Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.11.3

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Passage 1.11.3: Aeacides of Epirus aids Olympias against Arrhidaeus despite Epirote reluctance.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἦν δὲ ἄχρι μὲν Ἀλκέτου τοῦ Θαρύπου ἐφʼ ἑνὶ βασιλεῖ καὶ τὰ Ἠπειρωτῶν· οἱ δὲ Ἀλκέτου παῖδες, ὥς σφισι στασιάσασι μετέδοξεν ἐπʼ ἴσης ἄρχειν, αὐτοί τε πιστῶς ἔχοντες διέμειναν ἐς ἀλλήλους 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.

English Translation

Now until the time of Alcetas, the son of Tharypus, Epirus also was governed by a single king. 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. 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.

Proper Nouns

Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) other
Epirotes (Ἠπειρῶται) other
Also in: 1.11.2
Aeacides (Αἰακίδης) person Q403377
Tharypos (Θάρυπος) person
Neoptolemus (Νεοπτόλεμος) person
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person
Alketos (Ἀλκέτος) person
Antipater (Ἀντίπατρος) person
Arrhidaeus (Ἀριδαῖος) person
Arybbas (Ἀρύββας) person
Also in: 1.11.1 1.11.5
Olympias (Ὀλυμπιάς) person
Leucanians (Λευκανοί) place Q1264391
Also in: 1.11.7
Epirus (Ἤπειρος) place Q11266977
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