Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.4.3

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Passage 3.4.3: Cleomenes plots to depose King Demaratus via Delphi and Leotychidas.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

διατρίβοντος δὲ ἐν Αἰγίνῃ Κλεομένους Δημάρατος ὁ τῆς οἰκίας βασιλεὺς τῆς ἑτέρας διέβαλλεν αὐτὸν ἐς τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων τὸ πλῆθος· Κλεομένης δὲ ὡς ἀνέστρεψεν ἐξ Αἰγίνης, ἔπρασσεν ὅπως Δημάρατον παύσειε βασιλεύοντα, καὶ τήν τε ἐν Δελφοῖς πρόμαντιν ὠνήσατο, Λακεδαιμονίοις αὐτὴν ὁπόσα αὐτὸς ἐδίδασκεν ἐς Δημάρατον χρῆσαι, καὶ Λεωτυχίδην ἄνδρα τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γένους καὶ οἰκίας Δημαράτῳ τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπῆρεν ἀμφισβητεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρχῆς.

English Translation

While Cleomenes was spending time in Aegina, Demaratus, the king from the other royal house, began maligning him among the populace of the Lacedaemonians. When Cleomenes returned from Aegina, he sought to depose Demaratus from kingship, and he bribed the prophetess at Delphi to deliver oracles against Demaratus to the Lacedaemonians, precisely in accordance with his own instructions. He also encouraged Leotychidas, a man of royal lineage and belonging to the same house as Demaratus, to compete with him for the throne.

Proper Nouns

Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) other
Demaratus (Δημάρατος) person Q334478
Cleomenes (Κλεομένης) person
Leotychides (Λεωτυχίδης) person
Aegina (Αἴγινα) place Q191082
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
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