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 Q539051
Kypselos (Κύψελος) person Q430688
Leaena (Λέαινα) person Q544528
Lesbian (man of Lesbos) (Λέσβιος) person
Peisistratus (Πεισίστρατος) person Q242172
Periander (Περίανδρος) person Q328793
Also in: 2.28.8
Hipparchos (Ἱππάραχος) person Q435531
Hippias (Ἱππίας) person Q313467
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