Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.35.3

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Passage 10.35.3: The sanctuary at Abae burned twice—first by the Persians, then by the Boeotians.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοιαύτην θέαν καὶ τοῦ ἐν Ἄβαις ἱεροῦ τότε γε εἶναι δοκῶ, ἐς ὃ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ τῷ Φωκικῷ βιασθέντας μάχῃ Φωκέων ἄνδρας καὶ ἐς Ἄβας ἐκπεφευγότας αὐτούς τε οἱ Θηβαῖοι τοὺς ἱκέτας καὶ τὸ ἱερόν, δεύτερον δὴ οὗτοι μετὰ Μήδους, ἔδοσαν πυρί· εἱστήκει δʼ οὖν καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἔτι οἰκοδομημάτων ἀσθενέστατον ὁπόσα δὴ ἡ φλὸξ ἐλυμήνατο, ἅτε ἐπὶ τῷ Μηδικῷ προλωβησαμένῳ πυρὶ αὖθις ὑπὸ τοῦ Βοιωτίου πυρὸς κατειργασμένον.

English Translation

I think that such was indeed the appearance of the sanctuary at Abae in earlier times, until the Phocian war, when the Boeotians, after defeating certain Phocians in battle and driving them into Abae, set on fire both the suppliants themselves and the sanctuary—the second incident of this kind after the Medes' burning. Down to my own time, therefore, the temple remained standing, though weakest of all the buildings damaged by fire, as it had suffered first at the hands of Persian flames and again from the Boeotian conflagration.

Proper Nouns

Median War (Μηδικός πόλεμος) other
Phocian War (Φωκικός πόλεμος) other
Also in: 4.28.1 10.3.1
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Medes (Μῆδοι) person
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Boeotia (Βοιωτία) place Q187570
Abai (Ἄβαι) place Q304823
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