Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.10.4

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Passage 3.10.4: Archidamus persuades the Phocians not to destroy Delphi and enslave its people.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ μὲν δὴ χρήματα ἱερὰ δέξασθαι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ἀμῦναι μαντείων πορθήσασι τὸ ἐπιφανέστατον οὐκ ἐς ἔπαινον τίθεμαι, τοσοῦτον δέ οἱ πρόσεστιν ἐς ἔπαινον· Δελφῶν γὰρ τούς τε ἡβῶντας ἀποκτεῖναι καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ τέκνα ἐξανδραποδίσασθαι, καταβαλεῖν δὲ καὶ αὐτὴν ἐς ἔδαφος τὴν πόλιν ἐτόλμων οἱ Φωκεῖς· ταῦτα οὖν μὴ παθεῖν ὑπὸ τῶν Φωκέων αὐτοὺς παρῃτήσατο Ἀρχίδαμος.

English Translation

That Archidamus received sacred money and aided men who had plundered the most famous of oracles, I do not consider praiseworthy. Yet there is this much in his favor: the Phocians intended to kill all the adult Delphians, enslave their women and children, and raze the city itself to the ground; Archidamus, therefore, persuaded them not to inflict these sufferings upon the Delphians.

Proper Nouns

Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Archidamus (Ἀρχίδαμος) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
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