Scaife ATLAS

CTS Library / Histories

Histories (1.58.1-1.59.4)

urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-eng2:1.58.1-1.59.4
Refs {'start': {'reference': '1.58.1', 'human_reference': 'Book 1 Chapter 58 Section 1'}, 'end': {'reference': '1.59.4', 'human_reference': 'Book 1 Chapter 59 Section 4'}}
Ancestors [{'reference': '1'}, {'reference': '1.58'}]
Children []
prev
plain text • XML
next

But the Hellenic stock, it seems clear to me, has always had the same language since its beginning; yet being, when separated from the Pelasgians, few in number, they have grown from a small beginning to comprise a multitude of nations, chiefly because the Pelasgians and many other foreign peoples united themselves with them. Before that, I think, the Pelasgic stock nowhere increased much in number while it was of foreign speech.

Now of these two peoples, Croesus learned that the Attic was held in subjection and divided into factions by Pisistratus, son of Hippocrates, who at that time was sovereign over the Athenians. This Hippocrates was still a private man when a great marvel happened to him when he was at Olympia to see the games: when he had offered the sacrifice, the vessels, standing there full of meat and water, boiled without fire until they boiled over.

Chilon the Lacedaemonian, who happened to be there and who saw this marvel, advised Hippocrates not to take to his house a wife who could bear children, but if he had one already, then to send her away, and if he had a son, to disown him.

Hippocrates refused to follow the advice of Chilon; and afterward there was born to him this Pisistratus, who, when there was a feud between the Athenians of the coast under Megacles son of Alcmeon and the Athenians of the plain under Lycurgus son of Aristolaides, raised up a third faction, as he coveted the sovereign power. He collected partisans and pretended to champion the uplanders, and the following was his plan.

Wounding himself and his mules, he drove his wagon into the marketplace, with a story that he had escaped from his enemies, who would have killed him (so he said) as he was driving into the country. So he implored the people to give him a guard: and indeed he had won a reputation in his command of the army against the Megarians, when he had taken Nisaea and performed other great exploits.

