Hdt. 8.22
Christopher Blackwell /
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urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.grc:8.22
Ἀθηναίων δὲ νέας τὰς ἄριστα πλεούσας ἐπιλεξάμενος Θεμιστοκλέης ἐπορεύετο περὶ τὰ πότιμα ὕδατα , ἐντάμνων ἐν τοῖσι λίθοισι γράμματα , τὰ Ἴωνες ἐπελθόντες τῇ ὑστεραίῃ ἡμέρῃ ἐπὶ τὸ Ἀρτεμίσιον ἐπελέξαντο . Τὰ δὲ γράμματα τάδε ἔλεγε · " Ἄνδρες Ἴωνες , οὐ ποιέετε δίκαια ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας στρατευόμενοι καὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα καταδουλούμενοι . Ἀλλὰ μάλιστα μὲν πρὸς ἡμέων γίνεσθε · εἰ δὲ ὑμῖν ἐστι τοῦτο μὴ δυνατὸν ποιῆσαι , ὑμεῖς δὲ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἐκ τοῦ μέσου ἡμῖν ἕζεσθε καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ τῶν Καρῶν δέεσθε τὰ αὐτὰ ὑμῖν ποιέειν · εἰ δὲ μηδέτερον τούτων οἷόν τε γίνεσθαι , ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀναγκαίης μέζονος κατέζευχθε ἢ ὥστε ἀπίστασθαι . ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ , ἐπεὰν συμμίσγωμεν , ἐθελοκακέετε , μεμνημένοι ὅτι ἀπ᾽ ἡμέων γεγόνατε καὶ ὅτι ἀρχῆθεν ἡ ἔχθρη πρὸς τὸν βάρβαρον ἀπ᾽ ὑμέων ἡμῖν γέγονε . " Θεμιστοκλέης δὲ ταῦτα ἔγραφε , δοκέειν ἐμοί , ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα νοέων , ἵνα ἢ λαθόντα τὰ γράμματα βασιλέα Ἴωνας ποιήσῃ μεταβαλεῖν καὶ γενέσθαι πρὸς ἑωυτῶν , ἢ ἐπείτε ἂν ἀνενειχθῇ καὶ διαβληθῇ πρὸς Ξέρξην , ἀπίστους ποιήσῃ τοὺς Ἴωνας καὶ τῶν ναυμαχιέων αὐτοὺς ἀπόσχῃ .
Themistocles
however
selected
those
ships
of
the
Athenians
which
sailed
best
,
and
went
round
to
the
springs
of
drinking-water
,
cutting
inscriptions
on
the
stones
there
,
which
the
Ionians
read
when
they
came
to
Artemision
on
the
following
day
.
These
inscriptions
ran
thus
:
"
Ionians
,
ye
act
not
rightly
in
making
expedition
against
the
fathers
of
your
race
and
endeavouring
to
enslave
Hellas
.
Best
of
all
were
it
that
ye
should
come
and
be
on
our
side
;
but
if
that
may
not
be
done
by
you
,
stand
aside
even
now
from
the
combat
against
us
and
ask
the
Carians
to
do
the
same
as
ye
.
If
however
neither
of
these
two
things
is
possible
to
be
done
,
and
ye
are
bound
down
by
too
strong
compulsion
to
be
able
to
make
revolt
,
then
in
the
action
,
when
we
engage
battle
,
be
purposely
slack
,
remember
that
ye
are
descended
from
us
and
that
our
quarrel
with
the
Barbarian
took
its
rise
at
the
first
from
you
.
"