Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.10.2

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Passage 3.10.2: Agesilaus aids Aetolia and Egypt, dies returning, buried with Spartan honors.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀγησίλαος δὲ καὶ ἐς Αἰτωλίαν ἐπικουρήσων ἀφίκετο Αἰτωλοῖς ὑπὸ Ἀκαρνάνων πολέμῳ πιεζομένοις, καὶ Ἀκαρνᾶνας ἠνάγκασε καταλύσασθαι τὸν πόλεμον οὐ πολὺ ἀποδέοντας Καλυδῶνα καὶ τὰ ἄλλα Αἰτωλῶν πολίσματα ᾑρηκέναι. χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον ἔπλευσε καὶ ἐς Αἴγυπτον, ἀφεστηκότων ἀπὸ βασιλέως τῶν Αἰγυπτίων βοηθήσων· καὶ ἔστιν Ἀγησιλάῳ πολλά τε εἰργασμένα καὶ μνήμης ἄξια ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. καὶ---ἦν γὰρ δὴ ἤδη γέρων---τὸν μὲν κατὰ τὴν πορείαν ἐπέλαβεν ἡ μοῖρα· Λακεδαιμόνιοι δέ, ὡς ἐκομίσθη σφίσιν ὁ νεκρός, θάπτουσιν αὐτὸν βασιλέων τιμήσαντες μάλιστα.

English Translation

Agesilaus also arrived in Aetolia to provide aid to the Aetolians when they were oppressed in war by the Acarnanians, and he compelled the Acarnanians to end the conflict, though they were not far from capturing Calydon and the other towns of the Aetolians. Later in time, he sailed also to Egypt to support the Egyptians, who had revolted from the Persian king. In Egypt, Agesilaus accomplished many deeds worthy of remembrance. But during the return journey—since he was now indeed an old man—his destined end overtook him. When his body was brought home, the Lacedaemonians buried him, bestowing upon him honors surpassing those accorded to any king.

Proper Nouns

Egyptians (Αἰγύπτιοι) person
Aetolians (Αἰτωλοί) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
king (βασιλεύς) person
Agesilaus (Ἀγησίλαος) person
Acarnanians (Ἀκαρνᾶνες) person
Aetolia (Αἰτωλία) place Q26857
Egypt (Αἴγυπτος) place Q79 Pleiades
Calydon (Καλυδών) place Q750313
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