Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.17.6

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Passage 10.17.6: Trojan refugees who fled with Aeneas in Sardinia

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἰλίου δὲ ἁλισκομένης ἄλλοι τε ἐκφεύγουσι τῶν Τρώων καὶ οἱ ἀποσωθέντες μετὰ Αἰνείου· τούτων μοῖρα ἀπενεχθεῖσα ὑπὸ ἀνέμων ἐς Σαρδὼ ἀνεμίχθησαν τοῖς προενοικοῦσιν Ἕλλησι. καταστῆναι δὲ ἐς μάχην τῷ Ἑλληνικῷ καὶ τοῖς Τρωσὶν ἐκώλυσε τοὺς βαρβάρους· παρασκευῇ τε γὰρ ἴσοι τῇ ἁπάσῃ τὰ ἐς πόλεμον ἦσαν καὶ ὁ Θόρσος ποταμὸς διὰ μέσου σφίσι ῥέων τῆς χώρας ἐπʼ ἴσης καὶ ἀμφοτέροις διαβαίνειν παρεῖχε δέος.

English Translation

When Ilium was captured, among other Trojans who managed to escape were those who fled with Aeneas. Some of these, having been carried by winds to Sardinia, mixed with the Greeks who previously inhabited the island. A confrontation between the Greeks and these Trojans was prevented by the barbarians: for each side was equal in their full military preparedness, and the river Thorsus, flowing through the country between them, made both equally fearful of crossing.

Proper Nouns

Aeneas (Αἰνείας) person
Trojans (Τρῶες) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Thorsos (Θόρσος) place
Sardinia (Σαρδώ) place Q1462
Ilium (Ἴλιον) place Q22647
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