Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.23.1

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Passage 1.23.1: Hippias' rage after Hipparchus' death

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Ἕλληνες δὲ ἄλλα τε λέγουσι καὶ ἄνδρας ἑπτὰ γενέσθαι σοφούς. τούτων καὶ τὸν Λέσβιον τύραννον καὶ Περίανδρον εἶναί φασι τὸν Κυψέλου· καίτοι Περιάνδρου Πεισίστρατος καὶ ὁ παῖς Ἱππίας φιλάνθρωποι μᾶλλον καὶ σοφώτεροι τά τε πολεμικὰ ἦσαν καὶ ὅσα ἧκεν ἐς κόσμον τῶν πολιτῶν, ἐς ὃ διὰ τὸν Ἱππάρχου θάνατον Ἱππίας ἄλλα τε ἐχρήσατο θυμῷ καὶ ἐς γυναῖκα ὄνομα Λέαιναν.

English Translation

The Greeks say various things, among them that there arose seven wise men. Of these they also mention the Lesbian tyrant and Periander, son of Cypselus. And yet Peisistratus and his son Hippias were more humane than Periander and wiser both in military matters and in whatever related to the good order of their citizens, until, because of Hipparchus' death, Hippias gave way to rage in various ways, including against the woman named Leaena.

Proper Nouns

Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Kypselos (Κύψελος) person
Leaena (Λέαινα) person
Lesbian (man of Lesbos) (Λέσβιος) person
Peisistratus (Πεισίστρατος) person
Periander (Περίανδρος) person
Also in: 2.28.8
Hipparchos (Ἱππάραχος) person
Hippias (Ἱππίας) person
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