Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.5.2

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Passage 3.5.2: Trial and conviction of Pausanias by the Spartan Elders and King Agis

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὡς δὲ ἐπανῆλθεν ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν μαχεσάμενος ἄπρακτον μάχην, ὑπάγουσιν αὐτὸν ἐς κρίσιν οἱ ἐχθροί. βασιλεῖ δὲ τῷ Λακεδαιμονίων δικαστήριον ἐκάθιζον οἵ τε ὀνομαζόμενοι γέροντες, ὀκτὼ καὶ εἴκοσιν ὄντες ἀριθμόν, καὶ ἡ τῶν ἐφόρων ἀρχή, σὺν δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ ὁ τῆς οἰκίας βασιλεὺς τῆς ἑτέρας. τέσσαρες μὲν δὴ καὶ δέκα τῶν γερόντων, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἆγις ὁ τῆς ἑτέρας οἰκίας βασιλεύς, ἀδικεῖν τὸν Παυσανίαν κατέγνωσαν·

English Translation

When he returned from Athens after having fought an unsuccessful battle, his enemies brought him to trial. The court for a king of the Lacedaemonians was held by the men called Elders, twenty-eight in total, along with the magistrates of the ephors, and together with them sat also the king from the other royal house. Fourteen of the Elders, joined by Agis, the king from the other royal house, found Pausanias guilty of wrongdoing.

Proper Nouns

Pausanias (Παυσανίας) person
Agis (Ἆγις) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαίμονες) place Q16157161
Also in: 4.6.4 6.15.9
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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