Pausanias Analysis

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Chapter 1.11

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1.11.1 1 historical high τὰ μὲν οὖν Λυσιμάχου τοιαῦτα ἐγένετο· Such were the fortunes of Lysimachus. Refers to Lysimachus, a historical figure and his fortunes.
1.11.1 2 historical high Ἀθηναίοις δὲ εἰκών ἐστι καὶ Πύρρου. The Athenians also have a statue of Pyrrhus. A statue of Pyrrhus refers to a historical person and commemorative monument, not a mythic event.
1.11.1 3 other high οὗτος ὁ Πύρρος Ἀλεξάνδρῳ προσῆκεν οὐδέν, εἰ μὴ ὅσα κατὰ γένος· This Pyrrhus was in no way related to Alexander, except by lineage; for Pyrrhus was the son of Aeacides, who was the son of Arybbas, while Alexander was the son of Olympias, who was the daughter of Neoptolemus. Genealogical clarification about Pyrrhus and Alexander, not a mythic event or historical occurrence.
1.11.1 4 historical high Αἰακίδου γὰρ τοῦ Ἀρύββου Πύρρος ἦν, Ὀλυμπιάδος δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος τῆς Νεοπτολέμου, Νεοπτολέμῳ δὲ καὶ Ἀρύββᾳ πατὴρ ἦν Ἀλκέτας ὁ Θαρύπου. Both Neoptolemus and Arybbas were sons of Alcetas, who was the son of Tharypus. Genealogical identification of Molossian royal figures, a historical/antiquarian statement rather than mythic narrative.
1.11.1 5 mythic high ἀπὸ δὲ Θαρύπου ἐς Πύρρον τὸν Ἀχιλλέως πέντε ἀνδρῶν καὶ δέκα εἰσὶ γενεαί· From Tharypus upward to Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, there are fifteen generations of men. Mentions Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, and a genealogical chain reaching a mythic figure.
1.11.1 6 mythic high πρῶτος γὰρ δὴ οὗτος ἁλούσης Ἰλίου τὴν μὲν ἐς Θεσσαλίαν ὑπερεῖδεν ἀναχώρησιν, ἐς δὲ τὴν Ἤπειρον κατάρας ἐνταῦθα ἐκ τῶν Ἑλένου χρησμῶν ᾤκησε. Indeed, this Pyrrhus, the first one, after the fall of Troy, declined the return voyage to Thessaly and settled instead in Epirus due to curses disclosed there through the oracles of Helenus. Describes Pyrrhus after the fall of Troy and settlement in Epirus through Helenus' oracles, a mythic post-Trojan War event.
1.11.1 7 mythic high καί οἱ παῖς ἐκ μὲν Ἑρμιόνης ἐγένετο οὐδείς, ἐξ Ἀνδρομάχης δὲ Μολοσσὸς καὶ Πίελος καὶ νεώτατος ὁ Πέργαμος. He had no child by Hermione, but from Andromache he had Molossus and Pielus, and Pergamus, who was the youngest. Genealogical detail from heroic myth: Neoptolemus' children by Andromache and Hermione.
1.11.1 8 mythic high ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ Ἑλένῳ Κεστρῖνος· Helenus also had a son named Cestrinus, for Andromache lived with him after Pyrrhus died at Delphi. Helenus, Andromache, and Pyrrhus are figures from the Trojan myth cycle; the sentence gives a mythic genealogy.
