Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.1.6

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Passage 10.1.6: Phocian army burns their possessions and sacred images on a great pyre.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ ἡ συμφορὰ σφῶν κατάπληξιν τοῖς ἐπὶ τοῦ στρατοπέδου τῶν Φωκέων τηλικαύτην ἐνεποίησεν, ὥστε καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ παῖδας καὶ ὅσα τῶν κτημάτων ἄγειν ἦν σφίσιν ἢ φέρειν, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον καὶ τὰ ἀγάλματα τῶν θεῶν ἐς ταὐτὸ συλλέξαντες πυρὰν ὡς μεγίστην ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ἀριθμὸν τριάκοντα ἄνδρας ἀπολείπουσι·

English Translation

Their disaster struck such terror into those in the Phocian army's camp that they gathered their women and children, along with whatever property they could carry or convey, as well as garments, gold, silver, and even the images of the gods, heaping them all together in one place. Then they constructed as great a pyre as possible, and left behind thirty men to guard it.

Proper Nouns

god (θεός) deity
Phocian (Φωκεύς) person
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