τῷ τρίποδι καὶ τοῖσι σὺν Ἰήσονι σημήναντα τὸν πάντα λόγον, ὡς ἐπεὰν τὸν τρίποδα κομίσηται τῶν ἐκγόνων τις τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἀργοῖ συμπλεόντων, τότε ἑκατὸν πόλιας οἰκῆσαι περὶ τὴν Τριτωνίδα λίμνην Ἑλληνίδας πᾶσαν εἶναι ἀνάγκην. ταῦτα ἀκούσαντας τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους τῶν Λιβύων κρύψαι τὸν τρίποδα.

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

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Commentary references to this page (4):
- W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), 3.287
- W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), 3.299
- W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), 3.378
- W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), 9.80
Cross-references to this page (6):
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), CI´VITAS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CARTHA´GO
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), MA´CHLYES
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), TRITON
- Smith's Bio, Trito
- Smith's Bio, Triton
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (15):
- LSJ, Τρίτων
- LSJ, ἀπήμων
- LSJ, ἀποφέρω
- LSJ, ἀπορ-έω
- LSJ, βράχεα
- LSJ, δείκνυμι
- LSJ, διέκ-πλοος
- LSJ, ἔκγονος
- LSJ, ἐξαγωγ-εύς
- LSJ, ἐξεργ-άζομαι
- LSJ, ἐπιθεσπ-ίζω
- LSJ, εἰστίθημι
- LSJ, κατεῖδον
- LSJ, συμπλέω
- LSJ, ὑπολαμβάνω

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