Ἑρμώνιος χάρις
Hermonian favour
Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the [sort] given under duress, not out of the goodness of one's heart, but artificially and in a pretence of friendship, not in truth. For when Dareios was invading Thrace and trashing everything,1 Hermon the king of the Pelasgoi handed over Lemnos2 to the Athenians -- seeming to do them a favour but in fact because he was afraid of Dareios.