Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.22.6

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Passage 4.22.6: Arcadians reveal Anaxander's letter promising Spartan aid to Aristocrates.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπανιόντα δὲ τὸν οἰκέτην λοχῶσιν ἄνδρες τῶν Ἀρκάδων διάφοροι καὶ πρότερον τῷ Ἀριστοκράτει, σχόντες δέ τι καὶ ὕποπτον τότε ἐς αὐτόν. λοχήσαντες δὲ τὸν οἰκέτην ἐπανάγουσιν ἐς τοὺς Ἀρκάδας καὶ ἐπεδείκνυον ἐς τὸν δῆμον τὰ ἀντεπεσταλμένα ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος· ἐπέστελλε δὲ ὁ Ἀνάξανδρος, φυγήν τε αὐτῷ τὴν πρότερον ἀπὸ τῆς Μεγάλης τάφρου φάμενος οὐκ ἀνόνητον ἐκ Λακεδαιμονίων γενέσθαι, προσέσεσθαι δέ οἱ χάριν καὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ παρόντι μηνυμάτων.

English Translation

As the servant returned, he was ambushed by certain Arcadian men who had previously been hostile toward Aristocrates and who at that time also held certain suspicions against him. Having seized him by ambush, they brought this servant before the Arcadians and publicly revealed to the people the reply sent from Sparta. Anaxander had written to Aristocrates, stating that his previous flight from the Great Trench had not been without benefit from the Lacedaemonians, and further promising gratitude for the information he provided at that time.

Proper Nouns

Lacedaemonians (Spartans) (Λακεδαίμονες) person
Also in: 4.28.5
Anaxandros (Ἀνάξανδρος) person
Aristocrates (Ἀριστοκράτης) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) place Q5690 Pleiades
Great Trench (Μεγάλη τάφρος) place Q1355091
Also in: 4.17.2
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