Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.16.3

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Passage 1.16.3: Seleucus restores the Milesians' bronze Apollo and founds Seleucia.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Σέλευκον δὲ βασιλέων ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα πείθομαι καὶ ἄλλως γενέσθαι δίκαιον καὶ πρὸς τὸ θεῖον εὐσεβῆ. τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ Σέλευκός ἐστιν ὁ Μιλησίοις τὸν χαλκοῦν καταπέμψας Ἀπόλλωνα ἐς Βραγχίδας, ἀνακομισθέντα ἐς Ἐκβάτανα τὰ Μηδικὰ ὑπὸ Ξέρξου· τοῦτο δὲ Σελεύκειαν οἰκίσας ἐπὶ Τίγρητι ποταμῷ καὶ Βαβυλωνίους οὗτος ἐπαγόμενος ἐς αὐτὴν συνοίκους ὑπελ ε ίπετο μὲν τὸ τεῖχος Βαβυλῶνος, ὑπελ ε ίπετο δὲ. τοῦ Βὴλ τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ περὶ αὐτὸ τοὺς Χαλδαίους οἰκεῖν.

English Translation

Among kings, I am particularly inclined to believe that Seleucus was both just in character and pious toward the divine. For it was Seleucus who restored to the Milesians the bronze Apollo at Branchidae, originally carried off by Xerxes to Ecbatana in Media. It was also Seleucus who built Seleucia beside the river Tigris and transferred the Babylonians to inhabit it. Nevertheless, he permitted the wall of Babylon itself to remain, and allowed the sanctuary of Bel, together with the Chaldeans living around it, to continue there.

Proper Nouns

Bel (Βῆλ) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Babylonians (Βαβυλώνιοι) person
Milesians (Μιλήσιοι) person
Xerxes (Ξέρξης) person
Seleucus (Σέλευκος) person
Chaldaeans (Χαλδαῖοι) person
Also in: 4.32.4
Babylon (Βαβυλών) place Q5684
Branchidai (Βραγχίδαι) place
Also in: 8.46.3 9.10.2
Media (Μηδικά) place
Also in: 4.24.2
Seleuceia/Seleucia (Σελεύκεια) place Q1136681
Tigris (Τίγρης) place Q35591
Ecbatana (Ἐκβάτανα) place Q696193
Also in: 4.24.2
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