Lesson XIV Paragraph 133 part 5

[Eureka]

The English reads:
It was right for Cyrus to send gifts to his soldiers.

One possible translation is"
[face=spionic]a1cion h]n tw|~ Ku=rw|~ dw~ra toi=j stratiw&taij pe/mpain.[/face]

However, that sentence has two dative nouns (one of which is subjective, so it shurely can't be right).

Another possible translation is:
[face=spionic]a1cion h]n, o9 ga\r Ku=roj dw~ra toi=j stratiw&taij pe/mpain.[/face]
But that sentence is now broken by a comma, and so doesn't seem quite right.



Any thoughts?

[Koala]

Hi Eureka & G’day from WA

I see no incompatibility in having two datives

The simple sentence is:

“It is right to send gifts”

Adding the ‘dative of recipient’ twice (dative case of the person or thing for whose advantage or disadvantage anything exists or is done) gives:

It is right for Cyrus to send gifts to his soldiers

or

[face=SPIonic]a1cion h]n tw~| Ku/rw| pe/mpein dw~ra toi=j stratiw/taij[/face]

Cordially

[Eureka]

OK, thanks Koala, I see now it is just one dative for each verb.