Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.17.8

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Passage 10.17.8: Corsica (Cyrnus) and its migrants, the Corsi, who settled in Sardinia.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ νῆσος οὐ πολὺ ἀπέχουσα τῆς Σαρδοῦς, Κύρνος ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων, ὑπὸ δὲ Λιβύων τῶν ἐνοικούντων καλουμένη Κορσική. ἐκ ταύτης μοῖρα οὐκ ἐλαχίστη στάσει πιεσθεῖσα ἀφίκετο ἐς τὴν Σαρδώ, καὶ ᾤκησαν τῆς χώρας ἀποτεμόμενοι τῆς ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν· ὑπὸ μέντοι τῶν ἐν τῇ Σαρδοῖ τῷ ὀνόματι ὀνομάζονται τῷ οἴκοθεν Κορσοί.

English Translation

There is an island not far from Sardinia, called Cyrnus by the Greeks and Corsica by the Libyan inhabitants. A considerable portion of its people, oppressed by civil strife, migrated to Sardinia and settled there, claiming for themselves a region of the mountainous country. Yet the natives of Sardinia still call these settlers by their original home name—Corsi.

Proper Nouns

Corsicans (Κορσοί) person
Also in: 10.17.9
Libyans (Λίβυες) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Corsica (Κορσική) place Q14112
Cyrnus (Κύρνος) place Q22011067
Also in: 10.17.11
Sardinia (Σαρδώς) place Q1462
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