Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.7.8

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Passage 3.7.8: Demaratus deposed in Sparta and exiled to King Darius in Persia.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦτον μὲν δὴ τῶν εἰρημένων μετάνοια ἔλαβεν ὕστερον· Δημάρατον δὲ βασιλεύοντα καὶ τά τε ἄλλα εὐδοκιμοῦντα ἐν Σπάρτῃ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν Πεισιστρατιδῶν Κλεομένει συνελευθερώσαντα Ἀθηναίους ἥ τε Ἀρίστωνος ἀγνωμοσύνη καὶ τὸ ἔχθος τὸ Κλεομένους ἐποίησεν ἰδιώτην. καὶ τοῦ μὲν παρὰ βασιλέα Δαρεῖον ἐλθόντος ἐς Πέρσας ἐπὶ πολὺν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ χρόνον διαμεῖναι τοὺς ἀπογόνους φασί·

English Translation

Indeed, this man previously mentioned experienced remorse afterwards. As for Demaratus, while ruling as king and gaining honor in Sparta in other matters as well, and having joined with Cleomenes to free the Athenians from the Peisistratids, it was the ill-temper of Ariston and the hostility of Cleomenes which reduced him to a private citizen. They say that, after he went to King Darius in Persia, his descendants remained in Asia for a long time.

Proper Nouns

Persians (Πέρσαι) other
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Darius (Δαρεῖος) person Q44387
Demaratus (Δημάρατος) person Q334478
Cleomenes (Κλεομένης) person
Peisistratids (Πεισιστρατίδαι) person
Also in: 1.23.2
Ariston (Ἀρίστων) person
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
Asia (Ἀσία) place Q210718
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