Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.20.3

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Passage 10.20.3: Boeotian and Phocian forces arriving at Thermopylae, numbers and commanders

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ βαρβάρους τοσοίδε ἐς Θερμοπύλας ἀφίκοντο Ἕλληνες· ὁπλῖται μύριοι καὶ ἵππος πεντακοσία παρὰ Βοιωτῶν· ἐβοιωτάρχουν δὲ Κηφισόδοτος καὶ Θεαρίδας καὶ Διογένης καὶ Λύσανδρος. ἐκ δὲ Φωκέων ἱππεῖς πεντακόσιοι καὶ ἐς τρισχιλίους ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν πεζῶν· στρατηγοὶ δὲ Φωκέων Κριτόβουλός τε ἦν καὶ Ἀντίοχος.

English Translation

The following number of Greeks arrived at Thermopylae to oppose the barbarians from the Ocean: ten thousand heavy infantry and five hundred cavalry from the Boeotians. The Boeotarchs in command were Cephisodotus, Thearidas, Diogenes, and Lysander. From the Phocians came five hundred cavalrymen and infantry numbering nearly three thousand. The generals of the Phocians were Critobulus and Antiochus.

Proper Nouns

Oceanus (Ὠκεανός) deity
Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) person
Diogenes (Διογένης) person
Also in: 2.2.4 2.8.6
Thearidas (Θεαρίδας) person
Also in: 7.14.3
Kephisodotos (Κηφισόδοτος) person
Kritoboulos (Κριτόβουλος) person
Lysander (Λύσανδρος) person
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Antiochus (Ἀντίοχος) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι) place Q194450 Pleiades
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