Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.26.3

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Passage 1.26.3: Olympiodorus honored for defeating Macedonians and securing alliances for Athens

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ὀλυμπιοδώρῳ δὲ τόδε μέν ἐστιν ἔργον μέγιστον χωρὶς τούτων ὧν ἔπραξε Πειραιᾶ καὶ Μουνυχίαν ἀνασωσάμενος· ποιουμένων δὲ Μακεδόνων καταδρομὴν ἐς Ἐλευσῖνα Ἐλευσινίους συντάξας ἐνίκα τοὺς Μακεδόνας. πρότερον δὲ ἔτι τούτων ἐσβαλόντος ἐς τὴν Ἀττικὴν Κασσάνδρου πλεύσας Ὀλυμπιόδωρος ἐς Αἰτωλίαν βοηθεῖν Αἰτωλοὺς ἔπεισε, καὶ τὸ συμμαχικὸν τοῦτο ἐγένετο Ἀθηναίοις αἴτιον μάλιστα διαφυγεῖν τὸν Κασσάνδρου πόλεμον. Ὀλυμπιοδώρῳ δὲ τοῦτο μὲν ἐν Ἀθήναις εἰσὶν ἔν τε ἀκροπόλει καὶ ἐν πρυτανείῳ τιμαί, τοῦτο δὲ ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι γραφή· καὶ Φωκέων οἱ Ἐλάτειαν ἔχοντες χαλκοῦν Ὀλυμπιόδωρον ἐν Δελφοῖς ἀνέθεσαν, ὅτι καὶ τούτοις ἤμυνεν ἀποστᾶσι Κασσάνδρου.

English Translation

For Olympiodorus, aside from the accomplishments of recovering Piraeus and Munychia, the following exploit was his greatest deed: when the Macedonians made an incursion into Eleusis, Olympiodorus organized the Eleusinians and defeated the Macedonians. Even earlier than these events, when Cassander invaded Attica, Olympiodorus sailed to Aetolia, persuaded the Aetolians to provide aid, and secured this alliance which particularly enabled the Athenians to escape the war against Cassander. For these actions, Olympiodorus was honored at Athens on the Acropolis and in the Prytaneion, and in Eleusis an inscription commemorates him. The Phocians who occupied Elateia also dedicated a bronze statue of Olympiodorus at Delphi, because he had aided them when they revolted against Cassander.

Proper Nouns

Aetolians (Αἰτωλοί) person
Cassander (Κάσσανδρος) person
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Eleusinians (Ἐλευσίνιοι) person
Olympiodorus (Ὀλυμπιόδωρος) person
Aetolia (Αἰτωλία) place Q26857
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Munychia (Μουνυχία) place Q1611219
Also in: 1.1.4 1.25.5 2.8.6
Piraeus (Πειραιεύς) place Q58976 Pleiades
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Attica (Ἀττική) place Q122443
Elateia (Ἐλάτεια) place Q1235347
Eleusis (Ἐλευσῖς) place Q11918833
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