1.11.2 1 mythic high Ἑλένου δὲ ὡς ἐτελεύτα Μολοσσῷ τῷ Πύρρου παραδόντος τὴν ἀρχὴν Κεστρῖνος μὲν σὺν τοῖς ἐθέλουσιν Ἠπειρωτῶν τὴν ὑπὲρ Θύαμιν ποταμὸν χώραν ἔσχε, Πέργαμος δὲ διαβὰς ἐς τὴν Ἀσίαν Ἄρειον δυναστεύοντα ἐν τῇ Τευθρανίᾳ κτείνει μονομαχήσαντά οἱ περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τῇ πόλει τὸ ὄνομα ἔδωκε τὸ νῦν ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ· When Helenus died, having delivered authority to Molossus, son of Pyrrhus, Cestrinus, taking with him those Epeirotes who consented, occupied the territory beyond the river Thyamis; Pergamus went into Asia and, having engaged and slain Areius, who ruled in Teuthrania, in single combat over the sovereignty, gave the city its current name after himself. Includes legendary figures Helenus and Pergamus, and a mythic settlement-origin tale giving the city its name.
1.11.2 2 mythic high καὶ Ἀνδρομάχης---ἠκολούθει γάρ οἱ---καὶ νῦν ἐστιν ἡρῷον ἐν τῇ πόλει. Andromache—for she accompanied him—still has a heroön in the city. Refers to Andromache and a heroön for her in the city, which is a memorialized mythic figure and landscape trace of myth.
1.11.2 3 mythic high Πίελος δὲ αὐτοῦ κατέμεινεν ἐν Ἠπείρῳ, καὶ ἐς πρόγονον τοῦτον ἀνέβαινε Πύρρος τε ὁ Αἰακίδου καὶ οἱ πατέρες, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐς Μολοσσόν. Pielus remained behind in Epirus, and from this ancestor, rather than from Molossus, Pyrrhus, the son of Aeacides, and his forefathers derived their lineage. Genealogical descent from an ancestor in Epirus; lineage claims belong to mythic/legendary genealogy rather than historical narrative.
1.11.3 1 historical medium ἦν δὲ ἄχρι μὲν Ἀλκέτου τοῦ Θαρύπου ἐφʼ ἑνὶ βασιλεῖ καὶ τὰ Ἠπειρωτῶν· Now until the time of Alcetas, the son of Tharypus, Epirus also was governed by a single king. Refers to a dynastic/political condition in Epirus under named kings, not mythic or descriptive geography.
1.11.3 2 historical high οἱ δὲ Ἀλκέτου παῖδες, ὥς σφισι στασιάσασι μετέδοξεν ἐπʼ ἴσης ἄρχειν, αὐτοί τε πιστῶς ἔχοντες διέμειναν ἐς ἀλλήλους But the sons of Alcetas, after quarreling among themselves, agreed that they would henceforth rule as equals; and thereafter they remained loyal towards one another. Refers to a dynastic/political arrangement among Alcetas’ sons, not mythic or purely descriptive material.
1.11.3 3 historical high καὶ ὕστερον Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Νεοπτολέμου τελευτήσαντος ἐν Λευκανοῖς, Ὀλυμπιάδος δὲ διὰ τὸν Ἀντιπάτρου φόβον ἐπανελθούσης ἐς Ἤπειρον, Αἰακίδης ὁ Ἀρύββου τά τε ἄλλα διετέλει κατήκοος ὢν Ὀλυμπιάδι καὶ συνεστράτευσε πολεμήσων Ἀριδαίῳ καὶ Μακεδόσιν, οὐκ ἐθελόντων ἕπεσθαι τῶν Ἠπειρωτῶν. Later, after Alexander the son of Neoptolemus had died among the Lucanians, and Olympias, because of fear of Antipater, had returned to Epirus, Aeacides, the son of Arybbas, continued in all else obedient to Olympias, and even aided her with an army against Arrhidaeus and the Macedonians, though the Epirotes were unwilling to follow him. Refers to events in the late 4th century BC involving Olympias, Antipater, Aeacides, Arrhidaeus, and the Macedonians.
