Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.8.4

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Passage 10.8.4: Amphictyonic council composition: thirty representatives allotted by region.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οἱ δὲ Ἀμφικτύονες οἱ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ τριάκοντα ἀριθμῷ ἦσαν· ἐκ Νικοπόλεως μὲν καὶ Μακεδονίας τε καὶ Θεσσαλῶν, ἀπὸ ἑκάστων ἀριθμῷ ἦσαν ἕξ, ἐκ δὲ Βοιωτῶν---Θεσσαλίαν γὰρ καὶ οὗτοι τὰ ἀρχαιότερα ᾤκησαν καὶ Αἰολεῖς τηνικαῦτα ἐκαλοῦντο---καὶ ἐκ Φωκέων τε καὶ Δελφῶν, παρὰ τούτων δύο ἑκάστων· εἷς δʼ ἐκ Δωρίδος τῆς ἀρχαίας.

English Translation

In my day the Amphictyons numbered thirty: from Nicopolis and from Macedonia and from Thessaly, six representatives each; from the Boeotians—since these people too, in very ancient times, once inhabited Thessaly and were then known as Aeolians—and also from the Phocians and from the Delphians, two representatives each; and one from ancient Doris.

Proper Nouns

Amphictyons (Ἀμφικτύονες) other
Aeolians (Αἰολεῖς) person
Also in: 6.4.9 7.5.1
Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) person
Thessalians (Θεσσαλοί) person
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Doris (Δωρίς) place
Thessaly (Θεσσαλία) place Q1247568
Macedonia (Μακεδονία) place Q83958
Nicopolis (Νικόπολις) place Q943637
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