Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.13.2

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Passage 2.13.2: Hippasos flees to Samos; ancestor of Pythagoras

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἵππασος δὲ καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ διεκελεύοντο ἀμύνεσθαι μηδὲ πολλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἀμαχεὶ τοῖς Δωριεῦσιν ἀφίστασθαι. προσεμένου δὲ τοῦ δήμου τὴν ἐναντίαν ταύτην γνώμην, οὕτως Ἵππασος σὺν τοῖς ἐθέλουσιν ἐς Σάμον φεύγει. Ἱππάσου δὲ τούτου τέταρτος ἦν ἀπόγονος Πυθαγόρας ὁ λεγόμενος γενέσθαι σοφός· Μνησάρχου γὰρ Πυθαγόρας ἦν τοῦ Εὔφρονος τοῦ Ἱππάσου. ταῦτα μὲν Φλιάσιοι λέγουσι περὶ αὑτῶν, ὁμολογοῦσι δέ σφισι τὰ πολλὰ καὶ Σικυώνιοι.

English Translation

But Hippasos and those who were with him urged resistance, arguing that they should not yield to the Dorians without fighting for their many and noble possessions. As the people stood firm on the opposite opinion, Hippasos, along with those who were willing, fled to Samos. The fourth descendant of this Hippasos was Pythagoras, who was famed for his wisdom; for Pythagoras was the son of Mnesarchos, the son of Euphron, who was the son of Hippasos. These things the Phliasians relate about themselves, and the Sikyonians agree with them for the most part.

Proper Nouns

Dorians (Δωριεῖς) person
Euphron (Εὔφρων) person Q15114690
Also in: 6.3.4
Mnesarchos (Μνήσαρχος) person
Pythagoras (Πυθαγόρας) person
Sicyonians (Σικυώνιοι) person
Phliasians (Φλιάσιοι) person
Hippasos (Ἵππασος) person
Samos (Σάμος) place Q13580795
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