Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.3.2

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Passage 10.3.2: Towns burned by Xerxes' expedition; Abae was spared.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰς δὲ αὐτῶν ἡ στρατιὰ καταπρήσασα ἡ μετὰ Ξέρξου γνωριμωτέρας οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐπῶν ἕνεκα τῶν Ὁμήρου· τὰς δὲ αὐτῶν ἡ στρατιὰ καταπρήσασα ἡ μετὰ Ξέρξου γνωριμωτέρας ἐς τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ἐποίησεν, Ἐρωχὸν καὶ Χαράδραν καὶ Ἀμφίκλειαν καὶ Νεῶνας καὶ Τεθρώνιον καὶ Δρυμαίαν. αἱ δὲ ἄλλαι πλήν γε δὴ Ἐλατείας τὰ πρότερα οὐκ ἐπιφανεῖς ἦσαν, Τραχίς τε ἡ Φωκικὴ καὶ Μεδεὼν ὁ Φωκικὸς καὶ Ἐχεδάμεια καὶ Ἄμβροσσος καὶ Λέδων καὶ Φλυγόνιον ἔτι καὶ Στῖρις. τότε δὲ κατεσκάφησάν τε αἱ κατειλεγμέναι καὶ ἐς κώμας πλὴν Ἄβας ᾠκίσθησαν αἱ ἄλλαι· Ἀβαίοις δὲ ἐκτὸς ἀσεβείας ὑπῆρχε καθεστηκέναι, καὶ οὔτε τοῦ ἱεροῦ τῆς καταλήψεως οὔτε τοῦ πολέμου μετεσχήκεσαν.

English Translation

The army of Xerxes burned these towns, which became still more famous among the Greeks, not least due to the verses of Homer. These places, burned by Xerxes' expedition, were Erochus, Charadra, Amphicleia, Neon, Tithronium, and Drymaea. Except for Elateia, the remaining cities—such as Trachis in Phocis, Phocian Medeon, Echedameia, Ambrossus, Ledon, Phlygonium, and also Stiris—were previously not prominent. At that time, however, the named cities were laid waste and were reduced to villages, with the single exception of Abae; for the people of Abae had established their innocence concerning charges of impiety, and had not participated either in the seizure of the sanctuary or in the war.

Proper Nouns

Xerxes (Ξέρξης) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Drymaia (Δρυμαία) place Q11917777
Also in: 10.33.12
Ledon (Λέδων) place Q3807754
Also in: 10.2.2 10.33.1
Medion (Μεδεών) place Q12771305
Also in: 10.36.6
Neon (Νεῶν) place Q12881477
Stiris (Στῖρις) place Q12884846
Tethronion (Τεθρώνιον) place Q12885360 Pleiades
Trachis (Τραχίς) place Q1057414
Also in: 1.32.6 10.22.1
Phlygoneion (Φλυγόνιον) place
Phocis (Φωκίς) place Q2637650
Charadra (Χαράδρα) place Q15689549
Also in: 10.33.6
Amphikleia (Ἀμφίκλεια) place Q474840 Pleiades
Abai (Ἄβαι) place Q304823
Ambrossos (Ἄμβροσσος) place Q12872250
Also in: 10.36.1 10.36.3
Elateia (Ἐλάτεια) place Q1235347
Erochos (Ἐρωχός) place Q12872519
Echedameia (Ἐχεδάμεια) place Q16259799
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