Ἱστορῆσαι
to observe
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Apr 2006Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to view.1
Hecataeus was the first to produce history in prose, [and] Pherecydes [wrote the first prose] composition [sc. of any sort]. For the writings of Agesilaos are spurious.2
Hecataeus was the first to produce history in prose, [and] Pherecydes [wrote the first prose] composition [sc. of any sort]. For the writings of Agesilaos are spurious.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἱστορῆσαι· θεάσασθαι. ὅτι ὁ Ἑκαταῖος πρῶτος ἱστορίαν πεζῶς ἐξήνεγκε, συγγραφὴν Φερεκύδης· τὰ γὰρ Ἀγησιλάου νοθεύεται.