Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.2.3

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Passage 10.2.3: Philomelus leads the Phokians to seize Delphi.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταῦτα τοῦ Φιλομήλου λέγοντος οὐκ ἐγίνετο ἀκούσια τῷ πλήθει τῶν Φωκέων, εἴτε τὴν γνώμην σφίσι τοῦ θεοῦ βλάπτοντος εἴτε καὶ αὐτοῖς πεφυκόσιν ἐπίπροσθεν εὐσεβείας τὰ κέρδη ποιεῖσθαι. τὴν δὲ τῶν Δελφῶν κατάληψιν ἐποιήσαντο οἱ Φωκεῖς Ἡρακλείδου μὲν πρυτανεύοντος ἐν Δελφοῖς καὶ Ἀγαθοκλέους Ἀθήνῃσιν ἄρχοντος, τετάρτῳ δὲ ἔτει πέμπτης Ὀλυμπιάδος ἐπὶ ταῖς ἑκατόν, ἣν Πρῶρος ἐνίκα Κυρηναῖος στάδιον.

English Translation

This speech of Philomelus did not seem disagreeable to the mass of the Phokians, either because the god had impaired their judgment, or because they were naturally prone in the first place to prefer profit to piety. The Phokians seized Delphi when Heracleides was prytanis at Delphi, and Agathocles was archon at Athens, in the fourth year of the hundred and fifth Olympiad, in which Prorus of Cyrene won the stadion.

Proper Nouns

god (θεός) deity
Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other Q223134
Agathocles (Ἀγαθοκλῆς) person Q391454
Heracleides (Ἡρακλείδης) person
Also in: 5.21.13 5.21.14
Cyrenaean (Κυρηναῖος) person
Prorus (Πρῶρος) person
Philomelus (Φιλομήλος) person Q4484273
Phocian (Φωκεύς) person
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
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