Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.21.3

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Passage 10.21.3: Warriors fighting like wild beasts, undeterred by deadly wounds

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οἱ δὲ ἐν ὀργῇ τε ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐναντίους καὶ θυμῷ μετὰ οὐδενὸς λογισμοῦ καθάπερ τὰ θηρία ἐχώρουν· καὶ οὔτε πελέκεσι διαιρουμένους ἢ ὑπὸ μαχαιρῶν ἡ ἀπόνοια τοὺς ἔτι ἐμπνέοντας ἔτι ἀπέλειπεν, οὔτε ὅσοι βέλεσι καὶ ἀκοντίοις διεπείροντο, ὑφῄρουν τοῦ θυμοῦ, μέχρι οὗ παρέμενεν ἡ ψυχή· οἱ δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῶν τραυμάτων τὰ δόρατα οἷς ἐβέβληντο ἀνασπῶντες ἠφίεσάν τε ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας καὶ ἐχρῶντο ἐκ χειρός.

English Translation

They advanced against their enemies with rage and fury, moving forward without any calculation, just like wild beasts. Neither when they were being hacked by axes nor when cut down by swords did their madness leave those who still breathed; nor did their anger diminish, though pierced by arrows and spears, as long as life remained in them. Some even pulled out from their wounds the spears by which they had been struck, hurling them back at the Greeks or fighting with them still in their hands.

Proper Nouns

Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
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