Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.2.3

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Passage 10.2.3: Philomelus leads the Phocians 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 Phocians, either because the god had impaired their judgment, or because they were naturally prone in the first place to prefer profit to piety. The Phocians 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
Kyrenaian (Κυρηναῖος) person
Prorus (Πρῶρος) person
Philomelos (Φιλομήλος) person
Phocian (Φωκεύς) person
Agathocles (Ἀγαθοκλῆς) person
Heracleides (Ἡρακλείδης) person
Also in: 5.21.13 5.21.14
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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