Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.20.1

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Passage 10.20.1: Greek contingents at Thermopylae opposing Xerxes.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πάρεστι δέ, ὅστις ἐθέλοι καὶ ἀνταριθμῆσαι τούς τε ἐπὶ βασιλέα Ξέρξην ἐς Πύλας καὶ τοὺς τότε ἐναντία Γαλατῶν ἀθροισθέντας. ἐπὶ μέν γε τὸν Μῆδον ἀφίκοντο τοσοίδε Ἑλλήνων· Λακεδαιμόνιοι οἱ μετὰ Λεωνίδου τριακοσίων οὐ πλείονες, Τεγεᾶται πεντακόσιοι καὶ ἐκ Μαντινείας ἴσοι, παρὰ δὲ Ὀρχομενίων Ἀρκάδων εἴκοσί τε καὶ ἑκατόν, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων χίλιοι τῶν ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ πόλεων, ὀγδοήκοντα δὲ ἐκ Μυκηνῶν καὶ ἐκ Φλιοῦντος διακόσιοι, διπλάσιοι δὲ τούτων Κορίνθιοι· παρεγένοντο δὲ καὶ Βοιωτῶν ἑπτακόσιοι ἐκ δὲ Θεσπείας καὶ ἐκ Θηβῶν τετρακόσιοι. χίλιοι δὲ Φωκέων ἐφύλασσον μὲν τὴν ἀτραπὸν ἐν τῇ Οἴτῃ, προσέστω δὲ τῷ παντὶ Ἑλληνικῷ καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς ὁ τούτων.

English Translation

Anyone who wishes may compare the numbers of those assembled against King Xerxes at Thermopylae with those later gathered to oppose the Gauls. The Greeks came against the Persian in these numbers: no more than three hundred Spartans under Leonidas; five hundred men from Tegea, and an equal number from Mantineia; from Orchomenus in Arcadia one hundred and twenty; and from the other cities of Arcadia a thousand. From Mycenae there were eighty; from Phlius two hundred; the Corinthians supplied twice that number. Seven hundred Boeotians were present, and from Thespiae and Thebes four hundred. A thousand Phocians guarded the path through Mt. Oeta, and their number too must be added to the entire Greek force.

Proper Nouns

Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) person
Galatians (Γαλάται) person
Corinthians (Κορίνθιοι) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Leonidas (Λεωνίδης) person
Mede (Μῆδος) person
Xerxes (Ξέρξης) person
Tegeans (Τεγεᾶται) person
Phocians (Φωκεῦς) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Greek people (Ἑλληνικόν) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Thespiae (Θεσπιαι) place Q1141295
Also in: 9.23.2
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Mantineia (Μαντινεία) place Q1160195
Mycenae (Μυκῆναι) place Q132564
Oeta (Οἴτη) place Q132378
Pylai (Πύλαι) place Q194450 Pleiades
Phlius (Φλιοῦς) place Q1412043
Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία) place Q12898802
Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός) place Q13574822
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