Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.27.10

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Passage 4.27.10: Philip restores the Minyans and Plataeans to Boeotia; Thebes later destroyed and rebuilt.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οἱ δὲ Μινύαι, μετὰ τὴν μάχην τὴν ἐν Λεύκτροις ἐκπεσόντες ὑπὸ Θηβαίων ἐξ Ὀρχομενοῦ, κατήχθησαν ἐς Βοιωτίαν ὑπὸ Φιλίππου τοῦ Ἀμύντου, καὶ οὗτοι καὶ οἱ Πλαταιεῖς. Θηβαίων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐρημώσαντος Ἀλεξάνδρου τὴν πόλιν, αὖθις ἔτεσιν οὐ πολλοῖς ὕστερον Κάσσανδρος Ἀντιπάτρου τὰς Θήβας ἔκτισεν. φαίνεται μὲν δὴ τῶν κατειλεγμένων ἐπὶ μακρότατον ἡ Πλαταϊκὴ φυγὴ συμβᾶσα, οὐ μέντοι περαιτέρω γε ἢ ἐπὶ δύο ἐγένετο οὐδʼ αὐτὴ γενεάς.

English Translation

After the battle of Leuctra, the Minyans, driven from Orchomenus by the Thebans, were restored to Boeotia by Philip the son of Amyntas, along with the Plataeans. Subsequently, Alexander destroyed the city of the Thebans; yet only a few years later, Cassander, the son of Antipater, rebuilt Thebes. Indeed, of those previously listed, the exile of the Plataeans appears to have lasted the longest; yet even this exile continued for no more than two generations.

Proper Nouns

Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Cassander (Κάσσανδρος) person
Minyans (Μινύαι) person
Plataeans (Πλαταιεῖς) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person
Amyntas (Ἀμύντας) person
Antipater (Ἀντίπατρος) person
Boeotia (Βοιωτία) place Q187570
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Leuctra (Λεῦκτρον) place Q11931799
Plataea (Πλαταιά) place Q742538
Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός) place Q13574822
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