Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.8.2

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Passage 10.8.2: Membership changes of the Amphictyonic council.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὑπὸ μὲν δὴ Ἀμφικτύονος αὐτοῦ φασιν ἐς συνέδριον κοινὸν τοσάδε γένη τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ συναχθῆναι, Ἴωνας Δόλοπας Θεσσαλοὺς Αἰνιᾶνας Μάγνητας Μαλιέας Φθιώτας Δωριεῖς Φωκέας Λοκροὺς τῇ Φωκίδι ὁμόρους ὑπὸ τῷ ὄρει τῇ Κνήμιδι· καταλαβόντων δὲ Φωκέων τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ὕστερον δεκάτῳ ἔτει λαβόντος πέρας τοῦ πολέμου, μεταβολὴν καὶ τὰ Ἀμφικτυόνων ἔσχε. Μακεδόνες μὲν γὰρ τελεῖν ἐς Ἀμφικτύονας εὕραντο, Φωκέων δὲ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ ἐκ τοῦ Δωρικοῦ Λακεδαιμόνιοι μετασχόντες ἐπαύσαντο Ἀμφικτυονίας, οἱ μὲν τοῦ τολμήματος ἕνεκα οἱ Φωκεῖς, οἱ δὲ συμμαχίας εὕραντο οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τῆς Φωκέων ζημίαν.

English Translation

They say indeed that Amphictyon himself gathered the following tribes of the Greeks into a common council: the Ionians, Dolopians, Thessalians, Aenianes, Magnetes, Malians, Phthiotians, Dorians, Phokians, and the Locrians bordering on Phocis beneath Mount Cnemis. Later, however, when the Phokians seized the sanctuary and the war ended in the tenth year, a change occurred also among the Amphictyons. For the Macedonians were permitted to participate in the Amphictyonic council, whereas the nation of the Phokians and likewise the Lacedaemonians, who had been members as part of the Dorian tribe, ceased to belong to it; the Phokians because of their sacrilege, and the Lacedaemonians because they had allied themselves with the Phokians and shared in their punishment.

Proper Nouns

Aenianes (Αἰνιᾶνες) other Q507764
Amphictyons (Ἀμφικτύονες) other
Dolopians (Δόλοπες) other Q907960
Dorians (Δωριεῖς) other Q203711
Doric (Δωρικόν) other
Also in: 2.13.1
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other Q539051
Thessalians (Θεσσαλοί) other Q3984995
Also in: 6.5.5 7.7.6 7.27.6
Ionians (Ἴωνες) other Q465331
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) other Q16157161
Locrians (Λοκροί) other Q764236
Magnetes (Μάγνητες) other Q3387769
Also in: 3.22.4 5.21.10
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) other Q576065
Malians (Μαλιεῖς) other Q1164290
Phthiotes (Φθιῶται) other
Phokians (Φωκεῖς) other Q21095133
Amphictyon (Ἀμφικτύων) person
Cnemis (Κνήμις) place Q25023176
Also in: 10.20.2
Phocis (Φωκίς) place Q2637650
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