Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.6.7

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Passage 1.6.7: Antigonus I's downfall and death; Cassander's impious betrayal.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀντίγονος δὲ Ῥόδου τε ἁμαρτὼν καὶ Αἰγύπτου πρότερον, οὐ πολλῷ τούτων ὕστερον ἀντιτάξασθαι Λυσιμάχῳ τολμήσας καὶ Κασσάνδρῳ τε καὶ τῇ Σελεύκου στρατιᾷ, τῆς δυνάμεως ἀπώλεσε τὸ πολὺ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπέθανε ταλαιπωρήσας μάλιστα τῷ μήκει τοῦ πρὸς Εὐμένη πολέμου. τῶν δὲ βασιλέων τῶν καθελόντων Ἀντίγονον ἀνοσιώτατον κρίνω γενέσθαι Κάσσανδρον, ὃς διʼ Ἀντιγόνου τὴν Μακεδόνων ἀρχὴν ἀνασωσάμενος πολεμήσων ἦλθεν ἐπʼ ἄνδρα εὐεργέτην.

English Translation

Antigonus, having earlier failed in Rhodes and Egypt, and not long afterward daring to oppose Lysimachus, Cassander, and Seleucus' army, lost most of his power and died himself, having been weakened especially by the length of the war against Eumenes. Of the kings who overthrew Antigonus I judge Cassander to have been the most impious, who, having regained through Antigonus the sovereignty of Macedon, nevertheless proceeded to wage war against a man who had been his benefactor.

Proper Nouns

Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) other
Eumenes (Εὐμένης) person Q297366
Also in: 1.8.1
Kassandros (Cassander) (Κασσάνδρας) person
Lysimachus (Λυσίμαχος) person
Seleucus (Σέλευκος) person
Antigonus (Ἀντίγονος) person
Egypt (Αἴγυπτος) place Q79 Pleiades
Rhodes (Ῥόδος) place Q13533316
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