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

Epirotes (Ἠπειρῶται) other Q565751
Also in: 1.11.2
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) other Q576065
Aeacides (Αἰακίδης) person Q403377
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person Q8409
Alketos (Ἀλκέτος) person Q21296346
Antipater (Ἀντίπατρος) person Q204760
Arrhidaeus (Ἀριδαῖος) person Q11906673
Arybbas (Ἀρύββας) person Q511880
Also in: 1.11.1 1.11.5
Tharypus (Θάρυπος) person
Neoptolemus (Νεοπτόλεμος) person Q13230617
Olympias (Ὀλυμπιάς) person Q223134
Epirus (Ἤπειρος) place Q11266977
Leucanians (Λευκανοί) place Q1264391
Also in: 1.11.7
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