Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 7.34.1

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

View: By Chapter

← Previous Next →

[1]
The men who had been given this assignment made bridges starting from Abydus [26.416,40.2] (deserted settlement), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaAbydos across to that headland; the Phoenicians one of flaxen cables, and the Egyptians a papyrus one. From Abydus [26.416,40.2] (deserted settlement), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Abydos to the opposite shore it is a distance of seven stadia.¹ But no sooner had the strait been bridged than a great storm swept down, breaking and scattering everything.

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Perseus

Histories (English) (Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing). (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (1)

Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).) — 7.34.1 focus

[1] ἐς ταύτην ὦν τὴν ἀκτὴν ἐξ Ἀβύδου ὁρμώμενοι ἐγεφύρουν τοῖσι προσέκειτο, τὴν μὲν λευκολίνου Φοίνικες, τὴν δʼ ἑτέρην τὴν βυβλίνην Αἰγύπτιοι. ἔστι δὲ ἑπτὰ στάδιοι ἐξ Ἀβύδου ἐς τὴν ἀπαντίον. καὶ δὴ ἐζευγμένου τοῦ πόρου ἐπιγενόμενος χειμὼν μέγας συνέκοψέ τε ἐκεῖνα πάντα καὶ διέλυσε.

Notes on the current edition

Histories

1. The modern width at the narrowest part is nearly half as much again; perhaps this can be explained by the washing away of the coasts, because of a current which strikes them near +Sestos [26.4,40.2833] (Perseus) Sestos and rebounds on Abydus [26.416,40.2] (deserted settlement), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Abydos.

Herodotus Histories 7.34.1

ed. A.D. Godley

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition Perseus

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers