Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.9.4

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Passage 3.9.4: Thebans drive Agesilaus from a sacrificial altar.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἠξίου δὲ ἄρα ὁ Ἀγησίλαος πόλεώς τε εὐδαιμονεστέρας ἢ Ἀγαμέμνων βασιλεὺς εἶναι καὶ ἄρχειν τῆς Ἑλλάδος πάσης ὁμοίως ἐκείνῳ, τό τε κατόρθωμα ἐπιφανέστερον ἔσεσθαι βασιλέα κρατήσαντα Ἀρταξέρξην εὐδαιμονίαν κτήσασθαι τὴν Περσῶν ἢ ἀρχὴν καθελεῖν τὴν Πριάμου. θύοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ Θηβαῖοι σὺν ὅπλοις ἐπελθόντες τῶν τε ἱερείων καιόμενα ἤδη τὰ μηρία ἀπορρίπτουσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ βωμοῦ καὶ αὐτὸν ἐξελαύνουσιν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ.

English Translation

Agesilaus believed himself worthy both of ruling a richer city than that of king Agamemnon and governing the whole of Greece, just as Agamemnon had done, and that achieving victory over king Artaxerxes and possessing the wealth of the Persians would be an accomplishment more illustrious than overthrowing the empire of Priam. But as he was sacrificing, the Thebans, attacking with arms, threw the thighs of the sacrificial victims, already burning, off from the altar, and drove him out of the sanctuary.

Proper Nouns

Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) other
Persians (Πέρσαι) other
Priam (Πρίαμος) person
Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων) person
Agesilaus (Ἀγησίλαος) person
Artaxerxes (Ἀρταξέρξης) person
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
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