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Tou&twn te w}n ei3neken oi9 Lakedaimo&nioi th_n summaxi/hn<br />

e0de/canto, kai\ o3ti e0k pa&ntwn sfe/aj prokri/naj 9Ellh&nwn<br />

ai9re/eto fi/louj. Kai\ tou~to me\n au)toi\ h}san e3toimoi e0paggei/lanti,<br />

tou~to de\ poihsa&menoi krhth~ra xa&lkeon zw|di/wn te<br />

e1cwqen plh&santej peri\ to_ xei=loj kai\ mega&qei" trihkosi/ouj<br />

a)mfore/aj xwre/onta h}gon, dw~ron boulo&menoi a)ntidou~nai<br />

Kroi/sw|. Ou{toj o( krhth_r ou)k a)pi/keto e0j Sa&rdij di' ai0ti/aj<br />

difasi/aj legome/naj ta&sde: oi9 me\n Lakedaimo&nioi le/gousi<br />

w(j, e0pei/te a)go&menoj e0j ta_j Sa&rdij o( krhth_r e0gi/neto kata_<br />

th_n Sami/hn, puqo&menoi Sa&mioi a)peloi/ato au)to_n nhusi\<br />

makrh|~si e0piplw&santej: au)toi\ de\ Sa&mioi le/gousi w(j, e0pei/te<br />

u(ste/rhsan oi9 a1gontej tw~n Lakedaimoni/wn to_n krhth~ra,<br />

e0punqa&nonto de\ Sa&rdij te kai\ Kroi=son h(lwke/nai, a)pe/donto<br />

to_n krhth~ra e0n Sa&mw|, i0diw&taj de\ a1ndraj priame/nouj<br />

a)naqei=nai/ m<strong>in</strong> e0j to_ 3Hraion: ta&xa de\ a2n kai\ oi9 a)podo&menoi<br />

le/goien, a)piko&menoi e0j Spa&rthn, w(j a)paireqei/hsan<br />

u(po_ Sami/wn. Kata_ me/n nun to_n krhth~ra ou3twj e1sxe.<br />

Because <strong>of</strong> that, <strong>and</strong> because he had given them precedence, <strong>in</strong> his choice for friendship,<br />

over all the rest <strong>of</strong> the Greeks, the Lacedaemonians accepted the alliance. So when he<br />

made the <strong>of</strong>fer, they were ready; <strong>and</strong>, moreover, they made a bronze mix<strong>in</strong>g bowl, fill<strong>in</strong>g<br />

it on the outside, around the rim, with little figures [zw|di/wn] (the mix<strong>in</strong>g bowl itself was<br />

<strong>of</strong> a capacity <strong>of</strong> three hundred amphorae) <strong>and</strong> sent it on its way to Croesus, wish<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

match Croesus’ gift to them with one <strong>of</strong> their own to him. But this mix<strong>in</strong>g bowl never<br />

did reach Sardis, for which two reasons are given. <strong>The</strong> Lacedaemonians say that when,<br />

<strong>in</strong> its transport toward Sardis, it came near Samos, the Samians found out about it, sailed<br />

out with their long ships, <strong>and</strong> captured it; but the Samians themselves say that the<br />

Lacedaemonians who were br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g it came too late, heard that Sardis <strong>and</strong> Croesus had<br />

been captured, <strong>and</strong> sold the mix<strong>in</strong>g bowl <strong>in</strong> Samos, <strong>and</strong> that some private persons bought<br />

it <strong>and</strong> dedicated it <strong>in</strong> the temple <strong>of</strong> Hera. And probably also those who sold it, when they<br />

arrived <strong>in</strong> Sparta, would say that it had been taken from them by the Samians. That, then,<br />

is the story <strong>of</strong> the bowl.<br />

98<br />

Herodotus 1.140<br />

Tau~ta me\n a)treke/wj e1xw peri\ au)tw~n ei0dw_j ei0pei=n. Ta&de me/ntoi w(j krupto&mena<br />

le/getai kai\ ou) safhne/wj peri\ tou~ a)poqano&ntoj, w(j ou) pro&teron qa&ptetai<br />

a)ndro_j Pe/rsew o( ne/kuj pri\n a2n u(p' o1rniqoj h2 kuno_j e9lkusqh|~.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se th<strong>in</strong>gs I know surely about them, for I speak from personal knowledge. But the<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g are described as secret <strong>and</strong> obscure <strong>and</strong> have to do with the dead. <strong>The</strong>y say<br />

that the corpse <strong>of</strong> no Persian man is buried until it is dragged <strong>and</strong> torn by bird or dog.<br />

99<br />

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