Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.2.5

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Passage 3.2.5: Archelaus and Charilaus capture and enslave Aegys.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Λυκούργου μὲν οὖν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔπειτα τοῦ λόγου ποιήσομαι μνήμην· Ἀγησιλάου δὲ παῖς ἐγένετο Ἀρχέλαος. ἐπὶ τούτου Λακεδαιμόνιοι πολέμῳ κρατήσαντες πόλιν τῶν περιοικίδων ἠνδραποδίσαντο Αἴγυν, ὑποπτεύσαντες ὡς οἱ Αἰγῦται φρονοῦσι τὰ Ἀρκάδων. Χαρίλαος δὲ ὁ τῆς ἑτέρας οἰκίας βασιλεὺς συνεξεῖλε μὲν καὶ Ἀρχελάῳ τὴν Αἴγυν, ὁπόσα δὲ καὶ ἰδίᾳ Λακεδαιμονίων αὐτὸς ἔδρασεν ἡγούμενος, μνήμην καὶ τῶνδε ποιησόμεθα ὁμοῦ τῷ λόγῳ μεταβάντι ἐς τοὺς Εὐρυπωντίδας καλουμένους.

English Translation

Of Lycurgus I will make mention later in my account. Agesilaus had a son named Archelaus. During his reign the Lacedaemonians, prevailing in war, enslaved Aegys, a town of the Perioeci, suspecting that the inhabitants of Aegys sympathized with the views of the Arcadians. Charilaus, king of the other royal house, aided Archelaus in capturing Aegys, but concerning the deeds Charilaus himself accomplished personally as leader of the Lacedaemonians, I will speak of these also later, when my narrative transitions to the lineage called the Eurypontidae.

Proper Nouns

Aegytae (Αἰγῦται) person
Eurypontids (Εὐρυπωντίδαι) person
Also in: 3.12.8
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Lycurgus (Λυκοῦργος) person
Charilaus (Χαρίλαος) person
Agesilaus (Ἀγησίλαος) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Archelaus (Ἀρχέλαος) person
Aegys (Αἴγη) place Q15872679
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