Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.22.8

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Passage 10.22.8: Hydarnes' surprise attack on Leonidas' Greeks through the Aenianian pass at Thermopylae

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

περὶ δὲ τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ τοὺς ἐν Θερμοπύλαις συνέβαινεν ἄλλα τοιαῦτα. ἀτραπός ἐστι διὰ τοῦ ὄρους τῆς Οἴτης, μία μὲν ἡ ὑπὲρ Τραχῖνος ἀπότομός τε τὰ πλείω καὶ ὄρθιος δεινῶς, ἑτέρα δὲ ἡ διὰ τῆς Αἰνιάνων ὁδεῦσαι στρατῷ ῥᾴων, διʼ ἧς καὶ Ὑδάρνης ποτὲ Μῆδος κατὰ νώτου τοῖς περὶ Λεωνίδην ἐπέθετο Ἕλλησι.

English Translation

At the same time as this, other such events happened among the Greeks at Thermopylae. There is a path through Mount Oeta: one above Trachis, mostly precipitous and exceedingly steep; another through the land of the Aenianians, easier for an army to traverse. It was by this route that once the Mede Hydarnes attacked from behind the Greeks under Leonidas.

Proper Nouns

Ainianes (Αἰνιᾶνες) person
Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) person
Mede (Μῆδος) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Hydarnes (Ὑδάρνης) person
Also in: 3.4.8
Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι) place Q194450 Pleiades
Oeta (Οἴτη) place Q132378
Trachis (Τραχῖς) place Q1057414
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