Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.8.4

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

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 Phokians 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
Phokians (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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