Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.11.6

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Passage 1.11.6: Pyrrhus captures Corcyra to prevent it becoming a hostile base

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Πύρρος δὲ βασιλεύσας πρώτοις ἐπέθετο Ἑλλήνων Κορκυραίοις, κειμένην τε ὁρῶν τὴν νῆσον πρὸ τῆς αὑτοῦ χώρας καὶ ἄλλοις ὁρμητήριον ἐφʼ αὑτὸν οὐκ ἐθέλων εἶναι. 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·

English Translation

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. 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.

Proper Nouns

Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Demetrius (Δημήτριος) person
Corcyraeans (Κορκύραιοι) person
Also in: 6.24.4
Lysimachus (Λυσίμαχος) person
Pyrrhus (Πύρρος) person
Corcyra (Κόρκυρα) place Q3693378
Also in: 2.3.9 6.9.9
Macedonia (Μακεδονία) place Q83958
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