Tokens

But 1 w 3
the 1 w 6
Hellenic 1 w 14
stock 1 w 19
it 1 w 22
seems 1 w 27
clear 1 w 32
to 2 w 34
me 1 w 36
has 1 w 40
always 1 w 46
had 1 w 49
the 2 w 52
same 1 w 56
language 1 w 64
since 1 w 69
its 1 w 72
beginning 1 w 81
yet 1 w 85
being 1 w 90
when 1 w 95
separated 1 w 104
from 1 w 108
the 3 w 111
Pelasgians 1 w 121
few 1 w 125
in 5 w 127
number 1 w 133
they 1 w 138
have 1 w 142
grown 1 w 147
from 2 w 151
a 14 w 152
small 1 w 157
beginning 2 w 166
to 3 w 168
comprise 1 w 176
a 16 w 177
multitude 1 w 186
of 1 w 188
nations 1 w 195
chiefly 1 w 203
because 1 w 210
the 5 w 213
Pelasgians 2 w 223
and 1 w 226
many 1 w 230
other 1 w 235
foreign 1 w 242
peoples 1 w 249
united 1 w 255
themselves 1 w 265
with 1 w 269
them 2 w 273
Before 1 w 280
that 1 w 284
I 1 w 286
think 1 w 291
the 9 w 295
Pelasgic 1 w 303
stock 2 w 308
nowhere 1 w 315
increased 1 w 324
much 1 w 328
in 10 w 330
number 2 w 336
while 1 w 341
it 6 w 343
was 1 w 346
of 2 w 348
foreign 2 w 355
speech 1 w 361
Now 1 w 365
of 3 w 367
these 1 w 372
two 1 w 375
peoples 2 w 382
Croesus 1 w 390
learned 1 w 397
that 2 w 401
the 11 w 404
Attic 1 w 409
was 2 w 412
held 1 w 416
in 11 w 418
subjection 1 w 428
and 2 w 431
divided 1 w 438
into 1 w 442
factions 1 w 450
by 1 w 452
Pisistratus 1 w 463
son 1 w 467
of 4 w 469
Hippocrates 1 w 480
who 1 w 484
at 7 w 486
that 3 w 490
time 1 w 494
was 3 w 497
sovereign 1 w 506
over 2 w 510
the 12 w 513
Athenians 1 w 522
This 1 w 527
Hippocrates 2 w 538
was 4 w 541
still 1 w 546
a 40 w 547
private 1 w 554
man 2 w 557
when 2 w 561
a 43 w 562
great 1 w 567
marvel 1 w 573
happened 1 w 581
to 6 w 583
him 1 w 586
when 3 w 590
he 19 w 592
was 5 w 595
at 12 w 597
Olympia 1 w 604
21 1 w 607
6333 1 w 612
37 1 w 615
65 1 w 618
Perseus 1 w 627
Olympia 2 w 635
to 7 w 637
see 2 w 640
the 14 w 643
games 1 w 648
when 4 w 653
he 22 w 655
had 2 w 658
offered 1 w 665
the 15 w 668
sacrifice 1 w 677
the 16 w 681
vessels 1 w 688
standing 1 w 697
there 1 w 702
full 1 w 706
of 6 w 708
meat 1 w 712
and 4 w 715
water 1 w 720
boiled 1 w 727
without 1 w 734
fire 1 w 738
until 1 w 743
they 2 w 747
boiled 2 w 753
over 3 w 757
Chilon 1 w 764
the 19 w 767
Lacedaemonian 1 w 780
who 2 w 784
happened 2 w 792
to 8 w 794
be 7 w 796
there 2 w 801
and 5 w 804
who 3 w 807
saw 1 w 810
this 1 w 814
marvel 2 w 820
advised 1 w 828
Hippocrates 3 w 839
not 1 w 842
to 9 w 844
take 1 w 848
to 10 w 850
his 3 w 853
house 1 w 858
a 68 w 859
wife 1 w 863
who 4 w 866
could 1 w 871
bear 1 w 875
children 1 w 883
but 1 w 887
if 3 w 889
he 29 w 891
had 3 w 894
one 1 w 897
already 1 w 904
then 2 w 909
to 11 w 911
send 1 w 915
her 5 w 918
away 1 w 922
and 6 w 926
if 4 w 928
he 32 w 930
had 4 w 933
a 77 w 934
son 2 w 937
to 12 w 940
disown 1 w 946
him 2 w 949
Hippocrates 4 w 961
refused 1 w 968
to 13 w 970
follow 1 w 976
the 22 w 979
advice 1 w 985
of 7 w 987
Chilon 2 w 993
and 7 w 997
afterward 1 w 1006
there 3 w 1011
was 6 w 1014
born 1 w 1018
to 14 w 1020
him 3 w 1023
this 2 w 1027
Pisistratus 2 w 1038
who 5 w 1042
when 5 w 1047
there 4 w 1052
was 7 w 1055
a 86 w 1056
feud 1 w 1060
between 1 w 1067
the 25 w 1070
Athenians 2 w 1079
of 8 w 1081
the 27 w 1084
coast 1 w 1089
under 1 w 1094
Megacles 1 w 1102
son 3 w 1105
of 9 w 1107
Alcmeon 1 w 1114
and 8 w 1117
the 28 w 1120
Athenians 3 w 1129
of 10 w 1131
the 30 w 1134
plain 1 w 1139
under 2 w 1144
Lycurgus 1 w 1152
son 4 w 1155
of 11 w 1157
Aristolaides 1 w 1169
raised 1 w 1176
up 1 w 1178
a 95 w 1179
third 1 w 1184
faction 2 w 1191
as 14 w 1194
he 43 w 1196
coveted 1 w 1203
the 31 w 1206
sovereign 2 w 1215
power 1 w 1220
He 2 w 1223
collected 1 w 1232
partisans 1 w 1241
and 9 w 1244
pretended 1 w 1253
to 16 w 1255
champion 1 w 1263
the 32 w 1266
uplanders 1 w 1275
and 11 w 1279
the 33 w 1282
following 1 w 1291
was 8 w 1294
his 5 w 1297
plan 2 w 1301
Wounding 1 w 1310
himself 1 w 1317
and 12 w 1320
his 6 w 1323
mules 1 w 1328
he 47 w 1331
drove 1 w 1336
his 7 w 1339
wagon 1 w 1344
into 2 w 1348
the 34 w 1351
marketplace 1 w 1362
with 3 w 1367
a 110 w 1368
story 1 w 1373
that 4 w 1377
he 49 w 1379
had 5 w 1382
escaped 1 w 1389
from 3 w 1393
his 8 w 1396
enemies 1 w 1403
who 6 w 1407
would 1 w 1412
have 2 w 1416
killed 1 w 1422
him 5 w 1425
so 8 w 1428
he 50 w 1430
said 1 w 1434
as 16 w 1437
he 51 w 1439
was 9 w 1442
driving 1 w 1449
into 3 w 1453
the 35 w 1456
country 1 w 1463
So 1 w 1466
he 53 w 1468
implored 1 w 1476
the 36 w 1479
people 3 w 1485
to 20 w 1487
give 1 w 1491
him 6 w 1494
a 118 w 1495
guard 1 w 1500
and 13 w 1504
indeed 1 w 1510
he 55 w 1512
had 6 w 1515
won 1 w 1518
a 122 w 1519
reputation 1 w 1529
in 21 w 1531
his 9 w 1534
command 1 w 1541
of 12 w 1543
the 37 w 1546
army 1 w 1550
against 1 w 1557
the 38 w 1560
Megarians 1 w 1569
when 6 w 1574
he 59 w 1576
had 7 w 1579
taken 1 w 1584
Nisaea 1 w 1590
and 15 w 1593
performed 1 w 1602
other 2 w 1607
great 2 w 1612
exploits 1 w 1620