Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.11.4

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Passage 1.11.4: Aeacides' defeat and death near Oeniadae

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

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. γενομένης δὲ Φιλίππου τε ἀδελφοῦ Κασσάνδρου καὶ Αἰακίδου μάχης πρὸς Οἰνιάδαις, Αἰακίδην μὲν τρωθέντα κατέλαβε μετʼ οὐ πολὺ τὸ χρεών·

English Translation

When Olympias rose to power—she having committed impious acts, going so far even 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. Later, a battle having taken place near Oeniadae between Philip, Cassander's brother, and Aeacides, Aeacides, wounded in this encounter, met shortly thereafter the destined fate.

Proper Nouns

Aeacides (Αἰακίδης) person Q403377
Cassander (Κάσσανδρος) person
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Arrhidaeus (Ἀριδαῖος) person
Epirotes (Ἠπειρῶται) person
Olympias (Ὀλυμπιάς) person
Oeniadae (Οἰνιάδαι) place Q2016870
Also in: 4.25.4
Epirus (Ἤπειρος) place Q11266977
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