Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.10.2

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Passage 4.10.2: Battle where elite warriors from both sides converged and fought in the center.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ μὲν οὖν πολλὰ οὐδέν τι ἐγένετο διάφορα ἢ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς προτέρας μάχης, ἥ τε ἡμέρα καὶ τότε μαχομένους προαπέλιπεν· οὐ μέντοι βιασθῆναί γε οὐδέτερον κέρας ἢ καὶ λόχον μνημονεύουσιν, ἐπεὶ μηδὲ τὴν τάξιν, ὡς ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἐτάχθησαν, συμμεῖναί φασιν, ἀλλʼ ἀφʼ ἑκατέρων τοὺς ἀρίστους συνελθόντας ἐς τὸ μεσαίτατον ἐνταῦθα τὸν πάντα ἔχειν πόνον.

English Translation

For the most part the events differed little from the previous battle, and this day too ended with the combatants still fighting. However, they record that neither wing nor formation was forced back, since indeed the original order of battle was not maintained; instead, the best warriors from both sides came together in the center, and it was there that the entire struggle took place.

Proper Nouns

battle (μάχη) other
Also in: 4.7.5
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