Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.36.6

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Passage 10.36.6: Destruction of Anticyra by Philip and the Roman Otilius

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κεῖται μὲν δὴ ἡ πόλις κατὰ Μεδεῶνος τὰ ἐρείπια· ἐδήλωσα δὲ ἀρχομένης τῆς ἐς Φωκέας συγγραφῆς ἐς τὸ ἱερὸν ἀσεβῆσαι τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς Ἀντικυρέας . Ἀντικυρέας δὲ ἐποίησε μὲν ἀναστάτους καὶ ὁ Ἀμύντου Φίλιππος, ἐποίησε δὲ καὶ δεύτερα Ὀτίλιος ὁ Ῥωμαῖος, ὅτι ἦσαν ὑπήκοοι καὶ οὗτοι Φιλίππου τοῦ Δημητρίου βασιλεύοντος Μακεδόνων· ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν Φίλιππον ἀμύνειν Ἀθηναίοις ὁ Ὀτίλιος ἀπέσταλτο ἐκ Ῥώμης.

English Translation

The city indeed lies in ruins near Medeon; and I have already indicated at the beginning of my account of Phocis that the Anticyreans had committed sacrilege against the sanctuary at Delphi. Philip son of Amyntas had previously ruined the Anticyreans, and afterward the Roman Otilius destroyed them again, because they had also become subject to Philip, the son of Demetrius, king of the Macedonians. Otilius had been dispatched from Rome to assist the Athenians against this Philip.

Proper Nouns

Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) other
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Roman (Ῥωμαῖος) other
Also in: 1.18.3 1.20.7
Demetrius (Δημήτριος) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Amyntas (Ἀμύντας) person
Otilios (Ὀτίλιος) person
Also in: 7.7.8 7.7.9 7.8.2
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Medion (Μεδεών) place Q12771305
Also in: 10.3.2
Phocis (Φωκεία) place Q2637650
Antikyra (Ἀντίκυρα) place Q680099 Pleiades
Rome (Ῥώμη) place Q220 Pleiades
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