Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.13.2

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Passage 10.13.2: Bisons driven into a pit and left to weaken for capture

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ ἐντεῦθεν οἱ μάλιστα ἱππεύειν ἀγαθοὶ συνελαύνουσιν ἐς τὸ εἰρημένον χωρίον τοὺς βίσωνας· οἱ δὲ εὐθὺς ἐν ταῖς πρώταις τῶν βυρσῶν ὀλισθόντες κατὰ τοῦ πρανοῦς κυλίνδονται, ἕως κατενεχθῶσιν ἐς τὸ ὁμαλόν. ἐρριμμένοι δὲ ἐνταῦθα ἠμέληνται κατʼ ἀρχάς· τετάρτῃ δὲ ἢ πέμπτῃ μάλιστα ἡμέρᾳ τῶν μὲν ἤδη τοῦ θυμοῦ τὸ πολὺ ὁ λιμὸς ἀφαιρεῖ καὶ ἡ ταλαιπωρία, οἱ δέ σφισιν, οἷς

English Translation

From there those most skilled at riding drive the bisons into the aforementioned place; immediately slipping on the first hides, the animals roll down the slope until they are carried down onto level ground. Initially they lie there neglected; but around the fourth or fifth day at most, hunger and exhaustion have already largely subdued their spirit. Then those among them who...

Proper Nouns

bisons (βίσωνας) other
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