Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.16.6

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Passage 4.16.6: Aristomenes' triumphant return to Andania.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ ἐχόντων ἀθύμως μετὰ τὴν πληγὴν καὶ ὡρμημένων καταθέσθαι τὸν πόλεμον, Τυρταῖός τε ἐλεγεῖα ᾄδων μετέπειθεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐς τοὺς λόχους ἀντὶ τῶν τεθνεώτων κατέλεγεν ἄνδρας ἐκ τῶν εἱλώτων. Ἀριστομένει δέ, ὡς ἀνέστρεψεν ἐς τὴν Ἀνδανίαν, ταινίας αἱ γυναῖκες καὶ τὰ ὡραῖα ἐπιβάλλουσαι τῶν ἀνθῶν ἐπέλεγον ᾆσμα τὸ καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔτι ᾀδόμενον ἔς τε μέσον πεδίον Στενυκλήριον ἔς τʼ ὄρος ἄκρον εἵπετʼ Ἀριστομένης τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις. Unknown. ἀνεσώσατο δὲ καὶ τὴν ἀσπίδα ἐκείνην, ἔς τε Δελφοὺς

English Translation

As the Lacedaemonians were dispirited after this defeat and inclined to abandon the war, Tyrtaeus both inspired them by reciting his elegies and enrolled helots into the companies to replace those who had died. Aristomenes, upon returning to Andania, was greeted by women who threw ribbons and blossoms of flowers upon him, chanting a song which is still sung even in our day: "To the Stenyclerian plain and the lofty mountain, Aristomenes pursued the Spartans." He also recovered that shield which he dedicated at Delphi.

Proper Nouns

Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Tyrtaeus (Τυρταῖος) person
Aristomenes (Ἀριστομένης) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Stenyclerus (Στενυκλήριον) place Q15829811
Also in: 4.3.7
Andania (Ἀνδανία) place Q2537068 Pleiades
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