Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.8.5

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Passage 2.8.5: Aratus defeats a Spartan raid at Pellene

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐλευθερώσαντος δὲ Ἀράτου Κόρινθον προσεχώρησαν μὲν ἐς τὸ συνέδριον Ἐπιδαύριοι καὶ Τροιζήνιοι οἱ τὴν Ἀργολίδα Ἀκτὴν οἰκοῦντες καὶ τῶν ἐκτὸς ἰσθμοῦ Μεγαρεῖς, συμμαχίαν δὲ πρὸς Ἀχαιοὺς Πτολεμαῖος ἐποιήσατο. Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ καὶ Ἆγις ὁ Εὐδαμίδου βασιλεὺς ἔφθησαν μὲν Πελλήνην ἑλόντες ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς, ἥκοντι δὲ Ἀράτῳ καὶ τῇ στρατιᾷ συμβαλόντες ἐκρατήθησαν καὶ τὴν Πελλήνην ἐκλιπόντες ἀναχωροῦσιν οἴκαδε ὑπόσπονδοι.

English Translation

After Aratus liberated Corinth, the Epidaurians and the Troezenians, who inhabited the Argolic coast, together with the Megarians outside the Isthmus, joined the Achaean league. Ptolemy also formed an alliance with the Achaeans. But the Lacedaemonians, and their king Agis son of Eudamidas, had already swiftly captured Pellene in a sudden raid; nevertheless, when Aratus arrived with his army and battle was joined, they were defeated, abandoned Pellene, and withdrew homeward under a truce.

Proper Nouns

Eudamidas (Εὐδαμίδης) person Q889042
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Megarians (Μεγαρεῖς) person
Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος) person
Troezenians (Τροιζήνιοι) person
Aratus (Ἀράτος) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοὶ) person
Agis (Ἆγις) person
Epidaurians (Ἐπίδαυροι) person
Corinth (Κόρινθος) place Q1363688 Pleiades
Pellene (Πελλήνη) place Q2068130
Acte (Ἀκτή) place
Argolis (Ἀργολίς) place Q12649101
Isthmus (Ἰσθμός) place Q215200
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