Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.36.4

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Passage 2.36.4: Asine allied with Sparta; Argives, led by King Eratus, marched against and reclaimed it.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ ἐντεῦθέν ἐστιν Ἀργείων ἥ ποτε Ἀσιναία καλουμένη, καὶ Ἀσίνης ἐστὶν ἐρείπια ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ. Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ καὶ τοῦ βασιλέως Νικάνδρου τοῦ Χαρίλλου τοῦ Πολυδέκτου τοῦ Εὐνόμου τοῦ Πρυτάνιδος τοῦ Εὐρυπῶντος ἐς τὴν Ἀργολίδα ἐσβαλόντων στρατιᾷ συνεσέβαλόν σφισιν οἱ Ἀσιναῖοι, καὶ ἐδῄωσαν σὺν ἐκείνοις τῶν Ἀργείων τὴν γῆν. ὡς δὲ ὁ στόλος τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἀπῆλθεν οἴκαδε, στρατεύουσιν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀσίνην οἱ Ἀργεῖοι καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς αὐτῶν Ἔρατος.

English Translation

Next to this lies the place belonging to the Argives which was once called Asinaea, and on the coast are the ruins of Asine. Now, when the Lacedaemonians, under their king Nicander son of Charillus son of Polydectes son of Eunomus son of Prytanis son of Eurypon, invaded Argolis with an army, the people of Asine joined forces with them, and together they laid waste the land of the Argives. But when the Lacedaemonian forces had withdrawn homeward, the Argives and their king Eratus marched against Asine.

Proper Nouns

Eurypōn (Εὐρυπῶν) person
Also in: 3.7.1 4.4.4
Eunomus (Εὔνομος) person
Also in: 3.7.2 4.4.4
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Nicander (Νίκανδρος) person
Polydektes (Πολυδεύκτης) person
Also in: 3.7.3 4.4.4
Prytanis (Πρύτανις) person
Also in: 3.7.2 4.4.4 5.21.3
Charillus (Χαρίλλος) person
Also in: 4.4.4
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Asinaeans (Ἀσιναῖοι) person
Eratus (Ἔρατος) person
Argolis (Ἀργολίς) place Q12649101
Asine (Ἀσίνη) place Q1154474
Asinaia (Ἀσιναία) place Q21470267
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