Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.9.7

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Passage 3.9.7: Artaxerxes executes Tissaphernes and sends Tithraustes against the Spartans.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καί οἱ θεῶν τις ἐβάσκηνε μὴ ἀγαγεῖν τὰ βουλεύματα ἐς τέλος. ὡς γὰρ δὴ ἐπύθετο Ἀρταξέρξης μάχας τε ἃς ἐνίκησεν Ἀγησίλαος καὶ ὡς ἐς τὸ πρόσω χειρούμενος τὰ ἐν ποσὶ πρόεισιν ἀεὶ σὺν τῷ στρατῷ, Τισσαφέρνην μὲν καίπερ τὰ πρότερα εὐεργέτην ὄντα ζημιοῖ θανάτῳ, Τιθραύστην δὲ κατέπεμψεν ἐπὶ θάλασσαν, καὶ φρονῆσαί τε δεινὸν καί τι καὶ ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἔχοντα δυσνοίας.

English Translation

And one of the gods thwarted his intention of bringing these plans to completion. For when Artaxerxes learned of the battles that Agesilaus had won, and how Agesilaus kept steadily advancing further into his territory as he continually mastered all before him with his army, he punished Tissaphernes—even though he had formerly been his benefactor—with death, and dispatched Tithraustes toward the coast, a man known both for his great intelligence and for his hostility toward the Spartans.

Proper Nouns

god (θεός) deity
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Tithraustes (Τιθραύστης) person
Tissaphernes (Τισσαφέρνης) person
Also in: 3.9.6
Agesilaus (Ἀγησίλαος) person
Artaxerxes (Ἀρταξέρξης) person
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