1.11.4 1 historical high Ὀλυμπιάδος δὲ ὡς ἐπεκράτησεν ἀνόσια μὲν ἐργασαμένης καὶ ἐς τὸν Ἀριδαίου θάνατον, πολλῷ δὲ ἔτι ἀνοσιώτερα ἐς ἄνδρας Μακεδόνας, καὶ διὰ ταῦτα οὐκ ἀνάξια ὕστερον ὑπὸ Κασσάνδρου παθεῖν νομισθείσης, Αἰακίδην οὖν κατʼ ἀρχὰς μὲν οὐδʼ αὐτοὶ διὰ τὸ Ὀλυμπιάδος ἔχθος ἐδέχοντο Ἠπειρῶται, εὑρομένου δὲ ἀνὰ χρόνον παρὰ τούτων συγγνώμην δεύτερα ἠναντιοῦτο Κάσσανδρος μὴ κατελθεῖν ἐς Ἤπειρον. When Olympias rose to power—she having committed impious acts, going so far as the death of Aridaeus, and others yet more unholy against Macedonian men, and therefore later judged to have suffered deservedly at the hands of Cassander—initially even the Epeirotes themselves, because of their hatred toward Olympias, refused to accept Aeacides; over time, however, when he had obtained their forgiveness, Cassander still opposed his return into Epirus. Refers to Olympias, Aridaeus, Cassander, and Aeacides in a post-500 BC political context.
1.11.4 2 historical high γενομένης δὲ Φιλίππου τε ἀδελφοῦ Κασσάνδρου καὶ Αἰακίδου μάχης πρὸς Οἰνιάδαις, Αἰακίδην μὲν τρωθέντα κατέλαβε μετʼ οὐ πολὺ τὸ χρεών· Later, a battle having taken place near Oeniadae between Philip, Cassander's brother, and Aeacides, Aeacides, having been wounded, was overtaken not long thereafter by his destined fate. Describes a Hellenistic battle involving Philip, Cassander's brother, and Aeacides, i.e. a post-500 BC historical event.
1.11.5 1 historical high Ἠπειρῶται δὲ Ἀλκέταν ἐπὶ βασιλείᾳ κατεδέξαντο, Ἀρύββου μὲν παῖδα καὶ ἀδελφὸν Αἰακίδου πρεσβύτερον, ἀκρατῆ δὲ ἄλλως θυμοῦ καὶ διʼ αὐτὸ ἐξελασθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός. The Epeirots accepted Alcetas as their king, who was the son of Arybbas and older brother of Aeacides, but otherwise uncontrollable in his temper, a trait for which he had been banished by his father. Refers to a named Macedonian-Epirote king and dynastic events after the mythic age.
1.11.5 2 historical high καὶ τότε ἥκων ἐξεμαίνετο εὐθὺς ἐς τοὺς Ἠπειρώτας, ἐς ὃ νύκτωρ αὐτόν τε καὶ τοὺς παῖδας ἐπαναστάντες ἔκτειναν. On arriving, he immediately became violent against the Epeirots, until at length they rose up at night against him and killed both him and his children. Describes a political killing of historical figures after violent conduct, not a mythic event.
1.11.5 3 historical high ἀποκτείναντες δὲ τοῦτον Πύρρον τὸν Αἰακίδου κατάγουσιν· After his death, they recalled Pyrrhus, the son of Aeacides. Refers to the historical recall of Pyrrhus after a death, an event in Hellenistic history rather than myth.
1.11.5 4 historical high ἥκοντι δὲ εὐθὺς ἐπεστράτευε Κάσσανδρος, νέῳ τε ἡλικίᾳ ὄντι καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν οὐ κατεσκευασμένῳ βεβαίως. Immediately after Pyrrhus had returned, Cassander launched an expedition against him, for Pyrrhus was still young and had not yet secured his rule firmly. Refers to Cassander's expedition, a post-classical historical event.
1.11.5 5 historical high Πύρρος δὲ ἐπιόντων Μακεδόνων ἐς Αἴγυπτον παρὰ Πτολεμαῖον ἀναβαίνει τὸν Λάγου· Faced with the advancing Macedonians, Pyrrhus fled to Egypt, to Ptolemy son of Lagus. Refers to Pyrrhus and Ptolemy I in a post-Classical historical episode.
