Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.9.8

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Passage 3.9.8: Cyrus sends Timocrates to bribe Greeks to incite war against Sparta

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οὗτος ὡς ἀφίκετο ἐς Σάρδεις, αὐτίκα ἐπενόει τρόπον ᾧ τινι ἀναγκάσει Λακεδαιμονίους τὴν ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας ἀνακαλέσασθαι στρατιάν. ἄνδρα οὖν Ῥόδιον Τιμοκράτην ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα πέμπει χρήματα ἄγοντα, ἐντειλάμενος πόλεμον ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι ἐργάσασθαι Λακεδαιμονίοις. οἱ δὲ τῶν χρημάτων μεταλαβόντες Ἀργείων μὲν Κύλων τε εἶναι λέγονται καὶ Σωδάμας, ἐν Θήβαις δὲ Ἀνδροκλείδης καὶ Ἰσμηνίας καὶ Ἀμφίθεμις· μετέσχε δὲ καὶ Ἀθηναῖος Κέφαλος καὶ Ἐπικράτης καὶ ὅσοι Κορινθίων ἐφρόνουν τὰ Ἀργείων Πολυάνθης τε καὶ Τιμόλαος.

English Translation

When he arrived in Sardis, he immediately started planning how he might compel the Lacedaemonians to withdraw their forces from Asia. Accordingly, he sent Timocrates, a Rhodian, into Greece with money, instructing him to stir up war in Greece against the Lacedaemonians. Those said to have shared in this money included among the Argives Cylon and Sodamas; at Thebes, Androcleides, Ismenias, and Amphithemis; and among the Athenians, Cephalus and Epicrates. Also involved were those Corinthians who supported the Argive cause, namely Polyanthes and Timolaus.

Proper Nouns

Cephalus (Κέφαλος) person
Corinthians (Κορίνθιοι) person
Cylon (Κύλων) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Polyanthes (Πολυάνθης) person
Sodamas (Σωδάμας) person
Also in: 6.4.9
Timokrates (Τιμοκράτης) person
Timolaos (Τιμόλαος) person
Also in: 8.51.2
Athenian (Ἀθηναῖος) person
Amphithemis (Ἀμφίθεμις) person
Androkleides (Ἀνδροκλείδης) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Epikrates (Ἐπικράτης) person
Ismenias (Ἰσμηνίας) person
Rhodian (Ῥόδιος) person
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Sardis (Σάρδεις) place Q232615
Also in: 3.9.5 4.24.2 5.6.5
Asia (Ἀσία) place Q210718
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
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