Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.20.4

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Passage 10.20.4: Aetolian army under Polyarchus, Polyphron, and Lacrates.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Λοκροὺς δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ Ἀταλάντῃ τῇ νήσῳ Μειδίας ἦγεν· ἀριθμὸς δὲ αὐτῶν ἑπτακόσιοι, καὶ ἱππικόν σφισιν οὐ προσῆν. παρὰ δὲ Μεγαρέων ἀφίκοντο ὁπλῖται τετρακόσιοι· τούτων ἦγε τὸ †ἱππικὸν Μεγαρεύς. Αἰτωλῶν δὲ πλείστη τε ἐγένετο στρατιὰ καὶ ἐς πᾶσαν μάχης ἰδέαν, ἡ μὲν ἵππος οὐ λέγουσιν ὁπόση, ψιλοὶ δὲ ἐνενήκοντα καὶ ἑπτακόσιοι, πλέονες δὲ ἑπτακισχιλίων ἀριθμὸν ἦσαν οἱ ὁπλιτεύοντες· Αἰτωλοὺς δὲ ἦγον Πολύαρχος καὶ Πολύφρων τε καὶ Λακράτης.

English Translation

The Locrians living by the island of Atalante were led by Meidias; they numbered seven hundred, and had no cavalry. From the Megarians came four hundred hoplites; their cavalry was commanded by Megareus. Of the Aetolians there was a very large force indeed, well-equipped for warfare of every kind; the cavalry, they say, was uncounted, the light-infantry numbered seven hundred and ninety, while those equipped as hoplites exceeded seven thousand in number. The Aetolians were under the command of Polyarchus, Polyphron, and Lacrates.

Proper Nouns

Aetolians (Αἰτωλοί) person
Lakrates (Λακράτης) person
Also in: 6.19.8
Locrians (Λοκροί) person
Megarians (Μεγαρές) person
Megareus (Μεγαρεύς) person
Meidias (Μειδίας) person
Polyarchos (Πολύαρχος) person
Also in: 10.8.9
Polyphron (Πολύφρων) person
Atalante (Ἀταλάντη) place Q15221444
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