Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.33.4

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Passage 2.33.4: Harpalus killed in Crete; treasurer captured and interrogated by Philoxenus.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ ὕστερον λεχθὲν ἐπέξειμι ὁποῖον ἐγένετο. Ἅρπαλος μὲν ὡς ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν ἀπέδρα διαβὰς ναυσὶν ἐς Κρήτην, οὐ πολὺ ὕστερον ὑπὸ τῶν θεραπευόντων ἀπέθανεν οἰκετῶν· οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ ἀνδρὸς Μακεδόνος Παυσανίου δολοφονηθῆναί φασιν αὐτόν. τὸν δέ οἱ τῶν χρημάτων διοικητὴν φυγόντα ἐς Ῥόδον Φιλόξενος Μακεδὼν συνέλαβεν, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸν παρὰ Ἀθηναίων ἐξῄτησεν Ἅρπαλον. τὸν δὲ παῖδα τοῦτον ἔχων ἤλεγχεν ἐς ὃ πάντα ἐπύθετο, ὅσοι τῶν Ἁρπάλου τι ἔτυχον εἰληφότες·

English Translation

I will now explain what happened afterward. Harpalus, having fled from Athens, crossed by ship to Crete, where shortly afterward he was killed by servants who attended him; but some say he was murdered through the plotting of a Macedonian named Pausanias. His treasurer had fled to Rhodes, where the Macedonian Philoxenus, who had previously demanded Harpalus himself from the Athenians, captured him. Holding this servant, Philoxenus interrogated him until he learned everything about all those who had accepted any money from Harpalus.

Proper Nouns

Macedonian (Μακεδών) person
Pausanias (Παυσανίας) person
Philoxenus (Φιλόξενος) person
Also in: 1.2.3
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Harpalus (Ἅρπαλος) person
Crete (Κρήτη) place Q34374 Pleiades
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Rhodes (Ῥόδος) place Q13533316
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