1.11.5 6 historical high καί οἱ Πτολεμαῖος γυναῖκά τʼ ἔδωκεν ἀδελφὴν ὁμομητρίαν τῶν αὑτοῦ παίδων καὶ στόλῳ κατήγαγεν Αἰγυπτίων. Ptolemy gave him in marriage his own step-sister, who was the maternal sister of his children, and restored him to his kingdom with an Egyptian fleet. Describes Ptolemy's dynastic marriage and military restoration, a post-classical historical event.
1.11.6 1 historical high Πύρρος δὲ βασιλεύσας πρώτοις ἐπέθετο Ἑλλήνων Κορκυραίοις, κειμένην τε ὁρῶν τὴν νῆσον πρὸ τῆς αὑτοῦ χώρας καὶ ἄλλοις ὁρμητήριον ἐφʼ αὑτὸν οὐκ ἐθέλων εἶναι. Pyrrhus, after he became king, first attacked the Corcyraeans among all Greeks, seeing their island situated in front of his own country and unwilling that it should serve as a base of operations against him for others. Refers to Pyrrhus and his military action, a post-500 BC historical event.
1.11.6 2 historical high μετὰ δὲ ἁλοῦσαν Κόρκυραν ὅσα μὲν Λυσιμάχῳ πολεμήσας ἔπαθε καὶ ὡς Δημήτριον ἐκβαλὼν Μακεδονίας ἦρξεν ἐς ὃ αὖθις ἐξέπεσεν ὑπὸ Λυσιμάχου, τάδε μὲν τοῦ Πύρρου μέγιστα ἐς ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν δεδήλωκεν ἤδη μοι τὰ ἐς Λυσίμαχον ἔχοντα· After Corcyra was captured, regarding what he suffered in the war against Lysimachus, and how he expelled Demetrius and ruled Macedonia until he was again driven out by Lysimachus—these greatest events of Pyrrhus in that period, so far as they involve Lysimachus, I have already made clear. Describes Pyrrhus, Lysimachus, and Demetrius in Hellenistic warfare and rule after 500 BC.
1.11.7 1 historical high Ῥωμαίοις δὲ οὐδένα Πύρρου πρότερον πολεμήσαντα ἴσμεν Ἕλληνα. As for the Romans, we know of no Greek who waged war against them before Pyrrhus. Refers to Pyrrhus and the Romans, a post-500 BC historical conflict.
1.11.7 2 historical high Διομήδει μὲν γὰρ καὶ Ἀργείων τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ οὐδεμίαν ἔτι γενέσθαι πρὸς Αἰνείαν λέγεται μάχην· Ἀθηναίοις δὲ ἄλλα τε πολλὰ ἐλπίσασι καὶ Ἰταλίαν πᾶσαν καταστρέψασθαι τὸ ἐν Συρακούσαις πταῖσμα ἐμποδὼν ἐγένετο μὴ καὶ Ῥωμαίων λαβεῖν πεῖραν· Indeed, it is said that no battle ever took place between Diomedes and his Argives and Aeneas thereafter, and although the Athenians, among their other great ambitions, hoped even to subdue all of Italy, the disaster at Syracuse prevented them from making trial of the Romans. Refers to the Athenian Sicilian expedition and its failure, a historical event; the Diomedes/Aeneas remark is framed as legendary contrast.
1.11.7 3 historical high Ἀλέξανδρος δὲ ὁ Νεοπτολέμου, γένους τε ὢν Πύρρῳ τοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ πρεσβύτερος, ἀποθανὼν ἐν Λευκανοῖς ἔφθη πρὶν ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν Ῥωμαίοις. Alexander, son of Neoptolemus—who belonged to the same family as Pyrrhus but was older in age—died in the land of the Lucanians before he could encounter the Romans in battle. Refers to Alexander's death in relation to Romans, a post-500 BC historical event.