Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.2.2

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Passage 1.2.2: Tombs near Piraeus: Menander and an empty memorial to Euripides.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ἀνιόντων δὲ ἐκ Πειραιῶς ἐρείπια τῶν τειχῶν ἐστιν, ἃ Κόνων ὕστερον τῆς πρὸς Κνίδῳ ναυμαχίας ἀνέστησε· τὰ γὰρ Θεμιστοκλέους μετὰ τὴν ἀναχώρησιν οἰκοδομηθέντα τὴν Μήδων ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς καθῃρέθη τῶν τριάκοντα ὀνομαζομένων. εἰσὶ δὲ τάφοι κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν γνωριμώτατοι Μενάνδρου τοῦ Διοπείθους καὶ μνῆμα Εὐριπίδου κενόν· τέθαπται δὲ Εὐριπίδης ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ παρὰ τὸν βασιλέα ἐλθὼν Ἀρχέλαον, ὁ δέ οἱ τοῦ θανάτου τρόπος---πολλοῖς γάρ ἐστιν εἰρημένος---ἐχέτω καθὰ λέγουσιν.

English Translation

Going up from the Piraeus, there are ruins of the walls which Konon later rebuilt after the naval battle of Knidos; for those walls built by Themistocles after the withdrawal of the Persians had been destroyed during the regime of the so-called Thirty. Along this road stand prominent tombs, notably that of Menander, son of Diopeithes, and an empty memorial to Euripides. Euripides himself is buried in Macedon, where he had gone to King Archelaos. As for the manner of his death—this has been described by many—I shall leave it as it is commonly reported.

Proper Nouns

Medes (Μῆδοι) other
Diopeithes (Διόπειθος) person Q3781404
Euripides (Εὐριπίδης) person Q48305
Also in: 1.21.1
Themistocles (Θεμιστοκλῆς) person
Conon (Κόνων) person
Menander (Μένανδρος) person
Also in: 1.21.1
Archelaus (Ἀρχέλαος) person
Cnidus (Κνίδος) place Q690575
Macedonia (Μακεδονία) place Q83958
Piraeus (Πειραιεύς) place Q58976 Pleiades
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