Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.25.10

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Passage 4.25.10: Oiniadai forces fleeing to Naupaktos after battle with the Akarnanians

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

αὐτοὶ δὲ περὶ ὕπνον πρῶτον ἐξελθόντες ἐκ τῶν Οἰνιαδῶν, καὶ γενομένης τοῦ δρασμοῦ σφῶν τοῖς Ἀκαρνᾶσιν αἰσθήσεως καὶ ἐς μάχην ἀναγκασθέντες ἀφικέσθαι, περὶ τριακοσίους μὲν ἀποβάλλουσι καὶ πλείονας ἔτι αὐτοὶ τῶν ἐναντίων κατεργάζονται, τὸ δὲ πολὺ αὐτῶν διεκπίπτουσι διὰ τῶν Ἀκαρνάνων καὶ ἐπιλαμβανόμενοι τῆς Αἰτωλῶν ἐχόντων σφίσιν ἐπιτηδείως ἐς τὴν Ναύπακτον ἀνασώζονται.

English Translation

They themselves had first marched out from Oiniadai at about the hour of sleep. But the Akarnanians realized that they were fleeing, and thus compelled the enemy to come to battle. Then the Oiniadai lost about three hundred of their men; even more of the enemy, however, they themselves slew. The majority of their force broke away through the Akarnanians, and being joined by the Aitolians—who were favorably disposed toward them—they reached Naupaktos safely.

Proper Nouns

Aetolians (Αἰτωλοί) person
Acarnanians (Ἀκαρνάνες) person
Acarnanians (Ἀκαρνᾶνες) person
Naupactus (Ναύπακτος) place Q56398924
Oiniadai (Οἰνιάδες) place Q2016870
Also in: 4.25.1
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