Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.36.5

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Passage 2.36.5: Asine razed by the Argives; sanctuary of Apollo Pythaeus spared.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ χρόνον μέν τινα ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχους ἠμύναντο οἱ Ἀσιναῖοι καὶ ἀποκτείνουσιν ἄλλους τε καὶ Λυσίστρατον ἐν τοῖς δοκιμωτάτοις ὄντα Ἀργείων· ἁλισκομένου δὲ τοῦ τείχους οὗτοι μὲν γυναῖκας ἐς τὰ πλοῖα ἐνθέμενοι καὶ παῖδας ἐκλείπουσι τὴν αὑτῶν, Ἀργεῖοι δὲ ἐς ἔδαφος καταβαλόντες τὴν Ἀσίνην καὶ τὴν γῆν προσορισάμενοι τῇ σφετέρᾳ Πυθαέως τε Ἀπόλλωνος ὑπελίποντο τὸ ἱερὸν---καὶ νῦν ἔτι δῆλόν ἐστι---καὶ τὸν Λυσίστρατον πρὸς αὐτῷ θάπτουσιν.

English Translation

For a time the Asinaeans defended their walls and killed, among others, Lysistratus, one of the most distinguished of the Argives. But when the walls were captured, they embarked their women and children onto ships and abandoned their city. The Argives razed Asine to the ground, annexed the territory to their own, and spared only the sanctuary of Apollo Pythaeus—which remains visible even now—and buried Lysistratus near it.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Pythaeus (Πυθαεύς) other
Lysistratus (Λυσίστρατος) person
Also in: 4.19.2
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Asinaeans (Ἀσιναῖοι) person
Asine (Ἀσίνη) place Q1154474
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