Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.3.3

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Passage 10.3.3: Phocian cities rebuilt and resettled after losing Delphi privileges

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀφῃρέθησαν δὲ οἱ Φωκεῖς καὶ μετεῖναί σφισιν ἱεροῦ τοῦ ἐν Δελφοῖς καὶ συνόδου τῆς ἐς τὸ Ἑλληνικόν, καὶ τὰς ψήφους αὐτῶν Μακεδόσιν ἔδοσαν οἱ Ἀμφικτύονες. ἀνὰ χρόνον μέντοι τοῖς Φωκεῦσιν αἱ πόλεις ἀνῳκίσθησαν καὶ ἐς τὰς πατρίδας κατήχθησαν ἐκ τῶν κωμῶν, πλὴν εἰ μὴ ἀνοικισθῆναί τινας ἐκώλυσεν ἀσθένειά τε ἡ ἐξ ἀρχῆς καὶ ἡ τῶν χρημάτων ἐν τῷ τότε ἔνδεια· Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ καὶ Θηβαῖοι σφᾶς ἦσαν οἱ κατάγοντες, πρὶν ἢ τὸ ἐν Χαιρωνείᾳ συμβῆναι πταῖσμα Ἕλλησι.

English Translation

The Phocians had their privileges taken away—to have a share in the sanctuary at Delphi and participation in the Hellenic council—and the Amphictyons handed their votes over to the Macedonians. After some time, however, the Phocian cities were rebuilt, and the inhabitants were resettled from the villages back into their native towns, except where the restoration was hindered, either by original weakness or due to a shortage of money at that time. Athenians and Thebans were those who restored them, before the disaster happened to the Greeks at Chaeronea.

Proper Nouns

Hellenic (Ἑλληνικόν) other
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Amphictyons (Ἀμφικτύονες) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Chaeronea (Χαιρώνεια) place Q13574678
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