Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.7.4

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Passage 3.7.4: Nicander's attack on Argolis and the Limnatis incident.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ Χάριλλον τελευτήσαντα Νίκανδρος ὁ Χαρίλλου διαδέχεται τὴν ἀρχήν· καὶ τὰ Μεσσηνίων ἐς Τήλεκλον τὸν τῆς ἑτέρας βασιλέα οἰκίας ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τῆς Λιμνάδος συμβάντα ἐπὶ Νικάνδρου γίνεται βασιλεύοντος. ἐσέβαλε δὲ καὶ ἐς τὴν Ἀργολίδα ὁ Νίκανδρος στρατιᾷ καὶ τὰ πολλὰ ἐκάκωσε τῆς χώρας· μετασχόντες δὲ Ἀσιναῖοι Λακεδαιμονίοις τοῦ ἔργου δίκην μετʼ οὐ πολὺ Ἀργείοις ἀπέδοσαν σὺν μεγάλῳ πατρίδος τε ὀλέθρῳ καὶ φυγῇ τῇ σφετέρᾳ.

English Translation

After Charillus died, Nicander, son of Charillus, succeeded to the throne. During Nicander's reign occurred the incident involving the Messenians against Teleclus, the king of the other royal house, at the sanctuary of Limnatis. Nicander also invaded Argolis with an army and caused considerable devastation in most of the land. The Asinaeans, having assisted the Lacedaemonians in this undertaking, soon afterward paid the penalty to the Argives, bringing great destruction upon their own country and forcing themselves into exile.

Proper Nouns

Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Messenians (Μεσσήνιοι) person
Nicander (Νίκανδρος) person
Teleclus (Τήλεκλος) person
Also in: 3.2.6 4.4.2 4.4.3
Charillos (Χάριλλος) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Asinaeans (Ἀσιναῖοι) person
Limnae (sanctuary of Artemis) (Λιμνάς) place Q137632573
Argolis (Ἀργολίς) place Q12649101
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