Pausanias Analysis

Chapter 4.14

• 4.14.1: Dispersion of the Messenians to Sicyon, Argos, Eleusis and their ancestral homes.
• 4.14.2: Tripods at Amyclae with statues of Aphrodite, Artemis, and Kore/Demeter
• 4.14.3: Asineans granted coastal territory; Hyamia given to Androcles' descendants.
• 4.14.4: Spartan-imposed terms on Messenia
• 4.14.5: Tyrtaeus' verses on the harsh oppression of the Messenians.
• 4.14.6: Messenians resolve to revolt rather than endure Spartan oppression.
• 4.14.7: Aristomenes honored as a hero by the Messenians.
• 4.14.8: Aristomenes incites the Messenian revolt