Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.5.3

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Passage 3.5.3: Lysander slain during the Spartan assault on Haliartus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ ἄλλο ἀπέγνω δικαστήριον. μετὰ δὲ οὐ πολὺν χρόνον Λακεδαιμονίων συλλεγόντων ἐπὶ Θήβας στρατιάν---αἰτία δὲ ἥτις ἐγένετο προσέσται τῷ ἐς Ἀγησίλαον λόγῳ---, τότε δὲ Λύσανδρος μὲν ἐς τὴν Φωκίδα ἀφικόμενος καὶ ἀναλαβὼν πανδημεὶ τοὺς Φωκέας οὐδένα ἔτι ἐπισχὼν χρόνον ἔς τε Βοιωτίαν ἐληλύθει καὶ προσβολὰς ἐποιεῖτο ἐς τὸ Ἁλιαρτίων τεῖχος οὐκ ἐθελόντων ἀπὸ Θηβαίων ἀφίστασθαι. ἐσεληλύθεσαν δὲ ἤδη καὶ Θηβαίων καὶ Ἀθηναίων τινὲς κρύφα ἐς τὴν πόλιν, ὧν ἐπεξελθόντων καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τείχους ταξαμένων ἄλλοι τε ἐνταῦθα Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ Λύσανδρος ἔπεσε.

English Translation

The remaining charges the court rejected. A short time afterwards, the Lacedaemonians began gathering an army against Thebes—the reason for which expedition I will explain in my account of Agesilaus. At that time, Lysander arrived in Phocis, and having mustered the entire Phocian force without any further delay, entered Boeotia and began assaulting the walls of Haliartus, since the people there were unwilling to revolt from the Thebans. Meanwhile, some Thebans and Athenians had already secretly entered the city; these troops now sallied forth and drew up their ranks before the walls. In the battle that followed, several Lacedaemonians fell, including Lysander himself.

Proper Nouns

Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Lysander (Λύσανδρος) person
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Agesilaus (Ἀγησίλαος) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Haliartians (Ἁλιάρτια) person
Boeotia (Βοιωτία) place Q187570
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Phocis (Φωκίς) place Q2637650
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