Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.9.12

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Passage 3.9.12: Agesilaus returns from Asia and marches through Thessaly during the Corinthian War.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ ὁ κληθεὶς Κορινθιακὸς πόλεμος ἐς πλέον ἀεὶ προῆλθεν ἀπὸ τῆς Λακεδαιμονίων ἀρξάμενος ἐς Βοιωτίαν ἐξόδου. κατὰ ταύτην μὲν δὴ τὴν ἀνάγκην ὀπίσω τὸ στράτευμα ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας ἀπῆγεν Ἀγησίλαος· ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐξ Ἀβύδου περαιωθεὶς ναυσὶν ἐς Σηστὸν καὶ διεξελθὼν τὴν Θρᾴκην ἀφίκετο ἐς Θεσσαλίαν, ἐνταῦθα οἱ Θεσσαλοὶ χάριτι τῇ ἐς Θηβαίους τοῦ πρόσω τὸν Ἀγησίλαον ἐπειρῶντο εἴργειν· ἦν δέ τι εὐνοίας ἐκ παλαιοῦ καὶ ἐς τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῖς τὴν Ἀθηναίων.

English Translation

The so-called Corinthian War continually expanded, having begun with the Lacedaemonians making an incursion into Boeotia. On account of this urgent situation, Agesilaus led back his forces from Asia. Crossing by ships from Abydos to Sestos and marching through Thrace, he arrived in Thessaly. Here, through their goodwill toward the Thebans, the Thessalians attempted to hinder Agesilaus from advancing farther; they were also bound by an ancient friendship toward the city of the Athenians.

Proper Nouns

Corinthian (Κορινθιακός) other
Thessalians (Θεσσαλοί) person
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Agesilaus (Ἀγησίλαος) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Boeotia (Βοιωτία) place Q187570
Thessaly (Θεσσαλία) place Q1247568
Thrace (Θρᾴκη) place Q41741
Sestus (Σηστός) place Q593737 Pleiades
Abydus (Ἀβυδος) place Q336446
Asia (Ἀσία) place Q210718
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